The Public Sector Course was held on January 24 and 25, 2001 at the Penn State Conference Center Hotel, State College, PA. This course was designed to present The National ITS Architecture as a set of tools with a particular emphasis on the application of the architecture to the development of regional architectures for ITS planning and the definition of integrated projects. The target audience for this course included: traffic engineers, transportation planners, transit planners, transit operators, emergency service providers, commercial vehicle operators, and other transportation-related professionals who are involved in planning, designing or implementing ITS-related projects.

The USDOT (FHWA), PennDOT District 2-0, and Orth-Rodgers & Associates, Inc facilitated this 2-day event. The following agencies participated in the workshop with at least one representative: PennDOT District 2-0, PennDOT-BHSTE, PennDOT District 9-0, CATA, ATA, NCPRPDC, SEDA-COG, Penn State University, Penn State University Police Department, county emergency management services, county planning organizations, and other private sector organizations.

At the end of the 2-day event, participants were awarded certificates of training in "Using the National ITS Architecture." The course was a success based on the information exchange and active participation by all attendees, which served as a good starting point for the Tier I Workshop. The course schedule can be viewed by clicking the hypertext below.

Course Schedule

Mr. George M. Khoury, P.E., District Engineer, PennDOT 2-0, addresses course participants on the opening day

An instructor from the Architecture team explains the key elements of the National ITS Architecture