Hillsborough Metropolitan Planning Organization 601 E Kennedy Boulevard, 18th Floor, Tampa, Florida, 33602 · 813-272-5940 · planhillsborough.org Meeting of the Intelligent Transportation System Thursday, July 10, 2014 at 1:30pm SunGuide Center at FDOT – District 7 11201 N. McKinley Drive Commissioner Mark Sharpe Hillsborough County MPO Chairman Councilwoman Lisa Montelione City of Tampa MPO Vice Chairman Commissioner Kevin Beckner Hillsborough County Mayor Frank Chillura Temple Terrace Councilman Harry Cohen City of Tampa I. II. Approval of Minutes (April 10, 2014) IV. Status Reports A. SunGuide Program Quarterly Report (Chester Chandler) B. Downtown Traveler Information System (Gannett Commissioner Rick A. Lott City of Plant City Fleming) Commissioner Lesley “Les” Miller, Jr. Hillsborough County C. 2040 LRTP Performance Measures & Outreach (Gena Torres, time permitting) Commissioner Sandra Murman Hillsborough County Councilman Mike Suarez City of Tampa V. VI. Old Business & New Business B. Topics of interest for future meetings Paul Anderson Tampa Port Authority 1. HART Bus Rapid Transit Priority Signals Trent Green (Ex-Officio) The Planning Commission 2. Others? VII. VIII. Hillsborough County Metropolitan Planning Organization P.O. Box 1110 601 E. Kennedy, 18th Floor Tampa, Florida 33601-1110 P 813/272-5940 F 813/301-7172 http://www.planhillsborough.org e-mail: [email protected] SunGuide Center TOUR (Begins at 2:30pm) A. Next ITS Committee Meeting – October 9, 2014 Joseph Waggoner Expressway Authority Ramond A. Chiaramonte, AICP Executive Director Public Comment (3 minutes per speaker, please) III. Joe Lopano Hillsborough Co. Aviation Authority Steve Polzin HART Call To Order Adjournment Addendum A. Articles – Pensacola ITS and Overturned Semi The full agenda packet is available on the MPO’s website, www.planhillsborough.org, or by calling (813) 272-5940. 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Cooperative Comprehensive Multi-Modal Transportation Planning for Hillsborough County, Florida HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS (ITS) MEETING OF APRIL 10, 2014 MINUTES CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Chair Vik Bhide at 1:31 PM. The meeting was held on the 18th Floor of the County Center Building, 601 E. Kennedy Boulevard and introductions were held. MEMBERS PRESENT: Larry Turner (for Don Rainard), City of Plant City; Vik Bhide, City of Tampa; Ed Albritton (for Mike Flick), Hillsborough County Public Works Department; Jeff Sims, Bob Frey (for Joe Ferreira), Tampa Hillsborough County Expressway Authority. OTHERS PRESENT: Gena Torres, Beth Alden, Wally Blain, Linda Ferraro, MPO staff; Chester Chandler, Terry Hensley, FDOT; Rob R. Swann, Gannett Fleming, Jay Calhoun, VIBE. PUBLIC COMMENT No public comment. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (January 9, 2014) Mr. Turner made a motion to approve the minutes. The motion was seconded by Mr. Albritton and carried. STATUS REPORTS A. ITS Florida Overview Mr. Jay Calhoun stated that the value of an Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) is to save lives, save time and save money. The benefits are to increase safety, mobility, reduce cost of highway events and increase capacity of highway systems. ITS also enhances productivity through the use of advanced communications technologies and through the integration of advanced communications technologies into the transportation infrastructure and in vehicles. There are also a broad range of wireless MPO ITS Meeting April 10, 2014 and wire line communications-based information and electronics technologies that are used. ITS Florida was formed in 1992 and represents public, private and academic transportation organizations willing to share ideas and information. They became the official advisory to the Florida Department of Transportation in 2001. They have five members on their board of directors, six directors at large and have six committees. B. Automated Vehicle Program Mr. Bob Frey stated that the Expressway Authority and the Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) are working together to advance the research of automated vehicles programs. This program offers the possibility of changing transportation by equipping cars with technology that can reduce crashes, energy consumption, and pollution and reduce the costs of congestion. There are only four states that allow this type of technology. The Authority has entered into a Memorandum of Agreement for the Selmon Expressway to be a “test bed”. C. Transportation Improvement Program Highlights Mr. Blain stated that the TIP is a compilation of transportation projects currently programmed for the next five years in Hillsborough County. The MPO is required to update their TIP each year and it includes total project cost for all phases of a project. Since last year, there has been some new funding added to the TIP. A few of those examples are: • • • • • • • • • • MPO planning studies - $400,000 added in 2019 Cypress Corridor Walk/Bike Safety (U-Path to Westshore Blvd) – Construction added 2015 HART Bus Replacements - $6.6 million added 2018 & 2019 TBARTA Vanpool Replacements - $800,000 added 2019 HART Streetcar Capital Maintenance - $100,000 for Design 2017 & $880,006 for Construction 2019 I-275 Express Lanes (Howard Frankland Bridge to Downtown) - Design added 2019 Howard Frankland Bridge replacement – Design Build added 2019 I-275 @ SR 60 interchange – Right-of-Way added TBARTA Regional TDM – funding added 2019 Courtney Campbell ITS – Construction added 2019 2 MPO ITS Meeting April 10, 2014 D. 2040 LRTP Needs Assessment Ms. Torres briefed the members on the recent activities of the 2040 Long Range Transportation Plan. There are five “buckets” of investments for the plan. Four of those buckets are not detailed but the fifth bucket will include funding and economic activity centers. Bucket 1 will include Preserving the System; Bucket 2 Reduce Crashes and Vulnerability; Bucket 3 Minimize Traffic for Drivers and Shippers; Bucket 4 will include Real Choices for Non-drivers. OLD/NEW BUSINESS A. Next Meeting: July 10, 2014 at the FDOT SunGuide Center B. Topic of Interest Mr. Sims invited the members to the Clean Air Event to be held May 1st from 11:30 – 1:30 in Downtown Tampa at the Poe Plaza. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 3:03 pm. 3 Hillsborough Metropolitan Planning Organization 601 E Kennedy Boulevard, 18th floor, Tampa, Florida, 33601 · 813-272-5940 · HillsboroughMPO.org Board & Committee Agenda Item Agenda Item: City of Tampa Advanced Traveler Information System (ATIS) Concept Presenter: Rob Swann and Robert Skaggs (Gannett Fleming) Summary: The Tampa downtown area hosts many sporting events, festivals, concerts and conventions all year round. The City is developing an ATIS concept plan for the downtown area to inform and guide motorists through downtown venues and associated parking facilities during special events. This ATIS includes a package of technologies including dynamic message signs installed at strategic locations, CCTV cameras, application software and associated equipment to be operated by City Transportation, Parking and Police Department staff. Action: None; for information and discussion Prepared By: Gena Torres Attachments: None. Hillsborough Metropolitan Planning Organization 601 E Kennedy Boulevard, 18th floor, Tampa, Florida, 33601 · 813-272-5940 · HillsboroughMPO.org Board & Committee Agenda Item Agenda Item: 2040 Plan Performance Measures & Outreach Presenter: Beth Alden/Gena Torres, MPO Staff Summary: Earlier this year, MPO staff presented the idea of grouping projects in the Long Range Plan into categories of investments, the performance of which could be quantitatively measured. We referred to these categories as “buckets” of projects. For each bucket, we analyzed a high, medium, and low investment level, and prepared a cost estimate for each level. The buckets include: Preserve the System – measured by road resurfacing, bridge repair, and bus replacement schedules; Reduce Crashes & Vulnerability – measured by forecast reduction in total crashes, fatal crashes, and walk/bike crashes, and by the economic impact of a major storm on the transportation network; Minimize Traffic for Drivers & Freight – measured by travel time reliability, and affected truck trips; Real Choices for Non-Drivers – measured by people & jobs served by the bus and the trail/sidepath network. Big-ticket items like road expansion and fixed guideway transit projects are being identified in coordination with the County’s Transportation for Economic Development initiative. Next steps for the 2040 Plan will include public outreach on these potential investments and priorities for use of available funds. To make the process more appealing to the public, MetroQuest has been engaged again, to conduct “Imagine 2040 Phase 2: You Spoke. We Listened. Tell Us More!” An interactive website will be available between the Independence Day and Labor Day holidays, and staff will make presentations to community groups throughout this time period. The site will also be publicized through social media, Constant Contact, and paid media. To request a presentation to your community group, please contact Lisa Silva at [email protected] or 273-3774 x. 329. To weigh in on your priorities for the 2040 Transportation Plan, please visit www.imagine2040.org on or after July 7, 2014. Opportunities to share this link with your contacts will also be provided later this summer. Action: None; for information and discussion Prepared By: Beth Alden Attachments: Imagine 2040 Brochure You Spoke. We Listened. Tell Us More. imagine2040.org We heard what you want now tell us how to get there. By 2040, Hillsborough County will have over half a million new residents and almost half a million new jobs. How will we all get around? Visit imagine2040.org and tell us which projects you would invest in. Not everyone can make it to a public meeting. Share your thoughts online or contact us for a presentation to your group. Take the survey online by August 25 & get a free Home Show ticket! Take 10 minutes to decide our future! Get innovative ideas and expert advice at 900+ exhibits, all under one roof! Imagine 2040 is a partnership between the Hillsborough MPO and the Planning Commission. 