MEETING MINUTES May 18, 2016, 9:00 AM CDTC Office, 1 Park Place, Albany, NY
Item 1: Attendees
Joe Tario NYSERDA Jeff Wojtowicz Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Scott Wigger Railroads of New York (RONY) Kendra Hems New York State Motor Truck Association
Louis Esposito Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association/Town of Princetown
Pete Bardunias Chamber of Southern Saratoga County John Scavo Town of Clifton Park David Rosenberg NYSDOT Vanessa Saari NYSDOT Audrey Burneson NYSDOT Region 1 Steve Iachetta Albany County Airport Authority Joe Moloughney (via phone) NYS Thruway Authority Alex Epstein (via phone) Volpe National Transportation Systems Center Glenn Posca CDTC Michael Franchini CDTC Jen Ceponis CDTC Chris Bauer CDTC Item 2: Truck Side Guards (Alexander Epstein, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center) Alex Epstein (Volpe) gave a presentation via webinar on truck side guards. Alex’s presentation included information about the safety issues large trucks are faced with when operating around bicyclists and pedestrians. Many states and cities have adopted, or are considering adopting, truck side guard requirements. There are many different forms and styles of side guards, dependent upon the application. Alex gave an overview of some of the side guards installed on large trucks in US. Side guards have some secondary benefits, including the potential for additional tool box space, and
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increased fuel economy. Alex also described some of the challenges of adopting and implementing truck side guard policies, and the range of costs of installation. Steve Iachetta (ALB) asked who was adopting side guard requirements, states or local governments. Alex said in the US it is a mix of both state DOTs and local governments. Kendra Hems (NYSMTA) noted in the past the NYSMTA has opposed statewide side guard legislation, because it did not adequately address how to handle out-of-state trucks. Alex provided a link to a video describing how blind spots create operational issues for trucks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9E1_1M-qhU. For additional information, please see attached PowerPoint presentation and handout. Item 3: NYSERDA’s Freight Initiatives (Joe Tario, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority) Joe Tario (NYSERDA) gave a presentation on some of NYSERDA’s funding initiatives. Joe described the various funding initiatives at NYSERDA, and focused in on transportation and freight related programs. NYSERDA’s Clean Transportation program has five focus areas: Public Transit, Smart Mobility, Transportation Demand Management, and Electric Vehicles & Alternative Fuels. Joe described the primary objectives of the program which include:
Product Development - annual competitive solicitations to fund initial feasibility studies & prototype development,
Product Demonstration - annual competitive solicitations to fund policy research & underutilized commercial technologies, and
Product Deployment - open solicitations on a “first come - first served” basis to help subsidize select commercial technologies.
Multiple examples of successful grant awardees from each type of solicitation were described as part of Joe’s presentation. Joe also explained NYSERDA’s grant application process, and how a public or private entity can get involved. For additional information, please see attached PowerPoint presentation. Item 4: CDTC’s 2016-2021 TIP Project Selection Chris Bauer (CDTC) gave a summary and update of CDTC’s 2016-2021 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) project selection process. Chris stated a total of 122 projects were submitted by project sponsors for evaluation, of which 41 were funded.
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Chris also gave an analysis of the “freight-supportive” projects submitted. 36 of 122 Candidate Projects were identified through preliminary evaluation as being “freight-supportive”, and received Freight Merit Points during the scoring process. 14 of the 36 “freight-supportive” projects were funded during the process. 10 of the “freight-supportive” projects implement a Freight Plan recommendation by maintain a state-of-good-repair on the Freight Priority Network. 2 projects enhance access to key regional freight generators, and another 2 projects remove non-standard bridge vertical clearances. One project reduced potential conflicts between trucks and bicycles/pedestrians. Chris said the 60 day public comment period for the TIP projects is currently underway, and it would likely be adopted at the next CDTC Policy Board meeting. For additional information, please see attached PowerPoint presentation and handouts. Item 5: Port Industry Day Summary Chris Bauer (CDTC) gave a brief summary of Port Industry Day, held at the Port of
Albany on May 12, 2016. Chris said the focus was on the capabilities and the reach of
the port, and that the Port has recently undertaken a Strategic Assessment and Growth
Strategy Development study. Chris said CDTC set up a table at the event to distribute
information about CDTC and our freight-related initiatives.
