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Benefit-Cost Analysis of the SMART SunGuide Operations in Fort Lauderdale, FloridaJune 2006
Steve Corbin District ITS Operations Manager
FDOT District 4
Benefit-Cost Analysis of the SMART SunGuide Operations in Fort Lauderdale, Florida - June 2006
SMART SunGuide TMC
– Manage the operations of Ft. Lauderdale freeway corridors
– 24 hour / 7 day operations
– Manage ITS field device
– Dispatch service patrols and SIRV
– Provide information to 511/ATIS web site
– Coordinate operations with other agencies
Benefit-Cost Analysis of the SMART SunGuide Operations in Fort Lauderdale, Florida - June 2006
Objective
– FDOT D4 evaluates TMC performance annually
– Used performance measures
• Outcome measures
• Output measures, and
• Benefit-cost measures
– Benefit-cost measurement is the subject of this presentation
Benefit-Cost Ratio
2004 2005
Benefit-Cost Ratio 7.86 9.95
Benefit-Cost Ratio (Including Additional Service Patrol Annual Monetary Benefits)
N/A 10.44
Benefit-Cost Analysis of the SMART SunGuide Operations in Fort Lauderdale, Florida - June 2006
Considered Benefits
– Reduction in travel time/delay • Incident duration reduction
• Diversion due to DMS messages
– Reduction in secondary accidents
– Reduction in fatalities due to faster response
– Reduction in fuel consumption
– Reduction in emission
– Driver monitory benefits due to free-of-charge services provided by service patrol
Benefit-Cost Analysis of the SMART SunGuide Operations in Fort Lauderdale, Florida - June 2006
Benefit Calculation methodology
– Based on queuing theory calculations of delay, queue lengths, and total number of vehicles queued
– Analyses performed for seven periods of the week
– Analyses performed for each segment of the three managed corridor • A segment is defined as the directional link between two
interchanges
– Use of IDAS Florida-specific models for emission (NOx, CO, and HC), fuel consumption, and safety
– Highway capacity manual provided capacity under incident and no-incident conditions
Benefit-Cost Analysis of the SMART SunGuide Operations in Fort Lauderdale, Florida - June 2006
Data Sources
– The FDOT District 4 SMART database• Detailed incident statistics
(number, duration, blockage)
• Number of DMS message activations
– Other FDOT databases • AADTs and hourly volume
variations
• Geometry (section length, number of lanes)
Benefit-Cost Analysis of the SMART SunGuide Operations in Fort Lauderdale, Florida - June 2006
Incident Duration Reductions
– Year 2005 Incident durations from SMART database• Shoulder blocking accidents about 49 minutes
• Lane blocking accidents 50 minutes followed by 30 minutes shoulder blockage
– Duration with no ITS deployment• Estimated based on reduction in detection, verification, and
response reported in previous studies
• Shoulder blocking accidents about 67 minutes
• Lane blocking accidents 65 minutes followed by 36 minutes shoulder blockage
Benefit-Cost Analysis of the SMART SunGuide Operations in Fort Lauderdale, Florida - June 2006
No. of Managed Incidents - 2005
Incident Type Number
Shoulder incidents33336
Shoulder accidents 3143
One-lane blockage 1095
Two-lane blockage 512
Three-lane blockage 260
≥ Four-lane blockage 130
Total TMC Recorded Events
40,552
22,798
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Benefit-Cost Analysis of the SMART SunGuide Operations in Fort Lauderdale, Florida - June 2006
Benefits of Diversion
– Assumes that a certain percentage of travelers divert in response the information and get travel time benefits from this diversion.
– Diversion rates with and without traveler information are assumed to be a function of the incident time of day in which the incident occurs and the severity of the incidents
Benefit-Cost Analysis of the SMART SunGuide Operations in Fort Lauderdale, Florida - June 2006
User Monetary Benefits
– Users save money due to services provided by service patrol
– Costs per service for different service types were calculated considering the following:• Flat rate per service
• Tow cost, if needed for the service
• MOT cost, if needed
2005 Road Ranger (RR) Service Patrol Data
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Benefit-Cost Analysis of the SMART SunGuide Operations in Fort Lauderdale, Florida - June 2006
Convert Benefits to Dollars
– $13.45 per hour of person travel and $71.05 per hour of truck travel.
– Fuel consumption cost is $2.0 per gallon
– $3,200,000 per fatal crash, $74,730 per injury crash, and $2,000 per PDO crash.
– Dollar values for emission rates are $1,774, $3,731, and $3,889 per/gallon, for HC, NOx, and CO emission (IDAS values)
Benefit-Cost Analysis of the SMART SunGuide Operations in Fort Lauderdale, Florida - June 2006
Obtained Costs
Element Initial ($)* O&M ($)*
TMC 6.7 Million 2.5 Million
DMS/Fiber 11.0 Million 2.3 Million
Road Ranger — 2.5 Million
TIM — 0.31 Million
ATIS Share — 0.175 Million*Costs were obtained from FDOT District 4 database
Note: the cost of 7 CCTV cameras for 0.5 years was added to the above.
Benefit-Cost Analysis of the SMART SunGuide Operations in Fort Lauderdale, Florida - June 2006
Benefit-Cost Results
– Total annual benefit is $86,002,364
– Total annual cost is $8,239,397
– Benefit/cost ratio is 10.44
Benefit-Cost Ratio
2004 2005
Benefit-Cost Ratio 7.86 9.95
Benefit-Cost Ratio (Including Additional Service Patrol Annual Monetary Benefits)
N/A 10.44
Benefit-Cost Analysis of the SMART SunGuide Operations in Fort Lauderdale, Florida - June 2006
Future Effort
– Benefit/cost ratio will be updated annually
– In the near future, additional data and video images will be collected allowing better calibration of parameters
– Enhancements are planned to the procedure developed in this study to make use of the additional collected data