This document presents a proposed Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Master Plan for the City of College Station. It discusses the need for an ITS to address congestion issues. The plan would improve safety, mobility and efficiency through technology like traffic cameras and a traffic management center. It outlines goals like replacing aging equipment and establishing performance monitoring. Examples of ITS in other cities were reviewed and the plan proposes a phased implementation over several years, starting with signal upgrades and expanding to include more cameras and a traffic operations center. The ITS aims to better manage traffic during both regular and special events through remote monitoring and response.

1. City of College Station
Intelligent Transportation System
Master Plan
Presentation to City Council
June 26, 2014

2. AGENDA
• What is and why implement ITS
• The College Station plan
• Examples in action

3. Problem -
Our transportation infrastructure –
highways and arterials, ports, and
airways – are simply over used.
Congestion has impacted every aspect
of our daily lives.

4. Problem -
• Congestion alone, accounts for over
$100 billion in lost productivity, wasted fuel, and
environmental damage.
Source: Texas Transportation
Institute

5. Fact -
The level of mobility
on which we have
come to depend
can no longer be
taken for granted

6. WHAT IS ITS?

7. What is ITS?
• Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) is:
– Technology that is leveraged to :
• collect important information
• convey important information
• share information
• ITS helps make informed decisions
• ITS improves transportation safety and
mobility
• ITS enhances productivity

8. ITS
• ITS compliments traditional capacity
building practices
• ITS compliments current initiatives for
traffic management (Game Day)
• ITS is not a silver bullet. It cannot make
congestion go away, it can help
manage the
problem

9. ITS MASTER PLAN
BENEFITS
• Provides vision for ITS deployment in
the City
• Describes how system components
work together now and in the future
• Identifies opportunities for resource
sharing

10. Steps to Create the Plan
• Determine goals
• Develop concept of operations
• Identify state of the practice
• Determine technology and equipment
• Identify communications network topology
• Develop requirements
• Develop plan

11. Goals of ITS
• Improve safety and mobility
• Enhance security
• Increase staff efficiency
• Communicate to field devices

12. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
Goal Objectives
Establish a Replacement Strategy
for Existing Equipment
 Identify a strategy to replace existing legacy equipment
 Include funding expenditure for equipment replacement
Establish Performance Monitoring
Program
 Identify performance measures and data sources
Construct Traffic Management
Center
 Identify the functions to be fulfilled from a central point of
command and control
 Identify location
 Identify funding
 Provide real-time information about incidents to fire and police
departments
 Evaluate traffic conditions in real-time
Establish Operational Strategies  Review operations during special events
 Respond to incidents
 Support regional operations
 Monitor traffic signal operations in real-time.
Establish System Health
Performance Monitoring
 Identify types of operational data that will determine the
operational health of the system
Support the BCSMI  Select equipment that will foster communication with partner
agencies equipment.
 Remotely determine signal problems and evaluate needed repairs

13. SYSTEM TOURS
• Peer City Tours:
– Norman (OK)
– Frisco
– Garland
– Arlington
– Sugar Land
• Take Away:
– Traffic management centers enhance communication and
management
– Staffed TMC during peak periods, special events, incident
management
– Good communication network a must
– CCTV cameras are a significant benefit to managing traffic
demand and roadway congestion (planned and unplanned)
– Share data with partners

14. STATE OF THE PRACTICE
• Traffic signal controllers and cabinets
– City’s current cabinet architecture is based on a
1980’s era standard
– Decision to move to current
standard
– Replace strategically
over time

15. STATE OF THE PRACTICE
• Traffic management software
– Need a modern system to provide command
and control to all ITS devices
– Based on proven success
– Provide alerts, alarms, reports
– Real-time information
– Provide better management of the complete
system
– Support BCSMI where possible/practical

16. Example TMC’s

17. Implementation Plan
• Start with most needed
• Enhance capabilities
• Implement in phases

18. Implementation Plan
Phase Description Unit Cost
Year of Implementation and Funding Needed ($ X 1,000)
Total $
(x 1000)2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
I Upgrade Controllers $3,500 $140 $140 - - - - - - $280
I Replace conflict monitors $600 $24 $24 - - - - - - $48
I Upgrade central traffic management system $400,000 $400 - - - - - - - $400
I
Install field switches for communication
management
$500 $20 $20 - - - - - - $40
II Replace Traffic Control Cabinets $12,000 $120 $120 $120 $120 $120 $120 $120 $120 $960
II Install Traffic Surveillance cameras $10,000 $220 $100 $100 - - - - - $420
II Replace/Install video-based vehicle detection varies $61 $61 $62 $57 $12 - - - $251
II Install traffic monitoring display at signal shop $3,000 $3 - - - - - - - $3
III
Construct Traffic monitoring system at signal
shop
$100,000 - $100 - - - - - - $100
III Construct main Traffic Operations Center $275,000 - $275 - - - - - - $275
varies
Upgrade/complete communications network to
field devices
varies $10 $60 $80 $75 $105 $110 $50 - $490
TOTAL $998 $900 $362 $252 $237 $230 $170 $120 $3,267

19. EXISTING ATMS

20. Existing ATMS Environment

21. Server Condition

22. Intersection Display in ACTRA

23. Time Space Diagram in ACTRA

24. FUTURE ATMS

25. Advanced Technical
Analysis Tools

26. Real-Time Arterial Performance
26

27. System Status Reports

28. Alerts & Alarms
28

29. CCTV Control
and Viewing

30. ITS IN ACTION

31. Example of ITS in Action

32. Traffic Management
• City of Arlington managed traffic from
their traffic operation center

33. Remote Observation using
Cameras

34. Elements of Special Event Traffic
Management
Day of Event Traffic Control
Remote Monitoring
Operations Center
Applied ITS

35. Other Events that Need ITS
Long Term Construction
Short Term
Construction
Un-Planned Events

36. WHAT’S NEXT
• Leverage funding to
maximize the
replacement of aging
equipment
• Implement technology
for advanced traffic
management

37. QUESTIONS?