Item 6: Member Updates
Kendra Hems (NYSMTA) said the NYSMTA is changing their name to the Trucking
Association of New York.
Lou Esposito (OOIDA) stated he recently attended a FHWA Roundtable discussion in
Syracuse with a focus on truck safety and truck parking. Lou distributed a handout he
received at the meeting, attached to these minutes for reference. Lou also mentioned a
municipally sponsored truck parking area in Elmira, and urged the group to consider a
similar project in our region in the future.
David Rosenberg (NYSDOT) gave an update on the status of the development of the
Statewide Freight Plan, and said the plan is progressing and meetings with MPOs and
stakeholders are forthcoming.
Lou Esposito (Town of Princetown) announced the Vietnam Wall that Heals will be in
Town of Princetown on August 25 - 28, 2016. The Wall that Heals is a half-scale replica
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of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. Lou will also be transporting the
exhibit to Princetown.
Chris Bauer (CDTC) mentioned the next Freight Advisory Committee meeting will be on
August 17, and will be a site visit to the New York State Canal Corporation, and will
include a ride through a lock on the Grand Erie tug.
Item 7: Action Items/Next Meeting
The FAC meeting dates for 2016:
August 17
November 16
All meetings will begin at 9:00 AM unless otherwise specified.
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 10:40 AM.
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Capital District Transportation
Committee
Freight Advisory Committee Meeting
May 18, 2016
Today’s Agenda ITEM 1: Welcome and Introductions
ITEM 2: Presentation – Truck Side Guards (Alexander Epstein, Volpe National
Transportation Systems Center)
ITEM 3: Presentation – NYSERDA’s Freight Initiatives (Joe Tario, New York State Energy
Research and Development Authority)
ITEM 4: Information - CDTC’s 2016-2021 TIP Project Selection
ITEM 5: Information – Port Industry Day Summary
ITEM 6: Discussion - Member Items
ITEM 7: Action Items/Next Meeting
• 2016 Meeting Dates: August 17 and November 16
ITEM 8: Adjourn
CDTC’s 2016-2021 TIP Candidate Project
Evaluation 1. Determine that sufficient funds will exist to solicit for and program
