Mainstreaming Transportation Systems Management & Operations (TSM&O)

Raj Ponnaluri, PhD, P.E., PTOE

Agenda• Transportation Systems Management & Operations (TSM&O)

• TSM&O Strategic Plan

• TSM&O Mainstreaming Efforts

• TSM&O Innovation

• Signal Phase & Timing (SPaT) Pilot Project

• AID Grant University of Florida (UF) Test Bed

• Research Projects – one Example

Transportation Systems Management & Operations (TSM&O)• TSM&O is the application of technology and communications to improve

the management, operations, safety and efficiency of transportation systems.

• TSM&O involves coordination with various stakeholders ranging from all FDOT Offices to Local Metropolitan Planning Organizations and cuts across all modes of transportation.

• This program develops and applies transportation management and operations solutions that generally do not require major structural alterations of existing or planned roadways.

Executive Summary

I. Strategic Plan Development and Background

II. Challenges and Opportunities

III. TSM&O Snapshot – Where We Are Today

IV. TSM&O Mainstreaming

V. Vision, Mission, and Goals

VI. Roadmap to Achieving TSM&O Goals

VII. TSM&O Resources

VIII. Next Steps and Action Plans

TSM&O Strategic Plan

TSM&O Strategic Plan

• Outcome-based performance measures1. Mobility – travel time reliability, throughput, delay, and roadway

clearance times

2. Safety – secondary crashes

3. System maintenance – availability and uptime

• Path to target setting

Year 1 and 2: Collect data and establish baselines

Year 2: Set targets for routes and/or critical segments

Year 3 and beyond: Set Performance Enhancement Goals (PEG) to reach targets

TSM&O Strategic Plan – Section VI• Mainstreaming practices and principles are included

• Took into account other FDOT offices when updating the TSM&O Strategic Plan• Coordination Meetings

• Review Team

• Strategic plan was sent for Industry review in March 2017• Florida Association of County Engineers and Road Superintendents (FACERS)

• Florida Institute of Consulting Engineers (FICE)

• Florida Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council (MPOAC)

• Florida Transportation Builders Association (FTBA)

• Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Florida

• Plan was pre-finalized in April 2017

Section VI – TSM&O Mainstreaming

TSM&O Mainstreaming

Interoffice Collaboration

PD&E Processes

Functional Area Policy &

Guide Updates

STEP

TSM&O Training &

Guides

Mainstreaming Efforts

Three Mainstreaming efforts underway

1. Planning and PD&E processes• Constant communication among offices to incorporate TSM&O strategies at the planning

and PD&E stage of projects

2. Interoffice coordination and collaboration• Increased representation on TSM&O Task Team

• TSM&O attending functional area meetings

• Presented TSM&O Strategic Plan at the Statewide Transit meeting on February 22, 2017

• Presented TSM&O Strategic Plan at Project Development Engineers meeting on May 17, 2017

• Identified functional area meeting dates and times

Mainstreaming Efforts (continued)

3. Adding TSM&O content to other functional area guides and manuals• Updating “ITS” chapter of FDOT Design Manual (FDM) previously known as the Plans

Preparation Manual (PPM)• Major update with new sections and updates to existing sections

• Correlating to Standard Specifications

• Providing mainstreaming comments to other FDM chapters

FDOT DESIGN MANUAL

Planning and PD&E ProcessesIntegration of TSM&O within the Project Development

Planning and PD&E ProcessesTSM&O in the Project Development and Environment (PD&E) Manual

6.2.4.4 Build Alternatives The Project Manager and project team may consider opportunitiesfor developing hybrid alternatives that could incorporate TSM&Ostrategies and/or multimodal options with the build alternative tomeet the purpose and need for the project.

6.2.5.4 Express Lanes Express Lanes can be implemented by converting existing non-tolled managed lanes, such as High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanesto tolled Express Lanes or by constructing new Express Lanesseparated from general use lanes. Constructing new Express Lanesadds roadway capacity and therefore, should be analyzed as a BuildAlternative.

6.2.4 Alternatives Analysis The alternatives analysis of a PD&E Study must consider thefollowing alternatives:1. No-Action Alternative, or No-Build Alternative 2.Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSM&O)Alternative3. Multimodal alternative 4. Build Alternative(s)

6.2.4.2 Transportation System Management and Operations Alternative The Transportation System Management and Operations (TSM&O)Alternative generally provides short-term improvements thatextend the service life of the facility. The TSM&O Alternativeincludes activities and strategies designed to optimize theperformance and utilization of the existing infrastructure throughimplementation of systems, services, and projects to preserve thecapacity and improve the security, safety and reliability of thetransportation system.

Interoffice Coordination & CollaborationMeeting Office Attended

Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development, and Education Center (STRIDE)

Transit

Project Development Engineers PD&E

District Construction Engineers (DCE) Construction

District Maintenance Engineers (DME) Maintenance

Intermodal Systems Development (ISD) Managers Policy Planning

District Freight Coordinators (DFC) Sync Freight

Office of Information Technology (OIT) Managers OIT

District Design Engineers (DDE) Design

Complete Streets Core Complete Streets

Work Program Managers Work Program

Program Management Meeting Program Management

TSM&O in Functional Area – Guides & Manuals

TSM&O in Functional Area- Guides & Manuals

Express Lanes Handbook: Coordination between traffic operations and design begins at planning and continues through construction.

