Thomas G. Shepperd, Jr., Chair, John L. Rowe, Jr., Vice-Chair

The Regional Building 723 Woodlake Drive Chesapeake, Virginia 23320 757-420-8300

Robert A. Crum, Jr., Executive Director

October 3, 2018 MEMORANDUM #2018-119 TO: Hampton Roads Transportation Operations (HRTO) Members & Guests BY: Keith M. Nichols, PE – Principal Transportation Engineer RE: HRTO Subcommittee Meeting – October 9, 2018 An HRTO Subcommittee meeting will be held from 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, October 9, 2018, at the Sandy Bottom Nature Park, 1255 Big Bethel Road, Hampton. The meeting will be conducted by Mr. Mike Miller (VDOT), HRTO Co-Chair. 1. Public Comment Period

2. Summary Minutes of June 12, 2018 Meeting

Minutes of the previous HRTO meeting are attached.

Recommended Action: Approval Attachment 2

3. Change in HRTO Leadership 9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Mr. Robert Lewis (Suffolk) and Mr. Mike Miller (VDOT) were appointed co-chairs of the HRTO Subcommittee in 2016. With their two-year terms expiring, HRTO Subcommittee co-chairs will need to be appointed at the next HRTO Subcommittee meeting. Recommended Action: Per discussion. Attachment 3

4. Regional Broadband Network/Connected Corridor 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

The Hampton Roads Regional Broadband Initiative proposes the creation of a fully integrated regional fiber optic network that connects employment areas, higher education facilities, research institutions, and municipal facilities throughout the region. This regional broadband network will allow Hampton Roads to continue to develop as a nationally connected 21st century community and international information gateway, and provide our region the necessary infrastructure to

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support job creation centered around a number of emerging industry clusters. More information is available at https://www.hrpdcva.gov/page/hampton-roads-regional-broadband-initiative. To further leverage the broadband network, it is proposed that the region develop a Connected Corridor to incorporate Connected Vehicle (CV) communications infrastructure. This opportunity would seek to improve the efficient movement of people and goods through integrated management of designated Corridors of Regional Significance (CoRS). A regional backbone would broadcast Signal, Phase and Timing (SPaT) information to vehicles directly from traffic signal controllers along the corridor. The overall goals of the regional system would leverage technology to reduce congestion and improve mobility, make better use of existing capacities across all transportation modes, improve availability and quality of data for travel conditions, provide first responders with information for real-time decisions, and create regional test beds for emerging technologies. Mr. Keith Nichols (HRTPO) will provide an update on the Regional Broadband Initiative to the committee and Mr. Brian Solis (Virginia Beach) will discuss the city’s efforts. Recommended Action: Per discussion.

5. Hampton Roads Operations Strategy 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

The HRTPO Board allocated $400,000 in Regional Surface Transportation Program (RSTP) funds for a Regional Operations Strategy (UPC #105492) based on a request from the HRTO Subcommittee. The first phase of the Hampton Roads Operations Strategy was completed in May 2016, and the committee voted to develop the next phase of the Regional Operations Strategy in February 2018. A scope of services for Phase II was approved by the HRTO Subcommittee at their April 2018 meeting, and a workshop was held following the June meeting. Kimley-Horn will provide an update on Phase II of the Regional Operations Strategy to the committee.

6. HRTPO Update

11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Keith Nichols (HRTPO) will update the HRTO on operations-related HRTPO actions: • Recent actions of HRTO’s parent committee – the Transportation Technical

Advisory Committee (TTAC).

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• Recent actions of VDOT’s RCTO-TIM (Traffic Incident Management) committee.

7. For Your Information

11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. • There is an upcoming SHRP-2 Traffic Incident Management (TIM) Training

Workshop in Virginia Beach. This workshop will be held at the VDOT Transportation Operations Center (970 Reon Drive) on November 28, 2018 from 8:00 am – Noon. More information on this workshop is attached. To register, contact Jim Stanek at James.Stanek@vdot.virginia.gov.

Attachment 7A

• Regional Concept of Transportation Operations - Traffic Incident

Management (RCTO-TIM) meetings are scheduled for October 30th at the HRTPO Board Room on the Southside and October 31st at the James City County Fire Admin/Training building on the Peninsula. More information on these meetings is attached. Attachment 7B

8. Next Meeting Schedule, Location, and Agenda Items The next HRTO meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at 9:30 a.m., at the Regional Building in Chesapeake.

