How to Plan a Smart Corridor
Working Together for
Intelligent Transportation Systems
in the Ontario-Québec Corridor
OUTLINE
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
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What is ITS?
What is the Value of ITS?
What is a Smart Corridor?
How do you Achieve Integration?
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What we’ve done, where we’re going and what to expect next
Contact Information
Intelligent Transportation Systems
ITS at a glance
Road Weather
Information Systems
(RWIS)
Automatic
Vehicle
Identification
(AVI)
Traffic
Signal Control
Variable Message Sign (VMS)
Variable Lane Control
Intelligent Transportation Systems
ITS at a glance
Advanced Traveller Information Systems (ATIS)
Intermodal Freight Management
WHAT IS THE VALUE OF ITS?
- ITS address the critical challenges!
- Efficiency, Safety, Security and Sustainability
- Affects all modes and their interactions
- Relative to Infrastructure… ITS is CHEAP
- ITS projects typically cost $100Ks to $1Ms
- Infrastructure projects can cost $100Ms
- Benefit/Cost Ratios of ITS projects are HIGH
- Stand-alone ITS projects sit at about 9:1
- Integrated ITS projects jump to 23:1
What is a SMART CORRIDOR?
What makes a corridor “SMART”?
• Integrating existing and new ITS to improve
operational efficiency
• Sharing information among systems to achieve
benefits of coordinated operations
Opportunities
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Electronic filing of credentials/reporting
Automated means of inspection
Automated authentication of vehicles, cargo, and
personnel
Seamless electronic transactions/payments
Readily accessible travel conditions information
Integration  Smart Corridor
How Do You Achieve
INTEGRATION?
To build a SMART CORRIDOR
we need INTEGRATION
To achieve INTEGRATION
we need COOPERATION
COOPERATION
• between organizations and agencies
• across borders
• from one jurisdiction to the next
Intelligent Transportation Systems
ITS at a glance
Weigh
Scale
Ontario
CVO
Enforcement
Ontario
Enforcement
Officer
=
Effective
Decisions
License
Plate
Sensor
Reader
Vehicle
Processing
Database
Customs
Decision
Maker
Agent
=
Effective
Decisions
Transponder
Antenna
Toll System
Bridge
Authority
=
Effective
Decisions
Roadway
Loop Detector
Border Wait
Time
Driver
=
Effective
Decisions
How Do You Achieve
INTEGRATION?
We also need strong PLANNING
Strong ITS Plan  Smart Corridor
We have ITS PLANNING TOOLS
These TOOLS are built from basic COMPONENTS:
- The types of PLAYERS needed to deliver a service
- Vendor, Shipper, Consignee, Border Agency, Customs Agency
- The PHYSICAL components of the system
- Commercial Vehicle, Border Inspection Station, Administration Centres
- The INFORMATION exchanges between players
- Shipping Manifests, Driver Credentials, Safety Status, Routing, Customs
Payment Information, Inspection Reports
How Do You Achieve
INTEGRATION?
For example, we can identify the TYPES of PLAYERS…
Shipper
Commercial Vehicle
Enforcement
Agency
Driver
[Automated Commercial Vehicle Inspection Station By-Pass]
How Do You Achieve
INTEGRATION?
We can identify some of the PHYSICAL components…
Commercial Vehicle
Enforcement
Agency
Shipper
Driver
Safety/Credentials
Database
Commercial
Vehicle
Weigh-In-Motion
Inspection Station
[Automated Commercial Vehicle Inspection Station By-Pass]
How Do You Achieve
INTEGRATION?
And we can identify INFORMATION FLOWS…
Credentials
Driver Record
Safety Status
Commercial Vehicle
Enforcement
Agency
Shipper
Citation
Credentials
Driver Record
Safety Status
Driver
Safety/Credentials
Database
By-Pass Signal
Commercial
Vehicle
Vehicle ID
Weight & Presence
Weigh-In-Motion
Inspection Station
[Automated Commercial Vehicle Inspection Station By-Pass]
How Do You Achieve
INTEGRATION?
