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NEWSLETTERMarch 2016Volume 10| Issue 1

wwwitsmidwestorg

David Zavattero President of ITS Midwest

Presidentrsquos Message

ISSUEINSIDE THIS

1 Presidentrsquos Message 2 Annual Meeting Recap Page 23 ITS Opportunities Page 54 Kane Countyrsquos AOC Page 95 KYTC WAZE Page 116 Member Spotlight - Total Traffic

and Weather Network Page 14

7 Save the Date 2016 Annual Meeting Page 16

David Zavattero

As we start a new year the 21st year for ITS Midwest I want to thank all those who have joined the organization over the years and helped make it a success Our 20th Anniversary culminated in the huge-ly successful 2015 Annual Meeting this past September (See the accompanying article in this Newsletter) Thanks to the hard work of Matt Letourneau Chuck Si-karas Tom Ewing Justin Potts and many others you can find presentations and photos from the Annual Meeting on the links provided in the write-up

We are just beginning to plan for our 2016 Annual Meeting for the Fall in Louisville Kentucky to continue the tradition of rotating our main event among our four

member states As always volunteers are needed and most welcome to help orga-nize the event Please let me know if you would like to participate or if you have ideas to make the 2016 Annual Meeting as or more successful than 2015 Stay tuned to the Newsletter and the wwwitsmidwestorg website for more informa-tion as we move forward

In the meantime I think itrsquos important that we follow-up on the proposal made by John Corbin and endorsed by the Ex-ecutive Panel at the Annual Meeting to join forces with other like-minded orga-nizations and individuals to promote and advance the Midwest Mega Region con-cept With several events on the horizon and with the recent assembled gathering of many of the partner organizations the timing is fortuitous to look for ways to coordinate activities and take actions to make the greater Midwest even more competitive in the global economy Transportation has historically been the key resource for the Midwest economy As we develop and implement richer and more efficient technologies the oppor-tunity to parlay this advantage to move our region to greater future prosperity demands that we in the ITS and transpor-tation industry do what we can to make this happen

ITS Midwest stands ready to help lead a coalition to achieve this goal To do so requires the participation and ideas of our members I am issuing a call and plea therefore for your help The Board has proposed setting up a working group to tackle this challenge I am asking for

volunteers to help One idea is to target the upcoming summer meetings of ITE and similar organizations to develop and launch a White Paper on strategies to make the Midwest Mega Region a trans-portation juggernaut This means not only building on our strengths but also recognizing our weaknesses and promot-ing ways to overcome them The excel-lent book by Richard Longworth ldquoCaught in the Middlerdquo offers many insights on this issue This marks a great starting point and I encourage you to read it as a call to action As I have said proactive trans-portation management and operations facilitated by the wide array of transport technology innovations available in to-dayrsquos marketplace are even more import-ant now as the Midwest competes in the global economy As a volunteer organi-zation ITS Midwest depends on your par-ticipation and your help Please join us in meeting this challenge

ITS Midwest NewsletterPage

March| 2016Volume 10| Issue 1

On September 29 amp 30 ITS Midwest host-ed a hugely successful Annual Meeting at the McDonaldrsquos Campus in Oak Brook IL Serving as both a celebration of the first 20 years of our organization and a preview of the next two decades of intel-ligent transportation in the Midwest the theme ldquoConnected Vision 2020rdquo certainly struck a chord with its audience of over 160 attendees With more than 35 speak-ers on prescient topics like Connected and Autonomous Vehicles Smart Cities multi-state corridor operations com-mercial vehicle operations transit ITS and Transportation System Management and Operations (TSMampO) there was a great deal to discuss From John Corbinrsquos (FHWA Midwest Resource Center) call to action to Sabrina Sussmanrsquos (ITS America) reflections on the state of ITS in Wash-ington to a closing executive panel with leading transportation officials from each member state the event captured the growing momentum of our industry

During his keynote address Mr Corbin discussed the important position that the Midwestern United States holds for the country and for the world as an economic driver despite the adverse effects of glo-balism described in Caught in the Middle by Richard C Longworth He emphasized the critical part that transportation plays in powering the Midwestern economic machine and how ITS and groups like the Great Lakes Regional Transportation Op-erations Coalition (GLRTOC) can help to optimize our transportation system In response ITS Midwest is forming a work-ing group to discuss our role in the ldquoGreat Lakes Mega Regionrdquo

As Vice President for Membership and Development with ITS America and with a strong background in helping to craft

ITS Midwest 2015 Annual Meeting Summary

2

Matthew J Letourneau PE PTOEDepartment Manager TrafficITSElectrical AECOM

ITS Midwest Annual Meeting Chair and Director

transportation policy Ms Sussman of-fered a unique perspective on the legis-lative process in Washington and how it relates to ITS during the luncheon on the first day of the conference Ms Sussman offered insights about the effects of John Boehnerrsquos resignation as Speaker of the House and the prospects of a new trans-portation bill She closed her presenta-tion with a focus on safety ndash especially pedestrian safety ndash and how the ITS in-dustry needs to promote Vision Zero and other safety initiatives

Also during the luncheon on day one the audience witnessed a special reunion of past and current presidents of ITS Mid-west

bull Adrian Tentner (1995-2000)bull Jeff Hochmuth (2001-2004)bull Gary Rylander (2005-2006)bull John Benda (2007-2009)bull Karen George (2010-2011)bull John Gray (2012-2014)bull David Zavattero (2015-2016)

As each president recounted the high-lights of their term attendees were treat-ed to an oral history of our organization from its formative months overseen by Mr Tentner through the memorable 2002 ITS World Congress in Chicago to the addition of Ohio and Kentucky in 2007 Using the iPhone as a technology touch-stone each president spoke of the many ITS advances in our region over the years such as the GCM ITS Priority Corridor ADVANCE demonstration project traffic management center deployments ITS deployments for faster incident response and improved inter-jurisdictional opera-tional coordination