candidate projects
2. Give tentative approval on an evaluation process
3. Solicit potential project sponsors for project candidates
4. Evaluate 122 candidate projects submitted by sponsors
5. Approve the continued funding of several projects on the current
(2013-18) TIP
6. Approve set-asides for BRT and TDM for CDTA
7. Approve set-asides for DOT Maintenance projects
8. Approved two additional set-asides; one for low-volume local roads,
bridges and culverts, and one for bicycle/pedestrian projects
9. Approve projects funded with transit funds for the five-year
programming period
10. Approve 41 new projects from the 122 candidates.
CDTC’s 2016-2021 TIP Candidate Project
Evaluation
Project Type Cost ($M)
Number of
Projects
Pavement Preservation Projects 9.536 9
Pavement Beyond Preservation Projects 2.251 1
Bridge Preservation Projects 34.729 7
Bridge Beyond Preservation Projects 37.020 6
Bicycle and Pedestrian Preservation Projects 0.721 2
Bicycle and Pedestrian Beyond Preservation Projects 7.436 7
Other Beyond Preservation Projects 2.857 2
Low Volume Local Projects 2.907 7
Total 97.457 41
CDTC’s 2016-2021 TIP Candidate Project
Evaluation
Current Schedule:
• March Policy Board - project listings available for public review
• June Policy Board meeting - final adoption
Sponsor Type Cost ($M)
Number of
Projects
Number of
Sponsors
State 75.825 15 1
County 7.306 9 3
City 9.485 10 5
Town 3.285 5 5
Village 1.556 2 2
Total 97.457 41 16
CDTC’s 2016-2021 TIP Candidate Project
Evaluation Highlights:
• 36 of 122 Candidate Projects identified through preliminary
evaluation as “freight-supportive” (i.e. receiving Freight Merit
Points)
• 14 of the 36 “freight-supportive” projects were funded
• 10 Projects: Maintain a State-of-Good-Repair on the
Freight Priority Network
• 2 Projects: Enhance access to key freight generators
• 2 Projects: Remove non-standard bridge vertical
clearances
• 1 Project: Reduces potential conflicts between trucks
and bicycles/pedestrians
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CDTC’s 2016-2021 TIP Candidate Project
Evaluation
85 Saratoga
County
Ashdown Road over
the DHRR, BIN
2202570
Clifton Park Saratoga 1.410
Project removes a non-
standard bridge vertical
clearance, and as such
enhances access to the
CP rail destinations (ex:
Port of Albany)
15 NYSDOT
NY 2 over NY 22
Bridge, BIN
1000250
Petersburg Rensselaer 2.480
Project removes a
vertical clearance
restriction on NY 22,
making it more viable
for large trucks
98 City of
Saratoga
Geyser Road (CR
Route 43)/Avenue
of the Pines and NY
Route 50
Intersection Mobility
Improvements
Saratoga
Springs Saratoga 0.828
Project enhances
access to the Grande
Industrial Park (a
freight generator) and
to the FPN (NY 50),
project address freight
movement issue from
CDTC Linkage Study
ID # Sponsor Project Name
Location Sponsor
Proposed
Cost
(Matched
$M)
Freight-Related
Comments Municipality County
2016 Port Industry Day • Albany Port District Commission, Port of Albany Terminal
• Thursday May 12, 2016
• Focus on the capabilities and the reach of the port
• Strategic Assessment and Growth Strategy Development
• Louis Berger Group
• CDTC had a presence
Next Meeting
Mark your calendars – August 17
New York State Canal Tour –
More details to follow
Thanks for Attending!
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U.S. Department of Transportation
Office of Research and Technology
John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
Advancing transportation innovation for the public good
May 18, 2016
The National Transportation Systems Center
Truck Side Guards What, Why, How (and How Much)
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Volpe, The National Transportation
Systems Center
Unique agency within U.S. DOT
100% fee-for-service
All modes of transportation
Cross-disciplinary
570 federal staff, 400 onsite contractors
Based in Cambridge, MA
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Volpe’s Purpose
“Advancing transportation innovation for the public good”
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Large truck safety context
Large truck design presents inherent challenges for pedestrian and cyclist safety
• 4% of vehicles in U.S. (urban and rural)
• 11% of bicyclist fatalities, 7% of ped fatalities
• 3.6% of NYC vehicles
• 32% of bicyclist fatalities, 12% of ped fatalities
Key contributing factors
1. Large blind spots
2. Side underride fall under rear wheels
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Large truck safety context
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Large truck safety context
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Growing adoption of side guards
No U.S. standards
EU since 1989 UK since 1986
Brazil since 2011
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Side guard safety benefits
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Narrow rails Wide rails Panels
Side guard design precedents
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E
Front Rear
Volpe & NYC developed recommended standards
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Volpe/Local Gov’t Partnerships
Deployed Deployed separately Deployment Pending
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Representative U.S. sideguard installs
Boston, MA Boston, MA
Cambridge, MA
Washington, DC
Portland, OR
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Representative costs and ancillary benefits
U.S. city Reported approximate cost per vehicle Side guard type
Boston $1,200 - $1,800 Steel rail; fiberglass panel
New York City ~$1,500 plus install Fiberglass panel; aluminum
rail
Portland ~$1,000 small trucks - $4,000 trailers; $200-$250
per toolbox
Metal panel and toolbox
[1] http://www.cityofboston.gov/news/default.aspx?id=20121 [2] http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/101-15/city-begins-installing-truck-side guards-protect-pedestrians-cyclists [3] Interview with Don DePiero and Donny Leader, City of Portland City Fleet, Bureau of Internal Business Services, November 30, 2012.
