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Northern Kentucky's ARTIMIS Receives NASCIO Award
CINCINNATI,
OHIO --(December 17, 2001)
Techies and civil engineers - team them together and you've got a whole
lot of horn-rimmed glasses and pocket protectors. But in today's case,
you've got a whole lot more; a group of proud professionals teamed together
to make life in Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati a whole lot easier
for the rest of us.
They've developed one of the best - maybe the best - intelligent transportation
systems in the nation known as ARTIMIS
(Advanced Regional Traffic Interactive Management and Information System).
Today, they were honored with the receipt of the NASCIO (National Association
of State Chief Information Officers) award for outstanding achievement
in the field of information technology (IT).
Aldona Valicenti, Past President of NASCIO
and the Commonwealth of Kentucky's Chief Information Officer, presented
the award to Deputy Secretary of Transportation Cliff Linkes at the
ARTIMIS control center. "ARTIMIS is an excellent example of how
IT can be applied to improve the quality of life. In this case, it's
helping the citizens of Northern Kentucky and Southern Ohio better deal
with traffic. This award recognizes the proactive leadership that made
ARTIMIS a reality."
ARTIMIS manages traffic in two states, seven counties, and over 40 independent
municipalities without regard to jurisdictional boundaries. The ARTIMIS
project utilizes different roadway sensors and devices to collect travel
data, which is transmitted over a fiber optic network to a control center
where the data is fused into traveler information. This information
is then made available to travelers, both local and from out of the
area, utilizing a variety of devices and methods, including a toll-free
511 telephone number, highway advisory radio, and changeable message
signs.
"Though difficult
at times, we've met and maybe even surpassed our goals to preserve our
infrastructure, improve safety and traffic flow, and to provide an improved
service to our customers," Linkes said. Though the cabinet is principal
contracting agency and project manager for ARTIMIS, Linkes gave credit
to the many team members (Ohio Department of Transportation, Federal
Highway Administration, OKI Regional Council of Governments, City of
Cincinnati and TRW, Inc.) who made the project happen. "These are
the achievers, and they are the ones who've watched and nurtured this
project. This award is for the ARTIMIS team. Congratulations."
NASCIO represents state chief information officers and information resource
executives and managers from the 50 states, six U. S. territories, and
the District of Columbia. The mission of the association is to shape
national IT policy through collaborative partnerships, information sharing
and knowledge transfer across jurisdictional and functional boundaries.
The NASCIO awards are given annually to those programs and systems that
have created cost effective, innovative solutions in the operation of
state government.
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