Smarter Cities - Transportation City of Rochester Initiatives Fred Ziecina

1. Smarter Cities - Transportation City of Rochester Initiatives Fred Ziecina

2. Acknowledgement Rochester Department of Public Works Gary Shannon, P.E., P.T.O.E. Traffic Engineer City of Rochester Doug Nelson, P.E. Mgr Engineering City of Rochester

3. Intelligent Transportation Systems • Everything in presentation is available, though not all in use • Obstacles: • Finances: Can’t afford to replace all old systems with new equipment or afford new systems • Inter Agency Trust and Cooperation: Turf issues, differing priorities, who has control • Public Acceptance: Politicians won’t support thing constituents are opposed to • Legal Challenges: Groups can challenge things in court, even if public supports

4. Agenda Traffic Signal Operation and Automation Transportation Data Integration (TDI) for Traffic Corridors thru cell phones Traffic Enforcement thru technology Winter Maintenance Decision Support System Bridge Maintenance & Operational safety Construction efficiency – Machine Control

5. Traffic Signal Operation & Automation

6. Rochester’s Advanced Traffic Management System (ACTRA) • City of Rochester uses Siemens ACTRA System • PC based monitoring and management of 129 of the City’s 144 traffic signal systems • Installed in 2003, expanded annually

7. ACTRA - Signal System Capabilities • Rochester System • Interconnected signals with corridor signal coordination • Emergency Vehicle Pre-emption • Railroad Pre-emption • Video from signal camera detection equipment • Expandable with Incremental Upgrades • Capability to add public transit bus priority • Capable of real-time traffic responsive signal timing • Remote access by multiple agencies • Video Wall display capability • Dynamic ‘Message Sign’ control

8. ACTRA - Signal System Capabilities Rochester Signal Cabinets

9. ACTRA - Benefits • Remote access to the signals to check the system or adjust the signal timing • Alarms sent from equipment to Traffic Operations Building when malfunctions occur (automatic paging for critical alarms) • Data exchange capability; timing plans and information can be transferred to, or from, the signal controllers at the cabinet or remotely from the Traffic Operations Building

10. Typical Signal Cabinets

11. ACTRA - Communication Capability • Multi-equipment and Interface Capability • Twisted pair • Fiber optic • Coaxial • Radio • Ethernet • National Architecture compliance for ITS • NTCIP: National Transportation Communication for ITS Protocol • http://www.ntcip.org/ • Supporting Organizations: • http://www.nema.org/ • http://www.ite.org/ • http://www.transportation.org/ • http://www.its.dot.gov/

12. ACTRA - Communication Setup

13. ACTRA – Traffic management Capability • Data collection capability with analysis tools • Supports adaptive traffic control to respond to actual traffic conditions • Can generate reports for the intersection or signal groupings • Links: • MNDOT Web Cameras: http://www.511mn.org/ • 3rd Ave / 16th St SE: (link)

14. Agenda Traffic Signal Operation and Automation Transportation Data Integration (TDI) for Traffic Corridors thru cell phones Traffic Enforcement thru technology Winter Maintenance Decision Support System Bridge Maintenance & Operational safety Construction efficiency – Machine Control

15. TDI via Cell Phone data • Tracking of cell phones through urban corridors to track volume, speed, other pertinent data • Jacobs Engineering at forefront of use of this technology

16. Jacobs Processing TDI – Cutting Edge Technology

17. TDI – What does it do? • Operational Data • Speeds • Volumes • Congestion Points • Origin-Destination Information for all Travel • Can Separate by Mode • Buses/Trains/Transit • Cars/Trucks • Bicycles/Peds

18. TDI – How does it do it? • Collects all “MOTION” Data • Detectors • GPS • License Plate Recognition • E-Tags • Cell Phones • Etc (Open System) • Data Fusion Process • Determines What Data Good/Bad • Uses Good Data • Creates 24/7 Operational Representation

19. TDI – How can it be used? • Operators and Regional Agencies • Continuous Update on Transportation Picture • All Facilities/Modes, All the Time • Performance Measurements, Continuously • Peak Hour Traffic Counts • Operational Efficiency – All Modes • Environmental Readings • Instantaneous Readouts of any Changes • Accurate Traffic Impacts from Incidents/Accidents • Ability to Report Changes or Events, Instantly • “Predict” when Linked to Simulation