Finally, when we take a step back…
we can see how all the PLAYERS interact!
Shipper
Citation
Commercial Vehicle
Enforcement
Agency
Credentials
Driver Record
Safety Status
Driver
By-Pass Signal
Safety/Credentials
Database
Commercial
Vehicle
Vehicle ID
Weight & Presence
Weigh-In-Motion
Inspection Station
The result is a perfectly
PLAN
!
[AutomatedINTEGRATED
Commercial Vehicle Inspection Station
By-Pass]
ARCHITECTURE: A PLANNING TOOL
ITS Architecture for
Canada [v.2]
A Tool for Building
Architectures
Turbo Tool
(Desktop App)
Regional ITS
Architectures
Project
Architectures
A Vision/Policy/Plan to
Integrate Systems in a Region
A Plan to Integrate the Project
with Other Systems
ARCHITECTURE: ABOUT SERVICES
ITS Architecture for Canada
User Services
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Traveller Information
Traffic Management
Public Transportation Management
Electronic Payment
Commercial Vehicle Operations
Emergency Management
Advanced Vehicle Safety Systems
Information Management
Maintenance and Construction Management
How Do You Achieve
INTEGRATION?
What’s the Process?
(For developing a Regional ITS Architecture)
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Define the Region
Identify Stakeholders
Inventory Systems
Determine Needs and Services
5. Interconnects
6. Information Flows
7. Operational Concept
8. Standards
9. Define Project Sequencing
10. Identify Inter-Agency Agreements
Gather Critical Information
This is where the
National ITS Architecture
helps out!!
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Corridor
Smart Corridor
Concept of Operations
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Some of the Basics…
Who?
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Transport Canada, Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Ministère des
transports du Québec
IBI Group, Roche Consulting, Cambridge Systematics, ConSysTec
Many Stakeholders
What?
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Develop Concept of Operations and Regional ITS Architecture for the
Ontario-Québec Corridor
When?
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April 2011  March 2012
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1. Define the Region
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2. Identify Stakeholders
Multi-modal:
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Surface, Air, Rail, Marine
Freight/Goods Movement Focus
Includes Border Crossings
Includes all levels of Government:
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Transport Canada, CBSA, CBP, FHWA
Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Ministère des transports du
Québec, State of Michigan Department of Transportation
Numerous regions and municipalities throughout the corridor
Includes Private Sector:
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Industry Associations, Commercial Carriers
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2. Identify Stakeholders
We have engaged Stakeholder through:
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Two series of workshops
1st Round of Workshops:
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Focused on engaging Stakeholders
Discussed vision and “Architecture” process
Discussed needs and services
Windsor, Toronto, Ottawa/Gatineau, Montréal, Sherbrooke, Québec
2nd Round of Workshops:
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Reviewed the vision for the “Smart Corridor”
Feedback on Stakeholder descriptions
Feedback on preliminary ITS Systems inventory
Reviewed operational scenarios and information flows
Windsor, Toronto, Ottawa/Gatineau, Montréal, Québec
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3. Inventory Systems
An inventory of the ITS Systems in the corridor:
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Collected by Stakeholder Survey
Verified at 2nd Stakeholder Workshops
4. Determine Needs and Services
Needs and Services were discussed with Stakeholders:
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Discussed through “Breakout” sessions at Workshops
SWOT Analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
The Results
11 Project Initiatives
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Corridor
Initiative 1:
Network Wide Monitoring
Description:
• Data collection providing for a complete traffic picture across of the corridor
• Major urban centres: develop a schedule to expand data collection
• Smaller urban centres & rural areas: develop data collection means that
suits the extent of the area, the traffic volumes and the availability of power,
communications and resources.
