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I-90 SmartRoad Operations And Performance Overview

September 14, 2018

Amarpal Matharu, P.E., MBA, Traffic Operation Manager, Illinois Tollway

Scott Lee, P.E., Chief Engineer Innovation and Technology , Transmart/EJM

Dynamic 294-mile transportation network

1.6 million vehicles per day

88 percent pay electronically

User-fee system

No state or federal taxes for maintenance and operations

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About The Illinois Tollway

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SmartRoad ITS Elements Fully equipped to manage

• 29 gantries with lane control signals • 25 gantry DMS • 354 lane control signals

Fully equipped to monitor • CCTV (120) – with hazmat placard legibility • 80 vehicle detection stations

Controlled through active traffic management techniques

• Flex Lane with Pace bus • Shoulder operations • Lane controls

Intermediate power and communications distribution buildings (54)

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Lane Control Signals: Arrows And Xs

Default displays • Red Xs on shoulder

Consideration for responders • Move Over Law – yellow arrows

Rules-based pattern recommendations

Approval process • Operational scenario walk-throughs • Graphic content and usage approval • FHWA and IDOT coordination • Consistency with outreach efforts

Flex Lane use for limited general purpose conditions, such as significant incidents

Gantry DMS messaging – incidents, congestion and travel times 5 September 14, 2018

Pace agreement • Flex Lane use by Pace to provide reliable

service • Maintaining primary use for maintenance

and responders during all other conditions

Sectional control assignments based on Pace routing and interchanges

Traffic Operations Center operator CCTV sweep

Notifications

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Flex Lane Operations

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Operator Actions: Clear, Consistent, Efficient

September 13, 2017 – Opening Of Flex Lane To General Purpose Traffic

I-90 eastbound crash

Two right lanes blocked

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Open Flex Lane – Video

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Speed Profile EB traffic flow

ROSELLE ENTRANCE

ROSELLE EXIT

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Summary Of Key Metrics

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Scenario

Max

Queue

Length

(miles)

Queueing

Ends

(minutes)

Total

Delay

(hours)

*Cost of

Delay

(dollars)

Fuel Used

(gallons)

CH4

Emission

(pounds)

CO

Emission

(pounds)

Never Opening

the Flex Lane 4.7 156 426 $11,400 4,137 123 3,396

Opening Flex

Lane at minute

43 and closing

at minute 120

2.0 121 91 $2,400 3,782 89 3,281

Delta - 2.7 - 35 - 335 $9,000 - 354 - 34 - 115

Decrease Rate 57% 22% 79% 79% 9% 28% 3.4%

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Evaluation And Simulation

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Summary Of Corridor Operations – Through August 2018

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Additional Supporting Benefits

• Before and after analysis is showing improved motorist responses to the LCS. More than 9,000 activations to date.

• 300+ activations of the Flex Lane for Pace

• Pace has reported >30 percent increase in ridership

• Pace on-time performance

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Weekday Saturday Sunday

Before 60% 53% 52%

After 72% 80% 74%

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Response plan edits • How often? Special cases • User performance measures

• Moving roadwork and contractor management

Flex Lanes for incident traffic • More frequent consideration • Use relative to adjacent routes

Enhanced operator metrics • Training and consistency reviews

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Enhanced Corridor Activities

September 2017 to July 2018

• 22 DMS/LCS tickets • Pixel issues/communication

issues

• 95 CCTV tickets • Dirty domes

• 5 VDS tickets

Maintenance Metrics

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Contact Information

Amarpal Matharu, P.E., MBA Traffic Operations Manager Illinois Tollway amatharu@getipass.com 630-241-6800

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Scott Lee, P.E. Chief Engineer Innovation and Technology Transmart/EJM slee@transmartinc.com (872) 315-6005

Bini William, PMP Sr. Project Manager Parsons bini.william@parsons.com 847-925-0120

Elyse Morgan TOC Manager Illinois Tollway emorgan@getipass.com 630-241-6800

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THANK YOU

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