20. TDI – How can it be used? • Research • Automatic Traffic counters • Simulation of new roadway design/operation concepts (before) • Impacts of changes on entire roadway network • Automated measurements of test (after) • Impacts due to incidents can be catalogued • Impacts due to ITS devices (DMS, etc) can be measured • Environmental Impacts of Modal shifts • Benefit / cost analyses, true time savings estimates • Travellers • Personal Travel Predictions • By Mode • Intermodal • Future Travel • Best Mode/Best Route/Best Travel Time

21. TDI – Traveler benefits • Better knowledge of the network situation • 10% Time Savings from Improved Knowledge • Alternative Modes • Way-Finding • Reliable journeys • 50% of Delays can be Incident-Related • 10-15% of Delays can be from Construction • Non-Recurrent Congestion • Better travel information • Better Decisions • Network Conditions Improve – Minimize Time on Roadway Network

22. TDI – Benefit Summary • Fast, accurate and convenient dynamic data acquisition • Reduced physical infrastructure investment • Quick solution to existing highway congestion problems • Real-time multimodal traffic models with • Comprehensive real-time information • Multimodal planning and interchange policies • Improved monitoring and benefit assessment • Short, medium and long term travel predictions • Improved Road Safety • Improved Disaster Management • Wider coverage

23. Agenda Traffic Signal Operation and Automation Transportation Data Integration (TDI) for Traffic Corridors thru cell phones Traffic Enforcement thru technology Winter Maintenance Decision Support System Bridge Maintenance & Operational safety Construction efficiency – Machine Control

24. Traffic Enforcement Through Technology “Photo Cop” • Traffic Enforcement camera • Speed control • Red light running • Bus Lane enforcement • Toll roads • http://www.iihs.org/video.aspx/info/auto_enforcement

25. Traffic Enforcement Through Technology – why needed? • 1,000 fatalities (nationally) per year due to “red light running” • 13,000 fatalities (nationally) per year related to excessive speed • Multiple injuries and accidents due to these violations • Limited manpower to address the problem (enforcement efforts are often short duration)

26. Traffic Enforcement Through Technology – Benefits • Multiple research studies have shown: • Increased compliance w/ speed limits • 80% reduction in vehicles exceeding the posted speed by 10 mph where this has been used • Reduction in the number of fatalities and severity of accidents • Identifies and deters those that break the law • Enhances enforcement efforts • A fair, objective, and consistent application

27. Traffic Enforcement Through Technology – Obstacles • Legal challenges to the use of monitoring equipment • Invasion of privacy? • Ticket issued to the vehicle owner, not the driver • Laser jamming devices on vehicles • Falsified license numbers on vehicles

28. Traffic Enforcement Through Technology – MN Experience Minnesota Supreme Court Strikes Down Red Light Cameras The Minnesota Supreme Court delivers a unanimous decision striking down the legality of red light cameras.The Minnesota Supreme Court today delivered the highest-level court rebuke to photo enforcement to date with a unanimous decision against the Minneapolis red light camera program. The high court upheld last September's Court of Appeals decision that found the city's program had violated state law.The supreme court found that Minneapolis had disregarded a state law imposing uniformity of traffic laws across the state. The city's photo ticket program offered the accused fewer due process protections than available to motorists prosecuted for the same offense in the conventional way after having been pulled over by a policeman. The court argued that Minneapolis had, in effect, created a new type of crime: "owner liability for red-light violations where the owner neither required nor knowingly permitted the violation."Minneapolis Code of Ordinances sections 474.620 to 474.670, which make the owner of a motor vehicle guilty of a petty misdemeanor if the vehicle is photographed running a red light, are invalid because they are in conflict with the Minnesota Traffic Regulations, and specifically with Minn. Stat. Section 169.06, subd. 4(a) (2006), and Minn. Stat. Section 169.022 (2006). April 5, 2007

29. Agenda Transportation Data Integration (TDI) for Traffic Corridors thru cell phones Traffic Signal Operation and Automation Traffic Enforcement thru technology Winter Maintenance Decision Support System Bridge Maintenance & Operational safety Construction efficiency – Machine Control

30. Winter Maintenance Decision Support System • Used by Rochester, Olmsted, MnDOT • Salt / Sanding winter operations • Rochester – “Force America” SSC5100 system • Winter road maintenance efficiencies thru technology • Use temperature sensors / equipment on sanding trucks • Temperature Detectors • Sanding rate applicators

