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FHWA/Caltrans Workshop on Advanced Traffic Management, Los Angeles, CA - May 2008
Participating Agencies: Washington State DOT, California DOT
The focus of this Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)/Caltrans workshop was to discuss knowledge gained about Transportation Demand Management Innovations from Europe and the U.S. Partially as the result of a FHWA International Scanning study of Europe in 2006, the concept of Active Traffic Management (ATM) has grown in interest among several states, including Washington and California. Southern California leads the nation in traffic congestion, air pollution, and freight movement. It has also deployed more Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) solutions than any other region in the nation. As a result, State and local leaders are now looking for different solutions to new and existing problems. This workshop, and the associated meetings, educated the participants about Demand Management innovations in Europe and the U.S. Examples included Area Pricing and Dynamic Speed Control.
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Nevada Division’s Incident Management Coordinating Committee Meeting, Reno, NV - April 2008
Participating Agencies: Washington DOT, FHWA Nevada Division
The top Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) priority for Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Nevada Division is to bring a full service Incident Management (IM) program to Las Vegas, NV. FHWA recently held a two-day IM training course in Las Vegas, NV, established an IM Coordinating Committee that meets this month for the first time, and hired a consultant to assist in IM strategic planning and coordination. Rick Philips from Washington State Department of Transportation spoke at both the Nevada Streets and Highway and Engineering annual conferences regarding Incident Management.
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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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Northwest Transportation Conference, Corvallis, OR - February 2008
Participating Agencies: Puget Sound Regional Council, Purdue University, Oregon DOT
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) and other agencies in the Portland Metropolitan Region would like to implement arterial traffic time information into their regional Advanced Traffic Information System strategy as a way to mitigate congestion. ODOT is also interested in implementing elements of Active Traffic Management as part of their overall strategy to mitigate congestion and better operate the transportation system. Dr. Bullock is the foremost expert on arterial travel time and his presentation on the results of his work helped local agencies better understand the topic. Ms. Mayhew was a member of the International Scan on Active Traffic Management and presented on the findings of that scan and its possible implementation in Oregon.
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Review of CVIEW Application for Possible Use, Olympia, WA - January 2007
Participating Agencies: Washington, DC Department of Transportation (DDOT); Washington State DOT
DDOT had received a Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks (CVISN) grant to implement a Commercial Vehicle Information Exchange Window (CVIEW) system. WSDOT had developed a CVIEW system (named xCVIEW) and had offered to make it available to DDOT. The purpose of the meeting was for the four peers to exchange information and review WSDOT’s xCVIEW system. The information gained from this peer exchange provided the DDOT staff with the functionality and technical design details needed to begin implementing their own CVIEW system.
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IDAS Pilot Course Evaluation - October 2006
Participating Agencies: Puget Sound Regional Council, WA; National Highway Institute
At the time of the peer-to-peer exchange, the National Highway Institute (NHI) was conducting a pilot of its revamped Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Deployment Analysis System (IDAS) course. ITS IDAS software was developed by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and can be used in planning for ITS deployments. State, regional, and local planners can use IDAS to estimate the benefits and costs of ITS investments – which are either alternatives to or enhancements of traditional highway and transit infrastructure. The NHI course underwent updates in order to better match its content with the updates that had been incorporated into the revised IDAS software. An expert peer from Puget Sound Regional Council helped evaluate the content of the course before it debuted publicly.
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Transit Signal Priority Wireless Communications Session, Los Angeles, CA - August 2006
Participating Agencies: King County Metro Transit Agency; Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
At the time of the peer event, the King County Metro Transit Agency had intended to redevelop elements of its Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), particularly its Transit Signal Priority application. The agency planned to utilize 802.11 wireless components as part of its On Board Systems upgrade. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) had fielded a system using the same technology. MTA staff showed the peers the potential design and fielding challenges that could be expected from this endeavor. The peers were also interested in learning how MTA staff solved the latency of handoffs between intersections and networking equipment (routers and access points) both on-board and at roadside locations.
This peer event was the basis for a T3 Webinar. View the webinar's archive
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Arterial Congestion Website Development, Los Angeles, CA - January 2006
Participating Agencies: Seattle DOT; Los Angeles DOT
At the time of the peer-to-peer event, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) was about to release a Request for Proposal for the development of a web site that would provide arterial congestion information. The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) had such a site, which had been running for four years. Both participating organizations were interested in gathering the following information from the peer-to-peer exchange: (1) The algorithms that powered the site and whether they could be provided to SDOT; (2) the field data that fed the algorithms; (3) the public response to the site; (4) lessons learned; and (5) future plans for LADOT’s site.
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Adaptive Controls and Web Site Development Meeting, Washington, D.C -
Participating Agencies: Washington State DOT; City of Portland, OR; Broken Arrow Police Department, OK
The purpose of this invitational travel was for each peer to present at the Planned Special Events and Traffic Incident Management Workshop, during the Transportation Research Board’s 85th Annual Meeting. The workshop’s intent was for those familiar with traffic incident management programs to learn from planned special events programs, and vice versa. The law enforcement representative from the Broken Arrow Police Department gave a presentation on tactical planning, while the City of Portland participant discussed traffic engineers’ needs as they relate to performance measures. Additionally, the Washington SDOT representative delivered a presentation on traffic incident management.
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