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Concept of Operations for the I-394 Corridor in Minneapolis, Minnesota

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March 31, 2008

FHWA-JPO-08-006
EDL Number 14392

Submitted to:

U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
Federal Transit Administration
Research and Innovative Technology Administration

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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  1. Concept of Operations Summary
    1. Introduction
    2. I-394 ICM Corridor Overview
      1. I-394 Corridor Boundaries
      2. I-394 Corridor Networks
      3. I-394 Corridor Stakeholders
    3. Corridor Operating and Institutional Conditions
      1. Description of Technologies/Strategies Implemented
      2. Communications Infrastructure Supported within the Corridor
      3. Other Improvements or Inter-agency Agreements Planned for the Corridor
      4. Summary of Institutional Conditions
    4. The Need for ICM
      1. I-394 Corridor Problems and Needs to be Addressed by ICM
    5. ICM Vision, Goals and Objectives
    6. ICM Operational Approaches and Strategies
      1. I-394 ICM Approaches
      2. How ICM Strategies Will Meet the I-394 Goals and Objectives
    7. ICM Concept Operational Description
      1. Travelers’ View
      2. Corridor Operational Description
      3. Integrated Corridor Management System (ICMS) Operational Concept
    8. Required Assets and ICM Implementation Issues
      1. What is needed to implement ICM along the I-394 Corridor
      2. Implementation Issues
      3. Specific Implementation Issue – Arterial Data
    9. I-394 ICM Concept Institutional Framework
      1. ICM Leadership and Program Management
      2. Institutional Cooperation and Agency Roles
  2. References
  3. Existing Corridor Scope and Operational Characteristics
    1. Corridor Boundaries and Networks
    2. Corridor Stakeholders
    3. Operational Conditions of the I-394 Corridor and Included Networks
    4. Existing Network-Based Transportation Management/ITS Assets
    5. Proposed Near-term Network Improvements
    6. Current Network-based Institutional Characteristics
    7. Regional ITS Architecture Review
    8. Individual Network and Corridor Problems, Issues and Needs
      1. I-394 Corridor Operational Problems
      2. I-394 Corridor Needs
    9. Potential for ICM in the I-394 Corridor
    10. I-394 Corridor Vision
  4. ICM Operational Concept
    1. Corridor Goal and Objectives
    2. Application of ICM Approaches and Strategies
      1. Approaches, Strategies, and Local Applications of ICM
      2. The Need for Each Proposed ICM Strategy
    3. ICM Concept Asset Requirements and Needs
    4. Comparison of ICM Concept Asset Requirements and Current and Potential Assets
    5. ICM and ICMS Operational Concept
      1. Travelers’ View
      2. Corridor Operational Description
      3. Integrated Corridor Management System Operational Concept
      4. Mn/DOT’s View
      5. Transit Agencies’ View
      6. Hennepin Countys’ View
      7. City of Minneapolis’ View
      8. Law Enforcement / Emergency Responses’ View
    6. Alignment with Regional ITS Architecture
    7. Implementation Issues
    8. I-394 ICM Concept Institutional Framework
      1. ICM Leadership and Program Management
      2. Institutional Cooperation for Daily Operations and Maintenance
    9. Performance Measures and Targets
      1. Performance Measure Definitions
      2. Target Definitions
  5. Operational Scenarios

All figures, maps, images, and photos are owned by the Minnesota Department of Transportation.  Figures 1.1 and 3.1 were created with data contributed from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.