WSDOT Intermodal Data Linkages
Freight ITS Operational Test Evaluation

Part 2: Freight ITS Traffic Data Evaluation
Final Report

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January 2003

USDOT ITS Joint Program Office
USDOT Office of Intermodalism (OST)
FHWA Office of Freight Management and Operations

U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration Operations Unit
400 7th Street, S.W., HOP
Washington, DC 20590
Toll-Free "Help line(866) 367-7487

Publication No. FHWA-OP-02-XXX ............ EDL Document Number XXXX

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Notice
• Technical Report Documentation Page
• Abbreviations
• Freight and ITS Web Resources
• List of Tables
• List of Figures
• Abbreviations
• Executive Summary
• 1.    Introduction
• 2.    Congestion Management System Evaluation Case Study
  • 2.1   Introduction
  • 2.2   Description of Technology and Deployments
    • 2.2.1    Congestion Notification System at Port of Tacoma
    • 2.2.2    Congestion Management System at the Port of Seattle
  • 2.3   Technical Approach
  • 2.4   Summary of Data and Analysis
    • 2.4.1    Description of Participants
    • 2.4.2    Summary of System Performance
    • 2.4.3    Congestion Detection System at Port of Tacoma
  • 2.5   Conclusions and Recommendations
    • 2.5.1    Conclusions
    • 2.5.2    Recommendations
• 3.    Freight Traffic Data Integration Evaluation case Study
  • 3.1   Introduction
  • 3.2   overview
  • 3.3   USE OF wireless Gps Devices data
  • 3.4   USE OF transponder data
    • 3.4.1    CVISN Transponder Analysis
    • 3.4.2    TransCorridor Transponder Analysis
  • 3.5   Conclusions and Recommendations
    • 3.5.1    Conclusions
    • 3.5.2    Recommendations
• References

LIST OF TABLES

• Table ES-1.  Congestion Management Systems Test Participants
• Table ES-2.  Regional Freight Data Collection Participants
• Table 2-1.  Monthly Website Hits by Camera
• Table 2-2.  I-5 Southbound Off-Ramp Traffic Volumes
• Table 3-1.  Data Distribution (North or Westbound Directions)
• Table 3-2.  Comparison of GPS-Derived Performance Data and Freeway Surveillance Data on a “Congested Day” (7/28/2000)
• Table 3-3.  Example Calculation of Travel Time from Border Transponder Data
• Table 3-4.  Frequency of Data Points

LIST OF FIGURES

 

• Figure 2-1.  Impact of Camera Queue Detection System at Port of Tacoma
• Figure 2-2.  Port of Tacoma Road Exit Beacon Sign
• Figure 2-3.  Port of Tacoma Road Exit Sign with Camera
• Figure 2-4.  Port of Tacoma Road Ramp View from Camera Queue Detector
• Figure 2-5.  Olympic Region TMC, Tacoma
• Figure 2-6.  Impact of the Internet Traffic Cameras at the Port of Seattle
• Figure 2-7.  Seattle Traffic Cameras Viewed from the WSDOT Website
• Figure 2-8. Camera Located on Harbor Island at Spokane Street (Terminal 22)
• Figure 2-9.  View from Harbor Island at Spokane Street Camera (Terminal 22)
• Figure 2-10.  Camera Located on Alaskan Way at Royal Brougham (Terminal 37)
• Figure 2-11.  View from Alaskan Way at Royal Brougham Camera (Terminal 37)
• Figure 2-12.  Camera Located on Alaskan Way (Terminal 42)
• Figure 2-13.  View from Alaskan Way Camera (Terminal 42)
• Figure 2-14.  Recommended Location for Additional Camera, BNSF Intermodal Gateway
• Figure 2-15.  Recommended Location for Additional Camera,  BNSF Intermodal Terminal Access Road
• Figure 2-16.  Zone Occupancy Scores for September 27, 2002
• Figure 3-1.  Potential Sources for Regional Freight Traffic Data
• Figure 3-2. Truck-Mounted Wireless GPS Device
• Figure 3-3.  Example of Mapping GPS data to GIS Model
• Figure 3-4.  Congestion Contour Graphic For Northbound I-405 From GPS Data
• Figure 3-5.  A Typical Day of Transponder Reads at the Blaine Border Crossing
• Figure 3-6.  Port of Seattle to Truck Border: Sample Travel Time
• Figure 3-7. Port of Seattle to Truck Border. Sample Speed

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