Technical sessions concluded on the first

day of the conference with a ldquoState of the Statesrdquo discussion Kevin Price (Illinois) Ryan Elliott (Indiana) Scott Evans (Ken-tucky) and Katie Ott Zehnder (Ohio) pro-vided a summary of ITS activities in each state including major studies and deploy-ments and upcoming initiatives The bustling vendor area served as a good complement to the strong technical pro-gram With twenty vendors showcased attendees had plenty to peruse as they learned about the newest technologies and networked with potential clients Jeff Mandell with Caricaturecom was a partic-ular draw within the vendor area (for those that sat for a caricature you can download your image here) In the evening of day one the vendor area hosted a reception for all attendees to continue conversa-tions and meet new colleagues As the re-ception came to a close several attendees headed for the nearby First Folio Theatre to see a performance of The Madness of Edgar Allen Poe

The Annual Meeting concluded with an exciting executive panel featuring Illinois Secretary of Transportation Randall Blan-kenhorn Indiana DOT Deputy Commis-sioner (and former TMC manager) Jay Was-son Ohio DOT District 4 Deputy Director Allen Biehl and Dr Joseph Crabtree Direc-tor of the Kentucky Transportation Center Moderated by current ITS Midwest pres-ident David Zavattero the session pro-vided each guest with an opportunity to articulate their perspectives on the trans-portation challenges facing their state and the ways that ITS can provide solutions

As the conference drew to a close a num-ber of attendees took part in a tour of the UPS Chicago Area Consolidation Hub lo-cated a short drive from the conference



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venue in Hodgkins This 240 acre facility processes more than two million packag-es a day leveraging its strategic proximity to both interstate highways and freight rail lines ITS Midwest members enjoyed a behind-the-scenes tour followed by a

very informative discussion about the re-lationship between private freight logis-tics and traffic datatraveler information as well as the possibilities of data sharing and coordination to improve the transpor-tation system as a whole

On behalf of the Annual Meeting Commit-tee I would like to extend a special thanks to all of the speakers vendors sponsors and the many ITS Midwest volunteers that made the 2015 Annual Meeting a success

Annual Meeting Photos

Current and past ITS Midwest Presidents gather for a photo at the 2015 ITS Midwest Annual Meeting From left to right (Karen George Gary Rylander John Benda David Zavattero (current ITS Midwest President) Adrian Tentner (inaugural ITS Midwest President) and Jeff Hochmuth) Missing from this photo is John Gray immediate past ITS Midwest President

State Department of Transportation Executive Panel discusses the importance of ITS technologies for their respective DOTs From left to right (Dr Joseph Crabtree PhD PE Director of the Kentucky Transportation Center Allen Biehl PE District 4 Deputy Director Ohio Department of Transportation Jay Wasson Deputy Commissioner Indiana Department of Transportation and Randall Blankenhorn Secretary Illinois Department of Transportation)

President Zavattero delivers welcoming remarks for the 2015 ITS Midwest Annual Meeting

Several ITS Midwest Annual Meeting attendees visit with exhibitors during the Exhibitor Open House

Scott Evans (left) ITS Midwest Kentucky Vice President and member of the Recognition Committee presents the 2015 ITS Midwest Project of the Year award to Ahmed Ghaly Illinois Tollway Traffic Operations Manager

The ITS Midwest 2015 Excellence in Service Award was presented to Zhuo Yao PhD Candidate at University of Cincinnati and editor of the ITS Midwest Newsletter



4


David Zavattero ITS Midwest President addresses the ITS Midwest members and guests at the sold out 2015 Annual Meeting

An ITS Midwest 2015 Annual Meeting attendee visits officials at the Gateway Traveler Information SystemTravel Midwest exhibit

Current ITS Midwest President David Zavattero (left) enjoys lunch with former ITS Midwest Presidents Gary Rylander (center) and Karen George (right)

ITS Midwest members network with exhibitors during the 2015 Annual Meeting

John Corbin SHRP2 Reliability Specialist for the Federal Highway Administration Midwest Resource Center delivers keynote address for the 2015 ITS Midwest Annual Meeting

Attendees gather at the 2015 ITS Midwest Annual Meeting continental breakfast

Jeff Mandell Caricature Artist draws a sketch of Kevin Price (ITS Midwest Illinois Board Member)

Sabrina Sussman (left) ITS America Vice President for Membership and Development joins former ITS Midwest presidents John Benda (center) and Jeff Hochmuth (right) at the 2015 ITS Midwest Annual Meeting luncheon



5

The Fixing Americarsquos Surface Transporta-tion (FAST) Act is a five-year $305 billion surface transportation reauthorization bill signed into law on December 4 2015 that increases funding for highways (15 over 5 years) and transit systems (18 over 5 years) creates a new National Highway Freight Program (NHFP) and promotes innovation to advance high-way and vehicle safety and improve mo-bility and infrastructure condition Of the total amount of funding $281 billion is guaranteed from the Highway Trust Fund and about 93 percent of highway dollars are apportioned to States by for-mula through the Federal-aid Highway program The standard Federal share unless provided otherwise by law is 90 for a project on the Interstate System and 80 for other Federal-aid Highway proj-ects The FAST Act includes a first-ever In-novation Title to fund new and ongoing research and accelerate the adoption and deployment of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Among other provisions the FAST Act

bull Expands eligibility for ITS technolo-gies within core formula programs in-cluding the revised Surface Transporta-tion Block Grant Program

bull Provides explicit funding eligibili-ty for installation of Vehicle-to-In-frastructure (V2I) communication equipment within major highway formula programs including the Na-tional Highway Performance Program (NHPP) Surface Transportation Block Grant Program (STBGP) Highway Safe-ty Improvement Program (HSIP) and

Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement program

bull Funding levels purposes and ITS-re-lated projects eligible to receive fund-ing within the highway formula pro-grams are as follows

