Webinar 4: Draft Concept of Operations for the Dynamic Eco-Lanes Transformative Concept

The fourth webinar of the AERIS Fall/Winter 2012-2013 Webinar Series will take place on Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 1:00 pm EST. The webinar will provide an overview of the Draft Concept of Operations for the Dynamic Eco-Lanes Transformative Concept. 

As part of the AERIS program’s efforts to develop ways in which real-time transportation system data could improve the operation of the surface transportation network, six Transformative Concepts, or bundles of applications, were identified. Each of these Transformative Concepts encompasses a set of applications that individually achieve environmental benefits. By strategically bundling these applications, the program expects that these Transformative Concepts can achieve additional environmental benefits beyond those of the individual applications.

The Dynamic Eco-Lanes Transformative Concept features dedicated lanes – similar to high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) or high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes – optimized for the environment. This webinar will describe the concept of operations currently being developed for this Transformative Concept and will provide an overview of how each of the applications work together to achieve the goals of the AERIS program. Applications comprising the Eco-Lanes Transformative Concept applications include eco-speed harmonization, eco-cooperative adaptive cruise control, and eco-ramp metering.

Webinar Feedback

In an effort to facilitate feedback from stakeholders on the topics discussed during the AERIS Fall/Winter Webinar Series, the AERIS Program has instituted the AERIS IdeaScale Website. This site is an easy way for webinar participants to post ideas, provide feedback, and exchange opinions about the Webinar content, as well as the Program in general. Participants are encouraged to utilize this resource to provide your reaction, ideas, and opinions to the AERIS team. The AERIS IdeaScale site can be found at the following location:  https://aeris.ideascale.com/

In addition, links are provided from the IdeaScale page directly to recordings of the three previous webinars (October 17, November 14, and December 12, 2012).

Registration

To register for this or any of the webinars please visit http://www.itsa.org/aeris-winterfall-2012-2013-webinars

AERIS Fall/Winter 2012-2013 Webinar Series

The United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) is sponsoring a series of webinars for its Applications for the Environment: Real-Time Information Synthesis (AERIS) program. The webinars will review the conclusions of an extensive benefits/cost analysis, three draft concepts of operations devised by the program to describe Transformative Concepts, as well as a summary of the results of an eco-approach field experiment. The webinars are free and open to the public, but interested attendees need to register in advance for each webinar. Each webinar will begin at 1:00 pm Eastern Time and will last approximately 90 minutes. 

The AERIS Fall/Winter 2012-13 Webinar Series is being offered by the Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (ITS JPO), which is part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA). For more information on the AERIS Program, please visit   http://www.its.dot.gov/aeris/index.htm