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Caltrans District 12 - ITS Status
1. Caltrans District 12
ITS Status
Morteza Fahrtash, Ph.D., P.E., PMP
TMC Manager
Presented to:
ASCE Continuing Education Seminar
Orange County Branch
Transportation Technical Group
11/13/2015
2. ORANGE COUNTY
3,139,000 Population,
292 Centerline Miles,
2,124 Lane Miles,
240 Lane Miles of HOV,
50 Centerline Miles of Toll Road,
12.85 Billion AVMT (Avg. Vehicle Mile Traveled,)
5% of AVMT is Truck Travel,
60,000 Vehicle Hour of Delay per Day (<35 mph.)
4. YEAR 2020
Almost 250,000 jobs will be added (16%)
The population will grow by nearly 400,000 people (13%)
Nearly 87,000 new homes will be built (9%)
Vehicle miles traveled will increase by 10% on freeways
Peak travel speeds will reduce 10%
Average commute time will increase almost 20%
5. Operational Objectives
Improve safety and mobility
Reduce congestion and manage demand
Provide information to motorists
Share information with stakeholders
6. Challenges of Meeting Objectives
- Congestion
- Growth in demand
- Daily delay
- Limited funding
9. TMC FUNCTION
Information hub that collects transportation data
Emergency notification dissemination
Identify, Verify and Respond to Incidents
Manage Congestion
Event Management
15. SSP Sec. 86-1.06B
Maintaining Existing Traffic Management System
Elements During Construction
Mort Fahrtash, PhD, PE
Senior Transportation Engineer
Caltrans District12 TMC
(949) 279-9092
22. Field Detection System Update
Arterial Detection
Self Powered Wireless
Blue Tooth technologies
Radio Frequency Identification tags (RFID)
Radar systems
2070 Controller
27. Traditional
Approach to
Managing
Transportation
Predict future (long
range) traffic volumes
Fund major capital
projects to provide
additional capacity
Addresses 45% of the
congestion problem
Difficult to provide new
capacity
Transportation System Management and Operations
(TSMO)
Congestion
New Approach to
Managing Transportation