Ű National Highway Performance Pro-gram ($223 billion in FY16 $1164 billion over 5 years) provides support for the condition and performance of the National Highway System (NHS) for the construction of new facilities on the NHS and to ensure that invest-ments of Federal-aid funds in highway construction support progress toward achieving performance targets estab-lished in a Statersquos asset management plan Eligible expenditures include construction reconstruction resur-facing restoration rehabilitation preservation or operational improve-ments of NHS segments and also of Federal-aid highways not on the NHS if the project is in the same corridor and in proximity to a fully access-con-trolled NHS route if the improvement is more cost-effective (as determined by a benefit-cost analysis) than an NHS improvement and if the project will reduce delays or produce travel time savings on the NHS route and improve regional traffic flow Also eligible for funding are safety improvements on the NHS capital and operating costs for traffic and traveler information monitoring management and con-trol facilities and programs develop-ment and implementation of a State Asset Management Plan for the NHS including data collection mainte-nance and integration software costs and equipment costs and infrastruc-ture-based ITS capital improvements

Ű Surface Transportation Block Grant Program ($103 billion in FY16 $54 billion over 5 years) revised from the Surface Transportation Program (STP) provides flexible funding that may be used by States and localities for projects to preserve and improve the condition and performance on any Federal-aid highway bridge and tunnel projects on any public road pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure and transit capital projects Under the FAST Act funding is sub-allocat-ed based on population with an in-crease of one percent each year from 51 percent of total STBGP dollars in 2016 to 55 percent in 2020 The State share will remain flat at approximately $495 billion with the sub-allocated share funded at $52 billion in 2016 and increasing to $6 billion by 2020 Eligible expenditures include infra-structure-based ITS capital improve-ments operational improvements capital and operating costs for traffic monitoring management and con-trol facilities and programs highway and transit research and technolo-gy transfer programs truck parking facilities and projects designed to support congestion pricing including electronic toll collection and travel demand management A set-aside for off-system bridges is funded at $777 million per year

raquoSTBGP Set-aside ($835 million in FY16 $42 billion over 5 years) for-merly the Transportation Alterna-tives Program may be used to fund construction planning and design of on-road and off-road trail facilities for pedestrians bicyclists and other non-motorized forms of transporta-tion construction planning and de-sign of infrastructure-related projects

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Research and Deployment Opportunities

The following article includes an ITS America analysis of the ITS Research and Deployment Opportunities contained in the Fix-ing Americarsquos Surface Transportation (FAST) Act



6and systems that provide safe routes for non-drivers including children older adults and individuals with dis-abilities community improvement activities historic preservation en-vironmental mitigation reductions in vehicle-caused wildlife mortality the Recreational Trails program Safe Routes to School program and plan-ning design or construction of bou-levards and other roadways largely in the right-of-way of former Interstate routes or divided highways Up to 50 percent of the sub-allocated set-aside may be transferred to other ST-BGP-eligible projects

Ű National Highway Freight Program ($11 billion in FY16 $62 billion over 5 years) provides each State with funding for freight projects based on its overall share of highway appor-tionments Flexibility of NHFP dollars within a State will be related to its share of miles on the Primary High-way Freight System The FAST Act eliminates the higher Federal share for qualified freight projects includ-ed in MAP-21 and requires all States using formula dollars to complete a State Freight Plan to be updated every 5 years Eligible expenditures include ldquointelligent transportation systems and other technology to improve the flow of freight including intelligent freight transportation systemsrdquo Other ITS projects specifically listed as being eligible for funding include real-time traffic truck parking roadway con-dition and multimodal information systems electronic screening and cre-dentialing systems including weigh-in-motion truck inspection technol-ogies traffic signal optimization including synchronized and adaptive signals work zone management and information systems highway ramp meters electronic cargo and border security technologies and ITS tech-nologies that would increase truck freight efficiencies inside the bound-aries of intermodal facilities

Ű Congestion Mitigation and Air Qual-

ity Improvement Program ($23 bil-lion in FY16 $12 billion over 5 years) provides flexible funding to State and local governments for transportation projects and programs to help meet the requirements of the Clean Air Act Funding is available to reduce con-gestion and improve air quality for areas that do not meet the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ozone carbon monoxide or particu-late matter (nonattainment areas) and for former nonattainment areas that are now in compliance (maintenance areas) Eligible expenditures include establishment or operation of a traf-fic monitoring management and control facility including advanced truck stop electrification systems projects that improve traffic flow in-cluding projects to improve signal-ization construct HOV lanes improve intersections add turn lanes improve transportation systems management and operations that mitigate con-gestion and improve air quality and implement ITS and other projects to improve incident and emergency response or improve mobility such as real-time traffic transit and multi-modal traveler information purchase of integrated interoperable emergen-cy communications equipment and projects that shift traffic demand to nonpeak hours or other transporta-tion modes increase vehicle occupan-cy rates or otherwise reduce demand

Ű Highway Safety Improvement Pro-gram ($22 billion in FY16 $116 bil-lion over 5 years) provides funding for strategies activities and projects on public roads that are consistent with the data-driven State Strategic Highway Safety Plan and corrects or improves a hazardous road location or feature or addresses a highway safety problem The FAST Act removes cur-rent eligibility which had allowed the use of HSIP funds for non-infrastruc-ture safety programs such as educa-tion and enforcement

raquoHSIP Set-aside for Railway-High-

way Grade Crossings ($225 million in FY06 $12 billion over 5 years) to make safety improvements to reduce the number of fatalities injuries and crashes at public grade crossings At least half of the funds set aside each year must be used for the installation of protective devices at railway-high-way crossings

Ű Metropolitan Planning ($329 mil-lion in FY16 $17 billion over 5 years) to support a coordinated and com-prehensive framework for making transportation investment decisions in metropolitan areas Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) are required to establish and use a per-formance-based approach to trans-portation decision-making and de-velopment of transportation plans including establishment of perfor-mance targets (in coordination with States and public transit agencies) that address the national performance goals and measures required in MAP-21 (see performance-based planning process paragraph below)

bull Continues the performance-based planning process established in MAP-21 setting national performance goals in the areas of safety infrastruc-ture condition congestion reduction system reliability freight movement and economic vitality environmental sustainability and reduced project de-livery delays requiring US DOT to es-tablish performance measures in the categories of pavement condition In-terstate and NHS system performance bridge condition fatalities and serious injuries traffic congestion on-road mobile source emissions and freight movement on the Interstate System and requiring States and MPOs to es-tablish performance targets support-ing these measures The FAST Act fur-ther requires states that do not achieve or make significant progress toward achieving targets in any performance category after one reporting cycle to submit a report describing the actions they will undertake to achieve their



