SNUG 2013Christchurch Transport Operations Centre (CTOC)

Napier, November 2013

Outline of This Presentation

• Regional Update – South Island• Introduction• CTOC (Christchurch Transport Operations Centre)• Achievements from the last year• Challenges for the next year.

Regional Update – Nelson & Tasman

• Location – Upper South Island• SCATS Intersections - 18• New Intersections in last / next 12 months – 1• Challenges, New Technology, Out-Of-The-Box Solutions -

A facility to allow approaching emergency vehicles to make the signals go to ALL RED via a remote control. This from up to 400m away from the intersection.One side road approach is the main outlet for the emergency services when heading south out of the city.

Regional Update – Canterbury

• Location – Central South Island (The Mainland!!)• SCATS Intersections - 280• New Intersections in last 12 months – 3• New intersections connecting in next 12 months - 6• Challenges, New Technology, Out-Of-The-Box Solutions – To Be Covered Shortly

Regional Update – Timaru

• Location – Lower Central South Island• SCATS Intersections – 15 + 2• New Intersections in next 12 months – 2• Challenges, New Technology, Out-Of-The-Box Solutions –

3x Intersections with dual pedestrian clearance time, to be trialled early next year (in conjunction with Invercargill).

Regional Update – Dunedin & Oamaru

• Location – Lower South Island• SCATS Intersections - 84• New Intersections in last 12 months – 2• Challenges, New Technology, Out-Of-The-Box Solutions -

46 Intersections connected via ADSLPresence detectors to cancel ped calls if peds walk early78 High-Risk intersections identified in Dunedin (17x NZTA, 23x DCC)

Regional Update – Invercargill

• Location – Deepest, Darkest, Lowest South Island• SCATS Intersections - 34• New Intersections in last 12 months – 2• Challenges, New Technology, Out-Of-The-Box Solutions –

3x Intersections with dual pedestrian clearance time, to be trialled early next year (in conjunction with Timaru).

Introduction

Real-Time Operations Team

The Real-Time Operations Team comprises of a team of 8, with 2 current vacancies for SCATS engineers.

Vaughan Penney

Field Communications

Engineer

Bruce Kelly SCATS

Optimisation Engineer

Chris Keith-Gillon

Engineering Assistant (SCATS

Operator)

Vacancy SCATS

Optimisation Engineer

(Currently Jeff Owen - AECOM)

?Sean Lewis

Team Leader

?Vacancy

SCATS Optimisation

Engineer

(Currently Bill

Sissons – Advanced

Traffic)

Rotor Staff

ECAN Public Transport Operator

?Vacancy

SCATS Operator &

Asset Engineer

(Currently Paul Addy – BECA)

Christchurch Transport Operations Centre

(CTOC)Who Is CTOC?

In July this year, a partnership agreement was signed between the CEO’s of NZTA, CCC, & ECAN.

This agreement marked the official beginings of CTOC.

Background

• Unlike the Auckland Joint Transport Operations Centre, CTOC has no individual identity

• All staff maintain their direct reporting lines through their respective organisations. However, at a functional level CTOC staff report through to their CTOC manager

• Enables delivery of a consistent approach to transport management for all roads within the Christchurch urban area.

CTOC Vision

‘Our commitment to our customers is to actively operate a cohesive network to deliver safe and reliable journeys through the management, operation and optimisation of the network and to equip our customers with the ability to make informed choices about route and mode selection.’

Benefits Of A “One-Network – One

Customer Approach”

• Manage – Operating one reliable network across all transport modes throughout the Christchurch urban area• Inform – Providing accurate and timely transport information• Optimise – Optimising the efficiency and effectiveness of the network• Monitor – Monitor real-time network performance

• Delivering enhanced value for money by the collaborative use of experience, resources and expertise.

Leadership

• CTOC is lead by the CTOC Board

• The current members are –- Colin Crampton (NZTA)- Terry Howles (CCC)- Wayne Holton-Jefferys (ECAN)

Strategic Direction

• As a partnership, CTOC will deliver outputs that link to the strategic intentions of CCC, NZTA & ECAN

• Five Key Outcomes –1. Less severe congestion2. Reliable Journey Times3. Safer Journeys4. Economic Growth & Efficiency5. Meets Social & Economic Goals

• Impacts on The Network –- Improved transport Capacity- Changed User Behaviour- Reduction in the Impact of Planned &

Unplanned Events

Main Operating Areas

• Temporary Traffic Management: Responsible for processing, managing and auditing traffic management plans (TMP). Also co-ordinated work sites to mitigate the adverse effects on network performance• Real Time Operations: Responsible for reducing the effects of planned, unplanned, and recurrent congestion. Basically, interested in the last half hour, to the next 2 hours (also manage traffic signals)•Traveller Information: Responsible for managing the provision of travel information to customers.