Other source Reported approximate cost per vehicle Side guard type
Europe-wide $847 average retrofit cost All types
Laydon, Transtex,
etc.
~$1,000 plus install Rigid trailer skirt
UK suppliers ~$300 plus install Metal rail
Aero FE savings = $1k-$5k/yr typical
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DCAS-NYC Fleet
• Largest municipal fleet in the country. • 28,000 owned/leased vehicles.
• DCAS Fleet works directly with the 10 largest agencies and directly manages 40 agencies with smaller fleets. • Involved with safety, sustainability, transparency, & shared
services.
• Current focus on Vision Zero • End traffic deaths and injuries
• Over 370 Side Guards installed. • Original goal of 240, 10% of eligible truck fleet.
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NYC Side Guard Installs
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Implementation
• Volpe Report
• Manufacturer Research and Selection • Installation approach
• Installer Selection
• Selection of pilot units • Agency cooperation
• Installer training • Manufacturer/Installer partnership
• Volpe Feedback
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The Learning Curve
• Open lines of communication • Feedback
• Challenges • No two trucks are the same
• Ladder, boxes, access
• New discoveries
• Willingness to test
• Common goal
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Looking Toward the Future
• New competition
• New designs and approaches • Installer VS manufacturer customization
• Rail, panel, removable, custom
• Local Law
• OEM application
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Questions?
Alex Epstein, Ph.D. Energy Analysis and Sustainability (617) 494-2539 [email protected]
Andrew Breck Organizational Performance
Coralie Cooper Energy Analysis and Sustainability
Sean Peirce Economic Analysis
Eran Segev Safety Measurement and Analysis
Jacek Graczyk Director of Fleet Services (212) 386-0271 [email protected]
Mahanth Joishy
Operations Manager
Keith Kerman
Deputy Commissioner and Chief Fleet Officer
Truck Side Guard Technical Overview
Safety and Operational Considerations
April 23, 2015 Truck side guards are devices designed to keep pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorcyclists—known as vulnerable road users (VRUs)—from being run over by a large truck’s rear wheels in a side-impact collision. This technology works by physically covering the cavity between the front and rear wheels of a truck. Side guards have been required standard equipment since the 1980s in the European Union and Japan, and more recently in Brazil. Canada conducted research for a national side guard standard from 2009 to 2013 and also began evaluating the viability of using aerodynamic side skirts for VRU safety. Reports from that effort and from Dutch research suggest that certain side skirts may provide comparable protection while also potentially reducing fuel consumption by reducing air drag.
Side collisions with large trucks were associated with 111 pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities annually in the U.S., based on 2005-2009 data on single-unit trucks and tractor-trailers. Of the 75 fatal bicyclist crashes per year with large trucks, approximately 50 percent were side impacts. Based on studies conducted in the United Kingdom, side guards are an effective technology for reducing the number of VRU fatalities and the severity of injuries, especially for bicyclists. For example, in the UK, a 61 percent reduction in cyclist fatalities and 20 percent reduction in pedestrian fatalities were reported in side-impact collisions with trucks following the national side guard mandate.
