Partners Using Archived Operations Data & VPP Suite User Group Meeting April 3, 2014
Meeting Requests All Participants – in person and via webcast – Questions will be addressed at the end of each presentation – Please give your name and agency before asking your question (at least the first time) Participation in person – Please remember all sounds are picked up by the audio system Participation via webcast – Please keep your phone muted until asking a question or speaking (press *6 to mute/unmute individual phone lines) – Please do not place call “on hold” as your hold music will be heard by the group I-95 Corridor Coalition Travel Information Services PTC www.I95Coalition.org 2 April 3, 2014
Housekeeping Items Additional Webcast & Audio Information • Please call 610-662-5569 for difficulties with the web or audio application Presentations will be available • Contact Information will be available at the end of this presentation 3 I-95 Corridor Coalition Travel Information Services PTC www.I95Coalition.org April 3, 2014
Joint Meeting Participants In Person Agency Name Agency Name Baltimore Metropolitan FHWA Bob Rupert Ed Stylc Council New Jersey DOT John Allen Clear Channel/TTWN Hubert Clay New Jersey DOT Andrew Ludasi Iteris Scott Perley Pennsylvania DOT Lou Belmonte Skycomp Gregory Jordan Pennsylvania DOT Mark Kopko NJIT (for NJDOT) Branislav Dimitrijevic Pennsylvania DOT Bob Pento INRIX Rick Schuman DVRPC Jesse Buerk I-95 Corridor Coalition Marygrace Parker DVRPC Chris King I-95 Corridor Coalition George Schoener DVRPC Zoe Neaderland University of Maryland Stan Young University of NJTPA Mary Ameen Michael Pack Maryland/CATT Lab NJTPA Sutapa Bhattacharjee KMJ Consulting, Inc. Karen Jehanian 4 I-95 Corridor Coalition Travel Information Services PTC www.I95Coalition.org NJTPA Keith Miller KMJ Consulting, Inc. Joanna Reagle April 3, 2014
Joint Meeting Participants Via Webcast Agency Name Agency Name FHWA Rich Taylor Boston MPO Ryan Hicks Florida DOT Gene Glotzbach City of Charlotte, NC Nabeel Akhtar Georgia DOT Chad Hendon MWCOG Wenjing Pu Maryland SHA Subrat Mahapatra MWCOG Jon Schermann Potomac & Rappahannock Massachusetts DOT Pete Sutton Chuck Steigerwald Transp. Comm. New Jersey DOT Neha Galgali Richmond Regional PDC Tiffany Dubinsky New Jersey DOT Simon Nwachukwu Richmond Regional PDC Greta Ryan New Jersey DOT Sudhir Joshi South Jersey TPO David Heller New York State DOT Giselle Vagnini Southwestern PA Commission Doug Smith North Carolina DOT Kelly Wells GEWI North America Eli Sherer South Carolina DOT Tisha Dickerson Jacobs (for RIDOT) Bill Nordstrom South Carolina DOT Dipak Patel TrafInfo (for RIDOT) Deanna Peabody Vermont AOT Robert White Villanova University Seri Park Virginia DOT Scott Cowherd KMJ Consulting, Inc. Bridget Postlewaite 5 I-95 Corridor Coalition Travel Information Services PTC www.I95Coalition.org Virginia DOT Mena Lockwood April 3, 2014 Virginia DOT Sahita Lahiri
Agenda Overview • Three minute updates on use of archived operations data for planning • MAP-21 performance measures • Technical issues • Next Steps and meeting wrap-up
Updates by Users • NCDOT: Kelly Wells, Mobility Program Manager • BMC: Ed Stylc, Survey Manager • VDOT: Mena Lockwood, Asst. State Traffic Engineer • SJTPO: David Heller, Team Leader • NJDOT: John Allen, Section Chief, Bureau of Commuter/Mobility Strategies • DVRPC: Jesse Buerk & Zoe Neaderland
Kelly Wells, NCDOT VPP User Delay Cost for Special Events • Incident Mgmt. specialist used VPP to calculate User Delay Costs. “This can’t be right?!?!?” Case was major accident after Panthers Game • Realized that must account for things like – Volume: not typical Sunday PM hourly volume – Commercial / Passenger split: all added volume is passenger – Occupancy: not typical 1.25 • CATT Lab: Use formulae to account for these factors
Contact Information Kelly Wells, North Carolina DOT Phone: (919) 825-2615 Email: kwells@ncdot.gov
What Can We Do? Sitting in Decision ‐ Makers We cannot build our way out of congestion. Transportation investments must go toward traffic again ? maintaining the existing system and improving operations to reduce congestion and the effects of incidents. When possible, find dedicated, additional funding for transportation. Planners, Engineers and Other Partners • Consider operations strategies, such as emergency traffic patrol, incident management We all have better things to do… task forces, traffic signal coordination and intersection improvements. • Incorporate Transportation Demand Management (TDM) by making it more desirable to live near jobs and more convenient to walk, bicycle and take transit; we need to address demand as well as supply of transportation. • In addition to reducing congestion, review other ways to help freight move reliably. All of Us • Check conditions before departing to consider transportation mode, route and least ‐ congested time to travel if you have flexibility. • Drive safely to reduce the likelihood of a crash. • Learn about and participate in transportation planning and funding decisions. Everyday Resources Agencies at Work MD 511 - www.md511.org Baltimore Regional Transportation Board (BRTB) builds consensus among transportation agencies in the Baltimore metropolitan region. Inside: Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) mission StreetSmart – is to enhance the quality of life for Maryland’s citizens by http://www.bmorestreetsmart.com/ providing a balanced and sustainable multi-modal New tools and what you transportation system for safe, efficient passenger and freight movement. can do to reduce congestion State Highway Administration (SHA) is responsible for CHART - planning, designing, building and maintaining the State’s http://www.chart.state.md.us/ highways and bridges. Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) is responsible This Edition: for planning, designing, building and maintaining the State’s MTA Trip Planner - tolled highways and bridges http://mta.maryland.gov/ MD 295 in the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) operates local and commuter buses, light rail, metro subway, commuter rail, and paratransit system. vicinity of MD 175 Publication Number: 1 Abstract: Congestion is getting harder to manage, but tools to analyze it and cost-effective measures Staff Contact: Eileen Singleton are getting better. This is the first in a series of brochures using archived operations data to understand Principal Transportation Engineer the causes of congestion and what can be done about it. The focus corridor for this edition is MD 295 in esingleton@baltometro.org the vicinity of MD 175, however the emphasis on operations, multimodal approaches, and partnerships Congestion costs www.baltometro.org as realistic approaches to congestion are widely applicable. each traveler in this The Baltimore Regional Transportation Board is the Metropolitan Planning Organization for the Baltimore region. The BRTB is an 11 member board representing the cites of Annapolis and Baltimore; Anne 4 ‐ mile section Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford and Howard counties; the Maryland Departments of Transportation, Environment,, and Planning; and the Maryland Transit Administration. The Baltimore Metropolitan Agency agency logo Council provides technical and staff support to the BRTB. $2,400 per year! logo Photo Credits: Ed Stylc; Baltimore Metropolitan Council; US Park Service Web Page March 2014
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