Transcript Tennessee DOT SmartWay Update Presented by: Don Dahlinger, P.E. – TDOT

Tennessee DOT
SmartWay Update
Presented by:
Don Dahlinger, P.E. – TDOT
September 2006
Saturday, November 19th, 2005
Outline of Presentation
 Tennessee SmartWay Strategic Plan
 HELP
 Nashville Projects
 Chattanooga Projects
 I-75 Fog Detection & Warning System
 Knoxville Projects
 Memphis Projects
 Rural ITS
 511
Incidents
 Crashes
 Construction work zones
 Stalled vehicles, out of fuel
 Debris in the roadway
 Weather - rain, snow, ice, fog
 Special events (ex. UT games, Vandy games)
 Incidents (non-recurring congestion) accounts
for 50-60% of all urban traffic congestion
HELP PROGRAM
 523,473 “assists” since July 1999
– Changed 71,558 tires
– Provided fuel 47,899 times
– Tagged 85,755 abandoned vehicles
– Removed debris 39,992 times
– Provided traffic control 162,116 times
– Provided first aid to 3,283 people
– Relocated vehicles from travel lanes
34,398 times
Nashville  Knoxville  Memphis  Chattanooga
NASHVILLE
SMARTWAY SYSTEM
Overview of Devices
Nashville Transportation Management
Center (TMC)
Nashville Smartway
Phase 1 – I-65 North Corridor
Existing
Nashville Smartway
Phase 2 – I 440
Summer 2007
Nashville Smartway
Phase 3
Winter 2009
Go to:
www.tdot.state.tn.us
Select: Cameras….
Select City
Check Traffic Flow
Compare these images to the
"live" image to the right to
determine the direction the
camera is pointing.
Go to:
EAST I-40
www.tdot.state.tn.us
Select: Cameras….
Select City
Check Cameras
WEST I-40
TDOT Traffic Cameras - I-40
West of Stewart's Ferry Pike
Chattanooga Region
 Regional Architecture complete
 Early Deployment CCTV Project under
construction. 64 cameras covering 50 miles of
freeway
 Leased communication to HELP dispatch
location
 Construction began Summer 2005;
completion October 2006
 Future project adds detection, DMS and new
TMC
Chattanooga
FOG DETECTION WARNING SYSTEM
Knoxville SmartWay Coverage Area
Memphis Early Deployment Project
 Focused around the I-40
and I-55 Mississippi River
Bridges (116,000 ADT)
 Includes 25 CCTV
Cameras and 3 DMS
 Communications is all
digital microwave
wireless
 Construction began
August 2004
 Construction Complete:
June 11, 2005
Memphis Smartway Project
 Dynamic Message Signs
– 39 additional for total of 42
 CCTV Cameras
– 90 additional for total of 115
 Detectors
– 354 detectors, mostly radar with some video
 Highway Advisory Radio
– Full coverage, approx. 16 units with
42 HAR Signs
 Completion: April 2008
Tennessee 511
FEATURES:
• One-stop resource for statewide travel and
road conditions
• Easy-to-remember number
• Easy-to-use voice-activated system
• Information about statewide conditions allows
for trip planning
• Operational Summer 2006
QUESTIONS?