Paso Del Norte Regional Mobility Information System Challenges and Opportunities

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Paso Del Norte Regional Mobility Information
System Challenges and Opportunities

• Center for International Intelligent
  Transportation Research

TBWG Data Workshop Detroit, Michigan June 4, 2008
Rajat Rajbhandari Texas Transportation
Institute El Paso, Texas
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Agenda

• Defining Goals and Objectives of the System
• Developing Framework for the System
• Designing and Implementing the System
• Challenges and Opportunities
• Creating a Sustainable System
• Future of PDN Regional Mobility Information
  System
• Video Demonstration of PDN RMIS Website

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Defining Goals and Objectives of the System
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Defining Goals and Objectives of the System

• Raising awareness of the need for data collection
  planning
• Increasing amount of transportation data being
  collected
• Increasing quality of transportation data being
  collected
• Increasing recognition of the value of data
• Encouraging similar efforts in other areas of
  transportation

Creating a centralized transportation data
archive and Providing advanced traveler
information
Adopted From Closing the Data Gap Guidelines
for Quality Advanced Traveler Information System
(ATIS) Data Version 1.0, ITS America and U.S.
Department of Transportation, September 2000.
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Defining Objectives of the System
Provide a common medium to store and relay
multi-modal transportation data
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Defining Objectives of the System
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Developing Framework of the System

• Outlining vision to determine data needs and
  priorities
• Determining and defining the region (boundaries)
  and roadways
• Identifying data types produced by stakeholders
• Considering local factors regarding traffic and
  border crossing needs
• Estimating procurement costs and synchronizing
  strategies with funding profile

Adopted From Closing the Data Gap Guidelines
for Quality Advanced Traveler Information System
(ATIS) Data Version 1.0, ITS America and U.S.
Department of Transportation, September 2000.
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Developing Framework of the System
Extract Traffic and Border Crossing Data
fromDiverse Data Sources
Travel Time
CameraSnapshots
HAZMATInformation
TrafficSpeed
CBP Inspection Lanes Open
Weather
RFID Border Crossing Time
Incidents
CBP Border Crossing Delay
Archived Information
Real-Time Information
Planners, Engineers, Researchers
Motorists, Freight Carriers and Shippers
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Designing and Implementing the System
Phase I 2006 Scoping and Needs
Phase I 2006Scoping and Needs
Phase II 2007Design and Build
Phase III 2008O M and Expansion

• Identifying the overall needs and purpose of
  mobility information system
• Identifying stakeholders in the region
• Identifying desired outcomes from the system
  according to stakeholder needs
• Identifying sources and types of data
  availability
• Defining and designing conceptual operation of
  the system

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Designing and Implementing the System
Phase II 2007 Design and Build
Phase II 2007Design and Build
Phase I 2006Scoping and Needs
Phase III 2008O M and Expansion

• Establishing a systems architecture (3-tier
  architecture)
• Defining interfaces between data sources and the
  system
• Developing functional requirements of the system
• Defining processes for data extraction, fusion
  and dissemination
• Procuring of software and hardware

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Designing and Implementing the System
Phase II 2007 Design and Build
Data Extraction
Data Fusion
Data Dissemination
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Designing and Implementing the System
Phase II 2007 Design and Build
Traffic Data
HAZMAT Crossing Data
Weather Data
Dimensions
Segment ID Sensor ID Route ID
Border Crossing Time Data
Port of Entry ID Inspection Lane ID
Incident Data
Event ID Date and Time ID
CBP Border Crossing Delay
HS Threat LevelAdvisory
CBP Inspection Lanes Open
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Designing and Implementing the System
Phase II 2007 Design and Build
Amber Alerts
Traffic Incidents
Weather Alerts
Traffic Images
Airport Info
DMS Messages
Vehicle Sensors
Highway Speed
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Designing and Implementing the System
Phase II 2007 Design and Build
Dashboard Reports
Congestion Monitoring
Performance Monitoring
Micro and Macroscopic Calibration Tools
Data Mining Tools
Aggregated Volume and Speed
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Designing and Implementing the System
Phase II 2007 Design and Build
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Designing and Implementing the System
Phase III 2008 O M and Expansion
Phase III 2008O M and Expansion
Phase I 2006Scoping and Needs
Phase II 2007Design and Build

