HomeMy WebLinkAboutR2005-027RESOLUTION NO. 1J.!)!) 5 - (),J 1
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF
DENTON TO ADOPT THE INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM DEPLOYMENT
PLAN (ITS); AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, in 1992 the United States Congress passed the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act (lSTEA) from which emerged intelligent Transportation Systems
National Architecture and Standards; and
WHEREAS, the Transportation Efficiency act for the 21st Century, (TEA-2l) and now the
Transportation Efficiency Act for 2003 ( TEA-3), which is in process in Congress require continued
funding for ITS projects for 2004 thought 2008; and
WHEREAS, TEX-2l and upcoming TEA-3 require that all ITS projects for which funding is
sought shall be in accordance with an ITS Deployment Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City of Denton desires to adopt the ITS Deployment Plan, attached hereto;
NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY RESOLVES:
SECTION I. The findings and recitations contained in the preamble of this ordinance are
incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 2. That the City Council of the City of Denton, Texas, adopts the Intelligent
Transportation System Deployment Plan (ITS) for the City of Denton, Texas, attached hereto.
SECTION 3. That this resolution shall become effective immediately upon its passage and
approval.
1t (}/1J1t?,PASSED AND APPROVED this the;'/~ day Of~, 2005.
EULINE BROCK, MAYOR
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City of Denton - ITS Deployment Plan
Volume V - Executive Summary
Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Need and inventory findinos
2.1 Arterial Traffic Management
3.0 Emergency Operations Center
4.0 Emergenc)l. Dispatching Center Functional Uoorade
5.0 Advanced Public Transit Svstem IAPTS)
6.0 Summary
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Executive Summary for City of Denton - Intelligent Transportation System Deployment Plan
1.0 Introduction
In 1992, the US Congress passed the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA)
from which emerged Intelligent Transportation Systems National Architecture and Standards.
Under sponsorship of the US Department of Transportation (US DOT), Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), and supported by National and International standards organizations
such as the Institute of Traffic Engineers (ITE), National Electrical Manufacturers Association
NEMA), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), American Association of State
Highway and Transportation Officials (MSHTO), the Society for Automotive Engineers (SAE),
American National Standards Institute (ANSI), Telecommunications Industries Association (TIA),
the International Standards Organization (ISO-204), and other standards were and are being
deveioped to support surface transportation systems deployment. The Transportation Efficiency
act for the 21 Century (TEA-21) followed ISTEA and now the Transportation Efficiency Act -
2003 (TEA-3) is in a congressional process. TEA-3 will provide continued funding for ITS projects
for 2004 through 2008.
In 2001, the US Congress dictated that the Federal Transit Agency (FTA) comply with National
ITS Architecture and standards as a condition for project funding. The TEA-21 Legislation
required all Traffic Management and Commercial Operations related to projects to comply with
National Architecture and standards. Furthermore, the TEA-21 (and certainly the TEA-3
upcoming legislation) required that all ITS projects for which funding is sought will be in
accordance with an ITS Deployment Plan. Therefore, the ITS Deployment Plan must:
Be developed through stake-holder inputs
Consider existing. usable infrastructure
Comply with National Architecture and standards or show the transition to standards
compliance
Support regional interoperabiiity
The North Central Texas Council of Governments, through which project grant requests are
processed. fully supports the national objectives and is providing coordination to assure ITS
Systems within the North Central Texas region support international standards as defined by ITS
standards architecture.
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ITS encompasses, within the City of Denton, TX
Arterial Traffic Management
Emergency Management
Public Transportation Management
Traveler information preparation and distribution and/or accessibility to travelers
Airport land-side operations
Commercial Vehicle Operations as associated with Intermodal Transportation
Commercial Centers and Commercial Travel Information Access.
Hubs,
The function of ITS is to improve the efficiency and safety of travel on arterial corridors by
travelers whether a private traveler using a personal vehicle, a commercial traveler or a
traveler using public transportation. The improvement in travel efficiency and safety is achieved
through application of modern technology proven through test and evaluation supported by
FHWA, FTA and associated national laboratories. Through more efficient travel, air quality is
improved, fuel is saved, and traveler time can be more productively utilized. Thus, there is a
clear cost savings. Improved travel safety and security means reduction in loss of life and
property which again provides clear benefits. The FHWA has conducted many past ITS
deployment evaluations and have identified derived benefits. Within this plan, the derived
benefits versus cost provide the benefit-to-cost ratio. ITS offers significant benefits for the
deployment investment.
