UPDATE: Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
This summer has provided a number of opportunities for peer-to-peer discussion of the Controller system, its ongoing development and site testing.
In June, Dan Richter and Kelvin Bateman presented and demonstrated the Controller system to about 40 Rural ITS engineers and technicians at the Western States Rural Transportation Technology Implementers Forum held in Yreka, California. This two hour presentation and demonstration was very detailed and gave an in-depth and practical look at the system and its requirements, development, testing, and future applications.
In the photo below Dan and Kelvin demonstrate how the Controller system could put an icy road warning on a CMS.
Photo by Doug Galarus
If you are interested in the detailed presentation, you can review it on the Western States Forum website.
The National Rural ITS Conference (NRITS) was held August 1-4, 2010, in Huntington, West Virginia. Hosted by the Nick J. Rahall II Appalachian Transportation Institute, the conference was titled The Bridge to Success: Engineering the Future of Rural ITS. Over 230 participants from around the United States and North America attended technical sessions complemented by tours, full and half-day trainings, networking functions and a vendor exhibition, all focused on Rural ITS.(2010 NRITS Conference Proceedings)
Doug Galarus presented the Controller system in the Communications – New Approaches to Challenges session. Many of the session attendees were from western states including Washington, Oregon, and Wyoming.
Photo by Leann Koon
Here is a link to the entire Controller presentation from NRITS.