MEMORANDUM #2018-119 TO: Hampton Roads Transportation … 00 HRTO Agenda.pdf · 2018-10-03 · 7....
Transcript of MEMORANDUM #2018-119 TO: Hampton Roads Transportation … 00 HRTO Agenda.pdf · 2018-10-03 · 7....
Thomas G. Shepperd, Jr., Chair, John L. Rowe, Jr., Vice-Chair
The Regional Building 723 Woodlake Drive Chesapeake, Virginia 23320 757-420-8300
Robert A. Crum, Jr., Executive Director
October 3, 2018 MEMORANDUM #2018-119 TO: Hampton Roads Transportation Operations (HRTO) Members & Guests BY: Keith M. Nichols, PE – Principal Transportation Engineer RE: HRTO Subcommittee Meeting – October 9, 2018 An HRTO Subcommittee meeting will be held from 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, October 9, 2018, at the Sandy Bottom Nature Park, 1255 Big Bethel Road, Hampton. The meeting will be conducted by Mr. Mike Miller (VDOT), HRTO Co-Chair. 1. Public Comment Period
2. Summary Minutes of June 12, 2018 Meeting
Minutes of the previous HRTO meeting are attached.
Recommended Action: Approval Attachment 2
3. Change in HRTO Leadership 9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Mr. Robert Lewis (Suffolk) and Mr. Mike Miller (VDOT) were appointed co-chairs of the HRTO Subcommittee in 2016. With their two-year terms expiring, HRTO Subcommittee co-chairs will need to be appointed at the next HRTO Subcommittee meeting. Recommended Action: Per discussion. Attachment 3
4. Regional Broadband Network/Connected Corridor 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
The Hampton Roads Regional Broadband Initiative proposes the creation of a fully integrated regional fiber optic network that connects employment areas, higher education facilities, research institutions, and municipal facilities throughout the region. This regional broadband network will allow Hampton Roads to continue to develop as a nationally connected 21st century community and international information gateway, and provide our region the necessary infrastructure to
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support job creation centered around a number of emerging industry clusters. More information is available at https://www.hrpdcva.gov/page/hampton-roads-regional-broadband-initiative. To further leverage the broadband network, it is proposed that the region develop a Connected Corridor to incorporate Connected Vehicle (CV) communications infrastructure. This opportunity would seek to improve the efficient movement of people and goods through integrated management of designated Corridors of Regional Significance (CoRS). A regional backbone would broadcast Signal, Phase and Timing (SPaT) information to vehicles directly from traffic signal controllers along the corridor. The overall goals of the regional system would leverage technology to reduce congestion and improve mobility, make better use of existing capacities across all transportation modes, improve availability and quality of data for travel conditions, provide first responders with information for real-time decisions, and create regional test beds for emerging technologies. Mr. Keith Nichols (HRTPO) will provide an update on the Regional Broadband Initiative to the committee and Mr. Brian Solis (Virginia Beach) will discuss the city’s efforts. Recommended Action: Per discussion.
5. Hampton Roads Operations Strategy 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
The HRTPO Board allocated $400,000 in Regional Surface Transportation Program (RSTP) funds for a Regional Operations Strategy (UPC #105492) based on a request from the HRTO Subcommittee. The first phase of the Hampton Roads Operations Strategy was completed in May 2016, and the committee voted to develop the next phase of the Regional Operations Strategy in February 2018. A scope of services for Phase II was approved by the HRTO Subcommittee at their April 2018 meeting, and a workshop was held following the June meeting. Kimley-Horn will provide an update on Phase II of the Regional Operations Strategy to the committee.
6. HRTPO Update
11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Keith Nichols (HRTPO) will update the HRTO on operations-related HRTPO actions: • Recent actions of HRTO’s parent committee – the Transportation Technical
Advisory Committee (TTAC).
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• Recent actions of VDOT’s RCTO-TIM (Traffic Incident Management) committee.
7. For Your Information
11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. • There is an upcoming SHRP-2 Traffic Incident Management (TIM) Training
Workshop in Virginia Beach. This workshop will be held at the VDOT Transportation Operations Center (970 Reon Drive) on November 28, 2018 from 8:00 am – Noon. More information on this workshop is attached. To register, contact Jim Stanek at [email protected].
