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Intelligent Transportation System on Ontario’s Highways

Mike Barnet, P.Eng.

Intelligent Transportation Systems Program Ministry of Transportation of Ontario

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London

COMPASS Traffic Operations Centres

Toronto

Ottawa

Burlington

Toronto

Thunder Bay

Sudbury Bancroft

COMPASS Communications Centres


COMPASS Cameras, Traffic Monitoring and Fibre


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VMS/PVMS


Other Deployments Queue Warning

RWIS

Traveller Information

Ramp Metering


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New Central Region COMPASS Transportation Management Centre


WR Border Advisory System

Collaborative project with Transport Canada, Michigan DOT, MTO, City of Windsor, and Blue Water Bridge

Will provide passenger cars and commercial vehicles with accurate border delay information for Sarnia and Windsor crossings

Information will presented through road side signs, web, and 511. Sarnia is completed – work in Windsor pending


401/403 Travel Time (WR)


TC-64: Potential Solutions Traditional static TC-64 signs can be

costly to update, and can pose safety concerns to workers tasked with changing the signs on a daily basis

Result is signs not consistently being updated

Pilot project to test dynamic TC-64 signs that can be controlled remotely to improve safety, and message accuracy as traffic staging changes

Can be bolted on concrete barrier and is easily moved from one job to another

Sign bolted to concrete barrier: 6’x4’ display Future applications may include

queue end warnings


iCone – Traffic Monitoring System Combination of multiple vehicle speed detecting

sensors and PVMS used together to provide dynamic and robust messaging for queues extending upstream

Initial sensor / PVMS placed upstream beyond longest calculated queue length

Used successfully in Texas for large construction projects

Has been deployed in Ontario in for significant closures on Highway 427, Highway 9, and Highway 401


UAV’s Surveying of new CCTV sites

would typically require bucket trucks and lane closures.

Working with the OPP, the ITS Program was able to complete 4 surveys in less than 2 hours, a task that typically would have taken 1 day.


Road Condition Reporting Pilot Road condition reporting and highway

maintenance continues to be an issue for the province and is facing increased scrutiny from the public and many other stakeholders.

This technology research project will evaluate how tablets installed in road patrols and operating the Context Aware Vehicular and Information System platform (CAVALIS), with direct connection back to regional Traffic Operations Centres, can improve both the accuracy and timeliness of road condition reporting back to the public.

Last winter season, approximately 25 tablets were deployed in all 5 regions of the province, and with the assistance of our AMC’s and Ryerson University, logged over 7,667 individual reports over 10 weeks


E N T E R P R I S E

Understanding the Potential for Video Analytics to Support Traffic Management & Operations

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Swing Signs Is a secure, remote control

pivoting signage system, which can support many sign types as well as illumination options

Can be controlled at distances up to 1.5km away, thereby protecting workers

When not in use, the signs fold flush with the median or roadside barrier

Easy installs in approximately 20 minutes on portable concrete barrier, standard jersey barrier, or steel beam guide rail


Freeway Management Industry Directions - ICM

Efforts to date to reduce congestion are often focused on optimization of individual networks

Transportation corridors often contain unused capacity in one or more of the following areas:


Freeway Management Industry Directions – Active Traffic Management

Current approaches are reactive to incidents

Active traffic management: Works to understand the pre-

cursors to breakdown Actively intervenes in the traffic

flow to delay or avoid breakdown

Includes: – Variable speed limits – Ramp metering – Managed lanes


Connected and Automated Vehicles


Connectivity for Infotainment, Convenience


Connected Vehicle Eco Drive Project

Demonstration project objectives: Demonstrate the viability and benefits of the connected vehicle based Eco

Driving in urban freight corridors Prove to commercial fleets/shippers and municipalities that Eco Driving:

– Is operationally ready – Saves money and reduces emissions

Provide quality data, information and reports to inform municipalities, MTO and Transport Canada in strategies, planning and actions

Strategies • Advise drivers ahead of signal phases – adjust speed • Green wave arterials – catch, maintain wave • Inform drivers/vehicles at reds of remaining durations – reduce idling

Benefits • Reduced energy use: 20-35% • Reduced noise • Reduced pollutants ● CO2 20-35% ● CO 20-30% ● HC 15-20% ● NOx 55-60%


Transformation of Transportation Eliminates collisions Changes the make up of the road Driver is now a passenger - free to use travel time productively Environmental – reduced emissions, fewer vehicles Business efficiencies – improvements to logistics, time, fuel, insurances, etc. Revolutionizes public transport Do we need

Driver’s licenses? Law enforcement? Vehicle Insurance?

Enables Transport as a Service concept

Mike Barnet, P.Eng. Senior Project Engineer

Intelligent Transportation Systems Program Ministry of Transportation of Ontario

(416) 235-5110

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