2001•ITE 2001 Annual Meeting and ExhibitInstitute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)Requires access
ACTIVE TRANSIT STATION SIGNS
D A Love, Gerry Tumbali
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Abstract
The deployment of a more efficient and integrated transit network in the northeastern Illinois region is the goal behind the Regional Transportation Authority's (RTA) leading role in the development of regional Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) standards and specifications for transit. By taking the lead in this effort, the RTA aims to ensure that the region's ITS standards are consistent with national and local architectures and that ITS technologies deployed by the region's transit operators are coordinated with other transportation entities. This paper summarizes some of the ITS initiatives undertaken by the RTA for the six-county region of northeastern Illinois, which covers approximately 3,700 square miles, includes 260 municipalities and more than 7.3 million residents. The RTA took on these projects to provide fiscal planning and policy oversight for the region's public transit operators, the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), Metra Commuter Rail and Pace Suburban Bus.