Sacramento Area Council of Governments

1. Kick-off Workshop March 8, 2005 Sacramento Area Council of Governments

2. Introductions

3. Agenda • Welcome • Introductions • Agenda Review/Meeting Objectives • Project Overview • Technology Concepts and Examples • Project Objectives and Stakeholder Input Opportunities

4. Agenda (cont’d.) • Breakout discussion: Land Use Plans, Transportation Plans, and Technology • Focus on agency or region • Small group reporting • Where will this plan lead us?

5. Agenda (cont’d.) • Lunch (working lunch) • Overview of SDP development • Update of ITS Vision • Current Systems in the Region • Identification of New Systems to meet regional needs

6. General Overview • Introduce the project – why it is important for addressing mobility and why are planners involved • Clarify terminology • Exposure to technology examples • Explain why this project is unique • Begin a dialog between ITS/operations staff, planners and land use planners

7. Technology Concepts • Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) refers to the use of computer, communication, and roadway technology to improve: • Traffic flow • Transit operations • Incident management • Emergency response • Pedestrian and bicycle movement • Dissemination of travel information (511)

8. Traffic Management Center Video Detection Examples of Technologies • City of Sacramento • Traffic Signal System • Arden Way Smart Corridor

9. Examples of Technologies • Sacramento County • Traffic Management Center • Watt Avenue Smart Corridor CCTV Camera on Watt Avenue County TMC

10. Examples of Technologies • Caltrans Regional Transportation Management Center

11. Queue Jumper Lane Examples of Technologies • Stockton Boulevard – Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) with Queue Jumper Lane Queue Jumper Signal Heads

12. Other Technologies in Sacramento Train Arrival Information Pedestrian Crossing Detection Sacramento 511 Pedestrian Countdown Timer

13. Additional Advanced Technology Opportunities BRT (Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles) In-pavement Crosswalk Illumination Rapid Bus with Transit Priority (Oakland) Bicycle Video Detection (Oakland)

14. Additional Advanced Technology Opportunities Pan-Tilt-Zoom CCTV Camera (Sacramento) Pedestrian Radar Detection Animated Pedestrian Heads Transit Vehicle Arrival Times

15. Ramp Metering Changeable Message Sign Additional Advanced Technology Opportunities Parking Guidance Signs Road Weather Information System

16. ITS Video

17. ITS Planning Concept • Strategic Deployment Plan (SDP) refers to a listing of project concepts with a sequence of implementation

18. Relationship of ITS to Land Use and Transportation Planning • Land Use Plan defines where and how development of land will take place in the region • Residential • Commercial • Parks • Densities

19. Relationship of ITS to Land Use and Transportation Planning • Transportation Plan defines how the transportation system is to be built to support the land use plan • Street classifications • Transit facilities • Air quality conformity

20. Relationship of ITS to Land Use and Transportation Planning • ITS Plan defines how technologies can optimize the operation of the transportation system

21. Typical ITS Plan Components • Arterial Management System • Reduce vehicle delay by 25% (76 corridors in California) • Reduce fuel usage by 2% to 12% (Phoenix, AZ and Richmond, VA) • Freeway Management System • Reduce vehicle delay by up to 22% (Detroit)* • Reduce crashes by 21% (Minneapolis) * Results taken from “Intelligent Transportation System Benefits and Costs – 2003 Update” http://www.itsdocs.fhwa.dot.gov/jpodocs/repts_te/13772.html

22. Typical ITS Plan Components • Incident Management System • Reduce incident duration by up to 57% (Maryland) • Reduce crashes by 2.8% (San Antonio) • Regional Transit Management • Decrease passenger late arrivals by 21% (Denver) • Shared rides increased from 38% to 55% of all rides (San Jose)

23. Typical ITS Plan Components • Traveler Information Systems • 511 telephone number • www.sacregion511.org • 45% of travelers receiving traveler information will adjust their travel plans (San Francisco)

24. Relationship of ITS to Land Use and Transportation Planning • Technology can help improve traffic flow by providing real-time modal information at multimodal centers; and can utilize technologies to improve mobility for non-motorized transportation Automated Kiosk Multimodal Transit Station

25. Relationship of ITS to Land Use and Transportation Planning • Technology can enable Bus Rapid Transit by providing queue jumpers or early/extended green time for transit vehicles to keep them on schedule – improving transit reliability Queue Jumper Signal Heads Queue Jumper Lane

26. Relationship of ITS to Land Use and Transportation Planning • Technology can help improve pedestrian and bicycle circulation and safety by utilizing bike/pedestrian detection and countdown timers to provide guidance through an intersection Bicycle Detection Pedestrian Countdown Timer

27. Relationship of ITS to Land Use and Transportation Planning • Technology enables information for 511 by providing real-time information on incident locations, travel times, congested corridors, and transit vehicle information Sacramento 511

28. Project Objectives • Meet Federal Highway Administration Requirements for federal funding • Strategic Deployment Plan depicts a regional approach to deploying advanced technologies • Ensures future consideration for grant funding • Positions the region to use federal funding for deployment of ITS