Attachment 7A
• Regional Concept of Transportation Operations - Traffic Incident
Management (RCTO-TIM) meetings are scheduled for October 30th at the HRTPO Board Room on the Southside and October 31st at the James City County Fire Admin/Training building on the Peninsula. More information on these meetings is attached. Attachment 7B
8. Next Meeting Schedule, Location, and Agenda Items The next HRTO meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at 9:30 a.m., at the Regional Building in Chesapeake.
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October 3, 2018 Page 4 HRTO Subcommittee: Leo Blades, HA Darin Bracy, WATA Alesia Cain, HRT Kamlesh Chowdhary, HRT Ken Coody, VDOT Randy Cooper, NN Michael A. Corwin, VDOT Scott Cowherd, VDOT Kevin Eppley, CH Vacant, VPA Brian C. Fowler, NO Frank Hickman, VB
Jacqueline M. Kassel, NN Charles L. Koonce, WATA Stephen P. Kopczynski, YK Robert E. Lewis, SU Ric Lowman, VB Michael Miller, VDOT Nathan Milaszewski, VDOT Daniel A. Rydzewski, NO Mike Shahsiah, VB Eric Stringfield, VDOT Danny Williams, PO James Wright, PO
October 3, 2018 Page 5 HRTO Invited Guests: R. Stephen Best, CH Jim Brennan, GTT Tim Breslin, CH Nick Britton, DRPT Chad Brooks David Brown, VSP Robert Buckham, VSP Leah Bush, VDH Jimmy Carter Mecit Cetin, ODU Jonathan Clark, Open Roads Dwayne Cook, VDOT Marc Copeland, BRTO Steven Cover, VB Barbara Creel, WATA Kevin Crum, SNJB William P. Dent, WM Fire Leon Dextradeur, VB Thelma Drake, NO Doug Draper, CH Martha Morecock Eddy, Timmons Michael Felix, NO George Glazner, NN James Gray, HA Robin Greer, VDOT Cynthia Hall, NO John Hendrickson, PBQ&D Steve Hetrick, AG
Jeffrey B. Holland, CBBTC Robert T. Holloway, Jr., PQ John Horner, Q-Free Open Roads Chuck Houck, NO Amanda Jacobs, JC Daniel E. Jenkins, FHWA Alan Jensen, P.E., NAVY Michael W. Johnson, SH Raymond Khoury, VDOT Charles Lavene, Norfolk Airport Randy Martin, FR Jake McCoury, VSP Ryan McLane, ERC Jeff Minnix, ERC Joe Moore, NN Jessie Neal, VDOT Omarr Tobias, U.S. Navy Iris Rodriguez, FHWA Safety Officer, NN Mark Sawyers Mark Solesky, CH James Stanek, VDOT Gregory S. Staylor, CH Charles E. Vidrine, NAVY Keith Whitley, VSP Alaine Winslow, SU Jeff Wise, NO
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DRAFT HRTO Subcommittee Minutes – June 12, 2018
The Regional Building (HRTPO), Chesapeake, VA
The meeting was chaired by Mike Miller (VDOT)
1. Public Comment Period
Nobody from the public requested to speak.
2. Minutes of the April 10th meeting were reviewed. Motion for approval was made by Steve
Froncillo and seconded by Scott Cowherd. The minutes were approved.
3. Virginia Connected and Automated Vehicle Program Overview
Virginia Lingham, VDOT’s Connected and Automated Vehicle Program Manager, made a
presentation on the Virginia Connected and Automated Vehicle Program. Highlights of
the presentation included:
o Information on VDOT’s Connected and Automated Vehicle (CAV) Program Plan
and other CAV efforts is provided at http://virginiadot.org/automated.
o VDOT envisions a future environment where Connected and Automated Vehicle
applications provide connectivity between vehicles, roadside infrastructure and
wireless devices. This interconnected environment is expected to increase
safety, improve mobility, reduce infrastructure investments, and enhance
traveler information.