31. Winter Maintenance Decision Support System

32. Winter Maintenance Decision Support System • Force America • SSC5100 system • AVL Vehicle Tracking and Data Logging • Joystick Controls • PTO Controls • Pump Controls • Radio Frequency Controls • Snow & Ice Controls

33. Rochester Winter Maintenance Support System Temp Sensor Truck Mounted Computer Antennae Wireless Comm Link

34. Winter Maintenance Decision Support System • The Maintenance Decision Support System serves maintenance staff • decision support tool • real-time weather / roadway conditions • Combined with information on maintenance vehicle resources (i.e. salt, sand, etc…) • MDSS recommends appropriate roadway maintenance application treatments / rates • MDSS assimilates data on road surface conditions from Road Weather Information Stations (RWIS) • On-board vehicle sensors report pavement temperatures • also allows for field staff observations on road visibility to be factored into the MDSS recommendation for appropriate maintenance treatments. • With all sources of information taken into account, MDSS offers users various treatment options • such as “optimal” treatments – where travel safety is prioritized higher than treatment costs – • and “what-if” treatments – where the effects of several maintenance actions on overall resources can be understood by the system user before recommending certain actions.

35. Road Weather Information Station

36. Winter Maintenance Decision Support System Chemicals Anti-icers Proactive De-icersReactive Sodium Chloride (salt) Calcium Chloride Magnesium Chloride Potassium Acetate Liquid Corn Salt

37. Winter Maintenance Decision Support System

38. Winter Maintenance Decision Support System - Benefits • Benefit / cost ratio of 13:1 (MnDOT) • 53% savings on salt use • Reduced overtime • More effective road clearing • Increased safety to the public

39. Winter Maintenance Decision Support System

40. Winter Maintenance Decision Support System

41. Agenda Transportation Data Integration (TDI) for Traffic Corridors thru cell phones Traffic Signal Operation and Automation Traffic Enforcement thru technology Winter Maintenance Decision Support System Bridge Maintenance & Operational safety Construction efficiency – Machine Control

42. Bridge Maintenance & Operational Safety • City of Rochester, Olmsted Co, and MnDOT –D6 have responsibility for hundreds of bridges • Newer bridges being designed with anti-icing spray technology – Fixed Automated Spray Technology (FAST) • I 35W bridge • New bridges over Mississippi (MN – WI)

43. Bridge Maintenance & Operational Safety • Bridge Fixed Automated Spray Technology (FAST)

44. Bridge Maintenance & Operational Safety - FAST What is Anti-Icing? ”The snow and ice-control practice of preventing the formation or development of bonded snow and ice by the timely applications of chemical freezing-point depressant.” -- FHWA Manual for an Effective Anti-Icing Program

45. Bridge Maintenance & Operational Safety - FAST Stationary Anti-icing Systems Fixed Automated Spray Technology Goal of F.A.S.T. System: “The early prediction of ice formation in its different forms (ice, black ice, frost, freezing rain, and snow) along with a time-efficient activation of the spraying system.”

46. Bridge Maintenance & Operational Safety - FAST Effective (original 35W system) • 165 winter crashes from 1992 – 1999 • Anti-icing system operational in 1999 • 68% reduction in winter crashes in first 3 yrs of operation

47. Bridge Maintenance & Operational Safety - FAST System Components • Roadway Weather Information System (RWIS) • Measures atmospheric & pavement conditions • Pump House • Houses tanks, pumps, instrumentation & controls • Valve Units • Deliver Anti-icing agent to Spray Disks • Spray Disks • Deliver Anti-Icing agent to road surface

48. Bridge Maintenance & Operational Safety - FAST • Automatic control, no human intervention for activation • Information provided by active and passive pavement sensors • Graphical User Interface software • Intuitive display, complete access to weather information and spray system data. • Historical log information • Spray disk: heavy-duty, made from synthetic material • Individually variable spray pattern angle • Accumulator Tanks on hydraulic line for consistent spraying pressure • Pressure control device for monitoring proper pressure • Alarms sent to personnel if pressure is incorrect. • Allows early detection of leaks & preventive shut off

49. Automated Anti-Icing Bridge Maintenance & Operational Safety - FAST

50. Bridge Maintenance & Operational Safety - FAST Anti-Icing Chemical Potassium Acetate Low corrosion Contains no chlorides Effective to -45 F (lab) Field Experience to -20 F No agitation required Environmentally favorable to salts Does not refreeze