Benefits:
 Route planning capability
 Detouring capability
 Access to intermodal facilities and borders
 Response time to incidents
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Initiative 2:
Integrated Real-Time Traveller
Information
Description:
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Integrate real-time traveller information throughout the corridor
Interconnectivity between Traffic Management Centres
Use open standards to allow 3rd party development
Will build on existing services
Benefits:
 Route planning capability
 Detouring capability
 Predictive capability
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Initiative 3:
Intermodal Terminal Traffic
Management
Description:
• Features to manage commercial traffic at the approach to and departure
from ports and other intermodal facilities
• Includes pre- and post-clearance security applications, reservation systems
and commercial vehicle holding areas away from the facility
Benefits:
 Coordination at intermodal yards
 Congestion outside of intermodal yards
 Pollution due to congestion
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Initiative 4:
Management of Border Approaches
Description:
• Include wait time measurement and dynamic lane management , based on
historical and real-time data, staff availability, current queue development
and classification of vehicle
• Conducted in cooperation with the Canada-U.S. Transportation Border
Working Group
Benefits:
 Coordination among border agencies
 Throughput and alleviate congestion at border crossings
 Congestion, fuel consumption and pollution
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Initiative 5:
Commercial Vehicle E-screening
Description:
• Phase 1: Implement technologies to make inspections more efficient
• Phase 2: Implement commercial vehicle data exchange networks
• Phase 3: Pre-clearance programs
Benefits:
 Ability to monitor commercial vehicle weight adherence, maintenance
and driver compliance
 Ability to target most likely offenders
 Infractions and wear on infrastructure
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Initiative 6:
Dangerous Goods Tracking
Description:
• Improvements could allow electronic permitting, routing and checkpoints
that track dangerous goods as they move through the corridor
• Could involve fleet tracking and self-reporting
Benefits:
 Ability to monitor dangerous goods movement in the corridor
 Ability to respond to emergencies involving dangerous goods
 Ability to monitor dangerous goods compliance
 Dangerous goods infractions
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Initiative 7:
Supply Chain Data Exchange Network
Description:
• The use of web technologies and protocols to improve data and message
transmission between supply chain partners
• Web services allow partners to maintain the data they create and to share it
with authorized users through a common interface
Benefits:
 Efficiency of goods movement
 Accurate near real-time data about shipments
 Manual data entry, errors and costs
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Initiative 8:
Commercial Vehicle Information
Network
Description:
• An initiative to share commercial vehicle information, including vehicle
identification, vehicle size and weight, driver credentials and the carriers’
past safety performance
• Integrates commercial vehicle safety records across provinces, and creates
a national clearinghouse of safety information
Benefits:
 Efficiency of commercial vehicle inspection activities
 Operating costs for compliant operators
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Initiative 9:
Pre-clearance of Shipments
Description:
• Container and vehicle tracking, and cargo security status systems based
on emerging e-Seals technology, employed to provide electronic clearance
of trusted shippers
Benefits:
 Targeting of inspections for both Canadian and U.S. customs
 Supply chain visibility
 Border crossing times for trucks carrying freight from Canadian
international gateways to U.S. destinations
 Pilferage, with possible improvements to insurance rates
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Initiative 10:
Commercial Connected Vehicle
Description:
• The goal of this initiative is to develop a framework whereby the corridor
can be put forward as a Connected Vehicle test bed
• Includes efforts such as the integration of on-board devices
• DriveWyze and NYDOT initiatives are comparable examples
• Ideally times to coincide with the 2014 ITS World Congress in Detroit
Benefits:
 Safety and compliance with hours of service
 Incident occurrences
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Initiative 11:
Automated Special Permits
Description:
• Automation of the special permits process
• A single point of access for commercial vehicle permit requests across
provincial and municipal boundaries
• Integration across agencies for coordination of permits, road closures,
police escorts and infrastructure relocations across jurisdictions
Benefits:
 Efficiency for issuing permits
 Availability of roads from coordinated closures and escort availability
 Time en-route for oversized/overweight vehicles
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Contact Information
Scott Crombie
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Transport Canada
(613) 949-4902