Since September 11, 2001 (9-11), homeland security has become a major issue. At the federal
level, the office of homeland security has been established and the US Congress is in the
process of making it a major agency. The Governor of Texas has formed a homeland security
taskforce and the NCTCOG has appointed a Regional Homeland Security Coordinator. Major
federal funding is anticipated to support improving homeland security at the state, regional and
local level. Intelligent Transportation Systems provide the core infrastructure to support the
security and defense of our cities from a surface access and disaster recovery standpoint. ITS
provides the communications infrastructure to the street corners and sensors to support traffic
surveillance. ITS already includes Hazardous Material (HAZMAT) transportation management
and sensors are available to identify and alarm traffic engineers and law enforcement of
unauthorized vehicles on non-HAZMAT corridors. ITS supports interoperability between
emergency management for rapid response and with public transit to coordinate rapid
evacuation. The City of Denton has high potential target areas for terrorism and thus ITS
deployment in the city can support improved security objectives for the North Central Texas
Region.
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The City of Denton ITS Plan was developed using:
Stake-holder inputs of problems, needs and priorities
Inventory of existing ITS applicable infrastructure within the city
Developing the architecture for ITS deployment within the City of Denton utilizing National
ITS Architecture, standards and computer modeling tools. This includes coordination of:
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ITS Use Services
ITS market packages
ITS equipment packages
Translating ITS architecture to a physical architecture which:
Meets needs and standards
Allows multiple vendor solutions and long-term supportability using
open standards. .
From which deployment cost can be developed and benefits/cost can be determined.
Assessing foundation system deployment requirements as well as user needs priority in
finalizing the deployment plan.
The plan is presented in five volumes:
Volume 1
Volume 2
Volume 3
Volume 4
Volume 5
Data Collection
ITS Architecture Model, Turbo Architecture Modeling Software
Conceptual Design of ITS Infrastructure and Functional Capability
ITS Project Cost Benefits and Deployment Plan
Executive Summary (this document)
The city is planning to prepare a separate plan for "LINK" and thus the needs were identified and
Advanced Public Transit Systems (APTS) architecture considered in the ITS modeling.
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2.0 Need and inventory findings
The study concluded that the following three ITS subsystems/centers were not up to state-of-
the-art.
Arterial Traffic Management Center/Systems
Emergency Operations Center/Systems
Transit Management Center/Systems
These existing centers could not easily be transitioned to ITS standards supporting required
functionality and interoperability. Thus, new center/systems were required. The study also
found that the Public Safety Access Point (911 )/Emergency Dispatching Center/system which
supports 24 hours/7 days per week response to emergency service requests was recently
modernized and that modifications could bring it up to full state-of-the-art capability supporting
center-to-center interoperability. In addition, the study found an established planning activity by
the Emergency Management Team to deploy a Mobile Emergency Management Center.
Considering its political role in homeland security, the Mobile Emergency Management Center
was considered as a high priority deployment.
2.1 Arterial Traffic Management System
The Arterial Traffic Management System (ATMS) was defined as the highest priority for
deployment. The reason for its high priority is that the ATMS provides:
Foundation infrastructure for all other centers
Manages corridors associated with all other centers
Can improve travel efficiency and safety on arterial corridors as proven in many national
ITS deployments.
Can communicate with en-route travelers
Provides the nucleus for center-to-center interoperability within the City of Denton
The Deployment Plan includes:
New field traffic sensors, controllers and electronic messaging
Modern field communications infrastructure supporting growth as the city grows
Modern center with functionally integrated software, open architecture computer and
workstation environment and management display.
Automated congestion management and incident management minimizing work load of
the city traffic engineer.
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Ability for the traffic engineer to manually or automatically generate and distribute
traveler information.
