I-95 Corridor Coalition Partners in Transportation Progress Transportation Border Working Group Toronto, Canada November 19, 2008 Marygrace Parker Program.

I-95 Corridor CoalitionPartners in Transportation

ProgressTransportation Border Working Group

Toronto, Canada

November 19, 2008

Marygrace Parker

Program Coordinator, Freight Mobility, Safety & Security

I-95 Corridor Coalition

• The Coalition:– An alliance of transportation agencies, toll authorities and related

organizations, working together to accelerate improvements in long-distance freight movement and passenger travel.

• The Region:– 40,000 National Highway System Miles– 22,000 miles of Class I rail mileage– 46 major seaports– 103 commercial airports

• The Economy:– $4.5 trillion economy (40% of US GDP)– 5.3 billion tons of freight shipments annually– 21% of nation’s road miles (35% of VMT)

I-95 Corridor Coalition Membership

Transportation AuthoritiesDelaware River & Bay AuthorityDelaware River Jt Toll Bridge Comm.Delaware River Port AuthorityFederal Highway AdministrationFederal Maritime AdministrationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Admin.Federal Railroad AdministrationFederal Transit AdministrationMaine Turnpike AuthorityMaryland Transportation AuthorityMassachusetts Turnpike AuthorityMetropolitan Transportation AuthorityMTA Bridges & TunnelsNew Jersey TransitNew Jersey Turnpike AuthorityNew York State Thruway AuthorityPennsylvania Turnpike CommissionPort Authority of NY& NJSouth Jersey Transportation Authority

Related OrganizationsAAA Foundation for Traffic SafetyAmerican Assoc. of MVAAmerican Bus AssociationAmerican Public Transp. Assoc.American Trucking Assn’sAmtrak Association of American RailroadsBaltimore Metropolitan CouncilCoalition of NE GovernorsDelaware Valley Reg’l PlanningE-ZPass Interagency GroupHigh Speed Ground Transp. Assoc.Intermodal Assn of NAIBTTAITS AMERICANational Capital Region TPBNational Industrial Transp. LeagueNational Private Truck CouncilNew York Metropolitan Transp CouncilNiagara Int’l Trans Tech CoalitionNorth Jersey Transp. Planning Auth.Seaport Advisory Council (MA) Towing & Recovery Assn of AmericaTRANSCOM

State & Local DOT'sConnecticutDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaFloridaGeorgiaMaineMarylandMassachusettsNew HampshireNew JerseyNew York CityNew YorkNorth CarolinaPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaVermontVirginia

Full Members

Affiliate Members

Associate Members

Related OrganizationsGeorgia Regional Transp Auth.Governors Highway Safety Assn.Greater Bridgeport (CT) Transit Auth.New Brunswick (Canada) DOTNew York State Bridge AuthorityQuebec Ministry of Transport

The Coalition’s Program

Elements of Corridor Programs

• Common issues or concerns• Commitment to examine issues and share

information• Coordination of effort

– Planning, deployment, standards

• Commitment to achieve consensus• Cost/benefit assessment/understanding• Communication

– Real time information

Coalition Projects with Border Implications

• Bottleneck Analysis• Northeast Rail Study• Truck Parking Project• Commercial Vehicle Integration Initiative• Integrated Corridor Analysis Tool (ICAT)• Probe/INRIX project• Coordinated Incident Management

• Compile list of highway bottlenecks in Corridor from available data sources

– HPMS scan– DOT Personnel interview and/or review– FHWA draft freight bottlenecks study– American Highway Users Alliance (AHUA) freight

bottlenecks study– American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) speed

data– INRIX speed data

Bottlenecks (Trucks) Study

Bottlenecks Study

• Identified:– All significant

truck freight bottlenecks

• Noted:– Delay estimate

tool does not capture delay at toll booths or border crossings

Bottlenecks Study • Adding speed data captures toll booth and border

crossing delay• 2007 annual average speed for northbound trucks:

– I-87 Border Crossing: < 40 mph– I-81 Border Crossing: 40-45 mph

I-87 Border Crossing

I-81 Border Crossing

Northeast Rail Operations Studies(NEROps) Phase 1* and 2

• A neutral forum to identify and address regional rail issues and choke points

• Lay groundwork for the development of a regional rail improvement program in the Northeast (ME, NH, VT, MA, CT, RI and NY)

• Phase 1 Completed

Key Northeast Rail Issues

Institutional

• Multi-jurisdictional programming and implementation of rail projects

• Railcar availability

• Balancing security and efficiency

– Siding delays

• Future of Amtrak and the Northeast Corridor

• Commuter rail expansion and implementation of high-speed rail in the region

• Alternative approaches for serving East-of-Hudson markets

Key Northeast Rail Issues

Infrastructure and Operations

• Few local bottlenecks; instead, problems are systemic and region wide:– System capacity

– Track clearance, structure and alignment

– Yards

– Railcar availability

– Bridges, tunnels and viaducts

Key Northeast Rail Issues

Chokepoints

Northeast Region Border Crossings

• Need to balance security and operational efficiency

• Rail border crossings in ME, VT, and NY handle >20 percent of US-Canada rail freight traffic

Case Study: Rouses Point Rail Border Crossing

• Inbound freight trains must stop on a single track line to be screened by US Customs and Border Protection using VACIS

• Lack of sidings, several grade crossings contribute to system-wide delays at this one bottleneck

