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Regional Traffic Operators Committee

Regional Traffic Operators Committee. February 23rd ITE/IMSA Joint Conference. Stephanie Rossi, Puget Sound Regional Council Aileen McManus , King County Traffic Engineering Jill MacKay, IBI Group. Presentation Outline. RTOC Background: Stephanie Rossi

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Regional Traffic Operators Committee

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  1. Regional Traffic Operators Committee February 23rd ITE/IMSA Joint Conference Stephanie Rossi, Puget Sound Regional Council Aileen McManus, King County Traffic Engineering Jill MacKay, IBI Group

  2. Presentation Outline • RTOC Background: Stephanie Rossi • Regional Concept of Operations: Jill MacKay • Regional ITS Implantation Plan: Aileen McManus • Next Steps • Questions

  3. Puget SoundRegional Traffic Operators CommitteeStephanie Rossi, PSRC

  4. 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

  5. Puget Sound Regional Signal Review “Build stronger regional leadership” • Also need Regional: • Funding • Information Sharing • Training • Performance Monitoring • Uniformity Guidance

  6. 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)

  7. 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

  8. 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.

  9. Regional Coordination Issues Jurisdictions have varying: Operational Standards Maintenance standards Operational budgets Signal controllers(equipment and software varies) Staffing levels Staffing Expertise

  10. Regional Coordination Issues Operating expenses can be lacking for: Signal timing plans Timing plan implementation Real time Monitoring Timing plan updates

  11. 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.

  12. 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

  13. Regional Concept of OperationsJill McKay, IBI Group

  14. 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”

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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.”

  19. How will we get there? • Best (“better”) Practices • Monroe County, NY • Denver Region COG • Pima COG • Metropolitan Washington COG • SE Michigan COG

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. Regional ITS Implementation Plan Aileen McManus: King County DOT Co-Chair: Regional Traffic Operations Committee

  23. Regional ITS Implementation Plan • Background • RITSIP Deliverables • RITSIP Corridors • RITSIP Corridor Attributes • Next Steps

  24. 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

  25. 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.

  26. Regional ITS Corridors

  27. 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

  28. Top 25 Regional ITS Corridors 5 Snohomish County 4 Pierce County 1 Kitsap County 15 King County

  29. 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

  30. Inventory Project Map, Example

  31. 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

  32. Signal Interconnect via Fiber Optic Cable Communication Cabinet Ethernet Modems Patch Panel

  33. Signal Timing Software & Simulation Multi-jurisdictional Coordination Traconex Econolite ASC 2 • Some Controller Changeout necessary • Traffic System Modeling • Agreed Upon Operational standards Eagle M50 Econolite ASC 3 Naztec 2070 Quixote Example Controllers

  34. Real Time Traveler Information

  35. Real Time Traveler Information REAL TIME TRAVEL TIME License Plate Readers Travel Time Video Cameras

  36. Real Time Traveler Information FLOW MAPS

  37. Real Time Traveler Information VMS SIGNS

  38. Corridor Operation and Monitoring

  39. Example of Real time Traffic Management within Puget Sound Region Transit Signal Priority

  40. Video/Data Sharing • WSDOT 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

  41. 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

  42. 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.

  43. Questions?ContactsStephanie Rossi: srossi@psrc.orgAileen McManus: aileen.mcmanus@kingcounty.govJill MacKay: jmackay@ibigroup.com

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