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VPP Suite User Group

July 15, 2015

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www.I95Coalition.orgJuly 15, 2015

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Agenda

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Time Topic Speaker

10:30am to 10:35amIntroductionsWelcome

George Schoener, I-95 Corridor Coalition

10:35am to 10:45am Purpose of this MeetingJesse Buerk (DVRPC) &

Kelly Wells (NCDOT)VPP Suite User Group co-chairs

10:45am to 11:05am VPP Suite Features – New & Upcoming John Allen, UMD CATT Lab

11:05am to 11:25amUse of the VPP Suite by User Group members• DVRPC – I-95 Reconstruction through Philadelphia• NCDOT - Using VPP Suite Massive Raw Data Downloader for Travel Times

Jesse Buerk (DVRPC) & Brad Robinson (NCDOT)

11:25am to 11:35amOther Items:• User Group Forum on Coalition website• User Focus Group

John Allen, UMD CATT Lab

11:35am to 11:50am Agency Input Session to learn about what is working & what needs some attention All

11:50am to 11:55am VPP Suite Funding Status Michael Pack, UMD CATT Lab

11:55am to noon Next Steps and Meeting Wrap Up George Schoener,

I-95 Corridor Coalition

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Meeting Participants

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# Agency Name(s) # Agency Name(s)

1 Baltimore Metropolitan Council Ed Stylc, Victor Henry 9 Rhode Island DOT Dan Herstine, Bill Nordstrom

(Jacobs), Deanna Peabody (TranInfo)

2 DVRPC Jesse Buerk 10 South Carolina DOT Dipak Patel

3 MWCOG/NCRTPB Andrew Meese 11 South Jersey TPO David Heller, William Schiavi, Andrew Tracy

4 New Jersey DOTGail Yazersky, Sudhir Joshi, Ira Levinton, Simon Nwachukwu, Kelly McVeigh, Jim Hadden

12 Virginia DOTSanhita Lahiri, Rose Lawhorne, Mena Lockwood, Paul Szatkowski, Ram Venkatanarayana

5 North Jersey TPA Sutapa Bhattacharjee, Solomon Caviness, Keith Miller 13 I-95 Corridor

Coalition George Schoener, Marygrace Parker

6 North Carolina DOT Kelly Wells, Brad Robinson, Eric Thomas, Mike Bruff 14 UMD CATT Lab &

UMD CATT Michael Pack, John AllenMasoud Hamedi

7 Pennsylvania DOT Scott Benedict, Mark Kopko, Mike Crowley, Bob Davis (Pennoni) 15 KMJ Consulting

(Coalition Support) Karen Jehanian, Joanna Reagle

8 Richmond Regional MPO Tiffany Dubinsky, Greta Ryan

Welcome

George SchoenerI-95 Corridor Coalition

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www.I95Coalition.org

Purpose of this Meeting

Jesse Buerk (DVRPC) & Kelly Wells (NCDOT)VPP Suite User Group co-chairs

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Purpose of This Meeting

• Thoughts and vision for leading the User Group

• Key highlights/takeaways for today

• We need to hear from you!

VPP Suite FeaturesNew & Upcoming

John AllenUMD CATT Laboratory


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New Features


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Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Metrics and Volume-Based Per-User Metrics

• Per-user delay and cost cannot be correctly calculated for more than a few TMCs at a time when based solely on volumes and speeds (distance traveled per user must be taken into account)

• The prior methodology made the incorrect assumption that each vehicle traversed every TMC in the report area and became inaccurate as the target region grew

• After careful consultation with numerous leading transportation experts in academia, industry, and government, we have decided to remove the following metrics from the results table:

‒ Cost per vehicle‒ Cost per person‒ Delay per vehicle‒ Volume (the underlying volume data is still present, but can’t be

calculated for the entire region. What was shown wasn’t volume in the traditional traffic engineering sense of the word)

• We are now introducing a new set of VMT metrics: Delay per VMT and Cost per VMT• Can be used to calculate per-user delay and cost metrics• These values will better suit larger regions of interest than the volume-

based per-user metrics

Note: if you have an average VMT rate for your target region, you can calculate your own per-user metrics (see “What’s New” on the Suite home page)


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Sorted Trend Map Exports

The rows in Excel exports from the Trend Map are now sorted such that TMCs are grouped together and placed in the their natural order on the roadway


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NPMRDS for the Massive Raw Data Downloader

• The National Performance Management Research Data Set (NPMRDS) is now included in the Massive Raw Data Downloader

• NPMRDS data is updated on a monthly basis, usually around the 20th, so readings from the current month will not be available until after the 20th of the following month.

• Only authorized state DOTs and MPOs will have access to the NPMRDS

(For more info: http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/perf_measurement/)


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Updated Mapping

We’ve updated the look of our map to give it a more modern and clean appearance(Affects colors, level of detail, road labels, etc.)


