Collaboration in the Great Lakes Megaregion - ITS … in the Great Lakes Megaregion GLRTOC Overview ... Peter Rafferty, [email protected] Adam ... Microsoft PowerPoint - Session4_Rafferty

Collaboration in theGreat Lakes Megaregion

GLRTOC OverviewApril 2016

Megaregions

Great Lakes Regional Transportation Operations Coalition

GLRTOC Mission & PartnersFounded in 2010

Improve cross-regional transportation operations in support of regional economic competitiveness and

improved quality of life.


Affiliates include FHWA, MAFC, UW-Madison

GLRTOC MCOM Steering CommitteeAgency Name Title

Chicago Skyway Michael Lowrey Director of Operations

Illinois DOT Chuck Sikaras ITS Program Manager

Illinois Tollway Scott Kapton General Manager of Maintenance and Traffic

Indiana DOT Ed Cox Managing Engineer Corridor Operations

Indiana Toll Road Robert Ladson Infrastructure Manager

Iowa DOT Scott Marler Director of Traffic Operations

Kansas DOT Kristi Ericksen Work Zones Manager

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Jason Siwula Innovation Engineer

Michigan DOT Tony Kratofil Metro Region Engineer

Ministry of Transport Ontario Peter Armoogam Traffic Management Supervisor

Minnesota DOT Steve Misgen Metro RTMC Engineer

Missouri DOT Julie Stotlemeyer Traffic Liaison Engineer

Ohio DOT Jim Barna Assistant Director

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Wisconsin DOT Don Gutkowski Director of Traffic Operations


Founded 1993 1993–2006, Gary-Chicago-Milwaukee (GCM) ITS Priority

Corridor Since 2006, broader operations and geographic extent Focus on traffic operations along major corridors in the

greater Chicago region to improve safety and mobility

Ongoing coordination between GLRTOC and LMIGA

Lake Michigan Interstate Gateway Alliance (LMIGA)


Previous LMIGA Coverage Map

www.TravelMidwest.com


Strategic Focus Areas

1. Efficient freight operations2. Reliable mobility3. TIM / ETO


Current Project Areas• Annual High Impact Work Zone Review• Online Work Zone Mapping Application• Work Zone Monitoring (Bluetooth)• Smart Work Zones Best Practices

Work Zones

• Gateway Expansion• Gateway Enhancements• Incident Alerts

Traveler Information

• Systems Engineering• Operations Centers Profiles• Operations Centers Information Exchange• Gateway Automated Incident Response System (GAIRS)

Connected Centers

• MAP-21 Performance Measures• Freight Mobility• Work zone and weather impacts• Monthly Reporting

Performance Management


Annual review first Wednesday of every February Supported by mapping application


Coalition owns 24 Bluetooth detectors Deployed along I-39/90/94 in Illinois and Wisconsin


Best practices from agency outreach Assessed six applications/practices Final report

available now


Gateway coverage extended to Minnesota farther into Michigan (and all of Illinois under separate funding)

Enhancements to backend data, customizable reports, additional map presets

Increased operations staff support GLRTOC email alerts for the highest impact events are

being replaced and improved this year


GatewayExpansion


Systems engineering process and operations centers outreach pinned down requirements

Three projects now underway Online operations centers profiles Improved information

exchange Online operations

map and resources GAIRS

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Best practices sharing across all measures MAP-21 requirements

Online maps and reports www.glrtoc.org/operations/performance

Freight mobility measures Collaboration with MAFC

New performanceanomaly scanner


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New annual, travel time based, performance measures

MAP-21 System Performance NPRM (arrived last week)

Metric Measure Interstate Other NHS

Travel Time Reliability % of Mileage Reliable(80th %ile)

Statewide Statewide

Peak Hour Travel Time Ratio

% of Mileage Meeting Expectations

Metro* Metro*

Truck Travel Time Reliability

% of Mileage Reliable(95th %ile)

Statewide n/a

Average Truck Speed % of Mileage Uncongested(50 mph)

Statewide n/a

Total Excessive Delay Hours of Delay per Capita All NHS in Metros* in Nonattainment or Maintenance, e.g., St. Louis

* Only applies to Urbanized Areas with population greater than one million, e.g., Kansas City, St. Louis, Oklahoma City


Scanning ToolMonthly Performance Reporting

December 2014

February 1, 2015

I-275 Carroll Cropper Bridge Across Ohio River33 thousand AADT, 6-month work zone lane reduction

I-275 Carroll Cropper Bridge Across Ohio RiverThe Mid-America “scanner” reports the major anomaly from probe data through a process control chart algorithm

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I-275 NorthboundHeatmap: 80th %ile Daily Speed

Source: NPMRDS Freight Travel Times

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I-74 Interchange (West)

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Upcoming EventsJune: ITE Midwest / Great Lakes District MeetingSeptember: GLRTOC Annual Meeting September: ITS Midwest Annual Meeting

More at www.glrtoc.org/about/calendar


Online Tour

www.glrtoc.org/about/tour


For more information, please visit: www.glrtoc.org

Contacts: Peter Rafferty, [email protected]

Adam Francour, [email protected]

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