This type of guidance is planned for inclusion in Express Lanes Manual.

FDOT Design Manual Additions

Added four new sections referencing the PD&E Manual:

• 233.1.5 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Process

On stand-alone ITS design projects, the designer shall determine if the proposed work, is considered a federal action and must comply with the NEPA process and if any detailed level of analysis is required. The designer shall coordinate with the District TSM&O/ITS Engineer and District Environmental Office on compliance with the NEPA process at a project level. Refer to Part 1, Chapter 2 of the PD&E Manual for more details.

• 233.1.6 Wetlands and Other Surface Waters Near or Within Project Limits

The designer shall consider any wetlands and water bodies within the project limits that could affect the infrastructure design. Whenever projects require activities in “Navigable Waters of the U.S.,” “Waters of the U.S.,” and “Waters of the State,” the Federal, State, County, and local regulatory agencies may require a permit. Coordinate with the District Environmental Office, District Permits Engineer/Coordinator. Refer to Part 1, Chapter 12, Part 2, Chapter 9 and Part 2, Chapter 17 of the PD&E Manual for more details.

FDOT Design Manual Additions

• 233.1.7 Protected Species and other Wildlife Regulations

The designer shall consider any protected species or other wildlife potentially impacted due to the design within project limits. The designer shall coordinate with the District Environmental Office, refer to Part 1, Chapter 12 and Part 2, Chapter 16 of the PD&E Manual for more details.

• 233.1.8 Vegetation Protection

The designer shall consider any impacts to the existing vegetation, such as wildflowers, due to the design within project limits. Coordinate with the District Environmental Office and refer to Part 2, Chapter 5 of the PD&E Manual for more details. Designer shall also determine potential impacts from the ITS design to adjacent State or National forests or parks. Coordinate with the District Environmental Office and refer to Part 2, Chapter 7 of the PD&E Manual for more details.

TSM&O Innovation• Arterial Management

• Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures (ATSPM) – part of FHWA’s Every Day Counts Program-4

• Advanced Signal Control Technology (ASCT) – pilot projects underway; before/after studies in progress

• FHWA workshops – on Business Processes and Traffic Signal Action Plans

• Connected Vehicles• Signal Phase and Timing (SPaT) pilot project• I-75 Florida’s Regional Advanced Mobility Elements (FRAME) project• University of Florida (UF) Test Bed

Signal Phase and Timing (SPaT) Pilot Project

I-75 Florida’s Regional Advanced Mobility Elements (FRAME)

Both projects in procurement phase

Several such initiatives aim at ‘mainstreaming’ TSM&O

Advanced Signal Control Technology

Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures

Connected Vehicle deployments

AID Grant - University of Florida (UF) Test Bed• FDOT applied for 2017 Accelerated

Innovations Deployment (AID) Demonstration grant application

• University of Florida (UF) and City of Gainesville connected vehicle pilot project on 13 traffic signals around UF campus

7 midblock crossings

• To test Passive pedestrian/bicyclist detection at all

locations via detection technologies

Real-time notification to transit, motorists, and pedestrians/bicyclists

SPaT data broadcasting w/active pedestrian/bicyclist detection via roadside units

Evaluation of Project Processes in Relation to Transportation Systems Management and

Operations (TSM&O)Contract Number: BDV34 TWO 977-07

Research Perspective

Principal Investigator: Dr. Thobias Sando, P.E., PTOE

University of North Florida

Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Priyanka Alluri, P.E.

Florida International University

Project Manager: Dr. Raj Ponnaluri, P.E., PTOE

FDOT

Co-Project Manager: Melissa Ackert, P.E.

FDOT

Consultant: Larry Hagen, P.E., PTOE

Hagen Consulting Services, LLC

Evaluation of Project Processes in Relation to TSM&OContract Number: BDV34 TWO 977-07

Background

• Traditional planning and design processes often consider few (if any) elements of TSM&O

• Management, Operations, and Maintenance of existing infrastructure are gaining in significance

Objectives

• Comprehensive review of TSM&O incorporation in the existing

project development process: planning, design, construction,

and operations

• Florida

• Nationwide

• Revise the state-of-practice to better accommodate TSM&O

components

• Explore potential use of project development processes such as

the Agile Framework in lieu of conventional methods

• Consider a procurement framework for TSM&O projects

Expected Outcomes

• Synthesis of best practices from in- and out-of-state agencies

• Recommendations aimed at revising the current process in order

to better accommodate TSM&O at various stages of project

development

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Raj Ponnaluri, PhD, P.E., PTOE

Raj.Ponnaluri@dot.state.fl.us

State Arterial Management Systems Engineer, TSM&O