Transcript Opening Remarks

An Overview of Transportation
Systems Management
What’s It All About?
Executive Session
MPO Leadership
April 21, 2005
Association for Metropolitan Planning Organizations (AMPO)
Under a Grant from the Federal Highway Administration
Session Purpose
Share with MPO leadership emerging
thinking with respect to transportation
systems management and operations
(TSM&O) and its incorporation into the
investment decision-making process
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Regional Concerns
Economic growth/sustainability
Security
Public safety
Congestion
Sprawl
Environment (e.g., air and water)
…..And everyone is faced with budget
constraints, decreased funding, and rising
expectations
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Transportation Aspects of
Regional Concerns
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Index (1980 = 100)
Commuter congestion
Traffic incidents
Goods movement
Special events
Homeland security
Emergency response
and management
Modal choices
Work zones
Weather
Vehicle Travel up 88%
Road Miles up 5%
1980 - 2003
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VMT growing at 4%
annually
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Capacity growing at
0.2% annually
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Growing congestion is a front page story!
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Concerns
Possibilities
Move traffic smoothly and safely
Keep travelers informed
Facilitate passenger mode choices
Move goods efficiently
Detect and clear incidents quickly
Evacuate large populations effectively
Coordinate construction projects
Consistently across jurisdictional boundaries
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Transportation Systems Management
and Operations (TSM&O) includes:
Traffic Incident
Management
Travel Information
Services (for roadways
and for transit)
Freeway Management
Automatic Vehicle
Location for Transit
Traffic Signal
Coordination
Work Zone Traffic
Management
Roadway Weather
Information
Electronic Payment (for
transit, parking, tolling)
Freight Management
(ports and transfer
areas)
Applied individually or in combination
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Why Is TSM&O Important?
To take back as much of the road as we can !
Weather
TSM & O
Work Zones
Incidents
Recurring congestion
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TSM&O Addresses Regional Concerns
TSM&O Strategies
Traffic incident management
Traveler information services
Freeway management
Traffic signal management
Transit priority systems
Work zone traffic
management
Road weather management
Electronic payment services
Transportation Concerns
Commuter congestion
Traffic incidents
Goods movement
Special events
Homeland security
Emergency response &
management
Modal choices
Work zones
Weather
Freight management
Special events planning
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The Reauthorization of TEA-21 will
likely:
Place greater importance on TSM&O to
help mitigate congestion, improve safety
and security, and improve mobility
Recognize and encourage greater
collaboration and coordination on a
regional scale to maximize the benefits
of TSM&O initiatives
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Essentials for Moving to 21st
Century TSM&O
The application of advanced
technologies
Unprecedented levels of
collaboration and coordination
within a region
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What Does “Unprecedented levels of
collaboration and coordination within a
region” mean?
Regional partnerships among managers
with responsibility for day-to-day
transportation operations
Stronger and better linkages between
planners and operations managers.
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Implications for Regional Planning
Traditional Planning
Process
 Elected/appointed officials
Planning Influenced by TSM&O
“Operations thinking” influences vision
 Collective regional plan
development
Decisions engage operations managers
 Long-term planning
focus
Operations/capital mix optimized
 Near-term project funding
 Projects of local and
regional significance
Performance measures reflect objectives
Regional performance informs planning
 Historical trends
Improving regional transportation system performance
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Implications for Transportation Operations
Typical “O&M”
 Jurisdictional/Agency
focused
 Maintenance oriented
 Peak-period focused
 Limited real-time
information
 Targeted coordination for
specific events
 Output-based measures
Regional TSM&O
 Regional cross-jurisdictional, multiagency, multi-modal system
 Real-time information sharing 24/7
to support operations decisions
 Deliberate and sustained
collaboration and coordination
 Customer-focused performance
measures
Improving regional transportation system performance
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Implications for Linkages between
Planning and Operations
Typical Interactions
between Planning and
Operations
 Operating agencies often “at
the table” but focused on
projects
 Specific projects
 Major special events
 Post 9-11 emergency
response planning
 ITS regional architecture
development
Opportunities that Advance
Regional TSM&O
 Regional ITS architecture
 Performance measures
 Data collection and sharing
 Regional TSM&O projects
 Funding/resource sharing
 Regional forums for collaboration
 Congestion management systems
Improving regional transportation system performance
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Successful Linkages Means…
Operations data archived for transportation planning
Long-range transportation plan reflects regional
operations
Planning analysis tools evaluate operations projects
Traffic engineering agencies deliberately share
information about traffic conditions with the planning
agency
A group is established to continuously collaborate,
plan, and advance regional TSM&O activities e.g.,
signal coordination.
Maintain and sustain for the long-term
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Where Are We Headed?
“A Cultural Shift”
State
DOT
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Local
Jurisdictions
Local
State
Regional
Transportation
Transportation
Transportation
Planning
and
Planning
and
Representation
Planning
and
Investment
Investment
andLinkage
awareness
Investment
DecisionDecisionDecisionmaking
making
making
“O&M”
Regional
Transportation
Transportation
Operations
Systems
and
Management
Maintenance
and
Operations
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New services -- not new roads
“Looking forward to the next 100 years,
the focus is not construction, maintenance
and operations. It's operations,
maintenance and construction.”
Virginia Transportation Commissioner Philip A. Shucet
“Build a road when you have to. Make
sure you've tried everything else.”
Virginia State Senator Marty Williams
Daily Press (Hampton Roads, VA)
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Success Story: The Washington State
Traffic Incident Response Team
A coalition transportation,
police, fire and emergency
response agencies.
Collaboration is continuous to
develop and improve response
planning
Plan addresses detection,
response, investigation, rerouting traffic, and clearance.
Most major traffic incidents are
cleared in less than 2 hours
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Success Story: The Southeast Michigan Snow
and Ice Management (SEMSIM) Partnership
Four jurisdictions work
together on winter road
maintenance
Collaboration facilitates
information and resource
sharing
Decisions are made
locally
Common purchasing
Standard use of ITS
Jurisdictions save money
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What’s In It For The Region?
Some Tangible Benefits
Facilitation of information and data sharing
Technology upgrades and compatibility
Savings in procurement
Faster response time
Extended hours of service/operation
Expanded service area coverage
New funding opportunities
Coordinated operations
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Opportunities to Build Success
A traffic incident management committee
A regional traffic signal coordination task force
A CMS coordinating group
A regional ITS architecture committee
An emergency response coordinating group
A regional traveler information working group
A work zone traffic management team
Involves operations managers and planners from
State, transit, local agencies, and MPO
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The “Cultural Shift” – Making It Happen!
Build on current collaborative activities that are
occurring in the region
Leverage opportunities available through
existing efforts
Exploit opportunities to link planning and
operations
Develop a regional concept for transportation
operations
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Essential Themes
Regional perspective builds relationships for the future
Focus on “making the systems work better” not just on
reacting to problems
Holistic thinking – bring operations thinking into the
regional planning process
Sustain and build upon existing regional partnerships
that may cross jurisdictional, functional, and
public/private sector boundaries
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For More Information:
Contacts
FHWA’s Joint Operations and Planning
Program:
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FHWA Resource Center: Planning &
Operations Technical Service Team
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Useful Publications
“Getting More By Working Together –
Opportunities for Linking Planning and
Operations”
“Regional Transportation Operations
Collaboration and Coordination – A Primer for
Working Together to Improve Transportation
Safety, Reliability, and Security”
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E-Copy available at:
 http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/travel
 http://www.plan4operations.dot.gov
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Hard copy available upon request from FHWA
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Workshops and Training
“Advancing Transportation System
Management and Operations”
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4/18/05
Executive session available now
1-day NHI course available in April 2005
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