Florida Department of Transportation Palm Beach County I95

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• Florida Department of Transportation Palm Beach
  County I-95
  
• Interim Traffic Management System

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What is ITMS?

• 32 CCTV
• 32 RTMS
• 84 DMS
• 12 HUB SITES
• 25 Palm Beach Co. CCTV
• 2 Remote MIST
• AVL
• FHP radio
• NOAA weather radio

• 24x7 traffic management center
• Incident detection, verification notification
• CCTV surveillance
• Dynamic message signing
• Wireless/leased communications
• Web-based traveler information
• Portable field devices
• Regional integration
• Active incident management

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www.pb-itms.org
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I-95 Corridor in Palm Beach Co.

• 45 miles, 6-10 lanes, 23 interchanges
• Arterial grid highway network
• Parallel commuter railway toll road
• Two traffic signal jurisdictions
• Eight I-95 design/construction packages
• Regional Information Services
• Service patrol operation 24/7

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Hurricane Prep Overview

• Pre-hurricane ITS needs
• Staffing
• Retraction/re-location plan
• Immediate post-hurricane assessment
• Partner communications
• Lessons learned

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Issues

• Non-anchored equipment
• Messaging needs
• Equipment remaining operational
• Electrical power
• Communication systems
• EOC coordination
• Other TMCs

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Hurricanes Hit Palm Beach

• Traffic patterns
• Storm shelters
• Road rangers pulled
• Loss of communications/power
• Staff remaining at ITMS
• EOC communications

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ITMS equipment in North Palm Beach Co.
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Hours after the hurricane

• Highway assessment
• Use of equipment
• Messaging
• Loss of power
• Relocation of ITMS staff
• Night curfew
• Tracking labor/equipment damage

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Restoration Period - Frances

• Field assessment
• Manual sign activation
• Traffic pattern/incidents
• OM contractor resources
• FDOT communications/updates
• Information flow/resources

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Another Hurricane!

• Repeating retraction/re-location plan
• Staffing
• Lessons learned from Frances
• Emergency supplies
• Another Saturday night storm
• Higher winds/DMS damage

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Restoration Part 2

• New construction patterns
• RTMS re-alignment
• SmartZones first
• Hubsites

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Information Flow
MISSION STATEMENT Become the primary Palm Beach
County Incident Management System
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What we learned

• Messaging before and after
• Equipment protection
• Telco/cellular
• Power
• Traffic patterns/curfews
• Portability of operations
• RTMS

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ITMS 24x7 EXPANSION

• Original plan
• Just before the hurricanes!
• Recruitment
• Training
• Partner involvement
• Performance measures

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