PMSS Project Details

Project ID:	FHWA-PROJ-10-0050
Project Name:	Applications for the Environment Real-Time Synthesis Broad Agency Announcement Project: Design for Environmental Data Capture System
Status:	Completed
Contact:	Last Name: Ferlis First Name: Robert A (Bob) Telephone: 202-493-3268 E-mail: robert.ferlis@dot.gov
Organization:	Federal Highway Administration - Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC)
Office:	Office of Operations Research and Development
Team:	N/A
Roadmap/Focus area(s):	Air Quality and Climate Change
Project Findings:	The Clarus and Data Use Analysis and Processing (DUAP) systems illustrate the potential for creating a data environment for Applications for the Environment: Real-Time Information Synthesis (AERIS). Based on the development lessons from those systems, there are a number of compelling reasons for establishing an AERIS data environment. An AERIS data environment:Provides the ability to acquire environmental data sets from both fixed and mobile sources, and to store those data together with the associated metadata;Provides the ability to acquire and associate other, related data sets that provide context to the environmental data or support the development of applications;Provides the ability to perform a variety of quality checks on the environmental data and to make the results of the quality checks available to system users;Provides the ability to store and manage the acquired environmental data in a single location and to share it with other larger data acquisition and management systems, such as the proposed Research Data Exchange (RDE);Provides the ability to process the data using appropriate algorithms to provide applications or enhanced data sets that meet user-defined needs, or to share the data with other systems through which external users can develop and implement their own applications;Provides the ability to manage access to the data or the resulting applications by users, including the provision of appropriate user rights management, data retrieval tools, and visualization tools.These reasons are effectively the high-level system objectives that would help guide a preliminary system development approach.
Project Description:	The purpose of this project is to examine the relevance of the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWAs) Clarus and Michigan Department of Transportation’s Data Use Analysis and Processing (DUAP) data, and their core system designs, to the needs of the Applications for the Environment: Real-Time Information Synthesis (AERIS) Program, and to recommend a Preliminary System Development Plan for an AERIS data environment. Clarus and DUAP represent state-of-the-art data acquisition tools. The Clarus system emphasizes data collection from fixed environmental sensor stations (ESS), but is currently being enhanced to incorporate data from mobile sources, such as snow plows. DUAP focuses on the collection of data from mobile sources, particularly connected vehicle fleets, but also acquires data from fixed roadway traffic sensors. Between the two systems, sophisticated real-time data quality checking algorithms have been implemented; techniques for integrating data from multiple disparate sources have been developed; real-time data visualization tools have been created; and applications that translate raw data into actionable information for the benefit of system users have been designed and implemented.Since the Clarus and DUAP systems are operational and significant investment has already been made, the intent of this project is to determine how FHWA can leverage these assets and leapfrog some of the normal system development cycle. This report covers the following material to arrive at a recommended Preliminary System Development Plan.
Laboratories:	Transportation Operations Laboratory
Start Date:	September 23, 2010
End Date:	May 18, 2011
Funding Amount:	$40,000.00
FHWA Program Name:	Other
Goals:	The key project objective is below: The Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Clarus and Data Use Analysis and Processing (DUAP) programs can serve as models for Applications for the Environment: Real-Time Information Synthesis (AERIS), in the development of a data environment.
Project Type:	Offsite
Background Information:	Data not yet available
Test Methodology:	Conduct research and provide information to the United States Department of Transportation.
Other Information:	Data not yet available
Partners:	Data not yet available
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Fieldtest:	Data not yet available
Expected Benefits:	The expected benefit is the reduction of emissions, GHG, and energy consumption.
Deliverables:	Name: Technical Report Product Type(s): Other Description: The technical report will summarize research findings and recommendations. Audiences: Researchers Secondary Audiences: Technology providers
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FHWA Topics:	Environment--Air Quality Environment--Climate Change Environment--Vehicles
TRT Terms:	environment energy emissions GHG intelligent transportation systems
FHWA Disciplines:	Operations
Subject Areas:	Environment Operations and Traffic Management Research