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Intelligent Transportation System on Ontario’s Highways
Mike Barnet, P.Eng.
Intelligent Transportation Systems Program Ministry of Transportation of Ontario
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London
COMPASS Traffic Operations Centres
Toronto
Ottawa
Burlington
Toronto
Thunder Bay
Sudbury Bancroft
COMPASS Communications Centres
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COMPASS Cameras, Traffic Monitoring and Fibre
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VMS/PVMS
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Other Deployments Queue Warning
RWIS
Traveller Information
Ramp Metering
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New Central Region COMPASS Transportation Management Centre
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WR Border Advisory System
Collaborative project with Transport Canada, Michigan DOT, MTO, City of Windsor, and Blue Water Bridge
Will provide passenger cars and commercial vehicles with accurate border delay information for Sarnia and Windsor crossings
Information will presented through road side signs, web, and 511. Sarnia is completed – work in Windsor pending
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401/403 Travel Time (WR)
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TC-64: Potential Solutions Traditional static TC-64 signs can be
costly to update, and can pose safety concerns to workers tasked with changing the signs on a daily basis
Result is signs not consistently being updated
Pilot project to test dynamic TC-64 signs that can be controlled remotely to improve safety, and message accuracy as traffic staging changes
Can be bolted on concrete barrier and is easily moved from one job to another
Sign bolted to concrete barrier: 6’x4’ display Future applications may include
queue end warnings
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iCone – Traffic Monitoring System Combination of multiple vehicle speed detecting
sensors and PVMS used together to provide dynamic and robust messaging for queues extending upstream
Initial sensor / PVMS placed upstream beyond longest calculated queue length
Used successfully in Texas for large construction projects
Has been deployed in Ontario in for significant closures on Highway 427, Highway 9, and Highway 401
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UAV’s Surveying of new CCTV sites
would typically require bucket trucks and lane closures.
Working with the OPP, the ITS Program was able to complete 4 surveys in less than 2 hours, a task that typically would have taken 1 day.
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Road Condition Reporting Pilot Road condition reporting and highway
maintenance continues to be an issue for the province and is facing increased scrutiny from the public and many other stakeholders.
This technology research project will evaluate how tablets installed in road patrols and operating the Context Aware Vehicular and Information System platform (CAVALIS), with direct connection back to regional Traffic Operations Centres, can improve both the accuracy and timeliness of road condition reporting back to the public.
Last winter season, approximately 25 tablets were deployed in all 5 regions of the province, and with the assistance of our AMC’s and Ryerson University, logged over 7,667 individual reports over 10 weeks
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E N T E R P R I S E
Understanding the Potential for Video Analytics to Support Traffic Management & Operations
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Swing Signs Is a secure, remote control
pivoting signage system, which can support many sign types as well as illumination options
Can be controlled at distances up to 1.5km away, thereby protecting workers
When not in use, the signs fold flush with the median or roadside barrier
Easy installs in approximately 20 minutes on portable concrete barrier, standard jersey barrier, or steel beam guide rail
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Freeway Management Industry Directions - ICM
Efforts to date to reduce congestion are often focused on optimization of individual networks
Transportation corridors often contain unused capacity in one or more of the following areas:
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Freeway Management Industry Directions – Active Traffic Management
Current approaches are reactive to incidents
Active traffic management: Works to understand the pre-
cursors to breakdown Actively intervenes in the traffic
flow to delay or avoid breakdown
Includes: – Variable speed limits – Ramp metering – Managed lanes
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Connected and Automated Vehicles
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Connectivity for Infotainment, Convenience
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Connected Vehicle Eco Drive Project
Demonstration project objectives: Demonstrate the viability and benefits of the connected vehicle based Eco
Driving in urban freight corridors Prove to commercial fleets/shippers and municipalities that Eco Driving:
– Is operationally ready – Saves money and reduces emissions
Provide quality data, information and reports to inform municipalities, MTO and Transport Canada in strategies, planning and actions
Strategies • Advise drivers ahead of signal phases – adjust speed • Green wave arterials – catch, maintain wave • Inform drivers/vehicles at reds of remaining durations – reduce idling
Benefits • Reduced energy use: 20-35% • Reduced noise • Reduced pollutants ● CO2 20-35% ● CO 20-30% ● HC 15-20% ● NOx 55-60%
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Transformation of Transportation Eliminates collisions Changes the make up of the road Driver is now a passenger - free to use travel time productively Environmental – reduced emissions, fewer vehicles Business efficiencies – improvements to logistics, time, fuel, insurances, etc. Revolutionizes public transport Do we need
Driver’s licenses? Law enforcement? Vehicle Insurance?
Enables Transport as a Service concept
Mike Barnet, P.Eng. Senior Project Engineer
Intelligent Transportation Systems Program Ministry of Transportation of Ontario
(416) 235-5110