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Regional Traffic Operators CommitteeFebruary 23rd
ITE/IMSA Joint Conference
Stephanie Rossi, Puget Sound Regional CouncilAileen McManus, King County Traffic EngineeringJill MacKay, IBI Group
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Presentation Outline
RTOC Background: Stephanie Rossi
Regional Concept of Operations: Jill MacKay
Regional ITS Implantation Plan: Aileen McManus
Next Steps Questions
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Puget SoundRegional Traffic Operators
Committee
Stephanie Rossi, PSRC
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Moving towards Regional Operations
•Regional transportation financial constraints & public’s frustration
•2006 NTOC Traffic Signal Report Card: D- grade for entire USA
•Spurred local, FHWA interest, led to regional assessment – completed 11/06
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Puget Sound Regional Signal Review
Also need Regional:• Funding• Information Sharing• Training • Performance
Monitoring • Uniformity Guidance
“Build stronger regional leadership”
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Regional Traffic Operations Committee (RTOC) Puget Sound Regional Council Committee Promoting a collaborative approach to
regional traffic operations with emphasis on:
– Traffic signal coordination;– Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)– Regional traffic operations (arterial &
freeway)
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RTOC Membership Summary
Participants include King, Pierce, Snohomish, and Kitsap County, WSDOT, FHWA and over 30 local jurisdictions.
Liaisons from transit, freight and emergency management
Reports to the Puget Sound Regional Council Transportation Policy Board
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Why Regional Coordination?
Facts:
• Arterials cross jurisdictional boundaries
• Arterials carry approximately 50% of the region’s Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)
• Most jurisdictions maintain and operate their own signals on these arterials.
• Revising signal timing in one jurisdiction affects traffic flow in the next.
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Regional Coordination Issues
Jurisdictions have varying: • Operational Standards
• Maintenance standards
• Operational budgets
• Signal controllers(equipment and software varies)
• Staffing levels
• Staffing Expertise
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Regional Coordination Issues
Operating expenses can be lacking for:• Signal timing plans
• Timing plan implementation
• Real time Monitoring
• Timing plan updates
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RTOC Projects Underway
Regional Concept of Transportation Operations: Primary focus is on regional coordination of signal operations.
Outcomes:– Strategies for developing a regional signal
coordination program: administration, funding, operations and maintenance,
– Memorandum of Agreement template to streamline future projects.
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RTOC Projects Underway
Regional Intelligent Transportation Systems Implementation Plan (RITSIP): Joint vision for investments across jurisdictional and institutional boundary lines.
Outcomes:– Multijurisdictional, corridor-based approach,– Agreement on key arterial corridors,– Regional high-priority project list,– Cooperation in pursuing funding, project
implementation, and operations
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Regional Concept of Operations
Jill McKay, IBI Group
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What is an RCTO?
Regional Concept of
Transportation Operations
“A management tool to assist in
planning and implementing management
and operations strategies in a
collaborative and sustained manner”
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What are characteristics of an RCTO?
Program based, not project based Strategies, not technologies Emphasis on performance measures Geographical scope may vary Specific to a given functional area
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What other jurisdictions have implemented an RCTO?
Framework:– Maricopa County (Phoenix), AZ– Bay Area, CA
Pilot Cities:– Portland, OR: Traveler Information & Incident Management– Detroit, MI: Freeway & Arterial Operations– Tucson, AZ: Arterial Operations, Traveler Information,
Work Zone Management– Hampton Roads, VA: Incident Management
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What is the approach for the Puget Sound Region?
Focus on Arterial Signal Operations Develop Operational Strategy for RITSIP
Projects Emphasis on Coordination, Communication
and Demonstrable Benefits
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Vision, Mission, Goals, Objectives and Performance Measures (oh my)
Vision:“An efficient, safe, reliable, environmentally-sensitive
and seamless surface transportation system, brought about through inter-agency coordination and partnerships in the Puget Sound Region.”
Mission:“The RTOC seeks to collaboratively apply advanced
technologies and transportation management techniques to operate, maintain and integrate a regionally-coordinated freeway and arterial network.”
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How will we get there?
Best (“better”) Practices– Monroe County, NY– Denver Region COG– Pima COG– Metropolitan Washington COG– SE Michigan COG
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How will we get there?