7

targets in the future It also expands the scope of the planning process to include addressing resiliency and reli-ability as well as enhancing travel and tourism

Ű The FAST Act provides $10 million per year for the Federal Highway Admin-istration (FHWA) to establish a Perfor-mance Management Data Support program to develop use and main-tain data sets and analysis tools to assist states and MPOs in carrying out performance management analyses including collection and distribution of vehicle probe data collection of household travel data enhancement of existing data collection and anal-ysis tools to accommodate perfor-mance measures targets and related data to better understand trip origin and destination trip time and mode improved performance predictions and travel models and evaluation of the effects of project investments on performance

bull Requires US DOT to develop a multi-modal freight policy which among other goals will use innovation and advance technology to improve safety efficiency and reliability and creates a Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects discretionary grant program (in addition to the highway freight formula program) funded at $45 billion over five years for major highway and freight projects

Ű Grants must be at least $25 million (except for a 10 funding set-aside for small projects of at least $5 million) and may only be made to States local governments or groups of agencies Eligible project costs must be equal to or exceed the lesser of $100 mil-lion 30 of a Statersquos apportionment if the project is in one State or 50 of the largest Statersquos apportionment in a multi-State project 25 percent of eligible funding must be set aside for projects in rural areas The Federal share may not exceed 60 (or 80 if other Federal resources are utilized)

and Congress may disapprove a proj-ect within 60 days of US DOTrsquos selec-tion

bull Continues the $100 million per year In-telligent Transportation Systems (ITS) research program with an expanded role to enhance the national freight system and assist in developing cy-bersecurity standards to help prevent hacking spoofing and disruption of connected and automated transporta-tion vehicles In the joint explanatory statement the conferees state their be-lief that ldquofederal state and local agen-cies must be prepared for the future growth and adoption of innovative technologies such as autonomous ve-hicles and that the ITS program should support research initiatives that are en-gaged in the research development testing and validation of autonomous vehicle technologiesrdquo The ITS research program may also fund additional Con-nected Vehicle Pilot sites in the coming year

bull Creates a new $60 million per year Ad-vanced Transportation and Conges-tion Management Technologies De-ployment Program (to be funded from existing research programs) to provide competitive grants to develop model deployment sites for large scale instal-lation and operation of advanced tech-nologies to improve safety efficiency system performance and infrastruc-ture return on investment

Ű Between 5 ndash 10 grants each year will be awarded by US DOT to deploy tech-nologies including advanced traveler information systems advanced trans-portation management technologies infrastructure maintenance moni-toring and condition assessment advanced public transportation sys-tems system performance data col-lection analysis and dissemination advanced safety systems including vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and V2I com-munication technologies associated with autonomous vehicles and other collision avoidance technologies in-

tegration of ITS with the Smart Grid and other energy distribution and charging systems electronic pricing and payment systems or advanced mobility and access technologies such as dynamic ridesharing and in-formation systems to support human services for elderly and the disabled

Ű Eligibility criteria will include how the deployment of technology will reduce costs and improve return on investments including through the enhanced use of existing transporta-tion capacity deliver environmental benefits that alleviate congestion and streamline traffic flow measure and improve the operational performance of the applicable transportation net-work reduce the number and severity of traffic crashes and increase driver passenger and pedestrian safety col-lect disseminate and use real-time traffic transit parking and other transportation-related information to improve mobility reduce congestion and provide for more efficient and accessible transportation monitor transportation assets to improve infra-structure management reduce main-tenance costs prioritize investment decisions and ensure a state of good repair deliver economic benefits by reducing delays improving system performance and providing for the efficient and reliable movement of goods and services or accelerate the deployment of V2V V2I autonomous vehicles and other technologies

bull Continues the $675 million per year Technology and Innovation Deploy-ment Program created in MAP-21 and administered by FHWA to accelerate the deployment of new technology and innovations and analyze Federal State and local cost savings project delivery time improvements reduced fatalities and congestion impacts

bull Creates a new $15 ndash 20 million per year Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives Program to pro-vide grants to states to demonstrate



8vehicles by their manufacturers

bull Provides $32 billion for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and requires implementation of a Beyond Compliance initiative to incorporate methodology into the Compliance Safety Accountability (CSA) program or establish a safety BA-SIC in the Safety Measurement System (SMS) recognizing motor carriers that install advanced safety equipment use enhanced driver fitness measures adapt fleet safety management tools technologies and programs or satisfy other standards as determined by the Administrator

bull Provides $61 billion over five years for public transportation an increase of nearly 18 including $49 billion from the Highway Trust Fund and $12 billion from the General Fund The bill autho-rizes $268 million in FY16 (increasing to $344 million in 2020) for new com-petitive grants for bus and bus facili-ties including $55 million annually for nolow emission buses and creates an Innovative Coordinated Access and Mobility pilot program to assist in fi-nancing innovative projects for the transportation disadvantaged

bull Eliminates the Research and Innova-tion Technology Administration which was already moved to the Secretaryrsquos office and is now called the Office of Research and Technology with a di-rective that Federal transportation re-search planning be multimodal when-ever possible and coordinated by the Secretaryrsquos office to prevent duplica-tion and identify opportunities to ap-ply research across modes

