I-95 Corridor Coalition Partners in Transportation Progress

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I-95 Corridor CoalitionPartners in
Transportation Progress

• Transportation Border Working Group
• Toronto, Canada
• November 19, 2008
• Marygrace Parker
• Program Coordinator, Freight Mobility, Safety
  Security

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I-95 Corridor Coalition

• The Coalition
• An alliance of transportation agencies, toll
  authorities and related organizations, working
  together to accelerate improvements in
  long-distance freight movement and passenger
  travel.
• The Region
• 40,000 National Highway System Miles
• 22,000 miles of Class I rail mileage
• 46 major seaports
• 103 commercial airports
• The Economy
• 4.5 trillion economy (40 of US GDP)
• 5.3 billion tons of freight shipments annually
• 21 of nations road miles (35 of VMT)

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I-95 Corridor Coalition Membership
Transportation Authorities Delaware River Bay
Authority Delaware River Jt Toll Bridge
Comm. Delaware River Port Authority Federal
Highway Administration Federal Maritime
Administration Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Admin. Federal Railroad Administration Federal
Transit Administration Maine Turnpike
Authority Maryland Transportation
Authority Massachusetts Turnpike
Authority Metropolitan Transportation
Authority MTA Bridges Tunnels New Jersey
Transit New Jersey Turnpike Authority New York
State Thruway Authority Pennsylvania Turnpike
Commission Port Authority of NY NJ South Jersey
Transportation Authority
Related Organizations AAA Foundation for Traffic
Safety American Assoc. of MVA American Bus
Association American Public Transp.
Assoc. American Trucking Assns Amtrak
Association of American Railroads Baltimore
Metropolitan Council Coalition of NE
Governors Delaware Valley Regl Planning E-ZPass
Interagency Group High Speed Ground Transp.
Assoc. Intermodal Assn of NA IBTTA ITS
AMERICA National Capital Region TPB National
Industrial Transp. League National Private Truck
Council New York Metropolitan Transp
Council Niagara Intl Trans Tech Coalition North
Jersey Transp. Planning Auth. Seaport Advisory
Council (MA) Towing Recovery Assn of
America TRANSCOM
State Local DOT's Connecticut Delaware District
of Columbia Florida Georgia Maine Maryland Massach
usetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York City New
York North Carolina Pennsylvania Rhode
Island South Carolina Vermont Virginia
Related Organizations Georgia Regional Transp
Auth. Governors Highway Safety Assn. Greater
Bridgeport (CT) Transit Auth. New Brunswick
(Canada) DOT New York State Bridge
Authority Quebec Ministry of Transport
Full Members
Affiliate Members
Associate Members
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The Coalitions Program
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Elements of Corridor Programs

• Common issues or concerns
• Commitment to examine issues and share
  information
• Coordination of effort
• Planning, deployment, standards
• Commitment to achieve consensus
• Cost/benefit assessment/understanding
• Communication
• Real time information

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Coalition Projects with Border Implications

• Bottleneck Analysis
• Northeast Rail Study
• Truck Parking Project
• Commercial Vehicle Integration Initiative
• Integrated Corridor Analysis Tool (ICAT)
• Probe/INRIX project
• Coordinated Incident Management

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Bottlenecks (Trucks) Study

• Compile list of highway bottlenecks in Corridor
  from available data sources
• HPMS scan
• DOT Personnel interview and/or review
• FHWA draft freight bottlenecks study
• American Highway Users Alliance (AHUA) freight
  bottlenecks study
• American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI)
  speed data
• INRIX speed data

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Bottlenecks Study

• Identified
• All significant truck freight bottlenecks
• Noted
• Delay estimate tool does not capture delay at
  toll booths or border crossings

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Bottlenecks Study

• Adding speed data captures toll booth and border
  crossing delay
• 2007 annual average speed for northbound trucks
• I-87 Border Crossing lt 40 mph
• I-81 Border Crossing 40-45 mph

I-87 Border Crossing
I-81 Border Crossing
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Northeast Rail Operations Studies(NEROps) Phase
1 and 2

• A neutral forum to identify and address regional
  rail issues and choke points
• Lay groundwork for the development of a regional
  rail improvement program in the Northeast (ME,
  NH, VT, MA, CT, RI and NY)
• Phase 1 Completed

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Key Northeast Rail IssuesInstitutional

• Multi-jurisdictional programming and
  implementation of rail projects
• Railcar availability
• Balancing security and efficiency
• Siding delays

• Future of Amtrak and the Northeast Corridor
• Commuter rail expansion and implementation of
  high-speed rail in the region
• Alternative approaches for serving East-of-Hudson
  markets

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Key Northeast Rail IssuesInfrastructure and
Operations

• Few local bottlenecks instead, problems are
  systemic and region wide
• System capacity
• Track clearance, structure and alignment
• Yards
• Railcar availability
• Bridges, tunnels and viaducts

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Key Northeast Rail IssuesChokepoints
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Northeast Region Border Crossings

• Need to balance security and operational
  efficiency
• Rail border crossings in ME, VT, and NY handle
  gt20 percent of US-Canada rail freight traffic

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Case Study Rouses Point Rail Border Crossing

• Inbound freight trains must stop on a single
  track line to be screened by US Customs and
  Border Protection using VACIS
• Lack of sidings, several grade crossings
  contribute to system-wide delays at this one
  bottleneck

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Major NEROps Region Rail Corridors
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NEROps Phase II