Volpe-recommended side guard specifications developed for NYC’s Vision Zero program. (Volpe/U.S. DOT)
Rail-style side guards cost an average of $847 and add between 6 and 73 pounds to the weight of the truck. (It is important to differentiate lightweight VRU side guards from the much heavier and stronger guards that would be necessary to protect car occupants, like those explored in a 2014 NHTSA UMTRI study.) VRU side guards could potentially be built even lighter and still meet the minimum strength requirements of European regulations, which specify a maximum ground clearance of 550 mm (21.7 in) and a minimum 1 kN (220 pounds) impact force that must be resisted. There has been limited but growing side guard adoption in the United States that includes municipal truck fleets in Portland, OR, and Washington, D.C., and recently Boston and New York City, which partnered with Volpe to develop recommended specifications. Boston’s ordinance is the first to require both city-owned and city-contracted fleets to install side guards. At the same time, aerodynamic truck side skirts (or underbody fairings), which are primarily designed to save fuel for trucks by decreasing air drag but may also protect VRUs in side-impact collisions, have been voluntarily
installed over the last decade on many North American tractor trailers and some straight trucks. This trend is being driven by rapid payback from fuel savings and by medium- and heavy-duty vehicle fuel efficiency standards. For a long-haul tractor trailer, the fuel savings from installing a rigid skirt can reach $5,000 per year, or several months to breakeven, depending on mileage and speed. EPA SmartWay verified that side skirts provide 4 to 7 percent fuel economy improvement.
Even for city vehicles, limited fuel economy benefits may still be realized, depending on overall drive cycle. A dual-purpose side guard/skirt may therefore potentially offer both VRU safety and fuel ROI.
www.volpe.dot.gov
Truck side guards, both rail-style and panel-style, are shown installed on single-unit as well as combination trucks. At top right, an aerodynamic side skirt installed on a trailer. (Top right: Walmart Flickr, ©2010. All others: Alexander Epstein, ©2012-2015.)
EPA SmartWay has verified that trailer side skirts provide 4-7 percent fuel economy improvement. (Adapted from DOE)
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Sustainable Transportation Activities in New York State
May 18th, 2016
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NYS Energy Research and Development Authority
public benefit corporation created in 1975 in response to the energy crisis
Mission: identify solutions to the State’s energy and environmental challenges in ways that benefit the State’s economy
~400 employees, four NYS locations . Albany, NYC, Buffalo, & West Valley
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Clean Energy Fund (CEF)
A 10-year, $5 billion funding commitment for NYSERDA
Supports Governor Cuomo’s Reforming the Energy Vision (REV), a strategy to build a clean, resilient, and affordable energy system for all New Yorkers
Reduces cost of clean energy by accelerating adoption of energy efficiency to reduce load while increasing renewable energy to meet demand and reduce greenhouse gas emissions
The Clean Energy Standard (CES) will mandate that 50% of NYS electricity come from renewable sources by 2030
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NYSERDA’s Energy Programs Under the CEF
Market Development – $2.7B State funding; $8.9B private investment
NY Sun – $961M State funding; $9.2B private investment
NY Green Bank – $782M State funding; $8B private investment
Innovation and Research – $717M State funding; $3.3B private investment
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Innovation and Research ($717M)
Invest in cutting-edge technologies that will meet increasing demand for clean energy
Five key opportunity areas:
Smart Grid Technology
High Performance Buildings
Renewables and Distributed Energy Resources
Cleantech Startup and Business Development
Clean Transportation
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New York’s Transportation Sector (2013)
Petroleum Consumption
219 million barrels (4.3% of US total)
Fossil Fuel Greenhouse Gases
180 million tons CO2 equivalent
Transportation Industrial Residential
Utilities Commercial
42%6%
18%
22% 12%
Transportation Industrial Residential
Utilities Commercial
80%
7% 11%
New York’s Transportation Sector accounted for 28% of the primary energy consumption in 2013
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NYSERDA Clean Transportation
Five Focus Areas
Public Transit
Smart Mobility
Transportation Demand Management
Electric Vehicles & Alternative Fuels
Freight
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NYSERDA Clean Transportation
Product Development
annual competitive solicitations to fund initial feasibility studies & prototype development
Product Demonstration
annual competitive solicitations to fund policy research & underutilized commercial technologies
Product Deployment
open solicitations on a “first come - first served” basis to help subsidize select commercial technologies
for more info … www.nyserda.ny.gov
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Product Deployment
