Reports, Papers & Other Documents
87th Annual Meeting – January 13-17, 2008
Workshop 107 - Sunday, January 13, 2008, 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
National Unified Goal for Traffic Incident Management: Safety,
Clearance, and Communications
Gordon
F. Paesani , Delcan Corporation, presiding
Note: The National Traffic Incident Management Coalition (NTIMC) is working to establish a National Unified Goal (NUG) for traffic incident management. This goal centers on responder safety; safe, quick clearance and prompt, reliable interoperable communications. This workshop will focus on what the NUG is, why it is needed, how it will be achieved, and future directions. In addition, the workshop will present lessons learned in scene management as it relates to traffic incidents.
- Introduction and Overview: Phil Masters, Ontario Ministry of Transportation
- National Unified Goal for Traffic Incident
Management - Moderator: Gordon Paesani,
Delcan Corp.
- Why do we need the national unified goal? – John Corbin, Wisconsin DOT
- Where do we go from here? – Jack Sullivan, Loss Control Innovations
- Related Initiatives – Dave Helman, FHW
- Lessons Learned in Scene Management: The TMC/TOC
Perspective – Moderator: Steve Cyra,
HNTB Corp
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Case Study Examples: Katie Belmore, HNTB; Mia Silver, Michigan DOT; Bernie Arseneau, Minnesota DOT
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NIMS as it Relates to Traffic Incident Management – Moderator: Dave Helman, FHWA
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Institutional Coordination – Paul Sullivan, FHWA
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Session 211 - Monday, January 14, 2008, 8:00 AM -
9:45 AM
Traffic Incident Management Program
Performance Measurement
Rebecca M. Brewster, American Transportation Research Institute,
presiding
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What Is Program-Level Performance Measurement for TIM?
Rebecca M. Brewster, American Transportation Research Institute -
State-Level Summary Initiatives and Lessons Learned
Bill B. Legg, Washington State Department of Transportation
Kelly Langer, Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Steven Corbin, Florida Department of Transportation -
National Perspective and Future Directions for TIM Program Performance Measurement
David L. Helman, Federal Highway Administration
Session 269 - Monday, January 14, 2008, 10:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Quick Clearance in Extreme
Conditions
Daniel Baxter, Stantec, Inc.,
presiding
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I-70 Mountain Corridor Management of Truck Operations
Dan Baxter on behalf of Bernie Guevara, Colorado DOT - Extreme Conditions: Challenge to Quick Clearance
Henry deVries, I-95 Corridor Coalition - Operations in the Snoqualmie Mountain Pass
Bill B. Legg, Washington State Department of Transportation - Heavy Tow Trends in the Recovery Industry
Gaynell Rochester, American Towing Alliance -
Athens Burning: Coordinated Incident Response to Forest Fires at Attica Tollway in Greece
Bill M. Halkias , Attikes Diadromes SA, Greece
Session 376 - Monday, January 14, 2008, 7:30
PM - 9:30 PM
Actively Managed Lanes: Coming to a
Freeway Near You!
Jon
T. Obenberger, Federal Highway Administration,
presiding
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Active Traffic Management Efforts in England: M42 Experiences and Expansion Plans
David Grant, Highways Agency, United Kingdom - Active Traffic Management and Managed-Lane Efforts
in Seattle Area
Leslie N. Jacobson, Televant Farrdyne - Active Traffic Management and Managed-Lane Efforts
in Minnesota
Khani Sahebjam, Minnesota Department of Transportation - Customer Service Concept Applied to Managed Lanes
Bill M. Halkias, Attikes Diadromes SA, Greece
Freeway Operations Committee, Hot Topics Reports
Tuesday, January 15, 2008, 7:30 PM - 9:30
PM
Philip H. Masters, Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Canada,
presiding
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Managing Recurrent Congestion
- Short presentations from transportation agency
committee members on hot topics or research/development
needs
- John Corbin, Wisconsin DOT
- Tom George, NITTEC
- Jon Obenberger, FHWA
- Steve Corbin, Florida DOT
- Rodney Brown, Highways Agency, England
- Virginia DOT
Session 620 - Wednesday, January 16, 2008, 8:00 AM - 9:45
AM
Integrating Freeway and Arterial Systems for Exceptional
Corridor Congestion Management
Steven Corbin, Florida Department of
Transportation, presiding
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Challenges in Integration of Arterial and Freeway Management Systems
Gordon F. Paesani, Delcan Corporation -
Toronto's Gardiner-Lake Shore Corridor Traffic Management System: 20 Years Later
Session 745 - Thursday, January 17, 2008, 8:00 AM - 9:45
AM
Highlight on Emergency Preparedness: Traffic Management and
Monitoring of Critical Freeway, Bridge, and Tunnel Structures
Philip
H. Masters, Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Canada,
presiding
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Traffic Restoration with 35W Bridge Collapse
Nick Thompson, Minnesota Department of Transportation -
Bay Bridge Security Issues
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Freeway ATMS Detection and Surveillance Systems for Transportation Infrastructure Security
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Traffic management and monitoring of critical freeway, bridge, and tunnel structures – a peek into the future
Session 759 - Thursday, January 17,
2008, 10:15 AM - 12:00 PM
North American Congestion Crisis: Does America Need
a National Highway Traffic Control System?
