TXDOT ITS John Barton, P.E. Deputy Executive Director

Texas – Transportation System

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TxDOT maintains and operates an extremely large and diverse transportation system: – 80,000 centerline miles – 194,000 total lane

miles – Over 52,000 bridges – 304 airports – Over 480 million

vehicle miles traveled daily

Safety and Safety Culture

Safety must continue to be the number one priority of all transportation industry members with a primary focus on:

–Safety of the traveling public –Safety for our employees –Work zone safety

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Safety Initiatives at TxDOT

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Safety Mission Zero 360 Walk-Around-Process for vehicles and equipment Backing Incident Prevention Work Zone Awareness Be Safe. Drive Smart.

Simple Safety Steps

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As safety professionals, we all need to be aware of these issues and lead by example As drivers we need to follow good driving

habits: - Hands on the wheel - No talking, texting on your cell phone - Don’t drink and drive - Obey traffic laws - Wear safety belts

TxDOT and ITS

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TxDOT has been involved in the development of ITS for over 20 years

ITS is a critical part of our efforts to provide a safe and reliable transportation system to the citizens of our state

TxDOT and ITS

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TxDOT continues to be committed to ITS Cooperation and coordination with local

jurisdictions is crucial ITS supports and enables TxDOT’s primary

goal of improving the safety of our system

TxDOT ITS

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TxDOT has an extensive ITS infrastructure already in place: 14 Traffic Management Centers Approximately 800 DMS 1,835 CCTV Cameras 1,400 Centerline Miles of Fiber Optic Cable 200 Miles of Broadband Radio Coverage 70 Cellular IP Modems 200 Leased Landline Connections

ITS Coverage in Texas

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Dallas/Fort Worth ITS Website

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ITS Cameras

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DMS

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TxDOT ITS Initiatives

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Data Sharing with Regional, Local and Private Partners

Further development of Lonestar Data archiving within Lonestar Center-to-Center Functionality Real-time Travel Information as part of the My 35

Waco Construction Program on I-35 Participation in Regional ITS Projects Expansion of Tow Programs for our Metro Areas Implementation of Variable Speed Limits

ITS Leadership Circle

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Board of Directors approved by ITS America in December 2012

Initially made up of 30 members with 16 in the public sector, 14 from the private sector

Published first report in October, available on the ITS America website

ITS Leadership Circle

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Designed to help move ITS Innovation in surface transportation forward by creating a more inclusive group of professionals to focus on significant transportation issues

Made up of experts from all aspects of the ITS community: - Government - Private industry - Academia - Information and service providers - Wireless agencies - Software engineers and developers

ITS Leadership Circle

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Some of the areas that have been identified by the group for future development include: Creation of a National Open Database Development of a Vehicle-to-Infrastructure

Business Plan Development of a Connected and

Comprehensive ITS plan for Commercial Vehicles

Emerging ITS Initiatives

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Some areas of emerging interest include: Mining and Managing Big Data Development of Vehicle-to-Infrastructure

Strategies Development of Autonomous Vehicles Evolution and Migration of ITS technologies

Texas specific areas of interest include: • Reducing non-recurrent delays • Traveler information systems • Improved ITS technologies at TMCs

Conclusions

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TxDOT remains committed to building, maintaining and operating the safest transportation system in the world

We continue to believe that ITS is an integral part of these efforts

We look forward to working with ITS Texas and the ITS community as part of this vision