Ű The FAST Act requires submission of annual modal research plans publi-cation of a comprehensive database of US DOT-funded research projects and development of a Transportation Research and Development 5-Year Strategic Plan

bull Continues the University Transporta-

tion Centers (UTC) program funded at $725 ndash $775 million per year with at least one Regional UTC focused on transportation safety congestion con-nected vehicles connected infrastruc-ture and autonomous vehicles

bull Establishes new research initiatives including a Future Interstate Study a traffic congestion research program a Smart Cities Transportation Planning Study and a Government Account-ability Office assessment of auton-omous transportation technology policy including an assessment of the organizational readiness of US DOT to address autonomous vehicle technolo-gy challenges including consumer pri-vacy protections and recommended implementation paths for autonomous technology applications and policies

bull Requires FHWA to continue the Every Day Counts initiative to work with States local agencies and industry stakeholders to accelerate innovation deployment accelerate project deliv-ery improve sustainability enhance roadway safety and reduce congestion

bull Requires the Secretary to designate national electric vehicle charging and hydrogen propane and natural gas fueling corridors that identify the near- and long-term need for and location of electric vehicle charging infrastructure hydrogen fueling infrastructure pro-pane fueling infrastructure and natural gas fueling infrastructure at strategic locations along major national high-ways to improve the mobility of pas-senger and commercial vehicles that employ these fueling technologies

bull Remains silent with respect to the Transportation Investment Generat-ing Economic Recovery (TIGER) com-petitive grant program now in its 8th round which continues to be funded at $500 million per year through the annual General Fund appropriations process

user-based alternative revenue mech-anisms to maintain the long-term sol-vency of the Highway Trust Fund

bull Creates a National Surface Transporta-tion and Innovative Finance Bureau to integrate Federal credit programs with institutional capacity-building and project permitting and expediting ef-forts under one office within the Office of the Secretary of Transportation

bull Eliminates limitations on the conver-sion of high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) facilities to HOT lanes on the Interstate system and amends the Interstate Sys-tem Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Pilot Program to limit the reservation of each of the three current slots to three years with a potential one year exten-sion if there is deemed to be material progress

bull Expands the reduced cost threshold for ITS projects to qualify for loan assis-tance under the Transportation Infra-structure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan assistance to also include rural and transit-oriented development projects with a cost threshold of $10 million (the normal capital cost thresh-old for projects to qualify for TIFIA loan assistance is $50 million)

bull Authorizes an Innovative Technology Deployment discretionary grant pro-gram to promote the deployment of ITS in commercial vehicle operations link Federal and State commercial vehi-cle information systems and networks improve the safety and productivity of commercial vehicles and drivers and reduce costs associated with commer-cial motor vehicle operations and reg-ulations

bull Provides $47 billion for safety pro-grams within the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and requires the agency to modernize the New Car Assessment Program to require crash avoidance technologies to be listed next to crashworthiness in-formation on stickers placed on motor



9

Floor PlanConcept

The AOC went through many iterations of building footprints and corresponding floor plans The preferred design concept featured approximately 2500 square feet of additional building space on the 1st floor level with the same footprint carried through into the basement level The simplicity of the buildingrsquos rectangu-lar footprint created a structure that was economical to build thereby maximizing the buildingrsquos size for the given budget Access into the AOC will be granted pri-marily through the existing entrance in building A The existing spaces previous-ly utilized for Impact Fees will become a wide corridor into the new AOC buildingaddition so that the addition becomes an extension of the existing building The first floor plan with red lines showing the relocated impact fee space is described in Figure 2 The primary functions of the new space will be centralized around the area known as the control room In this space there will be a centrally located work station capable of accommodating up to three personnel while overlooking a video wall roughly 20 feet in width and comprised of 10 monitors Surrounding the control room there will be a large conference room three offices and a ldquotest labrdquo which will also likely be used as office space While difficult to distinguish in the floor plan all interior walls adjacent to the con-trol room will feature nearly full height glass walls to promote the idea of trans-parency and make the space inviting Ad-ditionally this improvement will include an elevator to ensure our entire building will be fully accessible Additional office area and various other utility spaces will

Background Over the past several years Kane County has made investments to improve traffic operations through the use of intercon-nected traffic signals and field master controllers that better facilitate time of day coordinated signal operations After the completion and extension of many of these projects Kane County developed an infrastructure of fiber optic commu-nication along most of our most heavily traveled routes Large closed loop sys-tems began to expand until they were adjacent with other systems These con-ditions produced a healthy environment for the implementation of a central sys-tem control which communicates signal controller information In addition the higher bandwidth of fiber optic commu-nication allows for other traffic devices such as video detection and surveillance camera feeds to be conveyed back to a central location Figure 1 demonstrates the incremental expansion of intercon-nected signals and the relatively good coverage of the system as a whole Please note that not all colored regions are built Some systems are under the manage-ment of other agencies such as the Illinois Department of Transportation

Applications for funding a fiber optic extension from Randall Road out to the Kane County Department of Transporta-tion (KDOT) headquarters ultimately led to applications for Congestion Mitiga-tion and Air Quality (CMAQ) and Surface Transportation Rural (STR) funding for the design engineering and construction of an Arterial Operations Center (AOC) Be-tween all funding sources the estimated total cost for the AOC was approximately 18 million dollars

Kane Countyrsquos Arterial Operations Center (AOC)

Stephen Zulkowski PE Traffic Permit Engineer

Kane County Division of Transportation

APPENDIX E

PROPOSED ITS FIELD DEVICE DEPLOYMENT MAPS

Appendix E ndash Proposed ITS Field Device Deployment Maps Kane County ITSTMC Feasibility Study E - i

Kane County Recommended Field Deployment Map for Traffic Signal Coordination

Figure 1 KDOT Fiber Optic Cable plan demonstrating the incremental growth to a central system architecture

be available in the basement The existing topography of the prop-erty includes a substantial slope which allowed us to incorporate windows (natural light) into the basement level The basement lev-el floor plan is shown in Figure 3



From the traffic operations perspective existing Kane County staff and consul-tants will be making use of this space with a long term goal of continuing to evaluate needs for additional staff over time Operators will be capable of view-ing the county Advanced Traffic Manage-ment System (ATMS) TransSuite which helps to convey real time traffic data from signal controllers and other ITS devices A screen shot demonstrating some of the content available to staff is shown in Fig-ure 4

Progress and Future Milestones

The ultimate deployment of the AOC is composed of several elements and par-allel contracts The building envelope or building proper was completed in late January 2016 but other elements such as furniture ITnetworking equipment Video Wallmanagement solution ATMSTransSuite ultimate integration and con-trol room console are being procured or further developed along separate time-lines The convergence of these elements to an anticipated ldquomove inrdquo date is cur-rently targeted to be in late April 2016 A few photos of the exterior and interior of the building are shown in Figures 5 through 7 Closing Thoughts

