SMART ROADS EQUAL SMART DRIVERS

Steve Mednis, Illinois TollwayApril 11, 2018

What is a “smart” road?How active traffic management is utilizedConcept of operations StakeholdersPrevious methods of communication Benefits

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Agenda

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16 Miles Of Smart Road On I-90

Helps enhance traveler safety on the Tollway network while reducing congestion and improving corridor transportation management

Overhead gantries placed every half mile that provide real-time information to alert drivers to

• Travel times• Traffic incidents• Lane closures • Traffic pattern changes

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What Is Active Traffic Management?

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Customer education and community outreach

Traffic Incident Management System (T.I.M.S.) software developed for scenarios/strategies

System testing and acceptance

Tollway staff, Illinois State Police, dispatch, emergency responders, Pace Bus Service and Maintenance employees

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How We Implemented ATM

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Scenarios• Weather• Minor incident• Traffic enforcement• Major incident• Full closure• Congestion

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Concept Of Operations

• Stationary work zone• Rolling work zone• Car fire• Disabled vehicle• Partial system failure

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• Motorist reports to Tollway via *999 or 911• Cellphone notifications to Illinois State Police District 15• Media reports• Reports from State Police, Maintenance and toll plaza staff• Roadway camera surveillance• Pace Bus driver reports• All notifications go through the Tollway’s Central Dispatch

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Notification, Detection And Confirmation

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Traffic Operations Center• Assists with incident

detection and confirmation• Monitors and reports effects

of construction on traffic• Communicates to the public

through the media and with changeable message signs

• Activate ATM

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Communication

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CADCADDispatchDispatch

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ISP DISP D--1515MaintenanceMaintenanceMaintenanceMaintenance

Towing & Towing & RecoveryRecovery

ISP DISP D--1515MaintenanceMaintenanceMaintenanceMaintenance

Towing & Towing & RecoveryRecovery

MediaMedia

Incident Incident NotificationNotification

Fire & Fire & AmbulanceAmbulance

MediaMedia

Incident Incident NotificationNotification

Fire & Fire & AmbulanceAmbulance

Motorist CallMotorist Call

Plaza ReportPlaza Report

911 Call911 CallTransferTransfer

**999 Report999 Report

Motorist CallMotorist Call

Plaza ReportPlaza Report

911 Call911 CallTransferTransfer

**999 Report999 Report

Computer-Aided Dispatch

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Workflow• CCTV verification• Review the proposed ATM response

• LCS – Borders• DMS/GDMS – Displayed to activate• All other activities – same as any other event

• Edit (if necessary)• Activate• Monitor and update• Cancel

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ATM Response Plan Utilization

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Lane blocking events• Divert to most open lanes• Use of arrows with MERGE and CAUTION• Use of two, sometimes three gantries

Congestion zones – gantry DMSPace Bus operations

• Pace sections recommended for opening during congestion• Flex Lane must be clear

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Scenarios And Basic Parameters

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• Use of caution arrow adjacent to blocked lanes, including shoulders

• Default is blank over the live lanes• Gantry DMS to support corridor-specific events and local travel

times• No speeds on LCS• Pace sections

• Located between Higgins Road and the Devon Avenue Toll Plaza• Section breaks between Roselle Road and Illinois Route 53 and

between Arlington Heights Road and Elmhurst Road

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Settings

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LCS Response Plan Basics

Blocked lane

Appropriate action

Adjacent lane to a responder

Lane open

Lane default

Pace bus

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Typical Display Prior To A Minor Incident

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Display As Incident Is Detected And Verified

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Display During Response

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Display After Lanes Are Cleared

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Display After All Units Cleared And Traffic Resumes Normal Flow

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Importance Of Timely Information Sharing

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Displayed During Shoulder Activity

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I-90 Incident

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Questions?THANK YOU