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ITS Architecture Use & Maintenance
(July 30, 2014)
ITS Architecture Use in Transportation Planning: the Southeast Michigan Experience
Presenter: Tom Bruff
Presenter's Org: Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG)
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Slide 1: SEMCOG: Southeast Michigan Council of Governments
Slide 2: ITS Architecture Use in Transportation Planning: the Southeast Michigan Experience
Talking Technology and Transportation (T3) Webinar:
ITS Architecture Use and Maintenance
July 30, 2014
[This slide contains two photographs: (1) a black and white photograph showing a man at a traffic management center from days past. The man is at a desk facing a wall mounted with a dozen black and white cathode ray tube monitors; and (2) a color photograph of a modern traffic management center in Southeast Michigan.]
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[This slide contains a map of the state of Michigan with the seven areas within the SEMCOG region highlighted. The Michigan map is on top of a larger version of the SEMCOG region map.]
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4.7 million people
[This slide contains a SEMCOG region map labeled by county: St. Clair, Livingston, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw, Wayne, and Monroe. The City of Detroit is also labeled.]
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233 local units of government
- 7 county road agencies
- 2 MDOT regions
- Police, Fire, EMS (approx. 233 x 3)
[This slide contains a map of SEMCOG's University and Metro regions.]
Slide 6: Development and Maintenance
- Initial Architecture developed with assistance by National Architecture Development Team, 2000
- Minor updates in 2005
- MDOT development/update in 2008 (included a Deployment Plan)
- Minor updates in 2014
Slide 7: Integration of ITS (Arch.) and Planning
- SEMCOG Regional ITS Architecture was initially adopted as part of 2025 Regional Transportation Plan
- Included as part of SEMCOG Congestion Management Process (CMP)
Slide 8: Integration of ITS (Arch.) and Planning (cont.)
- Integrated with Traffic Incident Management (TIM)
- Lead to the development of Regional Concept for Transportation Operations (RCTO) (FHWA demo)
- Elements of the Architecture were used in traffic incident management/operations planning
Slide 9: Transportation Operations/TIM Partnering Network
[This slide contains a diagram that illustrates the potential Southeast Michigan Regional Operations network. Most of the elements, or services, are represented by existing working groups, and only a few (i.e., communications network, border operations) may require development of a working group. The agencies that make up this network are represented by circles and include first responders, system operators, maintenance, and ITS.]
Slide 10: FHWA Awards Demonstration Initiative Grants - April 2005
[This slide contains a 2005 map of FHWA awards to SEMCOG and its partners. SEMCOG was awarded one of three grants to develop and implement the RCTO for Metro Detroit.]
Slide 11: Southeast Michigan Transportation Operations (RCTO) Vision
“Southeast Michigan will have reliable and managed transportation operations across jurisdictional, geographic and modal boundaries for both routine traffic operations and traffic incident management that saves lives, time, and money for its travelers.”
Slide 12: RCTO Objectives
- Improve responder safety
- Provide safe, quick clearance
- Disseminate operations information to stakeholders
- Retime traffic signals regularly
- Identify priority corridors for future investment
Slide 13: Top Stakeholder Suggestions: Clearing incidents quickly and safely
- Local removal practices
- Responder safety workshop
- Table top exercises/After Action
- Crash investigation sites
- Alternative route planning
- Visibility
[This slide contains photographs of a policeman wearing a safety vest, a gridocked highway, a mile post, and traffic cones.]
Slide 14: Clearing Incidents Quickly and Safely: Quick Clearance Laws Needed
- Driver Removal Law
- Authority Removal Law
- Hold Harmless Law
[This slide contains three images: (1) a cartoon of a safety worker as a superhero wearing a long cape emblazoned with his name: Captain ClearIt; (2) a sign that reads “Crash Investigation | Site Exit 206;” (3) refuse along a roadway; and (4) a sign that reads “Move It | it's the law.”]
Slide 15: Top Stakeholder Suggestions: Disseminate operations information
https://mdotjboss.state.mi.us/MiDrive/map
[This slide contains a screenshot of the mi.gov/drive web page, which disseminates operations information to stakeholders, the media, and individual travelers (i.e., video sharing).]
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[This slide contains a screenshot of a page on Michigan.gov which allows the visitor to select real-time closed-circuit tv feeds to view current traffic conditions from various locations within the SEMCOG area.]
Slide 17: Top Stakeholder Suggestions: Retime traffic signals regularly
- Approximately 5,400 traffic signals regionally
[This slide contains a background image of the SEMCOG region map.]
Slide 18: Retime Traffic Signals Regularly: Ownership
[This slide contains a pie chart the displays the percent of ownership for traffic signal retiming: MDOT: 31%, Wane County: 20%, Detroit: 18%, Oakland County: 11%, Macomb County: 8%, Washtenaw County: 2%, Ann Arbor: 2%, Royal Oak: 1%, Pontiac: 1%; Monroe County: 1%, Dearborn: 1%, and St. Clair County: 1%.]
Slide 19: Retime Traffic Signals Regularly: Funding and Application Criteria
- Congestion Mitigation Air Quality Improvement Plan
- Annual Local Safety Program
- Maximum of $600,000 per project (80/20 match)
| Priority Ranking |
Points |
| Regional |
40 |
| Sub-regional |
30 |
| Higher-local |
20 |
| Local |
10 |
Slide 20: Top Stakeholder Suggestions: Identify arterial streets as priority corridors
- Approximately 28,000 road-miles regionally
- approximately 8,000 road-miles of federal-aid eligible
- Grouped into approximately 1,200 “like/peer” corridors
Slide 21: Identify Arterial Streets as Priority Corridors: Evaluation criteria for prioritizing corridors
| Criteria |
Points |
Based On |
| Safety |
0-3 |
Weighted CPI (Crash Probability Index) per mile scaled to a maximum of (3) |
| Congestion |
0-3 |
Percent of corridor overlapped by congested segments scaled to a maximum of (3) |
| Freight |
0/3 |
(1) for corridors designated as truck routes
(1) for identified corridors connecting to ports, airports, or intermodal facilities
(1) for identified corridors serving high-priority regional freight corridors
|
| Transit |
0-3 |
Transit ridership by category ((1): 1-4,999 riders per day; (2): 5,000-9,999 riders per day; (3): 10,000+ riders per day) |
Slide 22: Identify Arterial Streets as Priority Corridors: Evaluation criteria for prioritizing corridors
| Criteria |
Points |
Based On |
| Volume |
1-3 |
Volume by category ((1): 1-9,999 vehicles per day; (2): 10,000-29,999 vehicles per day; (3): 30,000+ vehicles per day) |
| Density |
0/3 |
(3) for corridors intersecting TAZ with household density > 3.0 or job density >4.0 |
| Activity Centers |
0/3 |
(3) for corridors intersecting 1/2 mile buffer around identified activity centers |
| Functional Classification |
0-3 |
See handout |
| Traffic Signals |
0-3 |
Density per mile: 0, 1-2, 3-4, > 4 |
Slide 23: Operations Priority Corridors
[This slide contains a map and an inset of a magnified section of the map; their roadways are color-coded to show the following four corridor classifications: regional, sub-regional, higher local, and local.]
Slide 24: For More Information
SEMCOG’s Website (www.semcog.org)
Contact
- Tom Bruff, Manager - Plan & Policy Development
- E-mail: bruff@semcog.org
- Phone: 313-324-3340 (direct)
Slide 25: SEMCOG: Southeast Michigan Council of Governments
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