The building is a very exciting project for Kane County both physically and symbol-ically The traffic operations side of engi-neering has been a rapidly growing field with the increased connectivity of inter-connecting traffic signals and with traffic signal vendors producing products which further capitalize on end users being able to connect with their products remotely While little can be said for certain about what kinds of operational challenges await us in the future I am confident that these improvements will empower coun-ty staff consultants and contractors to better perform their duties and provide better levels of service and final products to our transportation users

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Figure 2 AOC first floor plan everything left of the red box is new building

Figure 3 AOC basement floor plan ldquoOffice Areardquo to be sectioned off with modular cubical walls in the near future

Figure 4 Example of Kane Countyrsquos ATMS TransSuite paired with a Traffic Signal mounted PTZ camera



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A Real-time Response to Kentucky Weather

Chris LambertSystems Consultant

Kentucky Transportation Centerinvested significant time and energy into building a new real-time system that uti-lizes a combination of commercial and open source software as well as crowd sourced data

While there were many needs through-out the Cabinet for creating a new sys-tem a few issues stood out as the primary driving force for change

Last year marked the beginning of ma-jor changes within the Kentucky Trans-portation Cabinetrsquos (KYTCrsquos) Intelligent Transportation Systems program KYTC

Figure 5 Exterior face of building looking South-west (AOC mostly to right of Flag Pole)

Figure 6 Inside the Control Room looking South-east Control Room console shown has three adjustable height work stations with CPU carts in-between

Figure 7 Inside the Control Room looking North-west Private offices and glass walls will promote greater interaction between professionals



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By November of 2014 the Cabinet had completed a beta system for snow and ice management The system contained data from several sources including KYTC weather stations traffic sensors snow-plow information (location speed treat-ment type treatment rate costs tem-perature gauges and plow status) The Cabinet also managed to integrate Waze reports of ice on the roadway along with other Waze reports that we felt could con-tribute to snow and ice operations Little did we know crowd-sourced data would end up driving the Cabinetrsquos response

One of the most exciting developments of 2014 came when Waze offered KYTC the ability to participate in its Connected Citizens Program a free two-way data exchange where Waze provides partners with anonymous real-time Waze-gener-ated crowd-sourced incident and delay data in exchange for insights into planned and real-time incident and road closures KYTC immediately leveraged the oppor-tunity to collaborate with the leading crowd-sourced personal navigation app Trying to reproduce the same data would have not only been costly to Kentucky taxpayers but likely impossible The partnership allowed KYTC first-hand ex-perience with large-scale crowd-sourced data and challenged the Cabinet to inte-grate the data into existing systems

The most significant factor for a new system however had more to do with the weather Kentucky suffered a signif-icant increase in snow and ice expenses during the very unforgiving 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 seasons While average winters are estimated to cost some-where in the range of $40-$50 million the storms of 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 each exceeded $75 million Beyond cost each season brought with it very unique challenges Those two winter seasons emphasized the need for more detailed management and optimization of our material usage and responsiveness to weather events

During the 2013-2014 winter the Cabinet seemed to be stuck in a cycle of treat-ing roadways repeatedly due to smaller and seemingly never-ending snowfalls That winter was the season that truly highlighted the need for new methods of managing our salt supply The search for real-time fleet management became a priority for our maintenance staff The Cabinet ultimately chose to implement ESRIrsquos GeoEvent Processor (now referred to as GeoEvent Extension) due to their compatibility with existing Cabinet data ESRIrsquos ability to support the products and the limited timeframe until the beginning of the next winter season

just a few months later

The 2014-2015 winter ended up being very different but presented the Cabinet with an entirely new set of problems While most of the 2014-2015 winter re-sulted in average or even below average snow totals the last few weeks brought two back-to-back record breaking snow-falls Since the beginning of the event contained very heavy rainfall it made pretreatment ineffective Each of our 120 county offices were on call waiting for the rain to pass so they could begin treat-

Figure 1 KYTC field offices use Twitter to report their county status

Figure 2 Snowfall data interpolated from Kentuckyrsquos CoCoRahs community and their more than 500 volunteer weather watchers



ments outlined in Title 23 CFR 511301 to 511315

To handle all of this KYTC implemented the following software stack

bull ESRIrsquos ArcGIS Online serves as the in-terface ArcGIS Online currently serves up standard web maps HTML5Javas-cript web applets that work great on mobile devices and a ldquoheavierrdquo Oper-ation Dashboard which contains very detailed widgets for desktop users with better connectivity

bull ESRIrsquos GeoEvent Extension (formerly called GeoEvent Processor) serves to aggregate the 15-20 million records per day from multiple real-time data feeds It can also create real-time emailtext alerts and repost real-time feeds in alternate formats where part-nering agencies can consume Cabinet data in real-time

bull Clouderarsquos implementation of Apache

Spark serves to ldquopost processrdquo data at a rate of approximately one million re-cords per second The previous bench-mark was one million records per hour Since we are only reading records at a rate of 15-20 million per day what used to be referred to as ldquopost processingrdquo can now be done in real-time

Clouderarsquos implementation of Hadoop serves as data warehousing which is for reporting long-range analytics and the ldquoroll backrdquo feature

The issues that remain for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet are

bull How do we further implement Waze and other crowd-sourced data into other day-to-day operations of the Cabinet

bull What barriers need to be overcome in order to embrace predictive model-ing and preemptively notify drivers of events that the Cabinet is forecasting

13ing and plowing As the cold front moved through the state temperatures dropped some 30 degrees within an hour causing standing water to freeze freezing rain and eventually very heavy snowfall

It was during this temperature change that people started to understand the im-portance of the Waze data As the weath-er changed so did the reports coming in from Waze The snow and ice staff start-ed seeing reports of ice on the roadway where it seemed based on Doppler radar that it was still raining At the same time reports were coming into our 511 call center about ice on the roads Personnel were able to match up those calls with the reports coming in from Waze Central office staff was able to call local mainte-nance facilities and dispatch trucks soon-er than they otherwise would have been

By November of 2015 the KYTC was in full production with a new system KYTC is now capable of aggregating 15-20 mil-lion records every 24 hours post-process-ing data at a rate of 1+ million records per second and storing that information in-definitely By storing the data indefinitely the KYTC will have the ability to perform long-range studies and even produce a ldquoroll backrdquo feature where personnel can ldquoroll backrdquo to a given date and time to verify what the Cabinet knew when the Cabinet knew it and what the response was to that information