Congestion Mitigation Air Quality
$4M NYC Private Fleet DER $6M NYC Private Fleet AFV $9M NYS Electric Vehicles
Legislative Appropriations
$8M NYS EVSE Deployment
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Product Deployment
NYC Private Ferry Fleet Program
partnership with NYCDOT, EPA, & FTA to repower and/or install diesel emission reduction equipment
CMAQ study funds and ($7M) FTA implementation funds
program reduced hundreds of tons of NOX annually
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Program Opportunity Notice 3198 Advanced Transportation Innovations
$2.7M available with proposals due 04/26/2016
Four Funding Categories Five Focus Areas
1) Feasibility Studies 2) Bench Scale Research & Development 3) Working Prototypes 4) Pre-commercial Demonstrations
1) Electric Vehicles 2) Public Transportation 3) Smart Mobility 4) Transportation Demand Mgmnt 5) Freight Transportation
for more info … www.nyserda.ny.gov
targeted on product development with 50% cost share & royalty requirements
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Feasibility Studies
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Product Development
Actasys / RPI Start Up Company
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Product Development
IEM Corporation, Troy, NY
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Product Development
SIRIS: Smart Infrared Inspection System
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NYSDOT Collaborative R&D Program History
• 2001 C012668 $7.5M SPR (8 yrs) Transportation Infrastructure Research Consortium (TIRC)
• 2006 initiated joint research PONs 108 projects valued at $22M to date
• 2009 C030749 $4.5M (3 yrs) Research Partnership Agreement I
• 2013 C031105 $24M (5 + 3 yrs) Research Partnership Agreement II
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Program Opportunity Notice 3090 Integrated Mobility Solutions for Smarter Cities and Communities
$3M available with proposals due 07/29/2015
Five Funding Categories Four Focus Areas
1) Education & Technology Transfer 2) Research, Policy & Feasibility Studies 3) Underutilized Strategy Demos 4) Collaborative Partnerships 5) Underutilized Technology Demos
1) ATDM and ICM 2) Freight Transportation & Logistics 3) Dynamic Mobility Applications 4) Sustainable Transportation
Alternatives
for more info … www.nyserda.ny.gov
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Technical Evaluation and Contracting
32 PON 3090 proposals were received and sent out to a Technical Evaluation Panel (TEP)
the TEP met in October 2015 to discuss each proposal and rank them collectively
projects were awarded in December 2015 and are being contracted by NYSERDA and funded by NYSDOT or NYSERDA in line with general interests
each project is co-managed with NYSDOT
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Education and Technology Transfer
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NYSERDA/NYSDOT served on the project advisory committee for this USDOT-funded pilot and funded follow-on studies of enabling noise reduction technologies and a trusted vendor program
Policy Research and Feasibility Studies
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Use the learnings from the platooning development and demonstration research projects, along with broad industry stakeholder input to study platooning’s applicability and barriers to being used on NYS roads.
Policy Research and Feasibility Studies
Energetics Incorporated
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RPI Lighting Research Center
UTRC-funded an initial corridor study
a follow-on demonstration proposal was awarded under PON 3090
project team members include: LRC, NYSDOT, NYSERDA, National Grid, Creighton Manning, CDTC, Town of Colonie, Village of Colonie, and the lighting vendor (TBD)
Collaborative Partnership
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Underutilized Technology Demonstration
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Underutilized Technology Demonstration 30
Underutilized Technology Demonstration
MOVE Systems aka Simply Grid
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Underutilized Technology Demonstration 32
Questions?
Joseph D. Tario, P.E., Senior Project Manager Transportation Innovation and Market Development
NYS Energy Research and Development Authority 17 Columbia Circle, Albany, NY 12203
(518) 862-1090 ext 3215 [email protected]
for more info … www.nyserda.ny.gov
Capital District March 22, 2016
Transportation Committee
2016-21 TIP EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Background
By law, CDTC must update its Transportation Improvement Program every four years as an
integral element of a new Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). New York’s
practice has been to submit a new STIP every two years, to keep the program current. But after
the 2013-18 TIP Update, with new federal transportation funding legislation on the horizon, New
York State and the Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) in New York agreed to delay
submission of the new STIP one year, in the hope that new legislation would be in place. While
CDTC's practice is to maintain a five-year TIP, the federally-required STIP covers only the first
four years of the period.
