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Regional Traffic Signal Operations Review, Fargo, ND - November 2008
Participating Agencies: Minnesota DOT, Rochester, MN-SDOT; North Dakota DOT
The Federal Highway Administration’s Resource Center conducted a Regional Traffic Signal Operations Review within the Fargo-Moorhead regions of North Dakota and Minnesota. The Minnesota Division Office identified Mr. Michael Schweyen of the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDOT) as a peer that could contribute significantly to the development of a Regional Traffic Signal Program. Mr. Schweyen shared guidance, direction, best practices and the challenges of developing a regional traffic signal system based upon his experience at MNDOT.
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Freeway Traffic Management Software/IRIS Peer Exchange, Stockton, CA - May 2008
Participating Agencies: Minnesota DOT, California DOT
Timothy Johnson and Douglas Lau from Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) shared with Caltrans their experience in testing the use of IRIS, an open software developed by MnDOT for use in the operations of traffic control centers. Caltrans is in the final stages of testing and requested the expertise of these peers.
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HOT Lane Technology Peer Exchange, Orlando, FL - February 2008
Participating Agencies: Minnesota DOT, Florida DOT
Through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Urban Partnership Agreement, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) will be instituting its second high-occupancy toll lane installation. The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) installed new technology to conduct open-road tolling. Mr. Haukom and Mr. Koob of Mn/DOT conducted a site visit to see if the type of technology installed by FDOT can aid Mn/DOT in enhancing worker safety in operating and maintaining the installed technology used to monitor vehicles.
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HOT Lane Technology Peer Exchange, Seattle, WA - February 2008
Participating Agencies: Minnesota DOT, Washington State DOT
Through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Urban Partnership Agreement, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) will be instituting its second high-occupancy toll (HOT) lane installation. The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has been installing a HOT system on State Route 167, which resembles Mn/DOT’s roadway geometrics. WSDOT has taken the lessons learned from Mn/DOT and other state departments of transportation and applied them to this project. Mn/DOT’s staff visited WSDOT to capture and reapply these lessons learned as well as learn the different hardware and software used for installing HOT lanes.
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Wisconsin ITS Forum, Milwaukee, WI - November 2007
Participating Agencies: Minnesota DOT
The peers attended the 13th annual Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Forum in Milwaukee, WI. The forum provides a diverse technical program showcasing many projects, lessons learned, and technologies to an audience of regional transportation professionals. Mr. Kranig and Ms. Anderson networked with other transportation professionals and participated in the discussion of current ITS projects, lessons learned, and new technologies.
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ITS Virginia Annual Conference, Richmond, VA - April 2007
Participating Agencies: Minnesota DOT; Virginia DOT
Virginia was considering converting several HOV facilities to HOT facilities. This presentation discussed Minnesota’s experience with their HOT conversion on I-394. The presentation was given to 200 public and private sector ITS professionals, many of whom will be involved in HOT lane projects in Virginia. The presenter, the project manager for the MnPass HOT project, discussed user acceptance issues, technology limitations and other lessons learned from the Minnesota deployment.
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Evacuation Procedures Presentation, Minneapolis, MN - March 2006
Participating Agencies: Texas DOT; Minnesota DOT
At the time of this peer-to-peer event, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) was in the first phase of developing a Metro Evacuation Traffic Management Plan. At the same time, Mn/DOT had developed a plan to turn its Regional Transportation Management Center (RTMC) into an Emergency Operations Center during an emergency or disaster event.
The meeting and informational exchange covered several presentation topics, including a session on emergency evacuations and security. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has experience in mass evacuations, as evident in the case of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The TxDOT Emergency Management Coordinator gave a presentation on the use of ITS technology before, during, and after a mass evacuation event.
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Northwest Transportation Conference, Corvallis, OR - February 2006
Participating Agencies: Minnesota DOT; Missouri DOT; Iowa State University; ITS Oregon
The representative from Iowa State University participated in panel discussions at Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Oregon, a statewide conference on ITS issues. He discussed the use of cellular phone probe data for highway performance measures in Missouri, winter maintenance performance measures, the traffic management center pooled fund study, and the Interstate 394 High Occupancy Toll Lanes (HOT Lanes) project in Minneapolis. The conference included three sessions dealing with performance measures, congestion mitigation and management, and ITS operations and maintenance.
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Incident Management Team Coordination Meeting, Roseville, MN - January 2006
Participating Agencies: Wisconsin DOT; Minnesota DOT
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) hosted the Incident Management Team Coordination Meetings with first responders. These meetings serve as a model of emergency service collaboration and coordination. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s (WDOT) Traffic Incident Management Enhancement (TIME) program addresses similar emergency service issues within the state of Wisconsin. Mn/DOT requested that WDOT’s TIME program manager give a presentation on the program, and discuss specific experiences and lessons learned in work zone incident management during the ongoing Marquette Interchange Reconstruction project. The hope was that the two states’ departments of transportation would have the opportunity to share their experiences, which would further strengthen the developing partnership.
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