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Incident Response, Parking, and Maintenance Weather Systems

Incident Response, Parking, and Maintenance Weather Systems. Incidents. Could be anything outhouses, Christmas trees in the road or crashes. Incidents in Washington. Incident Management / Emergency Response. 40-60 percent of delay is related to non-recurring congestion – incidents Solution:

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Incident Response, Parking, and Maintenance Weather Systems

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  1. Incident Response, Parking, and Maintenance Weather Systems

  2. Incidents Could be anything outhouses, Christmas trees in the road or crashes

  3. Incidents in Washington

  4. Incident Management / Emergency Response • 40-60 percent of delay is related to non-recurring congestion – incidents • Solution: • Identify and remove incidents • Speed removal by sending the correct equipment as quickly as possible

  5. Important Safety Aspects • Protect first responders • Provide a safe working area so they can focus on medical aid and recovery • Provide safety traffic flow around incident scene • Prevent secondary collisions in queue

  6. What Functionality Makes Incident Management Work? • Incident detection • Incident verification • Incident response • Management • Motorist information

  7. 1. Incident Detection • Now, primarily by cellular phone • Overwhelming 911 call centers • E-911 (location information) • Also • Traffic surveillance systems • CB radio • Motorist call boxes

  8. Motorist Call Boxes • Used to be expensive, now easy to install because of cell service

  9. 2. Incident Verification • Notification of an incident is not detection • Does it really exist? • Where is it? • What is the problem?

  10. 2. Incident Verification • Usually requires visual confirmation • CCTV • Personal visit • Service patrol • Police • Airplane • Maintenance staff

  11. WSDOT Incident Response Program • WSDOT: State operated service patrols. Operates across state • WSP Cadets: WSP service patrols which operate in Puget Sound Region • Tow Service Patrols: Contracted private tow company service patrols in Puget Sound region • Media Assistance Van: Contractedprivate media patrol in the Olympic Region

  12. 2. Incident Verification • Verification allows call out of response • The faster the proper response, the faster clearance takes place

  13. 3. Incident Response • Proper response requires an understanding of the incident • Basic assistance (gas / a push) • Tow truck • Large tow truck • Fire truck • EMT • Hazardous material spill recovery • Fatal accident investigation team (Police use technology to record and clear scene, e.g. photogrammerty)

  14. One Level of Response

  15. Another Level of Response

  16. 4. Management • Communications are key to management • Between respondents • Call for additional assistance • Coordination of efforts • Turf wars used to be a big issues • Communications can be a problem • ITS provides many new cost effective communication options

  17. 5. Motorist Information • Motorist information is a big part of management • Routing information • Manage facility demand • Provide better travel alternatives to customers • Reduce frustration / poor driving behavior • Manage traveler expectations

  18. 5. Motorist Information • Information needs to be delivered to customers • Radio • VMS / CMS • New electronic devices • Other

  19. Parking Management

  20. Why Parking Management • Maximize space utilization (if demand is not evenly distributed) • Reduce VMT caused by searching for a space • One estimate is up to 30% of urban traffic is “search traffic”

  21. Parking Management Functions • Requires • Monitoring of space availability • Communication with drivers • A funding source

  22. Parking Management • Methods for monitoring space availability • Counting in/out movements • Checking individual space availability • Communication with motorists (guidance systems) • VMS / CMS (location?) • Reservation Systems • Advanced or en-route

  23. Parking Management • Who pays for the system? • What’s the incentive to do this? • Who participates in the system? • Where are the benefits? • The public? • The private parking companies?

  24. Parking Technologies • Automated parking systems • Robopark • Electronic or wireless reservation/payment • Similar to electronic tolls • Use mobile phone or transponders • Advanced parking meters • Provide real time information if space is occupied • Rates go up for additional time • Communicate information about violations

  25. Smart Parking at Baltimore Airport • Signs indicate number of free spaces

  26. Ultrasound sensor checks each space for a vehicle. Green/Red light above space indicates if space available.

  27. Green arrows direct drivers to floors with open spaces

  28. Signs point to open spaces

  29. Open Stall Changeable signs indicate spaces in rows

  30. Robopark • Space saving modular parking systems • Driver parks and pushes button • Car is automatically moved to a space • Use access card or code to retrieve car

  31. Underground Parking Silo in Italy

  32. Seattle Center Parking • System installed at three parking lots and garages • Loops at entrance/exit tally cars and determine occupancy • Linked to VMS signs on streets in area and Web

  33. Entry - Exit Sensors Source : Caltrans

  34. City of Seattle • Solar powered with a wireless connection • Each station costs $6,000 • Track revenue & usage

  35. In Vehicle Parking Assist

  36. Maintenance Weather Management

  37. Maintenance Weather Management • Real time (predictive) knowledge of weather conditions • Real time knowledge of the position and status of assets • 22% of vehicle crashes in U.S. occur under adverse road weather conditions

  38. Snow Control / Removal • Less expensive to prevent snow/ice accumulation than to remove it • Place anti-icing chemicals prior to ice formation • Only saves money if it actually snows / ices over

  39. Snow Prediction • Requires extensive weather monitoring system • Must track micro-climates • Need forecasting capabilities • Can save money

  40. Smart Snowplow Technologies • Finding and staying on roads • GPS with accurate road database, magnetic paint stripes, embedded magnetic markers • Detect hidden objects • Collision warning radar • Rear end collisions • Strobes • Driver fatigue • Devices designed with driver comfort in mind • Friction measurement (for performance info)

  41. Smart Snowplows

  42. Smart Snowplow

  43. Washington Roadway Weather Forecasting RWIS (Remote Weather Information Systems) • Integrated stations from a number of agencies • Airport • Universities • Cities • Military Bases • On Ferries • 700 stations across state

  44. Forecasting Grids Resolutions 12 Kilometer 4 Kilometer(usable for roads) 36 Kilometer

  45. Route and Road Surface Conditions

  46. ARROWS • Automated Real Time Weather Information Systems • Used by WSDOT (not public) to manage weather related maintenance • Forecasts snow, road icing, etc

  47. Maintenance Decision Support

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