What Does This Actually

Mean?• Customer responses – One Network• Greater Access to Information, Systems, etc• Better value for money• Links to local and national objectives / strategies.

Manage Supply & Demand

• Put simply, our purpose is to manage the supply & demand of the network• Supply vs Demand produces the ‘Operating State’• Good Planning of planned events (eg TTM) helps us manage the supply, while good traveller information channels help us manage the demand• And the Real Time Operations Team in the middle works hard to get the best out of what we have right now!

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TTM TeamTTM Team

TI TeamTI Team

Real Time Real Time Operations TeamOperations Team

Achievements over last year

• Earthquake Repairs• Continuing with WiMax wireless network installation• Central City Plan / CCDU ‘Blue Print’• Christchurch Southern Motorway • Installation of first Split-Pedestrian Crossing at Intersection in Chch• SCIRT (Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team) repairs & the effects to traffic flows.

Achievements over last year

• We still have 88 Sites with Detector Alarms (over 240+ detectors re-cut in last 12 months)

• The CBD Red Zone was removed at the end of June. All our sites (except one) now have power, although we currently have 6 sites in long-term non-operational states.

Earthquake Repairs

Achievements over last year

• SCIRT (Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team) repairs & the effects to traffic flows. Currently 1.5 FTE to keep up with required Signals changes, managing repairs (eg detector recuts), and replying to SCIRT related signals LOS queries.

Earthquake Repairs

Achievements over last year

• Earthquake repairs mean more heavy vehicles on our roads, especially in the narrow streets around the CBD. This is leading to lots of LOOA (1 – 2 per day).• We are also experiencing a lot more ‘pole-downs’. In previous years we might have experienced 2 or 3 in a year, so far in the last 12 months we have had over 15.

Earthquake Repairs

Achievements over last year

• CSM was instigated by NZTA in 2009 as part of the national RONS (Roads Of National Significance) project• CSM Stage 1 links Brougham St to SH1 south of Hornby, thereby bypassing Hornby & Main South Rd, 5km new motorway, and 5.5km of roading upgrade to four-lane, median divided• Peak travel-time delay reductions of 15 minutes experienced• Originally designed in the early 1970’s• Stage 1 Cost of $140M• 1 new signalised intersection, 2 intersections with major changes• Large down-stream effects with the first Post-Completion study currently being undertaken by Opus.

Christchurch Southern Motorway (CSM) Stage 1

Upgraded Sections

New Road

Achievements over last year

• First Split-Ped crossing at an intersection in Christchurch

• Requirement for a right turn signal from Papanui Rd onto Bealey Ave• Bealey Ave is major arterial on coordinated corridor• Phase time for Papanui Rd & Victoria St phase set by pedestrian time to cross Bealey Ave – no time available to add right turn phase without major effects to Bealey Ave

• Solution – split the ped crossing across Bealey and take half the Victoria St time to create a right turn phase for Papanui Rd.

Split Pedestrian Crossing Intersection

Bealey / Papanui / Victoria Intersection

Achievements over last yearSplit Pedestrian Crossing Intersection

Achievements over last year

• Before

Split Pedestrian Crossing Intersection

Achievements over last year

• After

Split Pedestrian Crossing Intersection

Achievements over last year

• After

Split Pedestrian Crossing Intersection

Achievements over last year

Benefits –• More opportunities for pedestrians to cross, and automatic ped call to complete second stage of crossing• Pleasant crossing experience with waiting area in median• Ability to add right turn phase without affecting corridor• More opportunities for controlled left turns to run

Disadvantages –• Cars stopping over ped crossing lines due to staggered ped-lines• Cyclists using ped crossing and not waiting in the middle – potential conflict with turning vehicles on green arrows• U-turns required to be banned as peds crossing adjacent leg while green arrows running.

Split Pedestrian Crossing Intersection

Challenges For The Next Year

• Ongoing Earthquake Repairs (incl over 100 loop repairs)• Keeping up with TTM’s (SCIRT & building rebuilds)• Central City Plan -

• Planning and commencing one-way to two-way conversions• Improvement of the 4 Avenues• Slow Core & Signals Removals

• WiMax Communications Installation / Upgrade• Trying to fill the SCATS vacancies (anyone interested?)• Political Interference

• Yellow Flashing peds – Developing a plan to take to focus groups.

Thank You & Questions