Regional Strategy for Arterial Corridor Operations
Signal Timing Guidelines– Overall Approach– Timing Plan Development and Maintenance
Relationships and Procedures– Agreements– Off Hours Operations– Incidents– Implementation, Evaluation and Updates– Transit, Freight, Emergency Management Coordination
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How will we get there?
Next Steps and Resource Arrangements– Near term implementation plan for RITSIP
projects
Memorandum of Agreement– MOA template to facilitate and streamline
interagency agreements
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Regional ITS Implementation Plan
Aileen McManus: King County DOT
Co-Chair: Regional Traffic Operations Committee
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Regional ITS Implementation Plan
Background RITSIP Deliverables RITSIP Corridors RITSIP Corridor Attributes Next Steps
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Regional ITS Implementation Plan
Background: Many jurisdictions are implementing ITS
improvements within their jurisdiction Individual ITS Strategic or Implementation
Plans Large ITS projects in the region: Active
Traffic Management (ATM), Integrated Corridor Management (ICM)
Major construction projects on the freeway system
King County received grant funding for a Regional ITS Implementation Plan
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Regional ITS Implementation Plan
RITSIP: Joint vision for ITS investments across jurisdictional and institutional boundary lines.
Deliverables Key Corridors for ITS/Operational Improvements ITS Implementation Plan
• Corridor inventory, needs and costs Communication Plan
• Center to Center and Center to Field Regional Advanced Traveler Information and Conditions Reporting system
• Integrating with revised WSDOT site for a single location for traffic information.
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Regional ITS
Corridors
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Corridor Criteria
Freight Route
Transit Route
Multijurisdictional
V/C Ratios
Regionally Significant State Highway or Highway of Statewide Significance
Arterial Classification
Vehicle Miles Traveled
Serving Urban Centers
Alternate Route
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Top 25 Regional ITS Corridors
5 Snohomish County
4 Pierce County
1 Kitsap County
15 King County
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Equipment Inventory
Inventory of Top 25 Routes Fiber Optic Cable Cameras Signal Controller/Cabinet type Connected to Central System Control Coordinated System Type of Coordination Other Existing ITS Devices
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Inventory Project Map, Example
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Regional ITS Corridor Elements
Signal Interconnect via fiber optic cable Multijurisdictional coordination of signals
– Incident, evacuation, and construction detour timing plans
Real time traveler information (before and during trip) Remote operation of corridor from a Traffic
Management Center(s) Ability to share data, video and possibly operation of
corridor with other agencies Transit signal priority where applicable Performance measurement ability
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Signal Interconnect via Fiber Optic Cable
Ethernet Modems
Communication Cabinet
Patch Panel
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Multi-jurisdictional Coordination• Some Controller Changeout necessary
• Traffic System Modeling
• Agreed Upon Operational standards
Traconex Econolite ASC 2
Eagle M50 Econolite ASC 3
Example Controllers
Naztec 2070 Quixote
Signal Timing Software & Signal Timing Software & SimulationSimulation
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Real Time Traveler Information
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Real Time Traveler Information
REAL TIME TRAVEL TIME
License Plate Readers Travel Time Video Cameras
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Real Time Traveler Information
FLOW MAPS
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Real Time Traveler Information
VMS SIGNS
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Corridor Operation and Monitoring
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Example of Real time Traffic Management within Puget Sound Region
Transit Signal Priority
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Video/Data SharingWSDOT Traffic Busters
• 1 Gigabyte Bandwidth
• Use of existing WSDOT fiber infrastructure
• Video Sharing among 22 jurisdictions
• Grant funded WSDOT project
• Project is in design phase
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RITSIP Next Steps
• Complete inventory of 25 corridors
• Complete cost estimate for 25 corridors
• Provide Communication review and proposal for the corridors
• Regional Advanced Traveler Information and Conditions Reporting system
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What’s happening RIGHT NOW??
Puget Sound Regional Call for projects Spring 2009– Members of RTOC sponsoring projects
… and for the long term: All RITSIP corridors input to Destination 2040
long-range plan.
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Questions?
ContactsStephanie Rossi: [email protected] McManus: [email protected] Jill MacKay: [email protected]