Training Materials

Training Materials in English

Title: International Experience in Intelligent Transportation Systems

Length: One day (eight hours)

Number of slides: 242

Instructors: Mark Carter, SAIC; Steve Tarry, Faber Maunsell; Neil Perks, GHD

Setting: Pre-Congress Workshop, 14th ITS World Congress, Beijing, China, October 2007

Language: English

Notes: The "Evaluation 101" curriculum was customized for in-house training of World Bank employees in Beijing, China. This course contains an introduction on what exactly ITS, plus an emphasis on "maximizing your investment". The U.S. and European ITS evaluation methodologies have been fully integrated and a single ITS evaluation process is presented, along with a discussion of evaluation techniques and measures and when to use them. The second half of this one-day course is the application of the process, techniques and measures to three detailed case studies: from California, France, and the I-95 corridor in the Eastern U.S. The course concludes with a list of resources from the U.S. and Europe that can assist those planning their own evaluations, as well as those interested in learning more about the benefits, costs, extent of deployment, and lessons learned about ITS.

Title: International Experience in Intelligent Transportation Systems

Length: One day (eight hours)

Number of slides: 220

Instructors: Mark Carter, SAIC; Jennifer Rephlo, SAIC; Steve Tarry, Faber Maunsell

Setting: World Bank Seminar on International Experience in ITS, Beijing, China, June 2006

Language: English

Notes: The "Evaluation 101" curriculum was customized for this pre-Congress workshop held in conjunction with the 14th ITS World Congress in Beijing, China in October 2007. This course contains an introduction on what exactly ITS, plus an emphasis on "maximizing your investment". The U.S. and European ITS evaluation methodologies have been fully integrated and a single ITS evaluation process is presented, along with a discussion of evaluation techniques and measures and when to use them. The second half of this one-day course is the application of the process, techniques and measures to three detailed case studies: from California, France, and the I-95 corridor in the Eastern U.S. The course concludes with a list of resources from the U.S. and Europe that can assist those planning their own evaluations, as well as those interested in learning more about the benefits, costs, extent of deployment, and lessons learned about ITS.

Title: International Experience in Intelligent Transportation Systems

Length: Half-day (four hours)

Number of slides: 100

Instructor: Patty del Pozo, ITS America

Setting: PIARC Committee C.14 on Management of Network Operations Seminar, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 2006

Language: English

Notes: This is an adbridged version of the "International Experience in ITS" course, shortened to half a day. This course contains an introduction on what exactly ITS, plus an emphasis on "maximizing your investment". The U.S. and European ITS evaluation methodologies have been fully integrated and a single ITS evaluation process is presented, along with a discussion of evaluation techniques and measures and when to use them. The process, techniques and measures are then applied to a real-world case study: evaluation of coordinated transit services in the tourist city of South Lake Tahoe, California. The course concludes with a list of resources from the U.S. and Europe that can assist those planning their own evaluations, as well as those interested in learning more about the benefits, costs, extent of deployment, and lessons learned about ITS.

Title: ITS Evaluation 101 Training Session

Length: Half-day (four hours)

Number of slides: 195

Instructors: Joe Peters, U.S. Department of Transportation; Mark Carter, SAIC; Steve Morello, ISIS; Steve Tarry, Faber Maunsell

Setting: 10th ITS World Congress, Madrid, Spain, November 2003

Language: English

Notes: The training session that started it all. The prevalent methodologies for ITS evaluation used in the U.S. and Europe are examined to reveal their (few) differences and (many) similarities. A process that incorporates elements of both the U.S. and European method is presented, followed by a discussion of evaluation techniques and measures and when to use them. The process, techniques and measures are then applied to a hypothetical case study involving the selection of an automated incident detection system. The course concludes with a list of resources from the U.S. and Europe that can assist those planning their own evaluations, as well as those interested in learning more about the benefits and costs of ITS.

Training Materials in Spanish

Title: Experiencia International en Sistemas Inteligentes de Transporte y el Proceso de Evaluación

Length: Half-day (four hours)

Number of slides: 110

Instructor: Patty del Pozo, ITS America

Setting: 6th Chilean Congress of Intelligent Transport Systems, Santiago, Chile, September 2007

Language: Spanish

Notes: This Spanish-language version of the half-day "International Experience in ITS" course contains an introduction on what exactly ITS, plus an emphasis on "maximizing your investment". The U.S. and European ITS evaluation methodologies have been fully integrated and a single ITS evaluation process is presented, along with a discussion of evaluation techniques and measures and when to use them. The process, techniques and measures are then applied to a real-world case study: evaluation of coordinated transit services in the tourist city of South Lake Tahoe, California. The course concludes with a list of resources from the U.S. and Europe that can assist those planning their own evaluations, as well as those interested in learning more about the benefits, costs, extent of deployment, and lessons learned about ITS.

Title: Experiencia International en Sistemas Inteligentes de Transporte y el Proceso de Evaluación

Length: Two hours

Number of slides: 50

Instructor: Patty del Pozo, ITS America

Setting: 5th Chilean & 2nd Pan American Congress, Santiago, Chile, November 2006

Language: Spanish

Notes: This is an adbridged version of the "International Experience in ITS" course, shortened to two hours and translated into Spanish. The course presents a multi-step process for evaluating ITS projects, along with a discussion of evaluation techniques and measures and when to use them. The process, techniques and measures are then applied to a real-world case study: evaluation of coordinated transit services in the tourist city of South Lake Tahoe, California. The course concludes with a list of resources from the U.S. and Europe that can assist those planning their own evaluations, as well as those interested in learning more about the benefits, costs, extent of deployment, and lessons learned about ITS.