T3 Webinar:

Approaches for Building Effective Regional Relationships in the Deployment of ITS

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" Approaches for Building Effective Regional Relationships in the Deployment of ITS"

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Slide 1: NaviGAtor

Georgia's Intelligent Transportation System
www.georgia-NaviGAtor.com

Talking Technology and Transportation (T3) Webinar
March 4, 2008

Slide 2: The Beginning of NaviGAtor

Primarily in response to Atlanta's selection as host of the 1996 Summer Olympic games

• What can we do to keep traffic moving during this massive influx of people?
• What technologies can we show off to the world related to transportation?

Slide 3: The Beginning of NaviGAtor

• Georgia DOT took lead role in developing system
• Primarily used Demonstration Project (DPI) and Congetions Mitigation (CMAQ) funds
• GDOT partnered with FHWA, five local counties, the City of Atlanta, and transit (MARTA)

Slide 4: Initial Concept

NaviGAtor was to be:

• Primarily a freeway incident and traffic management program
• Secondarily a traveler information system
• Centered in a GDOT Transportation Management Center (TMC)
• Networked with satellite Transportation Control Centers (TCCs

Slide 5: Initital Concept

[Image: A diagram of nine boxes surrounding a center box, representing the initial concept of NaviGAtor. The center box is the GDOT traffic management center surrounding by nine satellite transportation control centers: Athens, Savannah, Atlanta, MARTA, Gwinnett Co., Fulton Co., Dekalb Co., Clayton Co., and Cobb Co.]

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Slide 6: Initital Concept

[Image: The same diagram found on the previous slide showing nine boxes surrounding a center box, representing NaviGAtor. Each of the satellite transportation control centers, with the exception of MATRA, collects and exchange data about signals and local streets; MARTA contributes transit data. The nine satellite transportation control centers are Athens, Savannah, Atlanta, MARTA, Gwinnett Co., Fulton Co., Dekalb Co., Clayton Co., and Cobb Co.]

Slide 7: Initital Concept

• Instead of being housed in same facility, partner jurisdictions are tied together virtually
• All partners run the same NaviGAtor software
• Interconnected via fiber
• All video is shared, including control
• Each partner maintains own database, but info is shared
• MOUs signed between State and locals

Slide 8: Roles

Georgia DOT	Local Jurisdictions
Freeway surveillance Freeway speed/volume detection Freeway incident management Ramp metering Traveler Info (message signs) Traveler Info (website and 511) HOV Lane monitoring State Route management Construction tracking statewide Maintenance dispatch Traffic signal repair dispatch	Arterial surveillance Traffic signal operation Arterial Traveler Info (message signs) Arterial Traveler Info (Traffic TV)

Slide 9: Common Software Platform

Slide 10: Incident Management

[Image: Computer screen shot of the Navigator software application. The screen shows incident management data divided into columns. The jurisdiction column—the location of the incident—is highlighted. ]

Slide 11: Incident Management

[Image: Computer screen shot of the Navigator software application. The screen shows incident management data divided into columns. The "Filter by" button is highlighted, showing that the tool has filtering capability. ]

Slide 12: Incident Management

[Image: Computer screen shot of the Navigator software application. The screen shows incident management data divided into columns. A pop-up box that displays the result of a "Filter by" action. ]

Slide 13: Camera Selection

[Image: Computer screen shot of the Navigator software application. The screen shows a filtered list of cameras by jurisdiction. ]

Slide 14: Camera Selection

[Image: Computer screen shot of the Navigator software application. The screen shows a filtered list of cameras by jurisdiction. ]

Slide 15: Camera Selection

[Image: Computer screen shot of the Navigator software application. The screen shows a filtered list of cameras by jurisdiction. ]

Slide 16: GDOT NaviGAtor Overview

Slide 17: GDOT NaviGAtor Overview

• Devices primarily concentrated in Metro Atlanta
• Some statewide elements:
  • Hurricane evacuation system along coast
  • Weather stations statewide
  • Message signs scattered around the state
• Responsibility for state routes across Georgia
  • Clearinghouse for all incidents/construction

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Slide 18: GDOT NaviGAtor Overview

[Image: Map of Georgia counties, showing the location of Georgia Department of Transportation District Offices. ]

Slide 19: GDOT NaviGAtor Overview

Freeway

• 375 cameras
• 105 Variable Message Signs
• 1500 detection stations
  • Mostly video
  • Some RTMS
  • Some cell phone probes
• 8 ramp meters
  • Soon to be 140
• 180 centerline miles of coverage
  • Expanding to 260

[Image: A real-time traffic map of metropolitan Atlanta generated by the NaviGAtor application. ]

Slide 20: GDOT NaviGAtor Overview

Macon

• 39 cameras
• 5 Variable Message Signs
• 80 detection stations
  • Mostly video
  • Some cell phone probes on roadways outside red circle
• 12 centerline miles of coverage
• Connected to Atlanta via leased fiber

[Image: A real-time traffic map of Macon generated by the NaviGAtor application. ]

Slide 22: Incident Management

• Incident info shared with police via phone
  • Also on-scene coordination relayed thru dispatch
• Traffic Incident Management Enhancement (TIME) task force formed
  • Made up of GDOT, police, fire, EMS, State Patrol, etc.
  • Meets frequently to discuss incident management
  • "After-action" debriefings held
• Traffic Recovery Incentive Program
• (TRIP) recently kicked off

Slide 23: Media Relationships

• Share four simultaneous video feeds with all major networks in Atlanta
• Media liaison employed at TMC
• Incident info shared both ways with media

[Image: traffic management center. ]

Slide 24: Data Sharing with ISPs

• All NaviGAtor content freely available
• http://data.georgia-NaviGAtor.com
  • Includes all images
  • Raw station data (speeds, counts, etc)
  • Maps
• Accessed by various media outlets and traffic info consolidators

Slide 25: Looking Ahead

[Images: Freeway with overpasses. Image of transportation management center. Image of freeway traffic passing under a variable messages sign. ]

Slide 26: Future Plans

• Engage more partners
  • Counties, including those outside metro Atlanta
  • Police/fire/rescue
  • Towing/recovery
  • Media
• Develop browser-based software
• Incorporate traffic signals into NaviGAtor

Slide 27: Future Plans

• Keep costs low
• Utilize GDOT specs for compatibility
  • GDOT revising specs to keep options open
• Bring more value/usefulness to locals
• Enrich 511 information
  • Cover more roadways
  • Include better utility and const lane closures

Slide 28: Contact Information

Mark S. Demidovich, P.E.
Asst. State Traffic Engineer
Georgia Dept of Transportation
935 E. Confederate Avenue, Bldg. 24
Atlanta, GA 30316
(404) 635-8014
mdemidovich@dot.ga.gov