Great Lakes Regional Transportation Operations Coalition

Great Lakes Regional Transportation

Operations Coalition(GLRTOC)

Presentation to the Transportation Border Working Group

Niagara Falls, OntarioNovember 2, 2011

Great Lakes Regional Transportation Operations Coalition

Overview Purpose of GLRTOC Partnership Statement Proposed Activities

Great Lakes Regional Transportation Operations Coalition

Improve cross-regional transportation operations

in support of: • Regional Economic

Competitiveness• Improved Quality of Life

Mission

Great Lakes Regional Transportation Operations Coalition

Partnership Statement Mission Background

statement Membership

Great Lakes Regional Transportation Operations Coalition

Benefits of Forming GLRTOC Leverage joint funding Compete for national resources Share and expand

best practices Benchmark efficient

models

Great Lakes Regional Transportation Operations Coalition

Demonstration Routes

Great Lakes Regional Transportation Operations Coalition

Strategies Efficient freight operations Reliable mobility Traffic incident management

/ emergency transportation operations

Great Lakes Regional Transportation Operations Coalition

Additional Partners

Great Lakes Regional Transportation Operations Coalition

Current Activities Immediate focus on reliable mobility

Coordination of 2011 demonstration route work zones (I-94 & Hwy 401)

Account for impact / measure results

Great Lakes Regional Transportation Operations Coalition

Upcoming Activities Traffic incident management / Emergency

transportation operations Dec. 13-14, 2010 Blizzard closes Hwy 402 Feb. 1-2, 2011 Mega Snowstorm hits Midwest

Efficient Freight Operations

Great Lakes Regional Transportation Operations Coalition

For more information, please visit: http://www.greatlakestravel.org/

Or contact: Peter C. Rafferty, PE, PTOE, AICP

ITS Program ManagerUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonTraffic Operations and Safety Lab

Office: 608-890-1218Cell: 608-516-9382

Email: prafferty@wisc.edu