• Objective
• Define strategic rail corridors (e.g., Patriot,
  NEC, NE/Crescent, etc.) to position the region
  for authorization
• Clarify economic development and Canadian trade
  (security) goals
• Coordinate passenger and freight rail service
  plans
• Optimize Class I and short line railroads as a
  network
• Develop business case for streamlining state rail
  regulatory approaches
• Advance multi-state investment strategies

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I-95 Coalition Truck Parking Project

• USDOT/FHWA awarded project to develop and
  implement real-time information system for
  trucking industry across boundaries in Corridor
• Assess available parking spaces in selected
  public/private facilities
• Provide real-time transmission of space
  availability to trucker in-vehicle
• Potential for future reservation-based systems
• Work with agencies and private sector, in
  particular distribution and warehousing industry,
  to assess potential to remediate capacity issues

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Commercial Vehicle Integration Initiative Program
(CVII)

• Build on Vehicle Integration Initiative by
  bringing commercial vehicles into the equation
• Develop/Test CV VII compliant OBE system
  including Human Vehicle Interface
• Develop/Test VII DSRC
• ? CV Driver I.D and Verification (TWIC,
  Biometrics)
• ? Test Wireless Vehicle Safety Inspection
  Information (brake condition, tire pressure,
  light status, etc.)
• ?CV to Maintenance Vehicles communication
• ?Roadside to CV work zone/accident warning
  
  

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Concept of VII W/CVII!
OBE On Board Equipment RSE Road Side
Equipment
DSRC _at_ 5.9 GHZ
OBE
RSE
OBE
Network Management Center

• OEMs, Private Companies, Subscription
  Services, etc.

Green NYS Red Others/TBD
Private Sector
Public Sector
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VII Can Enable a Wide Range of Applications!

• Safety Security Examples
• Lane/Road Departure
• Road Condition Warning
• Cargo/Container Tracking
• Vehicle Safety Data/Wireless Inspection
• CV Driver ID/Verification
• CV Routing/Geo Fencing
• In-vehicle/signing
• Intersection collision avoidance
• Parking availability
• Overturn warning/control

• Mobility Examples
• Traffic Probe Data
• Travel Time
• Tolling
• Incident/Accident Info.
• Electronic Payment
• Navigation/Directions

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CVII Program Requirements

• Complete interoperability!
• Communicate with any VII compliant vehicle or
  infrastructure
• Non-proprietary system design capable of
  duplication!
• USDOTs National VII Initiative utilizing DSRC
  802.11p
• Integrate VII communications device w/SAE J1708
  commercial vehicle data bus
• Compliant/utilizing the standard message sets SAE
  J1587, SAE J1939 and SAE 2735

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Corridor Analysis NeedMany maps, but no
Corridor-scale transportation planning networks
Complete map coverage
Incomplete network coverage
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Integrated CorridorAnalysis Tool (ICAT)

• Analysis and planning tool to support multi-state
  transportation planning, investment, and
  operations planning by linking, across region
• GIS-based transportation network data
• linear referencing system data
• basic roadway data
• Providing a source for multi-state transportation
  planning
• Fill gap between metropolitan and state network
  models and Natl Highway Planning Network

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ICAT Applications

• Evacuation/emergency planning
• Corridor bottleneck analysis
• Freight planning
• Historic travel time information (by TOD) for
  traveler information/511 systems

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Vehicle Probe Project Applications

• Regional Incident Management
• Travel Information Websites
• Travel Times on VMS
• Agency 511 systems
• Corridor Performance Measures

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Vehicle Probe Project

• Content
• Real-time Speed, Travel Time, Confidence level
• Average Speed, Free Flow Speed
• Travel Time Updates Every Two Minutes
• Monitoring Site
• Agency Access Only
• View data in real-time

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Vehicle Probe Project

• 1500 Freeway miles
• 1000 Arterial miles
• New Jersey to
• North Carolina for
• initial deployment

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Coalition/Border Program Opportunities

• Bottleneck analysis, ICAT, Probe
• Can be used to detect, project future demand,
  analyze, provide real time information exchange
  on border crossing transit
• Commercial Vehicle Programs
• CVII can be utilized as platform for integration
  of border activities including security
  applications
• Rail, Highway Bottleneck studies
• Identify projects for resolution of regionally
  significant physical (and operational/institutiona
  l) chokepoints
• Define and aggregate major transportation
  investment needs and benefits

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Coalition/Border Program Opportunities

• Coordinated Operations/Incident Management
• Deployment of ITS technologies to support
  Operations system
• Sharing of information, real-time travel
  conditions
• Major incident/special event planning
• Quick Clearance Programs
• Multi-Agency Institutional Analysis
• Examine institutional models for
  multi-agency/state investment
• Financing Improvements
• Examine finance models for mega-projects

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Reauthorization

• Facilitate multi-state partnerships / coalitions
  to improve transportation system performance and
  reliability
• Reduce user / environmental costs of long
  distance travel by supporting activities, systems
  and projects that achieve national goals
• Clearing incidents quickly
• Informing public about significant
  incidents/events
• Conducting orderly evacuations during emergencies
• Implementing interoperable technology, safety
  scurrility systems
• Improving operations of pass/freight systems and
  intermodal connectors

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Reauthorization (contd)

• Fund large-scale improvements along nationally
  significant corridors where cost/benefits accrue
  beyond state boundaries
• Funding is critical to efficient interstate
  commerce and international trade
• An appropriate role for federal government
• Avoid the cost of failure