Transcript SCOTE 2011 Annual Meeting:

SCOTE 2011 Annual Meeting:
FHWA Opening Remarks and
Updates
Mark Kehrli
June 20, 2011
Why Does FHWA Focus on Improving
Operations?
• Reduce/manage impacts of congestion
• More efficient movement of passengers and
freight
• Improve safety and sustainability of the
highway system
• More cost effective investment of limited
resources
• Promote a more proactive approach
Proactively Operating the
Transportation System Requires
• Real-time information
• Good analytical foundation/tools
• State of the art technologies and strategies
(some levers to pull to help things improve/act
differently)
• Integration across system elements,
jurisdictions, and modes
• An organization and workforce capable of
managing all of the above
FHWA Operations Themes/Program
Areas
1. Building a Strong Foundation for Proactive
Operations
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Accelerating Implementation of Operations & ITS
Technologies and Strategies
Operations and Freight Performance
Measurement and Management
Organizing and Planning for Operations
Traffic Analysis Tools
Traffic Control (MUTCD)
FHWA Operations Themes/Program
Areas
2. Managing Congestion by Improving
Reliability and Operating the System at
Peak Performance
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Active Transportation and Demand Management
Arterial Management / Traffic Signal Operations
Congestion Pricing
Real-Time Transportation Information
Road Weather Management
Traffic Incident and Events Management
Work Zone Mobility and Safety
FHWA Operations Themes/Program
Areas
3. Improving Reliability Through Efficient
Movement of Freight
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Commercial Vehicle Size and Weight
Freight Data and Analysis
Freight Operations and Technology
Freight Professional Development
Traffic Control (MUTCD)
• Couple NPAs (Notice of Proposed
Amendments) coming
• Working on response to Pavement Marking
Retroreflectivity NPA
• Arrow-per-Lane Official Interpretation
• Went live with web version “Official Rulings”
database
Road Weather Management
• Web-based training course on Weather-responsive Traffic
Management (WRTM) - 1st half of 2012
• Workshop on WRTM strategies – to be held in conjunction
with the Transportation Management Center (TMC) Pooled
Fund Study (PFS) on Oct 6-7 in Portland, OR
• Annual Road Weather Management Stakeholder Meeting on
Sept. 7-9 in Albuquerque, NM
• Under the ITS Connected Vehicle Program
- Developing software to process data from vehicles and turn
it into useful weather and road condition observations.
- Using observations to support State DOT MDSS &
Maintenance Management System applications
Road Weather Management
• Published several reports pertaining to Road Weather
Management (especially WRTM)
- Weather Information Integration in Transportation
Management Center (TMC) Operations
- Baselining Current Road Weather Information
- Data Mining and Gap Analysis for Weather Responsive Traffic
Management Studies (WRTM)
- Traffic Analysis Tools (TAT) Volume XI – Weather and Traffic
Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation
- Microscopic Analysis of Traffic Flow in Inclement Weather
- Clarus Quality Checking Algorithm Documentation Report
- An Analysis of Temperature and Pressure Data from
Connected Vehicles in the Developmental Testbed
Environment
Traffic Incident and Events
Management
• TIM Workshops :
• Current focus on top-40 metro areas
• 10/15/15 in FY10-FY12
• Customized Action Plan developed
• 23 so far (4 more planned this summer)
• TIM Decision-maker Discussions – 14 so
far
• Rural Freight Corridors – 1 so far (multistate I-80)
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Traffic Incident and Events
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TIM Self-Assessment
National TIM Framework
TIM Training Standardization
TIM Public Outreach Toolkit
TIM/Planned Special Events Conference (2012)
TIM Incident Specific Performance Metrics
Operation Safe Commute Research/Pilots
TIM Peer-to-Peer Program
TIM Cost Management and Cost Recovery
TIM International Scan (2012)
SHRP2 L12 TtT – Responder Certification Training
Traffic Incident and Events
Management: National Partnerships
• American Association of State
Highway and Transportation
Officials (AASHTO)
• National Traffic Incident
Management Coalition
(NTIMC)
• International Association of
Chiefs of Police (IACP) TIM
Subcommittee
• US Fire Administration (USFA),
International Association of
Fire Chiefs (IAFC) and
International Association Fire
Fighters (IAFF)