Great Lakes Regional Transportation Operations Coalition

Great Lakes Regional Transportation Operations Coalition

Great Lakes Regional Transportation Operations Coalition (GLRTOC)

Multistate Corridor Operations and Management (MCOM) Program

National Rural ITS ConferenceAugust 2013


Megaregions


GLRTOC Partners & MissionFounded in 2010

Chicago Skyway / Indiana Toll Road Illinois DOT Illinois Tollway Indiana DOT Michigan DOT Ministry of Transportation Ontario Minnesota DOT Wisconsin DOT

Improve cross-regional transportation operations in support of regional economic competitiveness and

improved quality of life.


GLRTOC Strategy

Three Strategic Focus Areas Freight Operations Reliable Mobility TIM / ETO


Founded 1993 1993–2006, Gary-Chicago-Milwaukee (GCM) ITS Priority

Corridor Since 2006, broader operations and geographic extent Focus on traffic operations along major corridors in the

greater Chicago region to improve safety and mobility

Lake Michigan Interstate Gateway Alliance (LMIGA)


Lake Michigan Interstate Gateway Alliance (LMIGA)

Wisconsin DOT Illinois DOT Indiana DOT Michigan DOT Illinois Tollway Chicago Skyway Indiana Toll Road

Coordination Work Group (CWG)

Interstate Highway Operations (IHO) Work Group

Traffic Center Communications (TCC)

Subcommittee

Traffic Incident Management (TIM)

Subcommittee


Current LMIGA Coverage Map

www.TravelMidwest.com


Partner Coalitions:North/West Passage (NWP)


Partner Coalitions:Canada Smart Corridor



Annual Meetings September 2010, Milwaukee, WI

First in-person meeting Developed strategic areas and partnership agreement

November 2011, Lansing, MI Developed formal work plan Winter weather operations table top exercise

September 2012, Downers Grove, IL ATDM workshop Embarking on MCOM

September 2013, Minneapolis, MN


Multistate Corridor Operations and Management (MCOM) Program

SAFETEA-LU authorization ITS Research Program, Office of Transportation

Management, RITA Truck and Program Assessment FFY 2011 and 2012, ~$7M per year Applications due January 3, 2012

“…to promote regional cooperation, planning, and shared project implementation for research programs and projects to improve multimodal transportation system management and operations.”


MCOM FFY 2011 Awards

Announced August 2012 $6.7M total awarded, six recipients:

I-95 Corridor Coalition, $2.3M (www.i95coalition.org) West Coast Corridor Coalition

(www.westcoastcorridors.org) Great Northern Corridor (www.tradecorridors.com) North/West Passage (www.nwpassage.info) I-15 Mobility Alliance (www.i15alliance.org) GLRTOC (www.glrtoc.org)


GLRTOC MCOM Award

2013 - 2015 Two Projects:

Center to Center Communications Smart Work Zone Coordination


GLRTOC MCOM Organization

FHWA-WI

Wisconsin DOT

Steering Committee

Member Agency RepresentativesMember Agency Representatives

Program Manager

Peter Rafferty, TOPS LabPeter Rafferty, TOPS Lab

Project 1. Connected Centers

Connected Centers Sys Eng

Jim Kranig, MnDOTJim Kranig, MnDOT

GTIS Expansion

Chuck Sikaras, IDOTChuck Sikaras, IDOT

Project 2. Smart Work Zones

Work Zone Collaboration

Kwame Amegashitsi, TOPS LabKwame Amegashitsi, TOPS Lab

Work Zone Mapping Application

Chip Hankley, TOPS LabChip Hankley, TOPS Lab

Work Zone PerformancePaul Keltner, WisDOTPaul Keltner, WisDOT


GLRTOC Steering Committee

Agency Name Title

Illinois DOT Chuck Sikaras Acting Chief, Intelligent Systems Unit

Illinois Tollway John Benda General Manager of Maintenance and Traffic

Indiana DOT vacant

Indiana Toll Road Robert Ladson Infrastructure Manager

Michigan DOT Tony Kratofil Metro Region Engineer

Ministry of Transport Ontario Peter Armoogam Traffic Management Supervisor

Minnesota DOT Jim Kranig Metro RTMC Engineer

Wisconsin DOT John Corbin Director of Traffic Operations


Project 1. Connected Centers and GTIS Expansion

Emphasizing coordination at the megaregion scale for major incidents or weather events

Two tasks: Center to Center Systems Engineering Expand the Gateway Traveler Information System


Project 2. Smart Work Zone Coordination

Three tasks: Annual work zone review enhancements Work zone mapping application Work zone performance monitoring


1. Annual Work Zone Review

LMIGA precedent Among the first

efforts of GLRTOC Held first week of

February in Chicago


www.glrtoc.org/workzones


2. Work Zone Mapping Application


3. Smart Work Zone Monitoring

Pilot on I-39/90 between Madison, WI and Rockford, IL

65-mile mostly rural corridor

Minimal detection available

Three agencies Multiple medium and

high impact work zones


MCOM FFY ‘12 Award

2014-2016 Performance Management Interstate Highway Work Zone Coordination

o Toward real-time coordinationo Expanded data collectiono Best practices integration

Connected Centers Implementation


For more information, please visit: www.glrtoc.org

Or contact: Peter C. Rafferty, PE, PTOE, AICP

GLRTOC AdministratorWisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety (TOPS) Lab

Office: 608-890-1218Cell: 608-516-9382

Email: [email protected]

Documents

Great Lakes Regional Transportation Operations Coalition