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Upcoming Features


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Multivendor Support in ALL Tools

You will soon be able to select one or more probe data sources in every VVPP Suite tool


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Download by Data Quality

You’ll soon be able to choose the quality of the data from each vendor whenyou download


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MAP-21 Widgets in Dashboard

We’re making significant progress in conceptualizing MAP-21 widgets in anticipation of the MAP-21 requirements


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MAP-21 Widgets in Dashboard

We’re developing graphical as well as mapping presentations of the performance measures, for maximum reporting flexibility


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Multi-road Congestion Scan

Multi-road Congestion Scan will allow you to choose a number of roadways, and see the results together in one scan – great for contiguous routes!


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Multi-road Congestion Scan will allow you to choose a number of roadways, and see the results together in one scan – great for contiguous routes!Rearrange routes by simply clicking and dragging.


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The results of the Multi-road Congestion Scan will now indicate congested areas for a travel route and not just a roadway!


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Multi-road Congestion ScanThe roads will be ordered how they were on query page. Each has a road label at the beginning of the segment.

When the user selects more than one road the road directions are movedfrom the top of the graph to either side of the road labels.

Users can hover over road labels and they will expand, allowing the user to switch the directions of the road.


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Dashboard Embedding

Get ready to share or embed your Dashboard (individual widgets or the entire Dashboard)


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Advanced Time SelectionAfter your inputs, your query will read like a sentence for better understanding:

We’re adding advanced time selection to all of the VPP Suite tools, so you can select:

• a number of date ranges

• a rolling time period of the last x number of days, weeks, months, years

• a rolling time period of year, month, static date to date


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Advanced Time Selection

The time selection gives exceptional flexibility in choosing (or not choosing) certain days that may be key to your analyses…

Note: This functionality is dependent on Hadoop implementation


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• Hadoop style • Storage & Speed Improvements• Examples using North Carolina:

– 7-10hr UDC report now takes 2 minutes– 17hr Raw Export now takes 8 minutes

• Results will vary depending on the tool

Back-end Architecture Enhancement


Delay per UDC• Similar to a Congestion Scan Excel Exports but for UDC• TMCs lined up in order• UDC time bins in separate columns• Note: Partially dependent on Hadoop Implementation

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Use of the VPP Suite by User Group members

• I-95 Reconstruction through Philadelphia -Jesse Buerk (DVRPC)

• Example of Using Massive Raw Data Downloader for Travel Times - Brad Robinson (NCDOT)

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I-95 Reconstruction through Philadelphia

Jesse BuerkSenior Transportation Planner, DVRPC

[email protected]

Photos source:


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• Approximately 9 miles from I-676 to Cottman Ave. in Philadelphia

• Investment of over $2 billion in federal and state funds

• Multiple sections under construction now and for the next 10+ years

• Used heavily as both interstate and daily commuter route

• DVRPC providing planning assistance to PennDOT• Using VPP to help understand conditions, plan,

justify, and refine strategies to mitigate congestion

Background: I-95 Sector A Reconstruction/Widening Project

Approximate area under construction.

I-95 Project Areas


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Cottman-Princeton Interchange Reconstruct & widen 1.4 mi, including

the Cottman Ave. interchange

Levick St. to Bridge St.Reconstruct & widen 2.1 mi,

including the Bridge St. interchange

Bridge St. to Betsy Ross BridgeReconstruct & widen about 1 mi, including the Betsy Ross Bridge

interchange

Betsy Ross Bridge to Girard Ave.Reconstruct & widen 1.5 mi, including

reconstruction and reconfiguration of the Allegheny/Castor Ave. interchange

Girard Ave. InterchangeReconstruct & widen 3 mi, including the Girard Ave.

interchange

These five projects will widen I-95 for approximately nine miles, and includes five major interchanges

Using Congestion Scan to Understand the Impacts of Construction


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• Construction began late 2011; multiple sections underway starting late 2012

• Graphic instantly communicates impacts to wide variety of audiences

• Spatial and temporal• Great starting point

for analysis of changes/issues

Using Congestion Scan to Understand the Impacts of Incidents


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• DVRPC coordinates meetings of I-95 Incident Management Task Force

• Congestion scan communicates severe impact crashes have on congestion

Fatal accident at approximately 4:00 AM took over 6 hours to clear and caused significant congestion

Justifying Transit Investments to Relieve Congestion


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• 2013 & 2014: • SB AM Peak TT

increased 20%; PT almost 30%

• NB PM Peak TT increased 45%; PT over 40%

• Helped local PennDOT District 6 convince PennDOT Central Office and FHWA of need for major transit investments

Significant increase in peak hour travel and planning times helped justify $41 million flex to SEPTA for purchase of bi-level rail cars on parallel Trenton Rail Line

For More Information…


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Go to…www.95revive.com

Jesse BuerkSenior Transportation Planner

Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission

VPP Suite User Group Co-Chair

http://www.95revive.com/

Amtrak Derailment in Philadelphia


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Photo source:


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Impact of the Amtrak Derailment & Suspension of SEPTA’s Trenton Line

• Amtrak NE Regional Train #188 derailed shortly after 9:00 PM, Tuesday, May 12th, 2015


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• Amtrak NE Regional Train #188 derailed shortly after 9:00 PM, Tuesday, May 12th, 2015