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October 3, 2018 Page 4 HRTO Subcommittee: Leo Blades, HA Darin Bracy, WATA Alesia Cain, HRT Kamlesh Chowdhary, HRT Ken Coody, VDOT Randy Cooper, NN Michael A. Corwin, VDOT Scott Cowherd, VDOT Kevin Eppley, CH Vacant, VPA Brian C. Fowler, NO Frank Hickman, VB

Jacqueline M. Kassel, NN Charles L. Koonce, WATA Stephen P. Kopczynski, YK Robert E. Lewis, SU Ric Lowman, VB Michael Miller, VDOT Nathan Milaszewski, VDOT Daniel A. Rydzewski, NO Mike Shahsiah, VB Eric Stringfield, VDOT Danny Williams, PO James Wright, PO

October 3, 2018 Page 5 HRTO Invited Guests: R. Stephen Best, CH Jim Brennan, GTT Tim Breslin, CH Nick Britton, DRPT Chad Brooks David Brown, VSP Robert Buckham, VSP Leah Bush, VDH Jimmy Carter Mecit Cetin, ODU Jonathan Clark, Open Roads Dwayne Cook, VDOT Marc Copeland, BRTO Steven Cover, VB Barbara Creel, WATA Kevin Crum, SNJB William P. Dent, WM Fire Leon Dextradeur, VB Thelma Drake, NO Doug Draper, CH Martha Morecock Eddy, Timmons Michael Felix, NO George Glazner, NN James Gray, HA Robin Greer, VDOT Cynthia Hall, NO John Hendrickson, PBQ&D Steve Hetrick, AG

Jeffrey B. Holland, CBBTC Robert T. Holloway, Jr., PQ John Horner, Q-Free Open Roads Chuck Houck, NO Amanda Jacobs, JC Daniel E. Jenkins, FHWA Alan Jensen, P.E., NAVY Michael W. Johnson, SH Raymond Khoury, VDOT Charles Lavene, Norfolk Airport Randy Martin, FR Jake McCoury, VSP Ryan McLane, ERC Jeff Minnix, ERC Joe Moore, NN Jessie Neal, VDOT Omarr Tobias, U.S. Navy Iris Rodriguez, FHWA Safety Officer, NN Mark Sawyers Mark Solesky, CH James Stanek, VDOT Gregory S. Staylor, CH Charles E. Vidrine, NAVY Keith Whitley, VSP Alaine Winslow, SU Jeff Wise, NO

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DRAFT HRTO Subcommittee Minutes – June 12, 2018

The Regional Building (HRTPO), Chesapeake, VA

The meeting was chaired by Mike Miller (VDOT)

1. Public Comment Period

Nobody from the public requested to speak.

2. Minutes of the April 10th meeting were reviewed. Motion for approval was made by Steve

Froncillo and seconded by Scott Cowherd. The minutes were approved.

3. Virginia Connected and Automated Vehicle Program Overview

Virginia Lingham, VDOT’s Connected and Automated Vehicle Program Manager, made a

presentation on the Virginia Connected and Automated Vehicle Program. Highlights of

the presentation included:

o Information on VDOT’s Connected and Automated Vehicle (CAV) Program Plan

and other CAV efforts is provided at http://virginiadot.org/automated.

o VDOT envisions a future environment where Connected and Automated Vehicle

applications provide connectivity between vehicles, roadside infrastructure and

wireless devices. This interconnected environment is expected to increase

safety, improve mobility, reduce infrastructure investments, and enhance

traveler information.

o Virginia has a number of unique strengths:

Diverse highway system with a good state of repair

An “Open-for-business” regulatory environment for innovative

transportation solutions

Data driven commitment to innovation

Trusted world-class research and testing capabilities

Capable knowledge based work force, including a strong military

presence

o VDOT Connected and Automated Vehicle Program Development

Full-time program manager since Fall 2016

Connected and Automated Vehicle Executive Steering Committee

established which meets quarterly

Connected and Automated Program Plan was created

o Connected and Automated Vehicle Program Plan

Purpose

Vision

Goals and Objectives

o National and Local Initiatives

o Virginia Connected Corridors (Northern Virginia and Smart Road test beds)

o VDOT’s CAV Deployment Work Program

Attachment 2

Near-term actions

Near-Term Development of Foundational Elements

Improvements to Signs and Markings

Mid-and Long-term actions

Mid-and long-term Implementation Plan

Establish Deployment Guidance for Stakeholders

Develop CAV Standards and Specifications

Ms. Lingham also discussed the Virginia Beach Hackathon with the committee. The

Hackathon was held April 27th and April 28th at 1701 in the ViBe district of Virginia