813/272-5940 • [email protected] Public participation is solicited without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, family or religious status. Persons needing translation services or special accommodations (provided at no cost) due to a disability should contact [email protected] or 813/272-5940. FDOT moving ahead on high tech road safety network Page 1 of 2 High-tech road safety network moving ahead Michael Scott Davidson, [email protected]; SHARE 11:27 p.m. CDT April 23, 2014 58 CONNECT TWEET (https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=http://on.pnj.com/1hmiAfl&text=High-tech%20road% Following the removal of telephone call boxes lining Florida interstates, the state Department of Transportation will begin installing a high-tech monitoring system along local portions of Interstate 10 this October. Dubbed the Intelligent Transportation System, the $24 million Northwest Florida network will include 183 traffic (Photo: News Journal file photo) cameras, 135 microwave vehicle detectors, 40 travel time sensors, 17 overhead message signs, eight highway advisory radios, and three road and weather information sensors, FDOT spokesman Ian Satter said. Satter said the Intelligent Transportation System will allow the agency to monitor the highway for crashes in real time and be able to detect incident locations and assess the severity of accidents. The network also will improve response time by emergency responders and equipment. Overhead message signs and highway advisory radios will alert travelers as they approach an incident and allow them time to seek an alternate route. The new network will replace the 464 call boxes that were located on the span of Interstate 10 that ran from Escambia through Jefferson County. The FHP finished removing those call boxes in January. "It's an antiquated technology. It costs about a million dollars a year to keep those boxes functional," Satter said. "It just didn't make sense to keep them on the system any longer." In 2004, about 3,571 calls were made on the call boxes, according to FHP data. That number has decreased steadily every year, dwindling to only 1,143 calls in 2012. In mid-October, construction crews will begin installing fiber optic infrastructure for the Intelligent Transportation System along a 158-mile section of Interstate 10 from State Road 87 in Santa Rosa County to U.S. 90 in Gadsden County, Satter said. Installation will begin at the I-10 and U.S 231 interchange and proceed east and west along I-10 and north and south on U.S. 231. The network also will extend 56 miles along U.S. 231 from the Alabama state line to Bay County. In addition, a new regional transportation management center will be established at the FDOT District Three headquarters in Chipley. XXXX The Florida Department of Transportation is about to launch the Intelligent Transportation System, a $24 million Northwest Florida network of cameras, sensors and signs to promote highway safety. SHARE 58 CONNECT TWEET (https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=http://on.pnj.com/1hmiAfl&text=High-tech%20road%20safety%20network%20movin http://www.pnj.com/story/news/2014/04/24/fdot-interstate-safety/8064651/ 4/29/2014 Breaking Tampa Bay, Florida and national news and weather from Tampa Bay Online an... Page 1 of 1 URL: http://tbo.com/news/traffic/overturned-semi-blocking-ramp-from-highway-579-to-i-420140509/ Overturned semi blocking ramp from Highway 579 to I-4 By TBO.com staff A semi truck hauling fertilizer has overturned on the entrance ramp from Highway 579 onto westbound Interstate 4 near Thonotosassa. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE A semi truck hauling fertilizer has overturned on the entrance ramp from Highway 579 onto westbound Interstate 4 near Thonotosassa, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue said. The ramp is completely blocked by the overturned truck, fire rescue said. Other traffic traveling on Interstate 4 is not affected. The Florida Highway Patrol cited the driver of the truck for careless driving. Troopers said the truck was making a left turn from northbound Highway 579 onto the ramp when the fertilizer load it was pulling shifted inside the tank trailer and caused the truck to turn over on its right side. Stay with TBO.com for updates. http://tbo.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?avis=TB&date=20140509&category=ARTICLE&lope... 5/12/2014
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