tennessee dot smartway update presented by: don dahlinger, p.e. – tdot september 2006 presented...
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Tennessee DOTSmartWay UpdateTennessee DOT
SmartWay Update
Presented by:Don Dahlinger, P.E. – TDOT
September 2006
Presented by:Don Dahlinger, P.E. – TDOT
September 2006
Saturday, November 19th, 2005
Outline of PresentationOutline of Presentation Tennessee SmartWay Strategic Plan
HELP
Nashville Projects
Chattanooga Projects
I-75 Fog Detection & Warning System
Knoxville Projects
Memphis Projects
Rural ITS
511
Tennessee SmartWay Strategic Plan
HELP
Nashville Projects
Chattanooga Projects
I-75 Fog Detection & Warning System
Knoxville Projects
Memphis Projects
Rural ITS
511
IncidentsIncidents
Crashes
Construction work zones
Stalled vehicles, out of fuel
Debris in the roadway
Weather - rain, snow, ice, fog
Special events (ex. UT games, Vandy games)
Incidents (non-recurring congestion) accounts for 50-60% of all urban traffic congestion
Crashes
Construction work zones
Stalled vehicles, out of fuel
Debris in the roadway
Weather - rain, snow, ice, fog
Special events (ex. UT games, Vandy games)
Incidents (non-recurring congestion) accounts for 50-60% of all urban traffic congestion
HELP PROGRAMHELP PROGRAM 523,473 “assists” since July 1999
– Changed 71,558 tires– Provided fuel 47,899 times– Tagged 85,755 abandoned vehicles– Removed debris 39,992 times– Provided traffic control 162,116 times– Provided first aid to 3,283 people– Relocated vehicles from travel lanes
34,398 times
523,473 “assists” since July 1999– Changed 71,558 tires– Provided fuel 47,899 times– Tagged 85,755 abandoned vehicles– Removed debris 39,992 times– Provided traffic control 162,116 times– Provided first aid to 3,283 people– Relocated vehicles from travel lanes
34,398 times
Nashville Nashville Knoxville Knoxville Memphis Memphis ChattanoogaChattanooga
NASHVILLE
SMARTWAY SYSTEM
NASHVILLE
SMARTWAY SYSTEM
Overview of DevicesOverview of Devices
Nashville Transportation Management Center (TMC)Nashville Transportation Management Center (TMC)
Phase 1 – I-65 North CorridorNashville Smartway
Existing
Phase 2 – I 440Nashville Smartway
Summer 2007
Phase 3 Nashville Smartway
Winter 2009
Go to:
www.tdot.state.tn.us
Select: Cameras….Select City Check Traffic Flow
TDOT Traffic Cameras - I-40 West of Stewart's Ferry Pike
Compare these images to the "live" image to the right to determine the direction the
camera is pointing.
EAST I-40
WEST I-40
Go to:
www.tdot.state.tn.us
Select: Cameras….Select City Check Cameras
Chattanooga RegionChattanooga Region Regional Architecture complete
Early Deployment CCTV Project under construction. 64 cameras covering 50 miles of freeway
Leased communication to HELP dispatch location
Construction began Summer 2005; completion October 2006
Future project adds detection, DMS and new TMC
Regional Architecture complete
Early Deployment CCTV Project under construction. 64 cameras covering 50 miles of freeway
Leased communication to HELP dispatch location
Construction began Summer 2005; completion October 2006
Future project adds detection, DMS and new TMC
Chattanooga
FOG DETECTION WARNING SYSTEM
Knoxville SmartWay Coverage AreaKnoxville SmartWay Coverage Area
Memphis Early Deployment ProjectMemphis Early Deployment Project Focused around the I-40
and I-55 Mississippi River Bridges (116,000 ADT)
Includes 25 CCTV Cameras and 3 DMS
Communications is all digital microwave wireless
Construction began August 2004
Construction Complete: June 11, 2005
Focused around the I-40 and I-55 Mississippi River Bridges (116,000 ADT)
Includes 25 CCTV Cameras and 3 DMS
Communications is all digital microwave wireless
Construction began August 2004
Construction Complete: June 11, 2005
Memphis Smartway ProjectMemphis Smartway Project Dynamic Message Signs
– 39 additional for total of 42
CCTV Cameras– 90 additional for total of 115
Detectors– 354 detectors, mostly radar with some video
Highway Advisory Radio– Full coverage, approx. 16 units with
42 HAR Signs
Completion: April 2008
Dynamic Message Signs– 39 additional for total of 42
CCTV Cameras– 90 additional for total of 115
Detectors– 354 detectors, mostly radar with some video
Highway Advisory Radio– Full coverage, approx. 16 units with
42 HAR Signs
Completion: April 2008
Tennessee 511Tennessee 511
FEATURES:
• One-stop resource for statewide travel and road conditions
• Easy-to-remember number
• Easy-to-use voice-activated system
• Information about statewide conditions allows for trip planning
• Operational Summer 2006
FEATURES:
• One-stop resource for statewide travel and road conditions
• Easy-to-remember number
• Easy-to-use voice-activated system
• Information about statewide conditions allows for trip planning
• Operational Summer 2006
QUESTIONS?