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SEMTOC Operations. Reinventing and Advancing into 2013. Dayo Akinyemi, PE Michigan Department of Transportation Southeast Michigan Transportation Operations Center. Agenda. SE Michigan Transportation Operations Center SEMTOC Enhancements Freeway Courtesy Patrol Expansion
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SEMTOC Operations Reinventing and Advancing into 2013 Dayo Akinyemi, PE Michigan Department of Transportation Southeast Michigan Transportation Operations Center
Agenda • SE Michigan Transportation Operations Center • SEMTOC Enhancements • Freeway Courtesy Patrol Expansion • Progress in Action – I-75 Incident on 02/13/13 • Questions Reinventing and Advancing
SEMTOC Composition MDOT & MSP Control Room ITS Field Maintenance Freeway Courtesy Patrol The SEMTOC Team ITS Design
SEMTOC Enhancements • Moved into State-of-the-Art Facility • Travel Time Deployment • Dedicated Construction & Event Coordinator • Launched 24/7 SEMTOC Twitter Updates SEMTOC – Enhanced version 2.0
SEMTOC Enhancements • Increased Control Room Coverage at BWB • Began Routine Severe Weather Table Tops • Recalibrated Monthly Metric Reporting • Migrating to New Traffic Mgmt. System SEMTOC – Enhanced version 2.0
Freeway Courtesy Patrol • 2.85 million miles • 53,000 stops • 35,000 assists • 2,631 accidents • 7,000 gals of gas
Freeway Courtesy Patrol ‘12: 320 Miles‘13: 391 Miles
Progress-In-Action: I-75 Pile-Up • Approx. 9:30 02/13/13 • Snow Squalls on SB I-75 at Rouge River Bridge. • 1 Mile of pockets of multiple accidents. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCkAgitFVg0
I-75 Rouge River Bridge • 9:33 – Notified of multi-car incident • 9:43 – Responders arrived on scene • 9:44 – FCP close freeway Southbound at Springwells • 15:21 – Vehicles were removed. Waves of street sweepers, fire washing, and salt trucks went clearing the roadway • 15:50 – Roadway opened
I-75 Rouge River Bridge • Excellent Communication • Additional people and extra support offered • Good use of 800 MHz radios • Cleared in 6 hours • Minimal delays • Cold weather supplies