Accelerating solutions for highway safety, renewal, reliability, and capacity Regional Operations Forum Multimodal Transportation Management
Outline of Forum • Provide a simple definition of multimodal transportation management • Review the objectives these management strategies are designed to achieve • Discuss the events that contribute to non-recurring congestion and travel time variability. • Provide illustrative examples to show how management strategies to improve travel time reliability are planned and implemented • Conduct an in-class group exercise. 2
A Simple Definition Multimodal transportation management includes strategies associated with the day- to-day operations and logistics of two or more modes of transportation in a defined geographic area to move people and/or goods in an efficient, safe, secure, and environmentally sound manner. 3
Transportation Modes Examples of the modes of transportation include: • Highway • Rail • Water • Air • Non-motorized 4
Geographic Coverage • Urban or rural • Metropolitan • Inter-urban, statewide, or multi-state ……strategies often involve collaboration and modal interfaces offering passenger and/or freight services 5
Multimodal Management Objectives • Reduce travel time variability • Improve accessibility • Reduce costs • Improve safety • Reduce environmental impacts 6
Forum Focus • This Forum will focus on multimodal transportation management strategies to address the challenges associated with non-recurring traffic congestion and travel time variability • These are strategies intended to help travelers and shippers “be on time all the time” 7
Major Potential Sources of Unreliable Travel Times* • Traffic incidents • Work zones • Demand fluctuations • Special events • Traffic control devices • Weather • Inadequate base capacity * All sources were discussed earlier in the week along with the concept of travel time reliability. 8
Other Important Dimensions to Multimodal Management • Equity concerns • System and user/shipper cost impacts • Land use development/accessibility • Community livability • Others? 9
Illustrative Examples • EXAMPLE 1: VTrans 2025/Virginia Department of Transportation • EXAMPLE 2: Moving Washington/Washington State Department of Transportation/Seattle area • EXAMPLE 3: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey/New York City area 10
EXAMPLE 1: VTrans2025/VDOT • VTrans2025 is the Commonwealth of Virginia's statewide long-range multi-modal transportation plan. • Date of Implementation:2004 • Developed by the Secretary of Transportation through the four state transportation modal agencies – DOAV, VDRPT,VPA, and VDOT 11
VTrans2025: Key Strategies • Inter-Agency Coordination • Signal Coordination and Preemption • TMS Multimodal Video Monitoring • 511 Traveler Information System • HOT Managed lanes • Multimodal Electronic Payment Systems (EPS) 12
VTrans2025: Performance Measures Performance Objective Performance Measure Maintain the effective and predictable Reduction time to clear non-recurring operation of the transportation system to events; on-time performance of system and meet customers’ expectations by using services; reduction in travel time variability; technology and demand management reduction in unexpected delay techniques. Reduce transfer time between modes. Reduction in transfer time Reduce congestion for all modes. Reduction in VMT; level of service improvement; reduction in travel delay Ensure seamless connections between Number of barriers removed; number of modes by providing networks of facilities links added; increase in the number of that facilitate the journey from origin to modal connections; number of bus turnouts, destination and all connections between. park-and-ride spaces, and bicycle/pedestrian accommodations 13
VTrans2025: Lesson Learned • Invest more in transportation • Support transit • Remove bias for highway travel • Fund rail • Protect Transportation Trust Fund revenues • Address the transportation/land use conflict • Improve connections between modes • Think, plan and implement multimodally! 14
VTrans2025: Next Steps • Refine the multimodal investment process • Use objective criteria as tools for determining transportation priorities • Secure approval of common goals by the transportation agency boards • Work with local and regional planning partners to identify statewide multimodal projects • Address staffing and funding levels for the Intermodal Office 15
EXAMPLE 2: Moving Washington/ WSDOT/Seattle Area • State of Washington/Seattle Metropolitan Region. • Date of Implementation: 2008 • The framework for making transparent, cost- effective decisions that keep people and goods moving and support a healthy economy, environment and communities. 16
Moving Washington: Key Strategies The Moving Washington strategies Elements of the Moving Washington vision Operate efficiently - Implement express lanes - Apply advanced technologies Manage demand - Provide flexible travel choices - Shift demand - Keep users informed Add capacity strategically - Complete critical bridges - Reduce bottleneck & complete corridor gaps 17
Moving Washington: Metrics • Improve trip reliability by 10% • Improve travel times by 10% in urban corridors • Reduce collisions by 25% • Offer more choices for commuters in metro areas 18
EXAMPLE 3: PANYNJ Strategic Plan: New York City Area • The New York - New Jersey Metropolitan Region. • Date of Implementation: 2005 • The study area of The Port Authority of NY & NJ includes the five boroughs of New York City; the suburban New York counties; and the eight northern New Jersey counties. 19
PANYNJ Strategic Plan: Key Strategies • Inter-Jurisdictional Coordination • Transportation Infrastructure Modernization • Implementation of ITS Technologies • Expansion and Integration of Public Transit • Shift of Freight Movement on Off-Peak Hours 20
PANYNJ Strategic Plan: Next Steps • Establish protocols and priorities for more structured approaches to information sharing. • Provide a single point of contact for coordination of multiple facilities and agencies. • Establish an integrated ITS program. • Develop and implement an enhanced procurement and deployment process for technology projects. 21
Summary and Conclusions • The planning and implementation of multimodal transportation management strategies have been an integral part of a transportation planning process. • Implementation of such strategies can reduce travel time, costs, crashes, and pollution, while optimizing use of the available facilities and improving land use. • Written agreements are required to describe the necessary collaborative activities and the roles and responsibilities of various agencies and stakeholders. • Multimodal management activities require that objectives be clearly articulated and that quantitative and qualitative metrics be used to assess the objectives • While multimodal management strategies are important to evaluate in terms of monetary benefits and costs, non-monetary benefits, costs and other impacts should also be considered. 22
Recommended Reading • Commonwealth of Virginia Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment. Vtrans 2025. http://www.vtrans.org/vtrans_2025.asp • The Port Authority of NY and NJ. “Transportation for Regional Prosperity. Strategic Plan.” New York NY 2006 http://www.panynj.gov/about/pdf/strategic-plan.pdf • Washington State Department of Transportation. Moving Washington Program. http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/movingwashington/ 23
Multi-modal Management Exercise and Group Discussion 1. Identify a multimodal management strategy that was intended to address non-recurring congestion and improve travel time reliability in your area. 2. Describe the strategy in terms of its geographic service area, its major stakeholders, and the objective(s) it was designed to achieve. 3. What metric(s) were used to assess the extent to which this strategy achieved its objective(s). 4. What lessons were learned as a result of the implementation of this strategy? 24
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