The new processing power also brings with it new possibilities that were incon-ceivable just one year ago It is now pos-sible to not only collect and store data at a very high rate but also to relate any of those one million records to any other of the one million records each second Being able to process data at such a high rate allows the Cabinet to move beyond simply posting real-time data of known events and use predictive modeling to possibly alert travelers before the events occur

Kentucky took a very serious step to-wards not only meeting but also exceed-ing the Federal real-time system require-

Figure 3 Waze report of snow on the interstate



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Member Spotlight - Total Traffic amp Weather Network Rick Sirovatka

Regional VP of Operations MidwestTTWN

weather news and sports reports As the nationrsquos largest private traffic reporting company TTWN reaches 98 percent of all nationwide radio listeners each week servicing over 2800 radio and television affiliates and providing real-time traffic data to ten of the top automakers

Today TTWN has 17 regional operations centers across the country of which 16 operate twenty-four hours a day sev-en days a week Specifically in the Mid-west TTWN has a substantial footprint with more than 200 Midwest personnel in regional hubs in Chicago and Detroit and in peak operation centers in Cincin-nati Cleveland Columbus Ft Wayne Indianapolis Kansas City Louisville Mil-waukee and St Louis From these traffic operations centers TTWN collects and distributes content for those markets in addition to Akron Dayton Defiance (Ohio) Des Moines Grand Rapids Lexing-ton Lima Madison Omaha Springfield (Missouri) Toledo and WichitaAlong with hyper-local experienced re-porters TTWN employs a multitude of

other resources to contribute to the ac-curacy of its content Airborne traffic reporters in Chicago Detroit Kansas City and St Louis provide the ldquoover the scenerdquo coverage during rush hours TTWNrsquos Traf-fic Tip Lines designed as a traffic social network for listeners to call into our oper-ations centers continues to be a tremen-dous asset receiving thousands of calls per month In addition to accessing cam-eras and data from Departments of Trans-portation TTWN operates a large propri-etary traffic camera network with video from rooftops and even Clear Channel Outdoor billboard locations Lastly the evolution of reliable probe data networks provides for high-quality speed and flow data on expressways and interstates as well as surface streets

Local TTWN teams of reporters and data analysts use all available data gathering tools in each market to compile traffic reports through TrafficNet a software platform designed and developed by TTWN From TrafficNet content can be

Wersquove all been there sitting in traffic won-dering what in the world is causing such a delay Most often our first inclination is to turn on the radio to find out whatrsquos going on

Americans spend an average of 25 hours a day dealing with traffic conditions While on the road people listen to radio to stay engaged with what is happening in their community In fact 80 percent of commut-ers expect daily radio reports on traffic weather sports and news Listener en-gagement surges 22 percent in the min-utes surrounding traffic reports

Itrsquos no secret that traffic is often a part of our daily lives but what is not widely known is how that information is gathered and made easily available in communities across the country

In the late 1990rsquos Westwood One pur-chased both Metro Networks and Shadow Broadcast Services At the time Metro and Shadow were the two largest providers of traffic reporting for radio and television outlets In 1997 the nationrsquos largest radio owner Clear Channel Radio started its own traffic service Total Traffic Network In 2011 Clear Channelmdashnow iHeartMe-diamdashpurchased Metro Networks from Westwood One merged operations with its own service and rebranded the com-bined company as Total Traffic amp Weather Network

Reaching over 196 million listeners each month Total Traffic amp Weather Network (TTWN) is the largest provider of traffic TTWN has 17 regional operations centers across the country

(article continous on page 16)



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ning services including the Best Naviga-tion Solution Award for 2013 2014 and 2015 by Telematics Update at the TU-Au-tomotive Awards

While handheld devices and in-vehicle systems continue to evolve TTWNrsquos re-search shows the majority of commuters rely heavily upon radio and television for real-time traffic information For the com-muter the faces and voices of TTWNrsquos experienced team of traffic providers backed by the most robust set of tools and content in the industry are the long-time companions they have relied on to help navigate to and from work The convergence of information technol-ogy and traffic reporting has created a

read on-air sent to a television stationrsquos graphics engine and delivered to in-ve-hicle navigation systems mobile devices social media and Clear Channel Outdoor billboards

High-quality content services and sup-port are the cornerstone of TTWN In its commitment to quality and accuracy the companyrsquos high standards of quality metrics have been recognized by groups such as ITS America ERTICO and the Trav-eler Information Services Association To validate data TTWN operates a Quality Assurance department and testing team that focuses solely on information accu-racy by measuring reported speeds and travel times against actual ground truth data These efforts have led to award win-

world of opportunity to improve how we share real-time travel information across institutional boundaries Through coop-eration with public agencies and sourc-ing its own data TTWN has the ability to fuse public content with private infor-mation to provide a complete picture of the traffic congestion flow and real-time incidents across an entire metro area or region

As a new member of ITS Midwest TTWN looks forward to working in concert with other ITS members and playing a valu-able role in serving the Midwest region with the most accurate real-time traffic information

Save the Date

Announcement for the 2016 ITS Midwest Annual Meeting

The Annual Meeting will be held September 22-23 2016 in Louisville Kentucky More information will be available in the up-coming weeks on the ITS Midwest website (wwwitsmidwestorg) and in future newsletters

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PresidentDavid Zavattero

Immediate Past PresidentJohn Gray - AECOM

Vice President (Illinois)Charles Sikaras - IDOT

Vice President (Indiana)Dan Shamo - AECOM

Vice President (Kentucky)Scott Evans - Northrop Grumman

Vice President (Ohio)Ed Williams - TEC Engineering

SecretaryPresident-ElectKenneth Glassman - Jacobs Engineering

TreasurerScott Lee - Parsons

IllinoisMatt Letourneau - AECOMKevin Price - Illinois DOT

IndianaRyan Elliott - AECOM Dave Henkel - CHA Consulting

KentuckyTim Emington - Northrop GrummanJennifer Walton - Kentucky Transportation Center (University of Kentucky)

