ITS Research Program, UW

SWIFT:
Seattle Wide-area Information for Travelers, Model Deployment Initiative

Sponsor:

Federal Highway Administration

Consortium Members:

IBM Corp.
Seiko Communications Systems
Washington State Department of Transportation
Delco Electronics
Etak Inc.
Metro Traffic Control
King County Metro Transit
University of Washington

Description:

The University of Washington is participating in an operational test of an Advanced Traveler Information System (ATIS) that will transmit traffic and transit information over FM subcarrier to travelers. This information will be broadcast over the Seiko High Speed Data System (HSDS) via three common devices: a wrist watch, a car radio, and a small computer. The University's role in this project is the selection of the data elements, the determination of requirements for data flow, and the overall design of the system architecture. The ITS Research Program has already developed ways to fuse data from various sources for distribution to ATIS systems. This project will concentrate on improving the existing structure and formatting the data to fit the particular needs of the SWIFT project. The other members of the SWIFT consortium are listed above.

References:

Dailey, D.J. and M.P. Haselkorn. "SWIFT" Technical and Institutional Issues of an Operational Test from a Public Sector Perspective." Presented at the Second World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems. 9-11 November 1995. Yokohama, Japan.

Dailey, D.J., M.P. Haselkorn, and D. Meyers. "A Structured Approach to Developing Real-Time, Distributed Network Applications for ITS Deployment," ITS Journal, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 163-80, 1996. article