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Cross-Town Improvement Project

Project Update

Ron Schaefer

January 20, 2009

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Contents

• CTIP project background

• Confirmed participants

• Recent activities

• Development status

• Upcoming tasks

• Schedule

• Sneak preview

• Questions



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Cross-Town Improvement Project

• CTIP Components– Intermodal Exchange (IMEX)– Chassis Utilization (CUT)– Wireless Drayage Updating (WDU)– Real Time Traffic Monitoring (RTTM)– Dynamic Routing Guidance (DRG)

CTIP Problem StatementThe inefficiency of cross-town rubber tire interchanges creates conditions that adversely impact:

• Congestion• Efficiency of the transportation network• Safety of the motoring public• Environment of neighboring communities• Energy consumption

CTIP Goal

To develop and deploy an information sharing / transfer capability that enables the coordination of moves between parties. Maximize loaded moves and minimize unproductive moves.



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Confirmed Participants

• Railroads: UP, BNSF, NS– Signed letters of authority– Data direct and through Railinc

• Dray Carriers: ITS, IXT, Lake Country Logistics, Comtrak

• Local and Regional Stakeholders:– MODOT, KDOT– KC Scout– Kansas City SmartPort– Mid-America Regional Council (MARC)



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Recent Activities

• Re-engagement of motor carriers:– ITS, IXT, Lake Country Logistics, Comtrak– Refine motor carrier role in CTIP with respect to:

• RTTM requirements• DRG requirements• WDU expectations

» Hardware needs

• Kickoff of RTTM and DRG in October 2009– Schedule– Risks– Interface to other CTIP applications

• Railroad data feeds• Support of CTIP Evaluation:

– Escape EZ product for engine parameter data• Selection of wireless device and mobile gateway products for WDU:

– Apple iPhone– Vavni VMAP



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CTIP Development Status

• IMEX:– Code and unit testing completed by

12/11/09– Begin data feeds for railroads in

January 2010– CTIP detailed design document draft

complete by 2/2010

• CUT– Requirements and preliminary

architecture complete– Finalize CUT data requirements by

1/2010– Begin collecting chassis data 2/2010

• WDU:– Hardware selections:

• VMAP Mobile gateway = Vavni

• Wireless device = Apple iphone (15-20 phones)

– Considering use of Xscape Ez Ez-TAP™ Bluetooth device to wirelessly transmit engine parameter data to support CTIP evaluation

– Development underway; interface to external devices (mobile gateway, iPhones, etc.) will begin December 2009



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CTIP Development Status

• RTTM– RTTM Kickoff held in KC on October

1, 2009.– Assessment of trucking company

requirements and coordination with WDU application – October 2009.

– Documentation of risks– Use cases and business rules

complete.

• DRG:– System design underway– Use cases and business rules

complete– Documentation of risks



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Upcoming planned tasks

• IMEX:– Complete coding and testing including data feed from railroads/Railinc– Update IMEX based on development milestones from other applications (January – May 2010)

• WDU:– Interface from mobile gateway to IMEX– Interface from wireless device to mobile gateway– Finalize role of Escape EZ Bluetooth product to collect engine parameter

• CUT:– Refinement of user requirements based on chassis management company inputs

• RTTM:– Determine interface requirements for RTTM to WDU through mobile gateway– Complete system design

• DRG:– Evaluation of existing dynamic routing algorithm and existing roadway network– Complete system design



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CTIP Schedule

• Application Development:– IMEX: December 2009 (SAIC)– CUT: February 2010 (SAIC)– WDU: March 2010 (SAIC)– RTTM: April 2010 (Delcan)– DRG: April 2010 (Delcan with

Georgia Tech)• Application Testing:

– IMEX: January 2010 (SAIC)– CUT: March 2010 (SAIC)– WDU: May 2010 (SAIC)– RTTM: May 2010 (Delcan)– DRG: May 2010 (Delcan with

Georgia Tech)

• USDOT Design Review: Late February 2010

• Detailed Design Document (all applications): February 2010

• User Training: May 2010

• Deployment Test: May – December 2010



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CTIP Front Page



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Terminal Administration



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Truck Company Capacity



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Motor Carrier Work Order



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Trip Assignments



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Questions?

• CTIP Website:

www.ctip-us.com

- Project management plan

- Schedule

- Project documents

• CTIP Program Manager:

Ron Schaefer

618-257-8435

[email protected]

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