• SEPTA’s Trenton Line shut down

• Wednesday, May 15th

• Thursday, May 16th

• Friday, May 17th


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• SEPTA’s Trenton Line shut down

• Wednesday, May 15th

• Thursday, May 16th

• Friday, May 17th

• Many peak transit trips had to be shifted


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• Over 1,300 displaced Trenton Line passengers (8-9 AM)

• West Trenton Line saw +16% ridership (about 280 extra passengers)

• Over 1,000 commuters had to find another way


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• Significant travel time increases on I-95 Wednesday and Thursday

• Likely that most Trenton Line riders ended up driving

• Still working on analysis of hourly volumes

Example of Using VPP - Massive Raw Data Downloader for Travel Times

Fortify Construction Project On I-40 in Wake County, NC

Brad Robinson, PETraffic Safety Project Engineer, NCDOT

[email protected]

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Fortify Traffic Time Monitoring

• Daily report showing previous day’s peak period travel times. Consists of 4 pages of data and a 3 page appendix

• Sent to variety of people – State Traffic Engineer, Work Zone Traffic Control group, Communications Office, construction firms, news agencies, researchers, etc.

• First location where we have done this type of monitoring

• State Traffic Engineer envisions doing this for all large construction projects in future

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Fortify Traffic Time Monitoring

• Fortify is a construction project on I-40 in Wake County, NC involving a rebuilding of the roadway in the Raleigh area

• Fortify will involve lane closures and traffic shifts and is expected to have a large traffic impact on this heavily travelled interstate and the surrounding areas

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Line representing Trip 6

Map Key with addition information on Trips

• Travel times monitored on 14 “Trips”• Trips 1 and 6 are I-40 through the

entirety of Wake County• Other trips are smaller sections of

Trips 1 and 6

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• Trips 11 and 12 start and end at same points as 1 and 6, but use the alternate route of I-440

• Trips 13 and 14 are a small section of US 1 that were added by request

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Daily Travel Times

Delay compared to baseline average

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• Trip 2, if began at 5:10 PM, took approximately 42 minutes to complete, which was 32 minutes longer than the baseline

• Trip 1, if began at 5:25 PM, took approximately 63 minutes to complete, which was 31 minutes longer than the baseline

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Pulling more data than displaying to take into account length of trips

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Copy the data from MRDD into corresponding worksheets

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Simple check to make sure correct data is copy-pasted and that no data is missing

Hidden columns compare what TMCs and times should be in data to what is actually there

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TMCs in order from west to east for entire eastbound I-40 (Trip 1)

• Speed data is displayed in a table that is easier to read and is automatically color-coded to see problem areas/times

• Average speeds are pulled from data tab by indexing and matching TMCs and time period.

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• On the “Trip” worksheets, travel times are calculated for each starting time period by adding up the individual TMC segment travel times in order

• A formula is used to take into account the fact that many of the trips take well over 5 minutes.

• For example, once the trip that began at 6:20 reaches over 5 minutes, the 6:25 travel time as added for the next TMC

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• All total trip travel times on worksheet are pulled into “Travel Times” tab

• Compared to previously calculated baseline travel time to get delay

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• Travel times and delays from all six worksheets are pulled into final worksheet

• Tabs are converted to pdfs, combined, and then sent out

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Questions?

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User Group ForumOn Coalition website


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• An open forum to:– Share ideas and best practices– Answer questions– Discuss issues with a larger audience– Promote your work

Probe Data Analytics Forum

Probe Data Analytics Forum on the Coalition’s Website

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How to use it…• Register• Set your preferences• Post stuff or reply to other people’s posts• Receive emails when people update the forum

User Group Forum -FAQs

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User Group Forum - Permissions

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User Group Forum – Post a Topic

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User Group Forum – Create a Poll

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User Group Forum – Advanced Search

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User Focus Group


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The 1st Focus Group EffortDeveloping Performance Summary Report Templates• Need: To create reports &

summary documents quickly and easily in the Suite

• How: Performance summary report template feature

• Who: User Focus Group

• First Step: Looking for volunteers!

Contact John: [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

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Focus on New Features

Any Other Topics of Interest?

Dashboard FunctionalityEvent Data Integration MAP-21 Working Group

Agency Input Session

VPP Suite Funding Status

Michael L. PackUMD CATT Laboratory

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Funding Status and Cutoff DatesReminder: Federal funding expired in Jan. 2015.

On July 1, 2015, the suite was disabled for agencies that have not worked out a funding plan with the CATT Lab for their 2015 contributions.

States, MPOs, etc. who have already contributed (or worked out a plan) will continue to have unrestricted access.

Next Steps & Meeting Wrap Up

George SchoenerI-95 Corridor Coalition


Next User Group Meeting: Wednesday, October 14, 2015

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Contact InformationGeorge SchoenerI-95 Corridor [email protected]

Joanna ReagleI-95 Corridor Coalition [email protected]


John AllenUMD CATT [email protected]

VPP Suite questions/[email protected]

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Thank You


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