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New Jersey Turnpike Authority
Henry (Chip) Eibel Jr. - Director of Operations
John Biront, P.E., PTOE – Acting Traffic Engineer
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NJ Turnpike – Quick Facts
• Approximately 148 miles
• Actively Managed Roadway
• ADT of 679,000
• 13% Commercial Vehicles
• 70,000 Motorist aids on an average
• 70 Heavy Duty accidents per year
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Garden State Parkway – Quick Facts
• Approximately 173 miles
• 1.2 Million vehicles per day
• No trucks north of MP 105
• Limited access tolled roadway
• 50,000 Motorist aids on average
• The Parkway has been ranked as one of the busiest toll highways in the country based on the number of toll transactions.
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NJ Turnpike / GSP – ITS Equipment
Traffic Detection Consists of INRIX & Sensys Pucks149 Emergency Speed Limit / Warning signs (only 10 remain)115 Changeable Message Signs (Drum signs)237 Variable Message Signs (when completed)
250 Traffic CamerasSTMCNJ511
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Statewide Traffic Management Center
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Emergency Speed Warning/ Speed Limit Signs
Traffic Conditions
2.5 mile spacing
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VMS – STMC Communication Types
• NJTA Fiber Optic Backhaul (Wired)
• Fiber
• Broadband Wireless (Wimax, Red Line)
• Cellular
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Full Matrix Color VMS Messages
• Follow MUTCD standards wherever possible
• Treat VMS displays as Guide Signs for color, text series/fonts, interline spacing and minimum text heights
• Post relevant information
• Library of commonly used messages
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Warning Messages
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Warning Messages
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Construction Messages
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Travel Times
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Travel Times
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Travel Times
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Travel Times
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Travel Times
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Travel Times
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Construction/ Delays Messages
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Construction/ Delays Messages
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Safety Messages
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Safety Messages
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Fire Danger
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Service Area Messages
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Event Messages
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Hurricane Sandy
Plan and develop messaging for•Roadway Impacts
– High Winds– Surge / Tidal Flooding– Heavy Rain / Localized Flooding
•Evacuation Impacts– Evacuation orders / routing – State of Emergency
•Regional Impacts (TRANSCOM)
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Pre Sandy Messaging
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Sandy
• Put the plan into play– State of Emergency– Patron Safety– Areas prone to tidal flooding (Proactive
closures)– Areas anticipated to flood (Reactive closures)– Regional Conditions
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As Sandy approached
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As the facilities were impacted
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Afterwards: No Power - No Fuel
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Restoring Regional Mobility
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Lessons Learned
• Extended Power loss
• Back up power for Electronic signs
• Design Traffic Management systems for a Category 2 storm surge