Our systems engineers have decades of experience in the design, deployment, testing, operation, and maintenance of complex, large-scale transportation systems and custom, state-of-the-art prototypes. Our team understands the importance of system lifecycle during project design phases to ensure the delivery of robust products. Using modular tools and agile design principles, our solutions are easy to maintain, upgrade, and expand over time to keep up with rapidly changing technologies. Our team is equipped to provide the following support services:

• 360° IT Support, including design and integration of all hardware and supporting system as well as software installation and management across the entire product lifecycle
• Operation and maintenance of systems with disaster recovery solutions to ensure full-scale redundancy of all system and transaction data availability
• System and Network Administration
• Software System Requirements Development and Tracking
• System Testing — Development and implementation of robust test plans with detailed test cases to support on-going development and system updates, including software module testing, unit testing, integration and regression testing, as well as final system and performance testing

Our expertise in vehicle and infrastructure connectivity improves traffic operations and enhances automated vehicle capabilities. Our background in federal research and current work in state and local pilot deployments make us a strong CV deployment team in a new and quickly growing market. Our team can provide the following services:

• Architecture and Design of CV Environments
• CV Infrastructure Design, Deployment, Testing, Operation, and Maintenance
• Application Development, Prototyping, and Implementation
• Instrumentation of CV-equipped Vehicles
• Fusion of New Technology with Legacy and Traditional Traffic Applications
• Concept and Program Evaluation
• Custom Data Collection, Processing, Analysis, and Management

ITS Roads’ staff have extensive experience in the design, build, and operation of electronic and open-road tolling systems. Our team can provide the following services:

• Design of Roadside Electronics Systems
• Deployment of Roadside and Plaza Hosts
• Troubleshooting of Complex Toll sub-Systems
• Construction Management
• Support for Large Software Development Teams
• Documentation of Operation and Maintenance Protocols
• Site System Plans and As-Built Configuration Documentation
• Lane-Plaza-Host Network Communication Services
• Equipment Selection and Validation Testing
• New Technology Evaluation

Beyond technical expertise, application development requires a specific understanding of end user needs and the vision to craft a comprehensive and efficient solution. ITS Roads has worked with a broad cross section of stakeholders on many different types of applications, from early design stages through operation and maintenance as well as repairs and upgrades. Consideration of system lifecycle at all stages of development optimizes performance and minimizes cost. Our capabilities include:

• Conceptual Development and Evaluation
• System Requirements and Technical Specifications
• Design and Prototype Development
• Testing and Validation
• Configuration Management
• Product Lifecycle Management

Data and network services are a key component of all ITS Roads’ work and are critical to all new technologies. Many traditional engineering disciplines are being overhauled to incorporate streamlined data and high-speed networks – with many applications demanding high-security implementations. With an emphasis on cyber-security and protection of critical assets, our staff has more than 20 years of experience building and managing data centers, enterprise networks, as well as both custom and turnkey solutions for data and network management. Our team can provide the following services:

• Needs Assessment
• Network Architecture Design
• Network Implementation and Administration
• Network Monitoring and Maintenance
• Cloud-based Infrastructure
• Data Collection, Storage, Processing, Analyzing, and Archiving
• Security Operations
• Risk Assessment and Vulnerability Analysis
• IT Policy Development

Federal and state transportation officials rely on ITS Roads for strategic policy development and long-term planning for Intelligent Transportation Systems and Connected/Automated Vehicles. Ranging from technical standards for hardware to operational security guidelines, our published work established the early framework for the original federal Connected Vehicle pilot deployments and our continued work guides state and local deployments. The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) cited our work in an early assessment of vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) deployment, and our on-going federal contracts include work on federal deployment guidelines. ITS Roads staff work on:

• Standards Development
• Guidelines for Interoperability
• Security Best Practices
• Long-term Planning and Roadmap Development

ITS Roads applies the same agile work principles to consulting as our engineering projects; empowering small, cross-functional teams to meet strategic goals. Our extensive experience allows us to leverage market and industry knowledge to maximize the visibility and impact of our client work. Our projects utilize on-going performance measurement to enable continuous improvement and early detection of problems. As a small firm, ITS Roads provides our clients with undivided attention and emphasizes the ‘do it right the first time’ philosophy to avoid re-work, raise quality standards, and optimize team output. Our teams offer the following consulting services:

• Project Management and Oversight
• Market Assessments and Gap Analysis
• Strategic Roadmap Development
• Feasibility Studies
• Performance Metric Development and Program Evaluation