Major NEROps Region Rail Corridors

NEC

Atlantic Canada

Southern Tier

Empire

Northwoods

Connecticut River

Adirondack

Patriot Corridor

NEC

Atlantic Canada

Southern Tier

Empire

Northwoods

Connecticut River

Adirondack

Patriot Corridor

Crescent

NEROps Phase II

• Objective – Define strategic rail corridors (e.g., Patriot,

NEC, NE/Crescent, etc.) to position the region for authorization

• Clarify economic development and Canadian trade (security) goals

• Coordinate passenger and freight rail service plans

• Optimize Class I and short line railroads as a network

• Develop business case for streamlining state rail regulatory approaches

• Advance multi-state investment strategies

I-95 Coalition Truck Parking Project

• USDOT/FHWA awarded project to develop and implement real-time information system for trucking industry across boundaries in Corridor– Assess available parking spaces in selected public/private facilities– Provide real-time transmission of space availability to trucker in-

vehicle – Potential for future reservation-based systems

• Work with agencies and private sector, in particular distribution and warehousing industry, to assess potential to remediate capacity issues

*

Commercial Vehicle Integration Initiative Program (CVII)

Build on Vehicle Integration Initiative by bringing commercial vehicles into the equation:

• Develop/Test CV VII compliant OBE system including Human Vehicle Interface

• Develop/Test VII DSRC CV Driver I.D and Verification (TWIC, Biometrics) Test Wireless Vehicle Safety Inspection Information (brake condition, tire pressure, light status, etc.)CV to Maintenance Vehicles communicationRoadside to CV work zone/accident warning

Concept of VII W/CVII!

OBEDSRC @ 5.9 GHZ

RSE

Network Management Center

Public Sector

OBE – On Board Equipment

RSE – Road Side Equipment

Green = NYSRed = Others/TBD

OBE

OEMs, Private Companies,

Subscription Services, etc.

Private Sector

VII Can Enable a Wide Range of Applications!

• Safety & Security Examples– Lane/Road Departure

– Road Condition Warning

– Cargo/Container Tracking

– Vehicle Safety Data/Wireless Inspection

– CV Driver ID/Verification

– CV Routing/Geo Fencing

– In-vehicle/signing

– Intersection collision avoidance

– Parking availability

– Overturn warning/control

• Mobility Examples– Traffic Probe Data– Travel Time– Tolling– Incident/Accident Info.– Electronic Payment– Navigation/Directions

CVII Program Requirements

• Complete interoperability! • Communicate with any VII compliant vehicle or

infrastructure• Non-proprietary system design capable of duplication!• USDOT’s National VII Initiative utilizing DSRC 802.11p • Integrate VII communications device w/SAE J1708

commercial vehicle data bus• Compliant/utilizing the standard message sets SAE

J1587, SAE J1939 and SAE 2735

Corridor Analysis – Need:Many maps, but no Corridor-scale transportation planning networks

Complete map coverage Incomplete network coverage

Integrated CorridorAnalysis Tool (ICAT)

• Analysis and planning tool to support multi-state transportation planning, investment, and operations planning by linking, across region:– GIS-based transportation network data– linear referencing system data– basic roadway data

• Providing a source for multi-state transportation planning– Fill gap between metropolitan and state network

models and Nat’l Highway Planning Network

ICAT Applications

• Evacuation/emergency planning• Corridor bottleneck analysis

• Freight planning

• Historic travel time information (by TOD) for traveler information/511 systems

Vehicle Probe Project – Applications

• Regional Incident Management• Travel Information Websites• Travel Times on VMS• Agency 511 systems• Corridor Performance Measures

Vehicle Probe Project

• Content– Real-time Speed, Travel Time, Confidence level– Average Speed, Free Flow Speed– Travel Time Updates Every Two Minutes

• Monitoring Site– Agency Access Only – View data in real-time

Vehicle Probe Project

• 1500 Freeway miles• 1000 Arterial miles• New Jersey to

North Carolina for

initial deployment

Coalition/Border Program Opportunities

• Bottleneck analysis, ICAT, Probe– Can be used to detect, project future demand,

analyze, provide real time information exchange on border crossing transit

• Commercial Vehicle Programs– CVII can be utilized as platform for integration of

border activities including security applications

• Rail, Highway Bottleneck studies– Identify projects for resolution of regionally

significant physical (and operational/institutional) chokepoints

– Define and aggregate major transportation investment needs and benefits

Coalition/Border Program Opportunities

• Coordinated Operations/Incident Management– Deployment of ITS technologies to support Operations

system• Sharing of information, real-time travel conditions

• Major incident/special event planning

• Quick Clearance Programs

• Multi-Agency Institutional Analysis– Examine institutional models for multi-agency/state

investment

• Financing Improvements– Examine finance models for mega-projects

Reauthorization• Facilitate multi-state partnerships / coalitions to

improve transportation system performance and reliability– Reduce user / environmental costs of long

distance travel by supporting activities, systems and projects that achieve national goals:

• Clearing incidents quickly• Informing public about significant

incidents/events• Conducting orderly evacuations during

emergencies• Implementing interoperable technology, safety

& scurrility systems• Improving operations of pass/freight systems

and intermodal connectors

Reauthorization (cont’d)

• Fund large-scale improvements along nationally significant corridors where cost/benefits accrue beyond state boundaries– Funding is critical to efficient interstate commerce

and international trade– An appropriate role for federal government

• Avoid the “cost of failure”