INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION

MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
(ITMS)

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ITMS - A Transportation
Planning Tool
Linda Turnquist - (916) 653-4107
Caltrans Headquarters
Division of Transportation Planning
Office of Advanced System
Planning
ITMS application developed by
Booz Allen & Hamilton - Consultants

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What Is It?

Early planning stage Transportation

Planning Tool

Decision support system

Intermodal and multimodal

Macro scale

Quick response - runs on desktop

and laptop computers

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Why Was It Developed?

Originally mandated under ISTEA

To improve future mobility by

improving the ability of decision
makers to choose intermodal
transportation projects that will
result in the greatest economic,
environmental, and social benefit
to the state

Allows cooperative planning

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The ITMS Planning Tool Includes

Transportation systems
Intermodal facilities
Passenger travel
Existing and forecasted conditions
Passenger mode-shift analysis
Performance measures
Ability to access
Census data & Other relevant data

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ITMS 3 HIGHWAY ROUTES

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Who Maintains It?

Caltrans Transportation Planning

Program
Passenger demand data from
regional agencies, where available
Major portions of modal data from
Caltrans programs
Frequency of updates will vary
depending upon source data
availability and funding

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What Are Some Of Its Uses?

Analyze information about the

transportation system

Identify deficiencies

Propose actions and strategies

Evaluate and analyze outcomes

Prepare studies and reports, and

create maps and graphs

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Continuing Goals

Provide new tools

Quicker and easier

Resulting in lower long-term cost

User friendly

Quality as well as quantity

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ITMS Uses ArcView GIS As

Its Organizing Principle

The power of GIS allowed ITMS to be

developed

The goal was to bring powerful data

to the desktop of the transportation
planners

Links databases to spatial maps

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Analytics

ITMS also includes "canned

analytical routines to analyze
different actions and scenarios

Incorporates Regional Travel

Demand Model data

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Software Development

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The ITMS is an
ArcView
application
ArcView must be
installed
Install
ITMS from the disk

Application - Graphical User

Interface (GUI)
TOGGLETONATIVEARCVIEW

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Analysis Year Menu Option

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Map Area Menu Option

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ITMS Analysis Steps

Identify deficiency

Define action (project)

Apply action

Process mode shift

Evaluate performance

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Deficiency Menu Option

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Action Menu Option

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Evaluation Menu Option

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The ITMS Performance

Measures

Categories
Mobility
Financial
Environmental
Economic
Safety

Fifteen total performance measures

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ITMS Version 3 (Person

Movement) Data
Increasing networks (more state
Collection
highways)
Smaller segmentation links
Additional airports (four more)
New horizon years
1996
2006
2016
2026

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Goods Movement Module

Development

Goods movement analysis

methods are currently under
development
Will include analytical
capabilities
The final approved version
will be integrated into ITMS 3
in late-2002

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How To Get Training In ITMS

ITMS General User Training is presently

a five-day course
Talk to your supervisor and ITMS
Coordinator
An ArcView introductory course is a
pre-requisite to obtaining this training
It is a two-day course
Contact your GIS Coordinator to
enroll

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ITMS Users Group

Made up of Caltrans District and HQ

ITMS Coordinators

Guides future enhancements and

updates to ITMS

Meets quarterly and rotates through

districts (as host)

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