OhioJohn MacAdam - ODOTKatie Ott Zehnder - HNTB

Directors

Administrative StaffShawna Ulicne

Editors

Heng Wei PhD PE ProfessorUniversity of Cincinnati hengweiucedu

Zhuo Yao PhD CandidateUniversity of Cincinnatiyaozomailucedu



Officers Staff and Editors

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AECOMArgonne National LabsAutoBase IncCarrier amp Gable IncCDM SmithCH2M HILLCHA ConsultingChicago Metropolitan Agency for PlanningCity of ChicagoCohuHDDaktronics IncFederal Highway AdministrationG4S Secure IntegrationGlobal Traffic Technologies LLCHNTB CorporationIllinois Department of TransportationIllinois TollwayINRIXIron Mountain Systems Inc

Iteris IncITRCCJA Watts IncJacobs Engineering Group IncKimley-Horn and AssociatesLake County Division of TransportationLight BrigadeMid-Ohio Regional Planning CommissionMid-West Truckers AssociationNorthrop GrummanPace Suburban Bus ServiceParsonsQ-Free Open Roads ConsultingSDISES AmericaSwarco Traffic Americas IncTEC Engineering IncThe Ohio Department of TransportationTMS EngineersTotal Traffic amp Weather Network

TrafficCast International Inc

TranSmart Technologies

University of Illinois at Chicago

University of Kentucky

Latest Member RosterMember Organizations

Individual MembersChristos AchillidesSiva AyyaduraiRay BenekohalDarryl DawsonLuis GalimbertiEric GannawayJames GilbertBrian PlumSteve ReddingtonBrian ScifersThomas SzaboDavid Zavattero



On September 29 amp 30 ITS Midwest host-ed a hugely successful Annual Meeting at the McDonaldrsquos Campus in Oak Brook IL Serving as both a celebration of the first 20 years of our organization and a preview of the next two decades of intel-ligent transportation in the Midwest the theme ldquoConnected Vision 2020rdquo certainly struck a chord with its audience of over 160 attendees With more than 35 speak-ers on prescient topics like Connected and Autonomous Vehicles Smart Cities multi-state corridor operations com-mercial vehicle operations transit ITS and Transportation System Management and Operations (TSMampO) there was a great deal to discuss From John Corbinrsquos (FHWA Midwest Resource Center) call to action to Sabrina Sussmanrsquos (ITS America) reflections on the state of ITS in Wash-ington to a closing executive panel with leading transportation officials from each member state the event captured the growing momentum of our industry

During his keynote address Mr Corbin discussed the important position that the Midwestern United States holds for the country and for the world as an economic driver despite the adverse effects of glo-balism described in Caught in the Middle by Richard C Longworth He emphasized the critical part that transportation plays in powering the Midwestern economic machine and how ITS and groups like the Great Lakes Regional Transportation Op-erations Coalition (GLRTOC) can help to optimize our transportation system In response ITS Midwest is forming a work-ing group to discuss our role in the ldquoGreat Lakes Mega Regionrdquo

As Vice President for Membership and Development with ITS America and with a strong background in helping to craft

ITS Midwest 2015 Annual Meeting Summary

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Matthew J Letourneau PE PTOEDepartment Manager TrafficITSElectrical AECOM

ITS Midwest Annual Meeting Chair and Director

transportation policy Ms Sussman of-fered a unique perspective on the legis-lative process in Washington and how it relates to ITS during the luncheon on the first day of the conference Ms Sussman offered insights about the effects of John Boehnerrsquos resignation as Speaker of the House and the prospects of a new trans-portation bill She closed her presenta-tion with a focus on safety ndash especially pedestrian safety ndash and how the ITS in-dustry needs to promote Vision Zero and other safety initiatives

Also during the luncheon on day one the audience witnessed a special reunion of past and current presidents of ITS Mid-west

bull Adrian Tentner (1995-2000)bull Jeff Hochmuth (2001-2004)bull Gary Rylander (2005-2006)bull John Benda (2007-2009)bull Karen George (2010-2011)bull John Gray (2012-2014)bull David Zavattero (2015-2016)

As each president recounted the high-lights of their term attendees were treat-ed to an oral history of our organization from its formative months overseen by Mr Tentner through the memorable 2002 ITS World Congress in Chicago to the addition of Ohio and Kentucky in 2007 Using the iPhone as a technology touch-stone each president spoke of the many ITS advances in our region over the years such as the GCM ITS Priority Corridor ADVANCE demonstration project traffic management center deployments ITS deployments for faster incident response and improved inter-jurisdictional opera-tional coordination

Technical sessions concluded on the first

day of the conference with a ldquoState of the Statesrdquo discussion Kevin Price (Illinois) Ryan Elliott (Indiana) Scott Evans (Ken-tucky) and Katie Ott Zehnder (Ohio) pro-vided a summary of ITS activities in each state including major studies and deploy-ments and upcoming initiatives The bustling vendor area served as a good complement to the strong technical pro-gram With twenty vendors showcased attendees had plenty to peruse as they learned about the newest technologies and networked with potential clients Jeff Mandell with Caricaturecom was a partic-ular draw within the vendor area (for those that sat for a caricature you can download your image here) In the evening of day one the vendor area hosted a reception for all attendees to continue conversa-tions and meet new colleagues As the re-ception came to a close several attendees headed for the nearby First Folio Theatre to see a performance of The Madness of Edgar Allen Poe

The Annual Meeting concluded with an exciting executive panel featuring Illinois Secretary of Transportation Randall Blan-kenhorn Indiana DOT Deputy Commis-sioner (and former TMC manager) Jay Was-son Ohio DOT District 4 Deputy Director Allen Biehl and Dr Joseph Crabtree Direc-tor of the Kentucky Transportation Center Moderated by current ITS Midwest pres-ident David Zavattero the session pro-vided each guest with an opportunity to articulate their perspectives on the trans-portation challenges facing their state and the ways that ITS can provide solutions

As the conference drew to a close a num-ber of attendees took part in a tour of the UPS Chicago Area Consolidation Hub lo-cated a short drive from the conference



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