I-95 Corridor Coalition : I-95 Corridor Coalition Partners in Transportation Progress
ITS Georgia
July 26, 2007
Slide2 : The Coalition is…. A partnership of transportation agencies
A successful model for interagency cooperation and coordination since the early 1990’s
Coalition Region : Coalition Region $4.5 trillion economy (40% of U.S. GDP)
3rd largest economy in the world
21% of Nation’s road miles, 35% of Nation’s VMT
565 million long-distance trips
5.3 billion tons of freight
I-95 Corridor Coalition Membership : 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 Motor Carrier Safety Admin.
Federal Railroad Administration
Federal Transit Administration
Georgia Regional Transportation Auth.
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
North Jersey Transp. Planning Auth.
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Port Authority of NY& NJ
South Jersey Transportation Authority
USDOT Maritime Administration
USDOT Office of Intermodalism
Affiliated Organizations
128 Business Council
AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety
American Assoc. of MVA
American Bus Association
American Public Transp. Assoc.
American Trucking Assn’s
Amtrak
Association of American Railroads
Baltimore Metropolitan Council
Coalition of NE Governors
Delaware Valley Reg’l Planning
E-ZPass Interagency Group
Greater Bridgeport Transit Auth.
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 Brunswick (Canada) DOT
New York State Bridge Authority
Niagara Int’l Trans Tech Coalition
Quebec Ministry of Transport
Seaport Advisory Council (MA)
TRANSCOM
Towing & Recovery Assn of America
State & Local DOT's
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York City
New York
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Vermont
Virginia
I-95CC Executive Board : I-95CC Executive Board Chair, Neil Pedersen, Maryland SHA
Vice-Chair, Kevin Thibault, Florida DOT
Vice-Chair, Brian Rowback, New York State DOT
Vice-Chair, Mary Lynn Tischer, Virginia DOT
All States hold Board Seats
Executive Board Guidance : Executive Board Guidance HIGH PRIORITY:
Linking Information on a Regional/Corridor Basis
Incident Response and Information Sharing
Travel Information/511
Evacuation Planning
Safety
Best Practices
Behavior
Work Zones
I-95 Corridor Coalition An Example of Coalition Operations : I-95 Corridor Coalition An Example of Coalition Operations
Coordinated Incident Management
Program Track
Coordinated Incident Management Goal : Coordinated Incident Management Goal To facilitate, support, and enhance the coordination and implementation of interagency efforts in response to major incidents and special events of regional significance within the I-95 Corridor to minimize adverse impacts on the public and to support transportation security.
CIM PTC Activities : CIM PTC Activities 17 Active Incident Management Projects throughout the Corridor
IM operations and planning for multi-jurisdictional infrastructures (8)
Training, Best Practice Studies, Guides, and Resources (9)
Close Coordination with FHWA, AASHTO, NTIMC, ITS America + TRB (NCHRP + SHRP 2)
History of I-95’s Incident Reporting Program : History of I-95’s Incident Reporting Program Incident Management Information
Exchange Network (IEN)
Coordinated by TRANSCOM
Began in the 1990’s with New York - New Jersey - Connecticut inter-regional information exchange and then expanded to New England and Mid-Atlantic States
Provides immediate incident information to the affected region
When Georgia, Florida, North and South Carolina Joined the I-95 Corridor Coalition… : When Georgia, Florida, North and South Carolina Joined the I-95 Corridor Coalition… The Southern Region Highway Operations Group (HOGs) was established
General public and commercial long distance travel along the entire Corridor is commonplace
The need for a communications infrastructure between NC,SC,GA & FL emerged as a requirement for enhanced southern region incident/traffic management
Slide12 : Southern Region Incident Management Information Exchange Program
(Southern Exchange Program)
The Issue : The Issue The Southern Region currently has no formal interfaces to effectively coordinate inter-jurisdictional incident and traffic management activities such as contraflow operations, hurricane evacuation, or major incidents.
Solution : Solution The Southern Exchange Program will develop interstate incident notification, information sharing, and inter-jurisdictional / inter-disciplinary coordination between the Southern Region similar to the IEN coordinated by TRANSCOM.
Preliminary communication/sharing will be via phone, email, fax, and/or Web.
Scope of Work Task 1: Identify the Southern Region Stakeholders : Scope of Work Task 1: Identify the Southern Region Stakeholders A stakeholder matrix has been developed including every transportation management, control or emergency center that would benefit from the exchange of traffic incident management information.
There are 28 identified Traffic Management Centers in the Southern Region
Emergency Operation Centers
Joint Operation Centers
Numerous public information officers Jacksonville, FL
Task 2: “Home” of the Southern Exchange Program : Task 2: “Home” of the Southern Exchange Program The central location where major incident information will be collected and distributed throughout the Southern Region. Project HQ = Atlanta TMC
MOU between Coalition and GDOT
Task 3 Stakeholder Outreach : Task 3 Stakeholder Outreach Before implementing this program, significant outreach is needed to introduce the program, obtain cooperation and began coordination.
Completed Outreach Activities:
ITS Florida Working Group
I-95 Southern HOGS Meeting, North Carolina
ITS America
Southeast Florida Regional TMC Operations Committee
Florida TIM Team Meetings
ITS Georgia
Upcoming Outreach Activities:
Southeast Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (SASHTO) - August
Metro Atlanta Traffic Incident Management Enhancement (TIME) Task Force Conference - September
Task 4: Stakeholder Interviews : Task 4: Stakeholder Interviews To obtain current operating procedures, existing relationships, links to emergency agencies, and levels of reportable incidents. Determine existing incident management (IM) notification procedures
Interviews Conducted:
Georgia: Valdosta, Macon, Savannah
South Carolina: Rock Hill, Columbia, Charleston, Myrtle Beach, Greenville
North Carolina: Charlotte
Florida: Jacksonville
Interviews complete = End of August
Task 5: Concept of Operations : Task 5: Concept of Operations This will define the principals by which the Southern Exchange Program will successfully operate.
GDOT TMC will be closely coordinated with.
Broad Outline Overview:
Introduction
Scope
Stakeholder Identification and Responsibilities (include matrix)
Overview of the Selected Concept
Operational Description of the Regional Information Sharing System
Operational Needs + Protocols
Operational and Support Environment
Summary of Impacts
Appendices
Task 6: Letters of Agreement : Task 6: Letters of Agreement State Level Agreements
Describe project purpose and commitment to participate the Southern Exchange Program
TMC Level Agreements
Describe local project benefits,
procedural guidelines, and
communication means Charleston, SC TMC
Task 7: Software/Communication : Task 7: Software/Communication A Technical Report including an inventory of current and potential technical resources across all states.
This report will determine the level of interoperability required to enable the exchange of regional information.
Phase II of project will consider software implementation options.
Task 8: Media Event : Task 8: Media Event Press Conference held at Atlanta TMC with representatives from all four states.
Schedule : Schedule Anticipated implementation date: January 1, 2008
Continuing activities
Program Maintenance
Performance Measures
Phase II of Project = Software
(2008/09)
Phase II: Software Options : Phase II: Software Options Several software options will be considered for exchanging information between Stakeholders.
Current Coalition Project = Information Systems Network (ISN)
“The ISN is a network of transportation information services. It is not a single information center, or a dedicated workstation, or a specific software package to be distributed to ISN users. The network will consist of the existing systems along the I-95 corridor, with new standardized interfaces, and of new management components, administrative interfaces, and policies needed to make it coherent and cohesive.”
Coalition Coordination : Coalition Coordination How will the Southern Exchange Program coordinate wit the Coalition-wide network?
I-95 Corridor Coalition Incident Management Network NY, CT, NJ, DE, PA/TRANSCOM/IEN CHART (MD, DC,VA) New England Regional Event Reporting
System
THANK YOU! : THANK YOU!