[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 14, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 8324]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3349]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Applications for the Environment: Real-Time Information Synthesis
(AERIS) User Needs Workshop; Notice of Public Meeting
AGENCY: Research and Innovative Technology Administration, U.S.
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice.
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Intelligent
Transportation System Joint Program Office (ITS JPO) will host a free
public workshop to discuss the Applications for the Environment: Real-
Time Information Synthesis (AERIS) Program and solicit user needs for
its Transformative Concepts on March 14, 2012, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
March 15, 2012, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Hall of States, 444 North
Capitol Street NW., Washington, DC 20001, 202-624-5490. On March 14th,
the first three hours of the workshop will also be webcast at no charge
for those participants who are not able to participate in person. An
electronic feedback form will be made available to allow participants
to provide additional input.
Persons planning to attend any part of the workshop or participate
in the three-hour Webinar should register online at http://www.itsa.org/AERIS_User_Needs_Workshop by February 29, 2012. Please
specify if you plan to attend in person or participate via Webinar. For
additional questions, please contact Adam Hopps at [email protected] or
202-680-0091.
About the AERIS Program
At the core of Federal ITS research is connected vehicle research--
a multimodal initiative that aims to enable safe, interoperable
networked wireless communications among vehicles, the infrastructure,
and passengers' personal communications devices. This research
leverages the potentially transformative capabilities of wireless
technology to make surface transportation safer, smarter, and greener.
The objective of the AERIS research program is to generate and acquire
environmentally-relevant real-time transportation data, and use these
data to create actionable information that supports and facilitates
``green'' transportation choices by transportation system users and
operators. Employing a multi-modal approach, the AERIS Program will
work in partnership with the vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-
infrastructure (V2I) communications research efforts to better define
how connected vehicle data and applications might contribute to
mitigating some of the negative environmental impacts of surface
transportation.
About the AERIS User Needs Workshop
The purpose of this workshop is to obtain stakeholder input on the
Concepts of Operations (ConOps) that will be developed for the set of
AERIS Transformative Concepts. Transformative Concepts are integrated
operational concepts that use V2V, V2I, and other data and
communications in innovative ways to operate surface transportation
networks to reduce transportation-related emissions and fuel
consumption. Transformative Concepts are intended to change the way
surface transportation systems operate, with an emphasis on combining
connected vehicle applications to provide significant environmental
benefits. The AERIS Transformative Concepts include: (1) Eco-signal
operations, (2) eco-lanes, (3) low-emissions zone, (4) eco-traveler
information, (5) support for alternative fuel vehicle operations, and
(6) eco-integrated corridor management. During this workshop, the AERIS
team will facilitate interactive breakout sessions to obtain
stakeholder input on desired capabilities, data needs, and modeling
needs. This valuable feedback will be utilized by the USDOT to further
define the Transformative Concepts and provide input into the ConOps.
Input from this workshop will enable the USDOT in conducting future
research and modeling to determine potential environmental benefits in
a connected vehicle environment. For more information on the AERIS
Program and the Transformative Concepts, visit: http://www.its.dot.gov/aeris/index.htm.
Issued in Washington, DC, on the 8th day of February 2012.
Shelley Row,
Director, ITS Joint Program Office.
[FR Doc. 2012-3349 Filed 2-13-12; 8:45 am]
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