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ITS and Highways-MAPC Annual Meeting
Examples of uses of ITS inmanaging highway operations
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Active Traffic Management
ATM:Active Traffic Management involves providing real-time
information to motorists toimprove traffic flow
Through the use of overhead gantries,agencies are able to
provide informationsuch as:
Variable speed limits
Queue warnings
Dynamic re-routing Hard shoulder running
Travel time information
In use in Europe
Early US adopters: Los Angeles, Seattle,Salt Lake City
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Congestion Pricing of New Lanes
Variable pricing:Ability to vary pricing of lane usage helps
keep traffic free flowing
91 Express Lane is a 4-lane, 10-mile tollroad built in the
median of California StateRoute 91.
Value pricing- varies by time of dayand volume of traffic
Privately financed toll road
Fully automated
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IntelliDrive
US DOTs IntelliDrive Initiative: Improve In-vehicleSafety and
Mobility
Intersection Collision Avoidance
Provides for greater situationalawareness:
Vehicle is able to communicate withother vehicles and
roadsideinfrastructure
Vehicle can detect roadwayconditions before the driver can
seethem
Reduce or eliminate crashes through:
Driver advisories
Driver warnings
Vehicle controls
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Bay Area 511 System
Revamped 511 System:Collaboration of state, regional, local
agencies and transit systems
Comprehensive 511 system operated byMTC- the Bay Area MPO
Real time traffic conditions
Mobile phone apps
Suggested routing
Transit times Tweets
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Open Road Tolling
Tolling Technology:Technology allows for toll collection at
highway speeds
Open Road Tolling is gainingacceptance across the country:
Illinois Turnpike
New Hampshire Turnpike (May30, 2010)
Texas Toll Roads Can require significant right-of-way to
retrofit
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Minneapolis Urban Partnership
Partnership between local, state, and federal:Multiple efforts
to address congestion on the Interstates
I-35 HOV to HOT Conversion
Dynamic pricing of HOV lanes forSOV travelers
Active Lane Management
Bus Only Shoulder Lanes- lane guidanceassistance
Transit signal priority
Other Urban Partnerships in Seattle, Miami,and San Francisco
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Massachusetts ITS Infrastructure
Need for continuing capital investment:
MassDOT Highway Operations Center
Constructed for Central Artery
Expanding to handle operationsstatewide
Southeast Expressway Zipper Lane
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U.S. DOT ITS Peer to Peer Program
U.S. DOT Resource:Program provides peer technical assistance
Provides one-on-one technicalexpertise on
deployment,development, and operation of ITStechnologies.
Available to organizations dealingwith:
Highway,
Transit,
Motor carrier
Human services
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U.S. DOT Resources:
U.S. DOTs ITS Joint Program Office-www.its.dot.gov
ITS Peer to Peer Program-www.pcb.its.dot.gov/res_peer1.asp
FHWA Innovative Program Delivery Office-www.fhwa.dot.gov/ipd
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Contact Information
Terrance ReganVolpe National Transportation System
[email protected]
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