29. Project Objectives • Identify planning goals and objectives and where ITS will help achieve those objectives • Examples include: • Corridor traffic signal coordination (synchronization) • Bus Signal Priority • Real-time traveler information at multimodal transit centers

30. Project Objectives • Provide an ITS plan that easily integrates technologies with land use and transportation plans • Recommended projects follow the concepts and goals of local and regional planning initiatives • Supports the direction of land use and transportation planning rather than guiding the direction • Enhances the benefits derived through land use and transportation planning growth concepts

31. Project Objectives • Create a project list and priorities that will be incorporated into the MTP and support the Blueprint Preferred Alternative and other initiatives • Examples include: • Smart Corridors to monitor and manage traffic flow along regionally significant corridors • Wide Area Network of communications (STARNET) between Transportation Operation Centers, Police and Fire Dispatch, and Transit Operations • Bicycle and pedestrian automated detection systems to expedite street crossings

32. Project Objectives • Engage a broad range of stakeholders • ITS Partnership Committee • Regional Planning Partnership • Sacramento Transportation and Air Quality Collaborative • Community Organizations • Land use planners and air quality planners • Transportation planners • SACOG Blueprint Project participants

33. Stakeholder Input Opportunities • Kickoff Workshop – March 8 • Board of Directors – March 17 • Stakeholder Workshop No. 1 – March 30 • Stakeholder Workshop No. 2 – May 10

34. Lunch Break

35. Breakout Discussion How can ITS help achieve the objectives of Land Use Plans, General Plans, and Transportation Plans?

36. Update of ITS Vision based on the morning discussions and the proposed objectives

37. 1. Quality of Life • Proposed Objectives: • Improve resident’s perception of multi-modal transportation system • Reduce time residents spend in congestion • Provide current traffic conditions via 511 • Improve traffic signal coordination • Potential Project Initiatives: • Develop a multi-modal transit facility • Implement Transit Signal Priority • Improve Traffic Signal Coordination • Traveler information website and kiosks • Real-time transit vehicle arrival information system

38. 2. Access and Mobility • Proposed Objectives: • Improve traffic signal timing across jurisdictional boundaries • Provide more predictable travel times • Improve reliability of alternate modes • Implement transit signal priority • Improve coordination among traffic, public safety and transit agencies • Potential Project Initiatives: • Complete STARNET

39. 3. Air Quality • Proposed Objectives: • Improve travel time along corridors • Promote increased use of alternate modes • Streamline goods movement processes • Reduce congestion • Improve traffic signal coordination • Increase ridership on transit vehicles by improving reliability • Potential Project Initiatives: • Improve electronic credentialing to facilitate goods movement and logistics through the region

40. 4. Travel Choices • Proposed Objectives: • Improve bicycle and pedestrian safety • Provide priority for transit vehicles • Provide advantageous transit service • Potential Project Initiatives: • Develop a multi-modal transit facility • Deploy bicycle detection system • Implement Transit Signal Priority

41. 5. Economic Vitality • Proposed Objectives: • Improve access into and out of economic centers • Expedite commercial vehicle deliveries • Improve accessibility to parking • Potential Project Initiatives: • Develop Smart Corridors to job centers • Traveler information website and kiosks • Improve emergency response • Improve port services (i.e., truck route guidance, port security) • Implement smart parking

42. 6. Equity • Proposed Objectives: • Develop programs that have a regional focus • Develop uniform ITS deployment initiatives across region • Improve mobility for alternate modes • Provide traveler information in accessible formats (i.e., large print, Braille, 711, audio) • Potential Project Initiatives: • Deploy rapid bus, BRT, and queue jumper programs • Install bicycle detection

43. 7. Transportation and Land Use • Proposed Objectives: • Consider alternate mode mobility in every development • Improve transit service to jobs, services and housing • Potential Project Initiatives: • Develop Transit Villages

44. 8. Funding and Revenue • Proposed Objectives: • Obtain ITS specific funding sources • Obtain non-ITS funding sources • Obtain Homeland Security funding • Potential Project Initiatives: • Homeland Security • FTA • Bicycle Transportation Account

45. 9. Health and Safety • Proposed Objectives: • Encourage use of alternate modes (i.e., bicycle, pedestrian) for mobility • Provide safer transit service • Improve emergency response • Reduce vehicle crashes • Potential Project Initiatives: • Safe Routes to Transit • Bicycle detection

46. 10. Environmental Sustainability • Proposed Objectives: • Maintain a balance of environmentally friendly growth and the use of advanced technology • Provide real-time traveler information for ride-sharing and trip planning • Potential Project Initiatives: • Encourage develop of real-time traveler information for ride-sharing and trip planning • Develop Transit Villages

47. Review of ITS Inventory • City of Sacramento Traffic Signal System • Sacramento County Traffic Signal System • Citrus Heights Traffic Signal System • Roseville Traffic Signal System • Caltrans Traffic Operations System

48. Review of ITS Inventory • Stockton Boulevard enhanced bus system • Watt Avenue Smart Corridor • Arden Way Smart Corridor • Sacramento airport traffic management center

49. Other Systems or Key Elements?

50. Existing Conditions Summary Report http://www.sacog.org/websites/kimley-horn/index.cfm