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ITS/CVISN Efforts in the Border Region

ITS/CVISN Efforts in the Border Region. Border Partnership Working Group January 11, 2006 Al Kosik Traffic Operations Division TxDOT. Presentation Outline. Overview of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) in TxDOT Border Safety Inspection Facilities (BSIF)

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ITS/CVISN Efforts in the Border Region

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  1. ITS/CVISN Efforts in the Border Region Border Partnership Working Group January 11, 2006 Al Kosik Traffic Operations Division TxDOT

  2. Presentation Outline • Overview of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) in TxDOT • Border Safety Inspection Facilities (BSIF) • Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks (CVISN)

  3. Intelligent Transportation Systems • The application of advanced technologies (computers, communications, electronics) to transportation problems • Congestion, incidents, safety, weather • Multiple technologies • Field equipment in harsh environments

  4. The Need for ITS • Traffic volumes continue to increase • New construction is not keeping up • Impossible to simply “build our way” out of congestion • Transportation Management Centers (TMCs) can help ease congestion on the existing highway system

  5. Benefits ofEffective ITS • Reductions in: • Motorist delay and queue length • Direct and indirect economic losses • Air pollution • Incident response times • Secondary collisions • A more efficient transportation system

  6. Transportation Management Centers (TMCs) • TxDOT has 9 TMCs in operation • Large centers: Houston TranStar, 200 mi. of freeways, multiple agencies, large building, large operations floor • Small centers: Wichita Falls, a few cameras and signs, weather data, 2 workstations, part-time operator • TMCs operating in Laredo and El Paso

  7. TxDOT’s 9 TMCs • Amarillo (PEGASIS) • Austin (CTECC) • Dallas (DalTrans) • El Paso (TransVista) • Fort Worth (TransVISION) • Houston (TranStar) • Laredo (STRATIS) • San Antonio (TransGuide) • Wichita Falls

  8. Houston TranStar

  9. TranStar operation’s floor

  10. Amarillo TMC

  11. Laredo STRATIS

  12. Laredo operations

  13. TMC Applications • Incident detection and management • Traveler information • Monitor system performance • Safety • Weather

  14. Hurricane Rita Evacuation

  15. ITS Field Equipment • Dynamic Message Signs (DMS) Closed Circuit Television Cameras (CCTV) Detection (multiple technologies) Lane Control Signals Environmental Sensors Highway Advisory Radio (HAR) • Fiber backbone in urban areas; large communications systems • Leased wireline (ISDN, T1); Wireless

  16. TxDOT ITS Program • $40M to $50M ITS projects let per year • $10M to $15M per year on maintenance, upgrades, and rehabilitation • 700 miles of highways with freeway systems • 395 DMS • Over 800 closed circuit ITS cameras • 100 miles of HOV lane systems • Over 700 miles of fiber optic cable backbone

  17. Traffic Websites • Allow motorists to get information from their computer • Websites can provide: • Interactive maps of current conditions • Camera snapshots • Incident locations • DMS display information • Travel times • Text messages

  18. Rural ITS • Flood warning • Ice, winter weather • Fog • Traveler, tourist information • Alternate routes • Remote CCTV at strategic locations • Future: corridor information (I35, I40, I10)

  19. Need for Rural ITS • Why? • 80 % of Nations roads are in rural & small urban areas (under 50,000 population) • Rural roads < 40% annual vehicle miles, but > 60% traffic fatalities • Work zone fatalities on non-Interstate roads 3 times higher • Average twice as long for crash notification and victim transfer

  20. Statewide Development and Integration (SDI) Program • Standard statewide software modules (TMC) - realistically 80% • Write once, use many times • Reduce lifetime maintenance costs • Well documented, defined interfaces • System Engineering process • National standards • Software modules are in operation • BSIF software developed by SDI contractor • Southwest Research Institute (contractor)

  21. Signal for complex intersection

  22. Border Safety Inspection Facilities (BSIF) • 8 locations planned at border crossings • Standard design • 2 in El Paso under construction • Operated by DPS • Very automated process (eventually) • Standard software modules; write once, use many times

  23. BSIF Equipment • DMS • Detection • Transponder readers • Cameras (surveillance and snapshot) • Oversize detection • Weigh-in-Motion • Static scales

  24. Facility Layout

  25. WIM

  26. Visual Inspection

  27. Current development activities • Development underway for BOTA (El Paso) • Flow management, DMS, CCTV, RFID tags, presence detection, weigh-in-motion, scales, dimensional checks • Interface with DPS safety information • Reuse of software • Existing statewide ITS subsystems • BSIF modules to be developed and shared • Subsequent deployments under review: • Zaragoza (El Paso) • Eagle Pass (Laredo)

  28. Border Wildlife

  29. Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks (CVISN) • Multiple agencies sharing data • TxDOT, DPS, Comptroller • Common CVISN data base • Single point of contact, electronic • Completed top level design and business plan • Working group and steering committee established

  30. CVISN… • The collection of information systems and communications networks that support CVO. • Includes information systems owned and operated by governments, motor carriers, and other stakeholders. • Provides a framework for parties engaged in CVO safety assurance and regulation to exchange information and conduct business transactions electronically. • The goal is to improve the safety and efficiency of commercial vehicle operations. • Core Compliance includes: Safety Information Exchange, E-Credentialing, E-Screening.

  31. CVISN – Planned TX Architecture

  32. CVISN Status • Summary • Participants (DPS, CPA, and TxDOT) will share safety and credentialing data via TexVIEW • Motor carriers will be able to apply for and renew credentials online • Working group meeting of participants to determine status is being planned. • TexVIEW and One-Stop need to be developed. • Once developed, existing systems will be modified to tie into these new systems • BSIF will utilize CVISN data for safety inspections

  33. Questions or Comments? • Good judgment comes from bad experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment

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