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A P P E N D I X D
Examples of Regional Operations Collaboration
Table D.1. Examples of Regional Operations Collaboration
Name and When
Location Started Members Operational Activities
TRANSCOM 1986 · Metropolitan Transportation Authority Operations Information
NYC Transit
· Collects and disseminates real-time regional
MTA Bridges and Tunnels
· incident and construction information.
Connecticut Department of Transportation
· · During major incidents, construction, and special
New Jersey Department of Transportation
· events, helps marshal regional resources for inci-
New Jersey State Police
· dent response, including its member agencies'
New Jersey Transit Corporation
· variable message signs and highway advisory radio.
New Jersey Turnpike Authority
· · Provides services under contract to the I-95
New York City Department of
Corridor Coalition.
Transportation
· New York City Police Department Construction Coordination
· New York State Bridge Authority
· New York State Department of · Maintains a long-term database of all construction
Transportation projects planned or under way
· New York State Police Special Events
· New York State Thruway Authority
· Port Authority of New York and New Jersey · Assists with interagency coordination for special
· PATH events.
ITS
· TRANSMIT: Vehicles equipped with transponders for
electronic toll collection are used as probes on road-
ways for real-time determination of travel times and
speeds and for the detection of incidents.
· TRANSCOM Regional Architecture: Integrates mem-
ber agencies' ITS, allowing for the electronic sharing
of information among the agencies'
operations centers.
· Trips123: Website with real-time information and
transit trip planning services for the general public.
· Interagency Remote Video Network (IRVN): Enables
the sharing of member agencies' CCTV feeds.
TranStar 1993 · The Texas Department of Transportation Incident Management
· Harris County
· The Metropolitan Transit Authority of · Monitors traffic incidents with more than 600
regional closed-circuit television cameras (CCTVs).
Harris County
· The City of Houston · Dispatches vehicles to remove debris or hazardous
materials.
· Communicates with emergency vehicles about the
most direct routes to an accident scene.
· Motorist Assistance sends tow trucks to stalled
vehicles.
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Table D.1. Examples of Regional Operations Collaboration (continued)
Name and When
Location Started Members Operational Activities
· Dynamic message signs (DMS).
· Synchronized traffic signals, speed sensors.
· Highway Advisory Radio.
· Ramp meters and other devices.
· Transit authority is a partner, and there are
HOT lanes, but TranStar does operations on
all roads.
Freeway and 2003 · RTC · Operates the TMC.
Arterial · Clark County · Ramp meters.
System of · NDOT · DMS.
Transportation · City of Henderson · Signal timing.
(FAST)-- · City of Las Vegas · Lane-use control signs.
Las Vegas · City of North Las Vegas · Each entity (e.g., city, county) maintains the
physical equipment and power for traffic sig-
nals, while FAST is responsible for timing, traffic
signal synchronization, and the communication
network.
MTC-BATA 1997 · Part of the Metropolitan Transportation · The Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) administers
Commission (MTC), San Francisco Bay Area programs and allocates all toll and other rev-
enues (except the $1 seismic surcharge) from the
seven state-owned toll bridges. BATA funds the
day-to-day operations, facilities maintenance,
and administration of the bridges.
TSSIP (Denver) 2003 · Denver Regional COG, Colorado DOT, · Works with the Colorado DOT and local gov-
28 local governments ernments to coordinate traffic signals on major
roadways in the region.
· Facilitates the implementation of a regional
vision for transportation operations using both
technology and regional partnerships.
NITTEC 1995 · Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge · Traffic Operations Center (TOC).
Authority · Closed-circuit television (CCTV).
· City of Buffalo · Dynamic message signs (DMS).
· City of Niagara Falls, New York · Highway Advisory Radio (HAR).
· City of Niagara Falls, Ontario · TRANSMIT: Gathers vehicle travel time
· Erie County information.
· Ministry of Transportation, Ontario · Road Weather Information System (RWIS).
· New York State Department of Transportation · Skyway Closing System: Advanced warning
· New York State Thruway Authority system that alerts motorists to closures on the
· Niagara County Buffalo Skyway.
· Niagara Falls Bridge Commission · Advanced Traffic Controllers (ATC): Traffic
· Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority counting stations that transmit real-time traffic
· The Niagara Parks Commission information to the TOC.
· Niagara Region
· Town of Fort Erie
· FAST-TRAC 1992 · Oakland County, Michigan · Operates a TMC.
· Road · Local governments · Website with real-time traffic information.
Commission · MDOT · Traffic signal control in response to congestion.
for Oakland · Special event management.
County · Maintains a database of road construction
projects.
· Variable message signs.
CLARUS Designed · FHWA · Research and development initiative to demon-
20042005; · NOAA strate and evaluate the value of Anytime, Any-
tested 2006 · A number of states where Road Weather Information that is
provided by both public agencies and the pri-
vate weather enterprise to the breadth of trans-
portation users and operators.
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Table D.1. Examples of Regional Operations Collaboration (continued)
Name and When
Location Started Members Operational Activities
AZTech 1996 · Led by the Maricopa County Department of · AZTech supports the following efforts along
Transportation and Arizona DOT--more than 75 with its public and private partners:
public and private agencies · Traveler Information at the Phoenix Sky Harbor
· Arizona DOT International Airport.
· Arizona Department of Public Safety · Regional Emergency Response Team (REACT):
· Arizona State University Focuses on incidents on arterials.
· Maricopa County · When an incident occurs, one incident com-
· Valley Metro mander from each agency reports to the com-
· Phoenix mand post. The command post will then
· Mesa implement the correct plan of action.
· Glendale · Phoenix International Raceway (PIR)
· Peoria Special Event Management.
· Scottsdale · Coordinate between TMCs so all use the same
· Eight other cities or towns, local police, and fire communication protocols and can easily share
departments. information.
