Great Lakes Regional Transportation Operations Coalition (GLRTOC) Multistate Corridor Operations and Management (MCOM) Program

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1 Transportation Operations Coalition (GLRTOC) Multistate Corridor Operations and Management (MCOM) Program National Rural ITS Conference August 2013

2 Megaregions

3 GLRTOC Partners & Mission Founded in 2010 Chicago Skyway / Indiana Toll Road Illinois DOT Illinois Tollway Indiana DOT Michigan DOT Ministry of Transportation Ontario Minnesota DOT Improve cross-regional transportation operations in support of regional Wisconsin DOT economic competitiveness and improved quality of life.

4 GLRTOC Strategy Three Strategic Focus Areas Freight Operations Reliable Mobility TIM / ETO

5 Lake Michigan Interstate Gateway Alliance (LMIGA) Founded , Gary-Chicago-Milwaukee (GCM) ITS Priority Corridor Since 2006, broader operations and geographic extent Focus on traffic operations along major corridors in the greater Chicago region to improve safety and mobility

6 Lake Michigan Interstate Gateway Alliance (LMIGA) Wisconsin DOT Illinois DOT Indiana DOT Michigan DOT Illinois Tollway Chicago Skyway Indiana Toll Road Coordination Work Group (CWG) Interstate Highway Operations (IHO) Work Group Traffic Center Communications (TCC) Subcommittee Traffic Incident Management (TIM) Subcommittee

7 Current LMIGA Coverage Map

8 Partner Coalitions: North/West Passage (NWP)

9 Partner Coalitions: Canada Smart Corridor

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11 Annual Meetings September 2010, Milwaukee, WI First in-person meeting Developed strategic areas and partnership agreement November 2011, Lansing, MI Developed formal work plan Winter weather operations table top exercise September 2012, Downers Grove, IL ATDM workshop Embarking on MCOM September 2013, Minneapolis, MN

12 Multistate Corridor Operations and Management (MCOM) Program SAFETEA-LU authorization ITS Research Program, Office of Transportation Management, RITA Truck and Program Assessment FFY 2011 and 2012, ~$7M per year Applications due January 3, 2012 to promote regional cooperation, planning, and shared project implementation for research programs and projects to improve multimodal transportation system management and operations.

13 MCOM FFY 2011 Awards Announced August 2012 $6.7M total awarded, six recipients: I-95 Corridor Coalition, $2.3M ( West Coast Corridor Coalition ( Great Northern Corridor ( North/West Passage ( I-15 Mobility Alliance ( GLRTOC (

14 GLRTOC MCOM Award Two Projects: Center to Center Communications Smart Work Zone Coordination

15 GLRTOC MCOM Organization Steering Committee FHWA-WI Member Agency Representatives Wisconsin DOT Program Manager Peter Rafferty, TOPS Lab Project 1. Connected Centers Connected Centers Sys Eng Jim Kranig, MnDOT GTIS Expansion Chuck Sikaras, IDOT Project 2. Smart Work Zones Work Zone Collaboration Kwame Amegashitsi, TOPS Lab Work Zone Mapping Application Chip Hankley, TOPS Lab Work Zone Performance Paul Keltner, WisDOT

16 GLRTOC Steering Committee Agency Name Title Illinois DOT Chuck Sikaras Acting Chief, Intelligent Systems Unit Illinois Tollway John Benda General Manager of Maintenance and Traffic Indiana DOT vacant Indiana Toll Road Robert Ladson Infrastructure Manager Michigan DOT Tony Kratofil Metro Region Engineer Ministry of Transport Ontario Peter Armoogam Traffic Management Supervisor Minnesota DOT Jim Kranig Metro RTMC Engineer Wisconsin DOT John Corbin Director of Traffic Operations

17 Project 1. Connected Centers and GTIS Expansion Emphasizing coordination at the megaregion scale for major incidents or weather events Two tasks: Center to Center Systems Engineering Expand the Gateway Traveler Information System

18 Project 2. Smart Work Zone Coordination Three tasks: Annual work zone review enhancements Work zone mapping application Work zone performance monitoring

19 1. Annual Work Zone Review LMIGA precedent Among the first efforts of GLRTOC Held first week of February in Chicago

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21 2. Work Zone Mapping Application

22 3. Smart Work Zone Monitoring Pilot on I-39/90 between Madison, WI and Rockford, IL 65-mile mostly rural corridor Minimal detection available Three agencies Multiple medium and high impact work zones

23 MCOM FFY 12 Award Performance Management Interstate Highway Work Zone Coordination o Toward real-time coordination o Expanded data collection o Best practices integration Connected Centers Implementation

24 For more information, please visit: Or contact: Peter C. Rafferty, PE, PTOE, AICP GLRTOC Administrator Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety (TOPS) Lab Office: Cell: