FRATIS concept of operations : assess test readiness of FRATIS (task 4).
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2012-08-01
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Abstract:This technical memorandum presents a concise assessment of the key technical and nontechnical issues and limitations related to
field-testing the Freight Advanced Traveler Information System (FRATIS) Dynamic Mobility Applications (DMA) bundle and its
applications based on a near-term testing window of one year. There are relatively few technology limitations, although private-sector data will be required (and may need to be purchased) to support some FRATIS functionality. Nontechnical issues mainly
revolve around establishing, maintaining, and leveraging the appropriate relationships with public- and private-sector stakeholders,
and developing the right institutional environment for the FRATIS public-private partnership. The memorandum also identifies
challenges and issues related to the near-term performance metrics and goals for FRATIS. Performance metrics are rated based on
ease of measurement. Testing of FRATIS in the near term should result in relatively easy to measure benefits related to improved
freight-traveler-information, route-planning, and dynamic-routing functions. Benefits related to eliminating unnecessary truck trips and
reducing truck-trip times may be more difficult to measure. It will therefore be necessary to develop a measurement approach that
incorporates field data as well as an analytical approach to estimate “what if” benefits of a full systemwide regional deployment.
Finally, measurement of truck-trip-safety improvements associated with FRATIS will probably be impossible to measure with any
certainty; it is therefore recommended that the evaluation focus instead on developing estimates of how such a benefit might be
realized.
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