o Virginia has a number of unique strengths:
Diverse highway system with a good state of repair
An “Open-for-business” regulatory environment for innovative
transportation solutions
Data driven commitment to innovation
Trusted world-class research and testing capabilities
Capable knowledge based work force, including a strong military
presence
o VDOT Connected and Automated Vehicle Program Development
Full-time program manager since Fall 2016
Connected and Automated Vehicle Executive Steering Committee
established which meets quarterly
Connected and Automated Program Plan was created
o Connected and Automated Vehicle Program Plan
Purpose
Vision
Goals and Objectives
o National and Local Initiatives
o Virginia Connected Corridors (Northern Virginia and Smart Road test beds)
o VDOT’s CAV Deployment Work Program
Attachment 2
Near-term actions
Near-Term Development of Foundational Elements
Improvements to Signs and Markings
Mid-and Long-term actions
Mid-and long-term Implementation Plan
Establish Deployment Guidance for Stakeholders
Develop CAV Standards and Specifications
Ms. Lingham also discussed the Virginia Beach Hackathon with the committee. The
Hackathon was held April 27th and April 28th at 1701 in the ViBe district of Virginia
Beach. The purpose of the Hackathon was to “invite planners, futurists, big data lovers
and problem solvers to help address Virginia's greatest transportation issues through
the use of open data sets, including VDOT's SmarterRoads data portal”. Submittals at
the Hackathon included an app that provides traffic congestion data via Alexa and an
app that gives a real time signal status display of upcoming traffic signals. More
information on the Virginia Beach Hackathon is available at https://smarter-roads-
hackathon-vb.devpost.com . VDOT will also host Hackathons in Northern Virginia,
Danville, and Roanoke later this year.
4. Hampton Roads Operations Strategy
Mike Miller introduced this topic by noting that there will be a workshop for the
Hampton Roads Operations Strategy Phase II report following the HRTO meeting. The
workshop will be led by Kimley-Horn, the consultant for this project.
5. HRTPO Update
Keith Nichols (HRTPO) shared three items with the committee:
o Emergency Vehicle Preemption reallocations were approved by the HRTPO
Board at their May meeting.
o The 2018 CMAQ-RSTP Project Selection Process is open for project submittals.
The deadline for submitting candidates is August 15, 2018. More information is
available at http://www.hrtpo.org/page/cmaq-and-rstp.
o With hurricane season approaching, HRTPO staff will be preparing the annual
update of the Operations Contacts for Emergencies list.
o There were no RCTO meetings held since the April HRTO meeting. The next
RCTO meeting is scheduled for 10/30/18 on the Southside.
6. For Your Information
The committee was notified of upcoming SHRP-2 Traffic Incident Management (TIM)
training workshops in Virginia Beach and Hampton.
7. The next HRTO Subcommittee meeting will be held at Sandy Bottom Nature Park in Hampton at
9:30 AM on August 14th.
Attachment 2
Attachment 2
Current HRTO Subcommittee Membership
As of 10/3/2018
Locality/Agency HRTO Members
Chesapeake Kevin Eppley -
Hampton Leo Blades -
Newport News Jackie Kassel Randy Cooper
Norfolk Brian Fowler Dan Rydzewski
Portsmouth James Wright Danny Williams
Suffolk Robert Lewis -
Virginia Beach Frank Hickman Mike Shahsiah
Ric Lowman -
York County Stephen Kopczynski -
HRT Alesia Cain Kamlesh Chowdhary
WATA - -
VPA - -
DRPT - -
VDOT Mike Miller Ken Coody
Mike Corwin Nathan Milaszewski
Scott Cowherd Eric Stringfield
Attachment 3
Regional Concept of Transportation Operations
RCTO-TIM Meeting
** Traffic Incident Management **
Time: 9:30am October 30, 2018
Location: Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization
The Regional Building / Room A&B
723 Woodlake Drive, Chesapeake, VA 23320
Welcome and Introduction
Presentation – Enhanced Ramp Reference Markers for
Ramps at Complex Interchanges – John Stansberry (
AECOM )
Presentation – Richmond TOW Program – TRIP – Update
on how the program is running.
New & Old Business -
Training /SHRP 2 Update
Incident Up-dates from March 2018 – October 2018
Next Meeting Date: March 2019
If you have any New Business or Photos that you want to discuss please e-mail me with the
Information.
Attachment 7
Regional Concept of Transportation Operations
RCTO-TIM Meeting
** Traffic Incident Management **
Time: 9:30am October 31, 2018
Location: James City County Fire Admin/Training
5077 John Tyler Highway
Williamsburg, VA 23185
Welcome and Introduction
Presentation- Enhanced Ramp reference Markers for
Ramps at complex Interchanges- John Stansberry
( AECOM )
Presentation – Richmond TOW Program – TRIP Update on
how the Program is running.
New & Old Business
Training /SHRP 2 Update
Incident Up-dates. March 2018 – October 2018
Next Meeting Date:
If you have any New Business that you want to discuss please e-mail me with the Information.
Attachment 7