Deschutes County Intelligent Transportation System Plan

The Deschutes County Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Plan was collectively developed by the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), City of Bend, City of Redmond, Deschutes County, Bend Metropolitan Planning Organization (BMPO), Deschutes County Sheriff's Office, Cascades East Transit (CET), Deschutes National Forest, Mt. Bachelor, and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).

The outcome of this plan is a 20-year deployment plan of ITS projects, which includes advanced technologies and management techniques aimed to improve the safety and efficiency of the transportation system. This effort is consistent with plans put together in other regions statewide to ensure that ITS strategies used are integrated and complementary.

What is ITS?

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) involve the application of advanced technologies and management techniques to manage congestion, enhance safety, provide information to travelers, and assist transportation system operators in implementing suitable traffic management strategies.

ITS focuses on increasing the efficiency of existing transportation infrastructure, which enhances the overall system performance and reduces the need to add capacity (e.g., travel lanes). Efficiency is achieved by providing services and information to travelers so they can make better travel decisions and to transportation system operators so they can better manage the system.

What are the Benefits of ITS?

ITS applications offer a significant opportunity to improve the safety and efficiency of the surface transportation system in Deschutes County.  These applications help improve the mobility of people and goods on the existing roadway infrastructure and also offers the potential for substantial savings on future construction, particularly on highways. Often the importance of investing in operations is overlooked, but it is necessary to ensure that the traveling public makes safe and efficient use of existing roadways.

• 2020 Deschutes County ITS Plan Executive Summary
• 2020 Deschutes County ITS Plan Full Document

Other related documents:

• 2017 Oregon Statewide TSMO Program Performance Management Plan
• 2018 Oregon Statewide Operations Program Plan
• 2019 ODOT Region 4 Data Management System Plan

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