Iowa DOT – Current Technologies,

Advancing Operations & Preparing for the Future

ITS World Congress 2016

US / Austalia Bilateral Roundtable

October 12, 2016

Paul Trombino

Director, Iowa DOT

Topics

• Salt Dashboard

• Plow Cam / Track a Plow

• TMC Performance Report

• Data Sources and Data Flows

• TSMO Plan

• Automated Vehicle Project

Presents ‘Target Salt Use’ to maintenance dispatchers Salt target considers storm type and duration, concurrent pavement temperatures, and traffic volume of roads impacted by the storms. Tracks overall salt usage

Maintenance Technologies

Salt Dashboard

Winter Operations

Plow Cam Project & Track A Plow Website

• Technology to capture, upload, and geographically display plow locations and photos taken from snow plow trucks during winter operations.

• Available for Internal & Public use.

Plow Cam & Track a Plow

• Displays snapshot photos from plows

• Enables travelers to see conditions

• Tracks & Displays each plow location

• Displays what material is being applied

TMC Performance Report

5.4 Terabytes of data/year

5.4 Terabytes of data/year

Supporting:

• Real-time Traffic Control

• Reporting

• Incident Risk Prediction

• Long Term Policy

• Performance Estimation

• Improved Traveler Information

• Traffic Impact Assessment

Iowa DOT TSMO Strategic Goals & Objectives

Iowa DOT TSMO Eight Service Layers

Traffic Management Center

ITS and Communications

Traveler Information

Traffic Incident Management

Emergency Transportation Operations

Work Zone Management

Active Transp. and Demand Management

Connected and Autonomous Vehicle

Two Main Key Components:

1. High definition/3D digital mapping of paved roads – ingested by the vehicles • centimeter level accuracy

2. Predictive Travel modeling and validation – ingested by the vehicles

Automated Vehicle Project in Iowa

Image Credit: HERE

Project Location: Cedar Rapids / Iowa City Area

• Cloud based communication to/from Automated Vehicles

• Provide advanced alerts and information

The Vision HERE HD Live Map Cloud

Communication

Credit: HERE

Questions?