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Texas Connected Freight Corridors (TCFC) 17 October 2018

TEXAS CONNECTED FREIGHT CORRIDORS2017 USDOT ATCMTD Program Award

17 October 2018


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Texas Triangle Challenge

Texas Connected Vehicle Vision

Texas Connected Freight Corridors Project

Proposed Connected Vehicle Applications & Locations

Project Budget & Schedule

Public and Private Sector Team

Companion Programs and Projects

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Texas Triangle Challenges

Texas Triangle contains ¾ of Texas’ 28 million population – growing to 39 million people in 2045

Seven of top 25 national freight bottlenecks

Eleven of top 20 most congested roadway sections in Texas

Doubling of freight tonnage from 2010 to 2040 (2/3rd by truck)

More cross border trade value than CA, MI, ND, and AZ combined

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Texas Connected Vehicle Vision

The Texas vision is to create a sustainable connected vehicle environment covering the 865-mile Texas Triangle (including extension to Laredo) to support V2V and V2I safety and mobility applications

TxDOT and its partners believe on-going success and support will be achieved by:– Promoting economic efficiency and safety of

commercial vehicles and freight first, followed by passenger cars and other users

– Creating Day One benefits through use of aftermarket devices and integration with existing on-board technologies

– Minimizing infrastructure costs to state and local agencies

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Texas Connected Freight Corridors Project

Texas Proposal: Equip “Texas Triangle” with connected infrastructure technology (IH10, IH30, IH35 & IH45)– Equip 1,000 trucks and TxDOT fleet vehicles with on-

board technology

HEB flagship partner, approaching others for participation

Provide freight operators and drivers with info and warnings to improve safety and mobility:– Warnings for traffic queues, work zones, low bridge

heights, weather (heavy rain, ice, fog), wrong-way drivers

– Equipped truck will get braking warnings from other equipped trucks

– Info on traffic conditions, route guidance, border wait times

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Proposed Connected Vehicle Applications

Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I)– Traffic Condition Information– Dynamic Routing for Fuel Savings– Work Zone Warnings on Location and Delay– Truck Parking Availability and Reservations– Border Wait Times– Truck Signal Priority on Arterials– Low Bridge Height Warning– Traffic Queue Warnings– Road Weather Warnings– Wrong Way Driving (WWD) Alerts

Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V)– Traffic and Road Conditions Information for

Truck Platooning– Emergency Electronic Brake Lights Alerts

from Trucks Ahead

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Proposed CV Application Locations

USDOT Focus Areas Proposed Applications Proposed Locations

Multimodal ICM Traffic Condition Information Mature IH35/SL340, WacoIH35/SL363, TempleIH35/SH130, AustinDynamic Routing for Fuel Savings New

Work Zone Warnings on Location & Delay Mature

CV at Pedestrian Crossings Pedestrian Warning New IH35 in Austin

SPaT Corridor for Improved Ped/Bicycle Safety New Riverside Dr., Austin

Unified Fare Collection/Payment System Truck Parking Availability & Reservation New Safety rest area, IH35

Freight Community System Border Wait Times Mature IH35, Laredo

Connected Communities Truck Signal Priority Mature IH35, San Antonio

Infrastructure Condition Assessment Low Bridge Height Warnings New IH35, IH45

Rural Technologies Traffic & Road Info for Truck Platooning New IH35, IH45

EEBL Alerts from Trucks Ahead Mature Austin/ San Antonio

Traffic Queue Warnings Mature IH35, IH45, IH10

Road Weather Warnings New IH35

Wrong Way Driving (WWD) Alerts Mature San Antonio

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Project Budget & Schedule

The USDOT awarded TxDOT $6.09 million The project has a requirement to match with equal state/local contribution TxDOT and its partners will match with in-kind contributions making the

project over $12 million

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Task1 - Planning and High Level Design2 - Detailed Design, Build,and Test3 - Operate, Maintain, and Evaluate

CY 2018 CY 2019 CY 2020 CY 2021 CY 2022

24 months12 months

Texas Connected Freight Corridors Schedule

Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3Q4 Q2 Q3 Q4 12 months

Q1Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3


Partnership

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Public Sector Stakeholders

Current

Project provides opportunities for expansion of public sector stakeholders

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Private Freight Stakeholders

Stakeholders included in Proposal-

Project provides opportunities for expansion of private freight stakeholders

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Request for Information (RFI)

– OEMs– ICT Companies– System Integrators– Telematics Companies– ADS Developers– Logistics and Distribution

Companies

– Travel Information Service Providers;– Transportation Network Companies– Consultant Services– Mobility Solutions Providers– Consortiums and Research

Institutions– Others

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Link to the RFI– https://www.nctcog.org/trans/admin/rfp/index.asp

Potential Respondents

https://www.nctcog.org/trans/admin/rfp/index.asp


Potential Private Partners

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Companion Programs and Projects

Small Cell Pilot Projects– Houston small cell pilot

Western IH 10 Corridor Coalition– ConOps study for IH10 western

connected freight corridor

IH 35 Connected Work Zone– RSZW/LC– Lonestar™ CV module

Texas AV Proving Ground– TTI, UT-CTR, SwRI

Texas Innovation Alliance– Community of practice: freight and

logistics

Texas ARC-IT Workshop– Update regional architecture to

incorporate CV

RSU Specifications and Standards– Equipment specification for

procurement– Installation specification and standard

detail sheets

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Leverage Ongoing Projects – I-35 CWZ Project

I-35 Traveler Information During Construction

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I-35 Traveler Information During Construction– “What are traffic conditions like now?”– “What will traffic conditions be like on any portion of my drive?”– “Where might I be delayed by work zone lane closures?”

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DELAYS CURRENTTRAVEL TIMES

INCIDENTS LANE CLOSURES

FORECASTEDTRAVEL TIMES

DETOUR ROUTES CURRENT SPEEDS SNAPSHOTS



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I-35 Connected Work Zone (CWZ) – Reduced Speed Zone Warning/Lane Closure

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Work Zone Ahead

Lane EndsMerge Left

Right Lane Closed Ahead

Slow DownTo 55 mph


Leverage Ongoing Projects – Lonestar™ CV module

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Lonestar™ Map Roadside Units– Equipment on both map and list view

• Operational status• Coloring by status (as with other devices)

– View of the current messages broadcasting


Project Information Outreach

Project Kickoff Meeting– When: Monday, November 5th, 2018 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. CDT– Where: Bldg 7’s Hearing Room in TxDOT Austin District Headquarters

Project information page on TxDOT website– Goals and Benefits of Project– Scope of Project– Additional Information

• Project Proposal• Project FAQs

– http://www.txdot.gov/inside-txdot/division/traffic/freight-corridors.html

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http://www.txdot.gov/inside-txdot/division/traffic/freight-corridors.html


Contact Us:

Brian Fariello, P.E.Traffic Management Section [email protected]

Jianming Ma, Ph.D., P.E.Project [email protected]

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