North/West Passage Transportation Pooled Fund TPF-5(190)

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1 North/West Passage Transportation Pooled Fund TPF-5(190) Steering Committee Meeting * MINUTES * September 20, 2016 Action Items North/West Passage members to submit Work Plan contributions. o Wyoming to submit Work Plan 10 and 11 o Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota to submit Work Plan 11 Athey Creek to the members for interest in participating in a regional operation forum hosted by South Dakota. Athey Creek to schedule a call for the Steering Committee to discuss and approve operation and maintenance OTIIS website options after October WTI to send Peter Rafferty a PowerPoint presentation on the OTIIS website. Cory Johnson to verify that South Dakota and North Dakota funds have been received by MnDOT. Peter Rafferty to send Jason Bittner a draft report on an effort related to Project 10.6 Bill Legg to send Dave Huft contact information for the individual that planned the Washington regional operations forum. Handouts Cory Johnson to send Athey Creek the concept of operations for the MAASTO truck parking project for distribution to the members. Athey Creek to distribute the October 3 webinar announcement on the Use of travel time, travel time reliability, and winter condition index information for improved operation of rural interstates. September 20 Agenda August 16 Draft Meeting Minutes Work Plan Status Report 1. Welcome Bill Legg welcomed the attendees. A list of participants is included at the end of these minutes. September 20, 2016 North/West Passage Steering Committee Meeting Meeting Minutes Page 1

2 2. Multi-state Corridor Operations Management (MCOM) NWP Operations and Travel Information Integration Sharing (OTIIS) Project Website: Project Update: Finished up the couple last video tutorials on the website to assist student turnover at WTI that support the site Fixed North Dakota injector issues that caused events to go missing Encouraged Steering Committee to include a link to the OTIIS website with winter travel announcements A shorter survey was created to gather input on the website and has been linked on the website for a couple months, however there have not been any responses received. WTI has not received any input on the mobile app. Athey Creek to schedule a call for the Steering Committee to discuss and approve operation and maintenance OTIIS website options after October Bill Legg has been in contact with the Canada-US Transportation Border Working Group to discuss opportunities to expand OTIIS. The group is meeting tomorrow to discuss coordination efforts with North/West Passage. WTI will be presenting the OTIIS project at the NRITS conference including highlighting lessons learned. It was suggested to contact ITS Heartland on possible coordination efforts with their MCOM effort. WTI to send Peter Rafferty a PowerPoint presentation on the OTIIS website. 3. Administrative Topics Work Plan Contributions Wyoming and Wisconsin were contacted for participation in Work Plan 11. Both states are unable to contribute financially or personnel resources this year. Idaho, Minnesota and Washington have contributed to Work Plan 11. Cory Johnson to verify that South Dakota and North Dakota funds have been received by MnDOT. August Meeting Minutes The members reviewed the meeting minutes from the August 16 meeting. No comments were noted. The following action items were closed. Bill Legg to contact the Canada/US Transportation Border Working Group to discuss interest in expanding the OTIIS website. Cory Johnson to contact Wisconsin and Wyoming to discuss Work Plan 11 participation options. Athey Creek to distribute the draft Project 10.3: Evaluate Effectiveness of Citizen Reporting for review by the Steering Committee. 4. Work Plan 10 Project Updates Project 10.2 Operations Task Force Year 3 Project Purpose: To continue meeting as a task force for another year. September 20, 2016 North/West Passage Steering Committee Meeting Meeting Minutes Page 2

3 A Technician s Forum was held on August 17 based off a similar event the Western States Forum holds. The forum featured two topics. Comparison of In-Pavement versus Out-Of-Pavement Sensor Technologies, Mike Beyer, Caltrans District 2 Multnomah Falls Parking Management System, Dennis Mitchell, Oregon DOT, and Doug Spencer, Oregon DOT A survey was distributed after the webinar to gather input on interest of conducting similar webinars. Only 5 responses were received of the approximately 25 individuals that participated, however the input was positive on conducting similar webinars. Project 10.4: Freight Task Force Year 2 Project Purpose: To continue to support freight related activities for North/West Passage for another year. A webinar was held on September 13 and focused on freight data. Presenters included: Donald Ludlow, CPCS, is the AASHTO/FHWA Subject Matter Expert for SHRP2 C20 freight data implementation and he is the Freight Operations Instructor for the National Operations Center of Excellence (Operations Academy). He Chairs a TRB Task Force on Big Data and Chairs TRB s Freight Data Committee. Dan Murray, Vice President of Research for ATRI (American Transportation Research Institute), leads the application of ATRI s truck GPS data to measure travel time, speed and reliability of freight movement across the nation s highway system, urban corridors and international border crossings. The next webinar is scheduled for October 18 and will focus on truck parking. Presenters will include: Davonna Moore, KSDOT TPIMS Project Manager John Maddox, KSDOT - TPIMS Deputy PM, and branding lead Dan Murray, ATRI - private sector research lead John Tompkins, MNDOT MN truck parking pilot and overlap between TPIMS, MN and NWP efforts Project 10.6: Multistate Assessment of Interstate Speed Limit Impacts Project purpose: To examine the North/West Passage states current practices for setting speed limits along I-90/I-94, document legislative influences within the past 10 years, and assess the impacts (e.g. safety, enforcement) of higher speeds and varying speed limits along the multistate corridor. A draft tech memo will be distributed next week that will include a compilation of speed limit revision histories. It was noted that speed limit safety data has not yet been received from Washington and Montana for the project. September 20, 2016 North/West Passage Steering Committee Meeting Meeting Minutes Page 3

