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ITS America 2001

Florida hosted the Intelligent Transportation Society of America’s Eleventh Annual Meeting June 4-7 at the Miami Beach Convention Center. The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and our many transportation partners were well represented at this important showcase for ITS deployments in Florida.

The Annual Meeting began with Florida’s ITS Showcase. Hal Worrall of the Orlando Orange County Expressway Authority presented a video prepared specially for the showcase entitled "Florida’s ITS Future Shines Bright" and provided comments on the future of ITS in Florida. This video provided an overview of the State of Florida and many of the successful ITS deployments in Florida together with future plans for ITS deployments with our many partners.

FDOT co-sponsored a booth with the Miami-Dade Expressway as part of the exhibition. Our booth was hosted by the "Florida Flamingo" who welcomed visitors to the Exhibition Hall. More than 300 people took home a photo with the Florida Flamingo to remember their visit to Miami Beach (sponsored by PBS&J).

ITS America 2001



The booth included demonstrations by District Six of video surveillance along I-95. Real-time internet protocol (IP) addressable video was demonstrated with PB Farradyne. Consultech Systems demonstrated the Statewide ITS Architecture and Standards website and databases. Miami-Dade Expressway Authority and District Six provided a Road Rangers vehicle to demonstrate incident management services.

Road Ranger

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Incident Management Working Group 1512 demonstrated standardized traveler information message sets. Meggitt Defense Systems demonstrated their unmanned aerial vehicle which was a major display in the booth. The Florida booth was one of the most popular booths in the Exhibition Hall thanks to the many people who contributed to its success.

Several successful tours and demonstrations were hosted in conjunction with the meeting including the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Demonstration with Meggitt Defense Systems, the District Six SunGuide Traffic Management Center, Miami-Dade Public Works Traffic Control Center, Port of Miami, MetroRail, SmartRoute Systems Traveler Information Center, and the Miami-Dade County Emergency Operations Center.

 

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