Beach. The purpose of the Hackathon was to “invite planners, futurists, big data lovers

and problem solvers to help address Virginia's greatest transportation issues through

the use of open data sets, including VDOT's SmarterRoads data portal”. Submittals at

the Hackathon included an app that provides traffic congestion data via Alexa and an

app that gives a real time signal status display of upcoming traffic signals. More

information on the Virginia Beach Hackathon is available at https://smarter-roads-

hackathon-vb.devpost.com . VDOT will also host Hackathons in Northern Virginia,

Danville, and Roanoke later this year.

4. Hampton Roads Operations Strategy

Mike Miller introduced this topic by noting that there will be a workshop for the

Hampton Roads Operations Strategy Phase II report following the HRTO meeting. The

workshop will be led by Kimley-Horn, the consultant for this project.

5. HRTPO Update

Keith Nichols (HRTPO) shared three items with the committee:

o Emergency Vehicle Preemption reallocations were approved by the HRTPO

Board at their May meeting.

o The 2018 CMAQ-RSTP Project Selection Process is open for project submittals.

The deadline for submitting candidates is August 15, 2018. More information is

available at http://www.hrtpo.org/page/cmaq-and-rstp.

o With hurricane season approaching, HRTPO staff will be preparing the annual

update of the Operations Contacts for Emergencies list.

o There were no RCTO meetings held since the April HRTO meeting. The next

RCTO meeting is scheduled for 10/30/18 on the Southside.

6. For Your Information

The committee was notified of upcoming SHRP-2 Traffic Incident Management (TIM)

training workshops in Virginia Beach and Hampton.

7. The next HRTO Subcommittee meeting will be held at Sandy Bottom Nature Park in Hampton at

9:30 AM on August 14th.

Attachment 2

Attachment 2

Current HRTO Subcommittee Membership

As of 10/3/2018

Locality/Agency HRTO Members

Chesapeake Kevin Eppley -

Hampton Leo Blades -

Newport News Jackie Kassel Randy Cooper

Norfolk Brian Fowler Dan Rydzewski

Portsmouth James Wright Danny Williams

Suffolk Robert Lewis -

Virginia Beach Frank Hickman Mike Shahsiah

Ric Lowman -

York County Stephen Kopczynski -

HRT Alesia Cain Kamlesh Chowdhary

WATA - -

VPA - -

DRPT - -

VDOT Mike Miller Ken Coody

Mike Corwin Nathan Milaszewski

Scott Cowherd Eric Stringfield

Attachment 3

Regional Concept of Transportation Operations

RCTO-TIM Meeting

** Traffic Incident Management **

Time: 9:30am October 30, 2018

Location: Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization

The Regional Building / Room A&B

723 Woodlake Drive, Chesapeake, VA 23320

Welcome and Introduction

Presentation – Enhanced Ramp Reference Markers for

Ramps at Complex Interchanges – John Stansberry (

AECOM )

Presentation – Richmond TOW Program – TRIP – Update

on how the program is running.

New & Old Business -

Training /SHRP 2 Update

Incident Up-dates from March 2018 – October 2018

Next Meeting Date: March 2019

If you have any New Business or Photos that you want to discuss please e-mail me with the

Information.

Attachment 7

Regional Concept of Transportation Operations

RCTO-TIM Meeting

** Traffic Incident Management **

Time: 9:30am October 31, 2018

Location: James City County Fire Admin/Training

5077 John Tyler Highway

Williamsburg, VA 23185

Welcome and Introduction

Presentation- Enhanced Ramp reference Markers for

Ramps at complex Interchanges- John Stansberry

( AECOM )

Presentation – Richmond TOW Program – TRIP Update on

how the Program is running.

New & Old Business

Training /SHRP 2 Update

Incident Up-dates. March 2018 – October 2018

Next Meeting Date:

If you have any New Business that you want to discuss please e-mail me with the Information.

Attachment 7