Philip H. Masters,
Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Canada, presiding
Daniel Baxter, Stantec,
Inc., presiding
86th Annual Meeting – January 21-25, 2007
Seminar 111 – Sunday January 21 – 8:30 AM – 10:00
AM
Integrating
Incident and Emergency Management Into Traffic Management Centers
- Introduction and Overview: Phil Masters, Ontario Ministry of Transportation
- A National Unified Goal (NUG) for Traffic Incident Management: John Corbin - Wisconsin Department of Transportation
- How Operational Collaboration between Transportation and Emergency Management Communities Can Be Improved In Times of Natural Disasters or Terrorist Attacks: Bruce Churchill, Delcan Corporation
- The Illinois Tollway’s Fully Integrated Approach to Incident and Emergency Management: John Benda, Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Seminar 203 – Monday January 22– 8:00 AM – 9:45
AM
Managed Lanes in Europe: Results from 2006 Scanning Tour
- Active Traffic Management and Managed Lanes: Experiences and Future Directions with M-42 and in England: Patrick Sewell, Highway Agency, United Kingdom
- Active Traffic Management and Managed Lanes: Experiences and Future Directions in the Netherlands: Bret Helleman, Transport Research Center, Netherlands
- Active Traffic Management and Use of Managed Lanes in Europe: AASHTO and FHWA International Scan: Jon Obenberger, Federal Highway Administration
Session 274 – Monday January 22 – 10:15 AM – Noon
Reducing
Congestion, Enhancing Safety, and Building Public Support: Freeway Service
Patrol, State of the Practice
- Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise – Florida’s Turnpike State Farm Safety Patrol Program: Providing Customer Service Through Incident Response: John Easterling, Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise
- Georgia is Making TIME for Incident Management: Gary Millsaps, Georgia Department of Transportation
- Training for Incident Response, Clearing Roads, and Helping Drivers: Jerry Althauser, Washington State Department of Transportation
- Providing Safety and Reducing Congestion Through Patrol Service Operations: Attica Tollway in Athens, Greece: Konstantinos Papandreou, Attikes Diadromes SA, Greece
Session 498 – Tuesday January 23 – 1:30 PM – 3:15
PM
Will
Freeways Stay Free? World View on Privatization and Open Road Tolling
- Patrick DeCorla-Souza: Federal Highway Administration
- Richard Taube: Northern Virginia Transportation Commission
- Cyrus Minoofar: Alameda County Congestion Management Agency
- Robert Poole: Reason Foundation
- Martin Stone: Hillsborough County Expressway Authority
- Bill Halkias: Attikes Dioadromes SA, Greece
Freeway Operations Committee Presentations – Tuesday January 23 – 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
- Wisconsin State-wide TOC Functionality and Role in State-Wide Agency Incident Notification: Kelly Langer, Wisconsin Department of Transportation
- Ontario’s Human Factors Evaluation of Bilingual VMS Message Options – Application to General VMS and PVMS Messaging: Maryann Lovicsek, IBI Group
1st International Symposium on Freeway and Tollway Operations
DISTINGUISHED SESSIONS
US Session: Improving Mobility and Managing Congestion
- Improving
Mobility and Managing Congestion-Future Directions in the US
Jon Obenberger, Federal Highway Administration - GoCalifornia:
A Mobility Action Plan for California
Randell H. Iwasaki, California Department of Transportation, USA - Northern
Virginia Experiences with Public-Private Partnerships: I-95 and the Capital
Beltway
Mohammed Mirshahi, Virginia Department of Transportation, USA - Turnpikes
and Tollroads in Texas
Chris Poe, Texas Transportation Institute, USA
IBTTA Session: Improving Policies, Practice and People
