Tennessee DOT SmartWay Update Presented by: Don Dahlinger, P.E. – TDOT September 2006 Presented by: Don Dahlinger, P.E. – TDOT September 2006.

Tennessee DOTSmartWay UpdateTennessee DOT

SmartWay Update

Presented by:Don Dahlinger, P.E. – TDOT

September 2006

Presented by:Don Dahlinger, P.E. – TDOT

September 2006

Saturday, November 19th, 2005

Outline of PresentationOutline of Presentation Tennessee SmartWay Strategic Plan

HELP

Nashville Projects

Chattanooga Projects

I-75 Fog Detection & Warning System

Knoxville Projects

Memphis Projects

Rural ITS

511

Tennessee SmartWay Strategic Plan

HELP

Nashville Projects

Chattanooga Projects

I-75 Fog Detection & Warning System

Knoxville Projects

Memphis Projects

Rural ITS

511

IncidentsIncidents

Crashes

Construction work zones

Stalled vehicles, out of fuel

Debris in the roadway

Weather - rain, snow, ice, fog

Special events (ex. UT games, Vandy games)

Incidents (non-recurring congestion) accounts for 50-60% of all urban traffic congestion

Crashes

Construction work zones

Stalled vehicles, out of fuel

Debris in the roadway

Weather - rain, snow, ice, fog

Special events (ex. UT games, Vandy games)

Incidents (non-recurring congestion) accounts for 50-60% of all urban traffic congestion

HELP PROGRAMHELP PROGRAM 523,473 “assists” since July 1999

– Changed 71,558 tires– Provided fuel 47,899 times– Tagged 85,755 abandoned vehicles– Removed debris 39,992 times– Provided traffic control 162,116 times– Provided first aid to 3,283 people– Relocated vehicles from travel lanes

34,398 times

523,473 “assists” since July 1999– Changed 71,558 tires– Provided fuel 47,899 times– Tagged 85,755 abandoned vehicles– Removed debris 39,992 times– Provided traffic control 162,116 times– Provided first aid to 3,283 people– Relocated vehicles from travel lanes

34,398 times

Nashville Nashville Knoxville Knoxville Memphis Memphis ChattanoogaChattanooga

NASHVILLE

SMARTWAY SYSTEM

NASHVILLE

SMARTWAY SYSTEM

Overview of DevicesOverview of Devices

Nashville Transportation Management Center (TMC)Nashville Transportation Management Center (TMC)

Phase 1 – I-65 North CorridorNashville Smartway

Existing

Phase 2 – I 440Nashville Smartway

Summer 2007

Phase 3 Nashville Smartway

Winter 2009

Go to:

www.tdot.state.tn.us

Select: Cameras….Select City Check Traffic Flow

TDOT Traffic Cameras - I-40 West of Stewart's Ferry Pike

Compare these images to the "live" image to the right to determine the direction the

camera is pointing.

EAST I-40

WEST I-40

Go to:

www.tdot.state.tn.us

Select: Cameras….Select City Check Cameras

Chattanooga RegionChattanooga Region Regional Architecture complete

Early Deployment CCTV Project under construction. 64 cameras covering 50 miles of freeway

Leased communication to HELP dispatch location

Construction began Summer 2005; completion October 2006

Future project adds detection, DMS and new TMC

Regional Architecture complete

Early Deployment CCTV Project under construction. 64 cameras covering 50 miles of freeway

Leased communication to HELP dispatch location

Construction began Summer 2005; completion October 2006

Future project adds detection, DMS and new TMC

Chattanooga

FOG DETECTION WARNING SYSTEM

Knoxville SmartWay Coverage AreaKnoxville SmartWay Coverage Area

Memphis Early Deployment ProjectMemphis Early Deployment Project Focused around the I-40

and I-55 Mississippi River Bridges (116,000 ADT)

Includes 25 CCTV Cameras and 3 DMS

Communications is all digital microwave wireless

Construction began August 2004

Construction Complete: June 11, 2005

Focused around the I-40 and I-55 Mississippi River Bridges (116,000 ADT)

Includes 25 CCTV Cameras and 3 DMS

Communications is all digital microwave wireless

Construction began August 2004

Construction Complete: June 11, 2005

Memphis Smartway ProjectMemphis Smartway Project Dynamic Message Signs

– 39 additional for total of 42

CCTV Cameras– 90 additional for total of 115

Detectors– 354 detectors, mostly radar with some video

Highway Advisory Radio– Full coverage, approx. 16 units with

42 HAR Signs

Completion: April 2008

Dynamic Message Signs– 39 additional for total of 42

CCTV Cameras– 90 additional for total of 115

Detectors– 354 detectors, mostly radar with some video

Highway Advisory Radio– Full coverage, approx. 16 units with

42 HAR Signs

Completion: April 2008

Tennessee 511Tennessee 511

FEATURES:

• One-stop resource for statewide travel and road conditions

• Easy-to-remember number

• Easy-to-use voice-activated system

• Information about statewide conditions allows for trip planning

• Operational Summer 2006

FEATURES:

• One-stop resource for statewide travel and road conditions

• Easy-to-remember number

• Easy-to-use voice-activated system

• Information about statewide conditions allows for trip planning

• Operational Summer 2006

QUESTIONS?