Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)

Integration of advanced information and communications-based technologies into transportation infrastructure, vehicles, and operations

Guiding Principles

HIGH-LEVEL GUIDANCE FOR IDENTIFYING ALTERNATIVES TO CAPACITY EXPANSION (VIA GUIDING PRINCIPLES IN CHATS’ INTERIM 2024 LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN)

Supply: Manage the capacity of the regional transportation network by first exhausting lower-cost, technology- or operations-based strategies before considering higher-cost roadway construction

Demand: Actively manage demand at the corridor level by distributing trips across available modes, routes, and times or by discouraging new trips

Goals

Goals for ITS Deployments

Equity: Fairly distribute investments in transportation technologies by considering geographic diversity, historic inequities, and socioeconomic inclusivity

Recurring Congestion: Invest in technologies that optimize the reliability of commuter corridors and primary freight corridors

Nonrecurring Congestion: Invest in technologies that improve safety and recovery efforts related to unexpected or irregular disruptions to travel

Resource Management: When investing in technologies, ensure that they can be supported throughout their entire lifecycles

Regional Know-How: Expand local transportation professionals’ knowledge of transportation technologies and educate local decision makers on their tradeoffs

Data Security: Promote data standards that minimize network and data security risks associated with sharing information between agencies

Regional Collaboration: Integrate overlapping technologies through mutually-beneficial partnerships to create a more cohesive transportation network

Transportation Systems Management & Operations (TSMO)

  • ITS as a component within the larger TSMO toolbox
    • SCDOT Statewide TSMO Plan (first edition in progress)
    • CHATS Congestion Management Process (2024 update in progress)

CHATS Boundaries

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Contact

Kyle James
Regional Planner
kylej@bcdcog.com
843-529-0402