HNTB ITS/Traffic Operations Minnesota Guidestar June 20, 2012 HNTBs - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

HNTB ITS/Traffic Operations Minnesota Guidestar June 20, 2012

HNTB’s ITS/Traffic Operations Practice Diverse capabilities Nationwide resources Cutting-edge experience

Diverse ITS/Traffic Operations Capabilities • ITS and communication design • Connected vehicles • System integration and technology support • Signal systems • Managed/HOT lanes • Operations, including traffic incident management • Training/professional capacity building

Diverse ITS/Traffic Operations Capabilities • Specialty areas: − Incident management − Communications and networking − Parking management − Application development

Nationwide ITS/Traffic Operations Resources • More than 125 ITS professionals nationwide • 40 in Great Lakes Region • Ability to tap specialized disciplines or capabilities • Ability to leverage firmwide resources outside of ITS

ITS/Operations Training • Fiber Optics • Communications • ITS Design • ITS Construction Inspection • Traffic Incident Management • Emergency Transportation Operations • Planned Special Events • Crisis Communications

Cutting-Edge Experience: Connected Vehicles • MDOT • FDOT • GDOT • City of Detroit • New Jersey Turnpike Authority • Miami-Dade Expressway Authority

USDOT Safety Pilot Model Deployment

Deployment Facts • 2,800 vehicles • Cars, trucks, transit • Fully integrated vehicles • Intersections, freeways • V2I, V2V

Safety Applications • Collision avoidance • Curve over-speed warning • Lane change assist • SPaT signal controllers • Transit safety devices – pedestrian detection systems • In-vehicle work zone notification • In-vehicle merge advisories based on lane closures • Railroad grade crossing warning

Cutting-Edge Experience: Parking Management • Metra parking management • I-94 truck parking management system

Truck Parking Information & Management System • Issue: Overcrowded rest areas, safety concerns • Objective: Improve corridor parking utilization

Truck Parking Information & Management System System components • Vehicle sensors • CCTV cameras • Parking status signs • DMS • Traveler website • In-vehicle devices • Smart phone app

Cutting-Edge Experience: ITS Communications • St. Louis regional design • City of Columbus regional design • Metro Detroit regional design • Honolulu design and integration

Honolulu Communications Design • All wireless • Terrain modeling • Path testing

Honolulu System Integration • Lab testing • Field integration • Operational support • Field testing

Cutting-Edge Experience: Asset Management • St. Louis regional ITS asset management • MDOT statewide ITS asset management

MDOT Statewide ITS Asset Management • SQL server database • Fiber, conduit, handholes, devices • Work orders and maintenance • Linked to photos, as-builts, cabinet data

MDOT Statewide Asset Management

Cutting-Edge Experience: Managed/HOT Lanes • SR 91 Express Lanes – Orange County, CA − User pricing to optimize the number of vehicles that can safely travel the toll lanes at free- flow speeds − Finance the project to accelerate construction

Cutting-Edge Experience: Managed/HOT Lanes • I-15 Express Lanes Design & Operations, Salt Lake City, UT Main Lanes Park- and-Ride Managed Lanes Access Road BRT Direct Station Access Ramps

Cutting-Edge Experience: Zoo ICM “Crossing” Corridors

Cutting-Edge Experience: Zoo ICM Con Ops Real-time Traveler Information Traffic Operations Traffic Traffic Authority Signal Incident Operations Management

Cutting-Edge Experience: Zoo ICM • Institutional − Establish operations “authorities” (decision making, technical) − Transfer of signal “ownership” − Coordination/connection with Work Zone TMP • Traffic Signal Operations and Traveler Information − Responsive and/or adaptive signal control − Arterial detection and monitoring − Integration of Zoo ICM with Statewide Traffic Operations Center (arterial-freeway operation co-location) − Expanded information dissemination (DMS, 511, etc.) • Traffic Incident Management − Arterial incident response tools − Expansion of WisDOT Freeway Service Team (incl. arterials)

Cutting-Edge Experience: HNTB TIM Quals • Implementing national SHRP2 L12/L32A responder training • Established FHWA National TIM training standardization • Lead facilitator of FHWA “Advanced TIM for Mid - Level Managers” Workshops (Minneapolis, September 2011) • Author of FHWA Freeway Service Patrol Handbook

Cutting-Edge Experience: HNTB TIM Quals • WisDOT Traffic Incident Management Enhancement (TIME) Program − Exclusive management/support contractor since 1995 − ITS America “Best - Of” Award Winner − Expanded from Milwaukee to Statewide − Needs-based, relationships focused • Member of National TIM Coalition leadership, support in NUG direction and development • TIM experience in 28 states, 49 cities

Why HNTB? Diverse capabilities Nationwide resources Cutting-edge experience