Development of the JFK Airport ITS Master Plan

ITS America Annual Meeting & Expo: Session 24

From Tarmac to Take-off: ITS Deployment in Aviation

June 5, 2007

Philip Riggio, TransCore

Ira Huttner, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

Map of JFK Central Terminal Area

John F. Kennedy International Airport

Annual Traffic, People, & Cargo Volumes 42 million passengers on 400,000 flights 2 million tons of cargo Nearly 15k public parking spaces used by 5

million paid parkers Employs 35,000 people 9 passenger terminals 30 miles of internal roadways

The Challenge: Efficiently manage landside operations

JFK Landside Operations Responsibilities

Parking management Taxi dispatching Traffic management Traveler information Public transportation Emergency management

The Need for a Master Plan

Constant state of change Reconstructing terminal facilities Developing/renovating parking facilities Realignment of roadways

Stand-alone deployments Real-world problems not currently addressed

Technology deployments to meet operational needs

Enhance customer service Improve access to information

Master Plan Vision

Integrate ITS technologies into a uniform platform enabling operations staff

to implement targeted response plans to mitigate the effects of incidents

and operations challenges

Master Plan Objectives

Facilitate traffic ingress/egress Improve information flow to staff and motorists Deliver coordinated tools to manage

traffic/parking Minimize impact of incidents Minimize impact of construction Improve access and management of ground

transportation services

ProcessNeeds

Strategies

Analyze Potential ITS Solutions

Propose ITS Solutions

Integration Opportunities

Implementation Plan

Define ProjectsPrioritize

Prioritize

Inventory On-Airport Systems and Operational

Practices

Review Regional

Initiatives

Example

Parking Management –

Queue Detection, Surge Detection, and Quantifying Delay for Exiting Vehicles

Needs

Reasonable customer wait time (exit) Alert when wait times are too long Avoid revenue loss – “going manual”

or “bleeding lots” Reduce interior aisle congestion Optimize staffing levels

Improve customer service & operational efficiencies

Strategies

Remotely monitor parking lot exits

Identify wait time threshold breaches

Notify parking operations & OCC staff

Develop tools to reduce delays

Analysis

Access potential solutions CCTV Loop/traffic detectors E-ZPass tag readers License plate readers (LPR)

Considerations Existing deployments Accuracy Additional Services Operations

ITS Solution

Proposed solution - LPR Interconnect with

parking revenue and control system to compare license plate read times

Efficient for operations staff

Detect every vehicle Exit lane-specific

data

Estimate Costs and Qualitative Benefits

Estimated costs Capital: $600k Recurring: $50k annually

Benefits Capacity: increased throughput Mobility: reduced vehicular delay Energy/Environment: reduced fuel consumption

and HC & CO emissions Operational: reduced parking revenue losses;

potential to use data for monitoring parking lot configuration/operator performance

Tying it All Together

Parking Management – Interconnect Diagram

Interconnects – Example

Data received from other subsystems: license plate numbers & time stamps of vehicles at parking lot exit booths, parking lot exit plaza lane configuration

Data provided to other subsystems: parking lot exit wait time (by plaza or by lane), parking lot exit queue length alarms, operational status of hardware

Overall Interconnect Diagram

Operational Plan and Decision Support System

Pre-engineered response plans Coordination across functional areas Timely and consistent information dissemination

HAR HAT VMS WWW

How it All Works Together Data from multiple subsystems is transmitted to the

Operational Plan & Decision Support System It is processed and a pre-arranged response or “Operational

Plan” is recommended by the System for approval by the operations staff via the Integrated Workstation

The operations staff reviews and approves, rejects, or modifies the recommended Plan

With approval, the Operational Plan & Decision Support System commands other subsystems to act

Operations staff monitors the response and the status of the incident via video, voice, and other available information

As the incident changes, the operations staff can adjust the characterization of the event or otherwise modify the System’s response to it

Implementation Plan

Proposed ITS solutions grouped into projects Projects are prioritized and categorized by

short/mid/long-term ranges Working with facility staff, short-term projects

list was designed to integrate existing systems and technologies into a more uniform platform

Long-term projects were intended to meet the Agency’s long-term objectives and may be dependent on the implementation of certain IT infrastructure

Core Project

Develop operational plan and decision support system

Build out data center Dissemination of parking information View and control existing landside CCTV Provide RWIS/VIDS/Transmit to landside ITS Automated VMS/HAR messaging and updates Integrate traffic signal control with landside ITS Integrate JFK Traffic Information subsystem Enhance JFK Web site

Follow on – Next Steps

Internal agency committee was formed to: Review recommendations Revise project priorities with facility staff Refine overall implementation plan Place selected projects in Capital Plan Initiate preliminary designs for construction

Lessons Learned Airport environment unique

Established operational practices and systems Private-sector entities involved Intra-airport passenger and traffic circulation Security issues

Parking management is key Create a Master Plan, not a wish list Be proactive

Integrate systems across functional areas to solve operational problems.