Recommends coordination between city of Denton and TxDOT for managing freeway
traffic on arterials.
The plan shows:
Deployment cost:
Deployment benefits:
Benefits/Cost:
4.8 million
123.33
26:1
Multiple funding sources have been identified. The City hard match plan is (10% to 20%).
Mobile Emergency Management Center
The Emergency Operations Management has initial funding and is planning a Mobile
Emergency Management Center. This project was considered as the second highest priority
because:
The current condition and limitations of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
Serviceability needs for a EOC which can be supported by a mobile center
The mobile center requires additional funding which is certainly available to fully meet
operational needs and ITS standards
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The PSAP/Emergency Dispatching Center is reasonably modern
Homeland security emphasis dictates priority attention to emergency operations thus full
funding for the Mobile Emergency Center was considered as a significant priority.
The mobile center would:
Be capable of being deployed to a safe location or at the scene of the disaster for onsite
management
Include mobile communications with all city emergency assets and assets of supporting
jurisdictional emergency resource (per city inter-jurisdictional agreements)
Provide responsive and effective information presentations to emergency management
staff
Interoperate with other city ITS centers via wireiess digital links
Facilitate public broadcast media and FEMA network interface
The plan shows:
Deployment cost:
Deployment benefits:
BenefiUcost review:
430,000
10 million
23:1
Funding sources include:
Department of Public Safety
Homeland Defense
Department of Justice
FHWA
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An example of mobile emergency management center similar to that in the deployment plan is
shown below.
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3.0 Emergency Operations Center
The Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is the ITS Center established to manage major man-
caused or nature-caused disasters. Characteristics of these disasters are: High probability of
major loss of property and life.
Usuaily requires area evacuation and associated protection against looting and acts
of vandalism against non-occupied and possibly physicaily compromised property
May require non-jurisdictional emergency resources including those from County,
other Cities, State, National Guard and even possible private emergency resources
such as public utility repair teams
Involve high level city management decisions
The current EOC for the City of Denton is not state-of-the-art and has deficiencies in
communications, emergency information access and aids for responsive high ievei
management decisions. Many cities are coilocating the EOCs with Advanced Traffic
Management Systems which provide real-time management information on arterial corridors
and real-time interoperability with the Emergency Dispatching Center and Transit Dispatching
Center. This is recommended for the City of Denton, which wiil result in cost savings by sharing
of communications and management deployed infrastructure. The EOC is always ready for
operations and is only staffed during a crisis. Staff members are pre-selected and pre-
assigned.
The EOC is defined as priority 3 because the Traffic Management Center is the foundation and
the Mobile EMC can support interim operations. The new EOC wiil include:
Survivable communications including wireless links to City emergency resources and
ability to communicate with supplemental emergency resources
Emergency information processing that provides current status of the crisis. significance
of the destruction. remaining city resources, and management decision aids
Management display devices that provide EOC staff instant access to information and
assist in coordinated action
The EOC wiil make high level decisions concerning evacuation, ailocation of emergency
resources, and coordination of resources. It will provide emergency Information to citizens and
provide public broadcast media interface. The EOC's responsibility is to save lives and
property through effective management of a crisis.
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The plan shows:
Deployment cost:2 Million
Deployment benefits:120 Million
Benefit/cost review:60:1
Funding Sources include:
Department of Public Safety
Homeland Defense
Department of Justice
FHWA and more
Emergency Operation Center, Rome
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4.0 Emergency Dispatching Center Functional Upgrade
The Emergency Dispatching Center with Public Safety Access Point (911 call center) is
reasonably new and state-of-the-art. The depioyment of upgrade is considered to be high
priority in ITS deployment, upgrades need to include:
Adding graphical display of emergency locations, vehicle locations and status
Providing video access from TMC, related to corridor congestion status and video of an
incident
Providing upgraded in report generation techniques
Transfer the 91 1 center to full E911 capability
The deployment plan includes:
EMC upgrade planning cost
EMC upgrade benefits
Benefit/Cost Ratio
1 Million
15 Million
15:1
Usually funding is provided by several federal and state agencies like Department of Public
Safety, Department of Health, FHWA etc. The federal funding usually comes as 80% and
remaining 20% is a locai match.