The new State TIP (STIP) will take effect October 1, 2016 and cover the period through
September 30, 2020 (the four-year STIP period). The TIP will cover an additional federal fiscal
year (FFY), running through September 30, 2021 (covering CDTC's full five-year period).
The 2016-21 TIP Update
In the fall of 2015, CDTC began the process of updating the TIP to cover the federal fiscal years
(FFY) 2016-17 to 2020-21. For this TIP update, there is new federal transportation funding
legislation, Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, (FAST Act). Its impact on TIP
development is minor, in that funding levels rise very slightly (perhaps about the level of
inflation or slightly higher), and fund source eligibility is only slightly different.
During the 2016-21 TIP Update, CDTC has done the following in adopting the draft 2016-21
TIP Project Listings:
1. Determine that sufficient funds will exist to solicit for candidate projects and
subsequently program new projects in the TIP,
2. Give tentative approval to a process to evaluate candidate projects,
3. Solicit potential project sponsors for project candidates,
4. Evaluate 122 candidate projects,
5. Approve the continued funding of several projects on the current (2013-18) TIP,
6. Approve set-asides for BRT and TDM for CDTA,
7. Approve set-asides for DOT Maintenance projects,
8. Approved two additional set-asides; one for low-volume local roads, bridges and
culverts, and one for bicycle/pedestrian projects,
9. Approve projects funded with transit funds for the five-year programming period, and
10. Approve 41 new projects from the 122 candidates.
The current schedule is to make project listings available for public review at the March 2016
Policy Board meeting, with final adoption in early June 2016.
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Preservation and Beyond Preservation
It was CDTC’s intention to programmed 78% of its funding on projects that meet the NYSDOT
definition of “Preservation”. For bridges, this includes element specific work, which affects the
repairs on only the deficient “elements” of a bridge, mitigating the need to reconstruct the entire
bridge. For pavements, this includes treatments limited to preventive and corrective
maintenance, and does not include major rehabilitations and reconstructions.
It was CDTC’s intention to programmed 22% of its funding on projects that meet the NYSDOT
definition of Beyond Preservation. NYSDOT has specific criteria that qualify a project as
Beyond Preservation.
The 41 New Projects
Below are two tables with information regarding the 41 new projects only. These 41 projects are
referenced in step “9.”, and don’t include projects from the other steps in the TIP Update shown
above.
Project Type Cost ($M) Number of
Projects
Pavement Preservation Projects 9.536 9
Pavement Beyond Preservation Projects 2.251 1
Bridge Preservation Projects 34.729 7
Bridge Beyond Preservation Projects 37.020 6
Bicycle and Pedestrian Preservation Projects 0.721 2
Bicycle and Pedestrian Beyond Preservation Projects 7.436 7
Other Beyond Preservation Projects 2.857 2
Low Volume Local Projects 2.907 7
Total 97.457 41
Sponsor Type Cost
($M)
Number of
Projects
Number of
Sponsors
State 75.825 15 1
County 7.306 9 3
City 9.485 10 5
Town 3.285 5 5
Village 1.556 2 2
Total 97.457 41 16
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Next Steps
During the public review period, before final adoption of the 2016-21 TIP, CDTC, in
conjunction with NYSDOT, will take steps to balance the five-year TIP, according to the fiscal
constraint standards of New York State, FTA and FHWA. Also, CDTC staff will await
comments from project implementers regarding the cost and schedule information shown in the
draft project listings. These could result in changes to some of the schedules of some projects in
the draft project listings.
The condensed programming portion of the 2016-21 TIP Update prevented the TIP narrative
from being developed prior to the beginning of the project listings public review period. The
narrative will be available in whole or in part at the Planning Committee meetings during the
public review period and at the next Policy Committee meetings.
The final 2016-21 TIP will be submitted for approval to the Planning Committee in May and
Policy Board in June.