• Calibrating the system to verify system
  performance
• Modifying system components until acceptable
  performance is achieved
• Maintaining and monitoring the performance of
  the system
• Providing enhancements according to operational
  experience
• Adding processes and functions to maintain the
  system
• Expansion of PDN RMIS by
• Integrating with border crossing information
• Integrating with HAZMAT monitoring system

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Designing and Implementing the System
Phase III 2008 O M and Expansion
Secure FTP Access
Terminal at BorerComm
RMIS
Location of 16 cameras installed by Instituto
Municipal de Investigacion y Planeacion at
US/Mexico Border
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Designing and Implementing the System
Phase III 2008 O M and Expansion
RFID Readers Being Installed by DPS
RMIS
Wireless Modems
Dedicated Terminal
RFID Readers Being Installed by TTI
Bridge of the Americas, El Paso, Texas
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Challenges and Opportunities
Overcoming Constraints with Innovative Ideas
Request Direct Access to Data Source
Commitment from Agencies
Applications to Automatically Read Agency
Websites
Willing to Help, But Time Consuming
Find Alternative Ways to Extract Data
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Challenges and Opportunities
Overcoming Constraints with Innovative Ideas
TransVista FTMS Server collects traffic data from
sensors
FTMS Server Pushes Raw Data to TTI
Processes and stores raw data
TTI SQL Server
Modem, PCAnywhere, Standalone Applications
TTI initially requested a more efficient WIRELESS
connection
Advanced Traveler Information
Interactive Reports of Aggregate Data and
Performance Measures
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Challenges and Opportunities
Creating a Value-Added System
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Challenges and Opportunities
Creating New Opportunities By Providing Tools
to Identify Cause-Effect
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Challenges and Opportunities
Creating New Opportunities By Providing Tools
for Reality Mining
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Challenges and Opportunities
Creating New Opportunities By Providing Tools
for Reality Mining
FAST lanes are 4 times more reliable than
Standard lanes
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Challenges and Opportunities
Creating New Opportunities By Providing Platform
to Add New Information
RFID Readers Being Installed by NMSU through EPA
Grant
RMIS
Wireless Modems
Dedicated Terminal
Send Real-Time Hazmat Information to First
Responders in New Mexico, El Paso, and Juarez
Santa Teresa Port of Entry, New Mexico
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Challenges and Opportunities
Creating New Opportunities By Developing
StateoftheArt System
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Challenges and Opportunities
Leveraging New Funds
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Creating a Sustainable System

• Sustain growth of storage space
• Efficiency of the system
• Sustain growth of transaction load
• Licensing issues
• Growth of users
• Sustain growth of data marts
• Effect on storage capacity
• Increases complexity
• Sustain stakeholder support
• Keep stakeholders involved

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Future of PDN Regional Mobility Information System

• Who will operate and maintain the system in the
  long run?
• How to obtain funding to operate and maintain the
  system.
• How to charge fee to users?
• Could public-private partnership be a solution?
  Need to resolve institutional and technical
  issues, such as
• Intellectual property rights
• Access to data sources
• Market analysis of user fee
• TTI is working on a project to perform a
  CROSS-CUTTING study on how Traffic Management
  Centers and Consortiums across U.S. handle
  INSTITUITIONAL issues

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PDN Regional Mobility Information System Demo
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Contact Information

• Rajat Rajbhandari, Ph.D., P.E.
• Associate Research Engineer
• Texas Transportation Institute
• 4050 Rio Bravo, Suite 151
• El Paso, Texas
• Phone [phone]
• Email rajat_at_tamu.edu
• Web http//tti.tamu.edu
• RMIS http//www.eptraffic.com