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Michele Mueller
Senior Project Manager
Applying Intelligent Transportation Systems
to Cross Border IssuesTC / FHWA Regional Roundtable
Mike Barnet
Senior Project Engineer
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Outline
Background Goals for an Intelligent Border Crossing Work Underway in Port Huron / Sarnia for a Border Advisory
System Plans for Alternate Crossings Related Work
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Ontario Population >13 million Ontario’s international trade is greater than $436 billion
49% of Canada’s overall international trade Motor vehicle parts represent the largest commodity group
27% of Ontario’s total merchandise trade Ontario’s US trade represents 65% of our international
trade Destination for 78% of Ontario exports Source of 56% of Ontario imports
Ontario’s top US export destinations: Michigan ($38.9 billion) California ($15.1 billion) New York ($13.1 billion) Ohio ($7.5 billion) Texas ($6.9 billion)
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Michigan 4 International Crossings Increased Demand at Crossings
Passenger and Freight Trade Statistics:
Month Snapshot– Total US/Canada trade; $57.37 billion (up 8% compared to Sept 13)– Michigan largest state trading with Canada Sept 2014 ; $6.6 billion
Year to Date (As of Sept 2014)– US/Canada Trade through Michigan - $169.65 billion (up 8.14%
from last year)o Michigan's border crossings handled 34.2% of all
US/Canada trade in September– Michigan/Canada trade through Michigan border crossings - $48.4
billion (up 9.9% from last year)
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Intelligent Border Crossing GOALS
Reduce travel delay by taking action to maximize the efficiency of the transportation network
Enhance safety by taking action to provide timely, useful information regarding roadway conditions well in advance of necessary action
Reduce the costs associated with cross-border travel by taking action to reduce systemic inefficiencies in the transportation system, and to promote inter-agency information-sharing and coordination
Reduce the negative impacts on border communities by taking action to reduce idling and congestion
Provide support to other government agencies by facilitating the exchange of information regarding cross-border transport
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Project Planning / Design
Concept of Operations Automatically measure Border Wait Time on a real-time basis Provide border wait-time information to motorists en route via:
– Roadside signs– Traveler Information Website
Coordination with FHWA Multi state systems
Coordination amongst all stakeholders Partnership, MOU Infrastructure
Stakeholder Involvement Technology Investigation Software
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Hybrid Approach(Bluetooth and Vehicle
Detectors) Use of Bluetooth Readers & Vehicle Detectors Vehicle Detectors
Service flow rate Volume of cars in the queue
Bluetooth Detector Historical travel time information
Vehicle detectors installed at border
crossing in BC, Canada
Bluetooth reader installed off highway
shoulder, Ontario
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Hybrid Approach
Prim
ary
Insp
ectio
n La
nes
Closed System(NOTE: Could be a tunnel or bridge approach)
Bluetooth Reader ‘B’Direction of Travel
Cars EnteringCars Exiting
Vehicle Detectors ‘A’ Vehicle Detectors ‘B’
• Bluetooth and Vehicle Detectors co-located (in principle)
• Vehicle Detectors A gives real-time service flow rate
• Vehicle Detectors B gives number of cars in the queue
• Bluetooth reader provides historical travel times
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Blue Water Bridge Crossing
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Data Review
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Data Analysis
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Current Status
With much calibration effort and support from our project partners including Parsons, the Bluetooth vendor (TPA-NA) and MDOT, we have achieved very accurate border wait time measurements using the travel time method alone
Waiting to confirm with instances where wait time exceeds 1 hr.
After similar calibration effort and support from MDOT, we are not able to achieve a comparable level of accuracy with the closed system method as we were with the travel time method. This is due to a typical daily error of about 3% between measured arrivals and measured departures; and occasional lost volumes due to wireless transmission
Still have an issue with 1 Bluetooth modem that is intermittently dropping connectivity
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Information Dissemination
Michigan: Will be posting information on Dynamic Message Signs, MiDrive, and a phone application
Ontario: Plan is to provide information through Web, Road Side Signs, and potentially 511.
We also plan to make the information available to those who can use and distribute including CBSA and CBP
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Lessons Learned
Large, multi-jurisdictional team MTO, MDOT Blue Water Bridge CAN / USA City of Windsor 2 Consulting teams
Design of Hybrid Approach requires equipment on both sides of crossing – both loops and bluetooth
Development of signing / messaging strategy Size of sign Roadside Vs. Overhead Bilingual Requirements
Privacy Concerns raised by media Uncertainty related to construction of DRIC
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Other Related Work
GLRTOC ENTERPRISE Pooled Fund MTO-MDOT Incident Management System
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Thank You
Michele MuellerSr. Project ManagerMichigan Department of TransportationPhone: (248)431-1443Email: [email protected]
Mike BarnetSr. Project EngineerMinistry of TransportationPhone: (416)235-5110Email: [email protected]