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5.0 Advanced Public Transit System (APTS)
Intelligent Transportation Systems initiative places a great importance on effective management
of Public Transit System and the associated efficient operation of fixed routes and on-demand
Paratransit) vehicles. Public use of transit reduces arterial congestion and contributes to
improved air quality. Reliable scheduled services, attention to public transit traveler safety and
use of SMART Cards to make fare payment have proven to help improve ridership. The transit
system further provides evacuation support during a crisis.
The deployment plan for the APTS is to be separate. The scope of this plan precluded a full
analysis of transit operations and a top level design. This document includes an analogy to the
typical APTS.
The APTS includes:
SMART vehicles with Automated Vehicle Location (AVL), driver information, traveler
information, traveler security, automated passenger count with a digital wireless link to a
modern management center
Modern informatiòn system with standard software supporting AVL, Computer-Aided
Dispatching, driver briefing, vehicle management, emergency management and
Traveler information/trip planning.
Management displays for overall operations management and statistical data gathering
and analysis for performance evaluation and new route/schedule planning
The APTS is prioritized as 5th in deployment priority. The reason is that emergency
management is considered to be a higher priority and of more importance to the citizens of the
city.
The deployment plan includes:
Deployment Planning Cost: $ 530,000
Vehicle Intelligence:1.4 million
Center System Total:2.2 million
Deployment Benefits:39.74 million
Benefit/Cost Ratio:15 to 1
Funding is anticipated to be available from Federal Transit Administration.
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Advanced Transit Dispatching Center, Atlanta
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6.0 Summary
ITS deployment is very important to:
Citizens of the City of Denton
Commerce within the city
North Central Texas region
ITS deployment shows that a city cares about the efficiency and safety of its arterial
infrastructure and response to emergencies. Modern, reliable traveler information provides
traveler confidence that arterial corridors are being managed and that public transit is available
to meet traveler needs. This is an important plan for the "blue print" for meeting national
architecture and standards as well as being capable of participating in regional:
Traffic and emergency management
Public transportation services on a regional basis
Regional traveler information and trip planning
Contribution to the commercial vehicle operations on 1-35 (NAFTA Corridor)
Regional homeland security
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City of Denton ITS Deployment Plan Stakeholders
City of Denton,
Jerry Clark, Assistant Director, Streets, Drainage, and Traffic Utility Field Services
Jack Richardson. Traffic Manager
Mark Nelson, Director of Airport Transit Operations
Stan Nixon, Public Transportation Manager - LINK
Clovis George, Sergeant, Denton Police Department Support Services
Ross Chadwick, Fire Chief
University of North Texas
Richard Deter, Director / Chief-of-Police
Ed Reynolds, Sr. Associate Director, Deputy Chief-of-Police
Kurt J. Neufang, Assistant Director, Parking & Transportation Services
Gary C. Gailliard, Associate Director, Assistant Chief of Police
Texas Department of Transportation
Robert Bacon, Dallas District, Assistant Freeway Management Engineer
Keith D. Nabors, Denton County, Roadway Maintenance Supervisor V
Philip E. Simons, Denton County, Roadway Maintenance Supervisor, II
Claud P. Elsom (Buzz), Denton County, Area Engineer
Denton Independent School District
Douglas B. Becker, Assistant Director of Transportation
Chris Oller, Supervisor of Routing
North Central Texas Council of Governments
Natalie Bettger, Senior Transportation Planner
Dan Rocha, Principal Transportation Planner
Denton County Sheriffs Department
Bob Powell, Captain
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Technical Committee
Jerry Clark, Assistant Director, Streets, Drainage, and Traffic Utility Field
Services Jack Richardson, Traffic Manager
Mark Nelson, Director of Airport Transit Operations
Stan Nixon, Public Transportation Manager - LINK
Bernard (Bud) Vokoun, Senior Engineer-Traffic Engineering & Capital Projects Division
Engineering Department
Loyd Burns, Lieutenant, Denton Police Department
John Hudson, Emergency Coordinator
KCS Systems Team
Bruce Abernethy, PE, PhD
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