Contracting Approaches for ITS and Transportation Technology Useful for Small and Rural Community Applications

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Developed by the National Rural ITS Steering Committee in association with ITE

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Webinar Description:
One of the biggest challenges in deploying advanced traffic management and control systems is the procurement process. This webinar explores different innovative approaches to prioritizing, contracting, and procuring ITS technology, software, and services that may be implemented in rural and small communities.

Learning Objectives:

Understand how potential rural and small community TSMO, signals, and ITS projects can fit into a State Transportation Improvement Program evaluation and prioritization methodology
Describe how values-based contracting partnerships support innovative solutions whose requirements are hard to define and/or rapidly changing in the TSMO, ITS, and connected/automated vehicle field.
Identify the best uses, advantages, and disadvantages of different procurement strategies for ITS devices, software and services.

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Contributors

Mary Schmidt, Director for Advancing Equity, Metro District North Area, Special Projects, Minnesota DOT

Mary Schmidt has been with the Minnesota DOT since 2014, presently as Director for Advancing Equity. She has spent her career in economic development and public administration in the government and nonprofit sectors, including 10 years with the World Bank focusing on Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East. She has her BA from the College of Saint Benedict, her MA from Georgetown University and performed her graduate research in the Middle East as a Fulbright Scholar.
Amy Worzella, ITS Engineer/SISP Program Manager, Bureau of Transportation Operations, Wisconsin DOT

Amy Worzella has been involved with Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) operations and deployment in Wisconsin since 1997. She began her career as a student control room operator working for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) at the original Traffic Management Center (TMC). After graduation she worked as a consultant for WisDOT transportation and construction projects and eventually ITS design projects in the State of Wisconsin, including design work for the first ITS device deployments in Madison, WI. Amy also worked onsite at the TMC in the role of ITS Maintenance Manager from 2012 to 2014. Her current position at WisDOT has allowed Amy to be involved with the Signals and ITS Standalone Program (SISP), TSMO projects related to ITS, ITS maintenance, ITS design standards, fiber/network management systems, and video management systems. Amy has held officer positions for Wisconsin-based chapters of Women’s Transportation Seminar, ITE, and ITS America and is currently on the committee to organize the ITE Great Lakes District Annual Meeting which is being hosted by Wisconsin in 2024.
Dan Carpenter, Manager of the Traffic Engineering section, City of Lincoln Transportation and Utilities Department

Dan Carpenter is a professional transportation engineer and the Manager of the Traffic Engineering section with City of Lincoln Transportation and Utilities Department. Even though he now works for a city, Dan grew up in Weeping Water, NE (population 1,008), with a high school graduating class of 28 people. He serves on the Nebraska Highway Safety Committee responsible for HSIP funding throughout Nebraska.

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Contributors

Mary Schmidt, Director for Advancing Equity, Metro District North Area, Special Projects, Minnesota DOT

Amy Worzella, ITS Engineer/SISP Program Manager, Bureau of Transportation Operations, Wisconsin DOT

Dan Carpenter, Manager of the Traffic Engineering section, City of Lincoln Transportation and Utilities Department