- The
Worldwide Mission of IBTTA
Santiago Corral, Autopista Vasco-Aragonesa, C.E.S.A and IBTTA President, Spain - A
Focus on Safety at Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise
James L. Ely, Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise and IBTTA First VP, USA - A
New World of Finance in Transportation
Susan Buse, North Texas Tollway Authority and IBTTA Second VP, USA - Spain’s
Via-T and Toll Road Interoperability in Europe
Antonio Diez de Rivera, ASETA and IBTTA International VP, Spain
ASECAP and EU Session: Priorities in Europe
- Introducing
the Highways Agency Traffic Officer Service
Rodney Brown and Robert Castleman, Highways Agency, UK - Make
TEN-T Motorways an Easy Way
Jacques Boussuge and Jean Mesqui, ASFA, France - Towards
Interoperability of Electronic Fee Collection Systems in Europe
Philippe Hamet, Direction Générale pour les Transports et l'Energie, European Union - EU
Orientations: ASECAP Point of View - A Brief Reflection
Kalistratos Dionellis, ASECAP, Belgium - Traffic
Safety and Toll Roads. Expansion into Eastern Europe
Tony Pearce, International Road Federation, Switzerland
CLOSING SESSION: EXPRESSWAY AND TOLLWAY ISSUES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
- Freeway Management, Jon Obenberger (FHWA and AHB20, TRB)
- Traffic Control Centers and ITS, Phil Masters (Ontario Ministry of Transport and AHB20, TRB)
- Freeway Analysis Tools, Panos Prevedouros (University of Hawaii at Manoa and AHB20, TRB)
- Tolling and Tollway Issues, Bill M. Halkias (Attikes Diadromes S.A., and AHB20, TRB)
- Institutional
Issues, Dan Baxter (DKS Associates, Inc. and AHB20, TRB)
85th Annual Meeting - January 22-26, 2006
Traffic Incident and Special Event Management Seminar - January 2006
- Setting the Stage - Phil Masters
- Tim Tactical Planning - Sgt. Ed Ferguson
- WWII Memorial Event - Jamie Quarrelles
- Maryland TIM/PSE Post Action Activities - Alvin Marquess
- Georgia TIM/PSE Post Action Activities - Gary Millsaps
- Interchangeable Use of TIM & PSE Plans - Gerald Althauser
- Sydney Olympics - Jeff Randall
Session 487
Tuesday, January 24, 2006, 1:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Financing the Future of Freeway Operations
- Road
Financing: How Sponsors, Administrations, Contractors, and Lenders Are Sharing
Risk: Attiki Odos Motorway Example
Bill M. Halkias, Attikes Diadromes SA, Greece - Cost
Recovery and Revenue Sharing for Transportation Information Products
Philip H. Masters, Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Canada - The Road
Ahead: Florida Department of Transportation Financing of Future Operations
Lap Hoang, Florida Department of Transporation - Financing
the Future: Tampa's Reversible Expressway
Martin Stone, Hillsborough County Expressway Authority
Public Health and Transportation
Freeway Operations Committee (TRB AHB20)
- Summary Report: Evaluation of 2004 Triennial Strategic Plans
- Freeway Operations in 2006 and Beyond
- Triennial Strategic
Plan
(revised April 2004)
Committee Number & Name: AHB20: Freeway Operations
Committee Chairperson: Peter M. Briglia, Jr.
Freeway Management and Operations Handbook (FMOH)
- Subcommittee
- Minutes
(January 2006)
- Draft: Ramp Management —Chapter
7 Update without Tracked Changes (no photos) (Word Document)
- Draft: Ramp Management —Chapter
7 Update without Tracked Changes (with photos) (pdf)
- Minutes
(January 2006)
- Freeway Management and Operations Handbook (Publication No. FHWA-OP-04-003; EDL Doc. #13875)
FHWA
- Highway Traffic Operations and Freeway Management State-of-the-Practice Final Report, Publication No. FHWA-OP-03-076; EDL Doc. # 13801 (revised March 2003)
- Weather-Responsive
Traffic Management: Concept of Operations
Powerpoint presentation