Transcript Fargo-Moorhead Metro COG Transportation Security Roundtable

Wade E. Kline, AICP
Community Development Planner
THE FEDERAL MANDATE
“Planning Factors”
 Support the economic vitality of the metropolitan area
 Increase the safety of the transportation system for motorized and non-motorized users
 Increase the security of the transportation system for motorized and
non-motorized users
 Increase accessibility and mobility of people and freight
 Protect and enhance the environment, promote energy conservation, improve the quality of life, and
promote consistency between transportation improvements and State and local planned growth and
economic development patterns
 Enhance the integration and connectivity of the transportation system, across and between modes, for
people and freight
 Promote efficient system management and operation
 Emphasize the preservation of the existing transportation system
 The Metropolitan Transportation Plan should include ….. “(as appropriate)
emergency relief and disaster preparedness plans and strategies and policies that
support homeland security (as appropriate) and safeguard the personal security
of all motorized and non-motorized users.”
METRO COG’S ROLE IN SECURITY
Stakeholder Input
 Planning and coordinating (e.g. evacuation routes/alternate route planning)
 Public education and info dissemination
 Forum for regional dialogue/assessments/ and other activities
 Engage existing structures and committees
 Form a critical partners group Emergency Services Management
 Clearinghouse of critical transportation routes and traffic flow, infrastructure
 Funding for training and/or exercises
 Points of distribution planning and recovery strategies/policies
 Define Metro COG’s capabilities (systems/planning audit)
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MPO Peer Groups
The Trends
 Integrate Security into UPWP
 Conducting Workshops/Trainings/Outreach
 Create new databases and information sets
 Traffic Operations Center Deployment
 Formed an ITS Coalition
 Engaging Public Transit
 Plan/Program Development
 Outcomes unique to region and existing dynamics
What is the MPO Doing?
Transportation
Improvement
Program (TIP)
Metropolitan
Transportation
Plan (MTP)
Update Annually
Projects Programmed
for 4 years with an
‘Annual Element’
Updated Every 5 years
Long Range Planning for next
30 Years
Metro Planning
&
Tech Assistance
(UPWP)
REGIONAL STAKEHOLDERS AND
ADVISORS
Transportation
Technical
Committee
Misc. Interest
Committees
Metro COG
Policy Board
Incident
Management
Committee
(Dormant)
ITS
Deployment
Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR METRO COG
Strengthen Human and Institutional Capacity
 Coordinate with EXISTING EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT / SECURITY GROUPS
 Work proactively with KEY ENTITIES to address TRANSPORTATION SECURITY
PLANNING in the region
 Coordinate HAZARD TRAINING EXCERCISES with neighboring jurisdictions / agencies
Coordinate Asset Management and Planning
– Develop a Regionally Significant Transportation Infrastructure (RSTI)
– Work with KEY ENTITIES to ANALYZE the transportation network for redundancies in
moving large number of people
– Offer ASSISTANCE for interagency coordination of evacuation route, identification of shelter
points etc.
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR METRO COG
Deploy and develop ITS STRATEGIES
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Traffic Management Systems
Advanced Traveler Information Systems (DMS)
Incident Management
– Integrate Incident Mgmt & Emergency Response
Stakeholders into ITS Deployment
WHY ITS ?
ITS Deployment Plan Completed
 Prioritized List of Regional Deployment Priorities
 Regional Consensus
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Metro Communities
DOT’s
FHWA, etc.
Regionalized Traffic Operations
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Traffic Operations Center
CCTV Deployment
Transportation Surveillance/Detection Tools
Signal Coordination
Dynamic Messaging Capabilities
Coordination with RRRDC, Metro Transit, etc
ITS = Transportation Security
Emergency Management
& Incident Response
ITS Stakeholders
Metro COG
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR METRO COG
Institutionalize project security profile and assessment
– Add SECURITY PLANNING AUDIT to UPWP
– CLARIFY types of INFORMATION available for inclusion in planning program
– Assess security aspects of TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS in MTP
Establish Sustainability in Regional Security Partnerships
– Evaluate existing PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN
– Identify “INTERESTED PARTIES” specifically Incident Management and Emergency
Management Stakeholders
– Encourage CONSULTATION with Incident Management and Emergency Management
Stakeholders when updating “Growth Plans” and “Ordinances”
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 2008
– Metro COG engages INCIDENT MANAGEMENT and EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
stakeholders in the review and adoption of the “Metro Intelligent Transportation Deployment Plan”
– Metro COG establishes a CRITICAL PARTNERS GROUP to participate in a Focus Group for
Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) update
– “Critical Partners Group” will assist Metro COG in defining the RSTI
– “Critical Partners Group” will assist in integrating TRANSPORTATION SECURITY into the MTP
– “Critical Partners Group” will assist in defining SECURITY related elements within 2009-2010
Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP)
– “ Critical Partners Group” will redefine the ITS DEPLOYMENT COMMITTEE
– “ Critical Partners Group” will begin discussion on integration of “Incident Management” and
“Emergency Management” into ITS DEPLOYMENT
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 2009
– Metro COG initiates work on MAJOR PROGRAM ELEMENT – “Alternate Route/Evacuation
Planning” effort
– “Alternate Route/Evacuation Planning Effort” will integrate EXISTING TOOLS AND
TECHNOLOGIES such as “Regional Travel Demand” and “Freeway Microscopic Simulation
Models”
– “Alternate Route/Evacuation Planning Effort” will integrate existing ITS INFRASTRUCTURE and
possible new infrastructure needed
– Metro COG will work with redefined “ITS Deployment Committee” on deployment of Metro ITS
DEPLOYMENT PLAN.
– Metro COG will facilitate dialogue and actions aimed at INCREASED COLLABRATION between
“ITS and Incident Management Stakeholders”
MPO INTEGRATION OF SECURITY
Metro COG
Planning Program
Inclusion of Annual
Security Planning
&
Maintenance Program
Metro Profile
“Security Element”
Long Range Plan
“Security Element”
Security: It’s a Process Stupid
 Ongoing & Continuous
 Ensure the MPO is active & engaged with stakeholders, use MPO
skill for interdisciplinary coordination
 Be persistent, find common linkages and interests among interrelated agencies and departments
 UPWP Integration (& other monitoring devices/tools)
 Comprehensive
 Ensure relationship are made regarding all facets of MPO Planning
program
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Transit
ITS
Roadway/Facility Planning
Land Use Planning
Comments & Questions