4 A meeting will be scheduled in October with the project team to review the tech memo and discuss next steps. Peter Rafferty to send Jason Bittner a draft report on an effort related to Project Work Plan 11 The members reviewed a schedule, project champions, contracting and costs for Work Plan 11 projects. Work Plan 11 was approved during the August meeting and includes five projects. It was proposed to stagger the project starts to allow enough time on monthly calls to kick off the projects. Dave Huft and Bob Koeberlein offered to co-champion Project 11.5: Exploring Options for Truck Platooning along the NWP Corridor. Cory made a motion to approve the proposed Work Plan 11 schedule, costs and contracting. Bob Koeberlein seconded. The Work Plan 11 schedule, costs and contracting was approved. 6. Member News Washington DOT is developing a Freight Strategic Plan. South Dakota DOT is starting to plan for a regional operations forum. The forum will focus on increasing TSMO knowledge to staff and involving neighboring state to participate to continue to establish contacts. Minnesota DOT participated in a TSMO peer exchange that was hosted by the Center of Excellence that may be of interest as South Dakota plans the regional operations forum. Bill Legg to send Dave Huft contact information for the individual that planned the Washington regional operations forum. Minnesota DOT has finalized a multi-state concept of operations for a MAASTO truck parking effort. Cory Johnson to send Athey Creek the concept of operations for the MAASTO truck parking project for distribution to the members. A webinar is scheduled for October 3 by the Mountain Plains Consortium (MPC) on the Use of travel time, travel time reliability, and winter condition index information for improved operation of rural interstates. Athey Creek to distribute the October 3 webinar announcement on the Use of travel time, travel time reliability, and winter condition index information for improved operation of rural interstates. 7. Next Meetings and Close 2016 Steering Committee Meetings October 18, :00-3:00 pm (central) October 18, 2016, 3:00 4:30 pm (central) Freight Task Force: Webinar 4: Truck Parking November 15, :00-3:00 pm (central) December :00-3:00 pm (central) September 20, 2016 North/West Passage Steering Committee Meeting Meeting Minutes Page 4

5 2017 Steering Committee Meetings January 17, 2:00-3:00 pm (central) February 21, 2:00-3:00 pm (central) March 21, 2:00-3:00 pm (central) April 18, 2:00-3:00 pm (central) May 16 and 17 - Bismarck, ND June 20, 2:00-3:00 pm (central) July 18, 2:00-3:00 pm (central) August 15, 2:00-3:00 pm (central) September 19, 2:00-3:00 pm (central) October 17, 2:00-3:00 pm (central) November 21, 2:00-3:00 pm (central) December 19, 2:00-3:00 pm (central) September 20, 2016 North/West Passage Steering Committee Meeting Meeting Minutes Page 5

6 NORTH/WEST PASSAGE Steering Committee Meeting September 20, 2016 Attendees (shaded below) Steering Committee Representatives Name Representing Phone Vince Garcia Wyoming DOT Brandi Hamilton Montana DOT Dave Huft South Dakota DOT Cory Johnson Minnesota DOT Bob Koeberlein Idaho Transp Department Bill Legg Washington State DOT Brandon Beise North Dakota DOT Steering Committee FHWA Representatives David Ferell FHWA North Dakota James Coylar FHWA Washington FHWA Wyoming Bruce Hunt FHWA South Dakota Lance Johnson FHWA Idaho Jim McCarthy FHWA Minnesota Lloyd Rue FHWA Montana Larry Swartzlander FHWA Other Steering Committee Contacts Brad Darr North Dakota DOT Dan Rowe Minnesota DOT Deb Fick Minnesota DOT Peter Rafferty U of WI - Madison prafferty@wisc.edu Steve Albert MSU - WTI stevea@coe.montana.edu Levi Ewan MSU WTI levi.ewan@coe.montana.edu Tony Ernest Idaho Transp Department Tony.Ernest@itd.idaho.gov Program Support Consultants Dean Deeter Athey Creek Consultants deeter@acconsultants.org Tina Roelofs Athey Creek Consultants roelofs@acconsultants.org Ginny Crowson Athey Creek Consultants crowson@acconsultants.org September 20, 2016 North/West Passage Steering Committee Meeting Meeting Minutes Page 6