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ACTT Workshop: New York
Tappan Zee Bridge Deck Replacement

[Archived] Appendix B (continued): Skill Set Recording Forms

Traffic/Safety/ITS

Traffic/Safety Team
Facilitator:Mark Urban
Walter H. Kraft
Jerry L. Graham
William Bender
Michael H. Cox
Rick Zabinski
Thomas C. McLaughlin
Wai Cheung
Lloyd J. Keifer
Emmett McDevitt
E-ZPass Applications
Idea (Short Name) Idea (Detailed Description) Implementation Details (Barriers, Skill Set Coordination, etc.)

  • Preschedule bridge crossings through E-ZPass.
  • PR, Construction.

  • Consider congestion pricing, i.e., incentives/disincentives or special tolls at certain times (including interagency).
  • Higher tolls on TZB during construction and lower tolls for motorists using detour routes. PR, Construction. Legal issues; bond covenants; "discrimination" against those without scheduling flexibility; transfer of money to other agencies.

  • Make it so only E-ZPass customers can use bridge during construction.
  • Only E-ZPass customers able to use bridge during construction periods.
  • PR.
  • Same as above.

  • Accelerate TRANSMIT program to obtain origin-destination information.
  • TRANSCOM needs to develop/release software that determines origin-destination patterns from TRANSMIT data (for detour and traffic management purposes).
  • Construction.
  • TRANSCOM delays.

  • Install/accelerate TRANSMIT program onto alternate routes (I-84, I-684, GW, etc.) early to refine/modify origin-destination/alternate route plan.
  • Plan, design and install additional TRANSMIT equipment in region.
  • Construction.
  • Funding, scheduling, design delays.

  • Do a regional origin-destination survey (manual survey).
  • To collect origin-destination data for traffic before and during construction for detour planning and traffic management.
  • Construction.
  • Costs, scheduling, time, safety, smaller data set.
Operations
Idea (Short Name) Idea (Detailed Description) Implementation Details (Barriers, Skill Set Coordination, etc.)

  • Implement super incident management program in and around area (including additional wreckers).
  • Internal coordination with TRANSCOM and the TMCs, other regional transportation management organizations and first responders using ITS systems. External coordination with public using outreach elements such as web site, HAR and VMS.
  • PR, Construction.
  • Poor coordination and insufficient dissemination mechanisms; out-of-date or poor-quality information.

  • Provide increased speed enforcement.
  • Install appropriate monitoring equipment to identify trends and also to remind motorists of speed limits, especially through PR, Construction.
  • Equipment, physical constraints, funding, lack of motorist compliance, work zones.

  • Provide/install additional detection on bridge
  • Install additional sensors to supplement existing capabilities; to identify incidents "immediately." Install/supplement sensors on detour routes.
  • Construction.
  • Funding, schedules, communications.

  • Analyze real-time traffic requirements during construction, and be dynamic with needs for lanes within construction contract.
  • Review available traffic information and adjust lane closures accordingly.
  • Construction.
  • Lack of data; inability to analyze data; potential contractor claims for re-opening the lane
Information Dissemination
Idea (Short Name) Idea (Detailed Description) Implementation Details (Barriers, Skill Set Coordination, etc.)

  • Use AM/FM radio preemption.
  • Utilize AM/FM broadcasts, college stations, preemption, satellite radio.
  • PR.
  • Lack of funding, no station, lack of interest, small market, legal limited applications, practicality, limited subscriptions.

  • Provide regional coordination of ITS messages, i.e., Maryland and Vermont.
  • Use agency web site/information sharing of real-time data for public.
  • PR, Construction.
  • Poor outreach efforts; lack of information on the part of others.

  • Accelerate regional VMS construction program.
  • Provide real-time project information to the public.
  • Construction, PR.
  • Lack of funding; scheduling.

  • Coordinate with major regional trucking companies and other industries.
  • Provide project information to trucking and other industries.
  • PR.
  • Lack of interest.

  • Meet with emergency response providers to communicate project details and impacts. It's up to them to modify their plans accordingly.
  • Provide project and real-time information through TRANSCOM, TMCs and directly
  • PR, Construction.
  • Lack of interest; difficulties in coordinating and communicating with these groups.

  • Identify and build an inter-governmental relations team.
  • Provide real-time project information to local, regional and statewide agencies.
  • PR, Construction.
  • Lack of interest; difficulties in coordinating and communicating with these groups.

  • Develop communication plan for incidents/delays. Coordinate with TRANSCOM for regional delays caused by construction.
  • Create an internal action plan.
  • PR, Construction.
  • Coordination difficulties.
Volume Management Techniques
Idea (Short Name) Idea (Detailed Description) Implementation Details (Barriers, Skill Set Coordination, etc.)

  • Identify and promote alternate routes.
  • See regional map.
  • PR, Construction.
  • Inconvenience to public.

  • Promote mode shifts to reduce trips over TZB.
  • The analysis includes opportunities to provide ferry service between key destinations; evaluation of additional park and ride lots or express bus service from key point-to-point destinations.
  • PR, Construction.
  • Money/time/environmental; need to reduce delays and number of lanes; ridership concerns (nights/weekends), capitalization on known major traffic generators.

  • Identify and promote regional diversion routes for trips not able to mode shift.
  • Analyze regional alternate route network for capacity constraints, and make early contacts. Accelerate related projects/spot improvements.
  • PR, Construction.
  • Data availability, resources (human/money), interagency project coordination, maintenance (external/internal), signal retiming, widening, spot improvements, loss of revenue, public/interagency opposition.

  • Close exits nine and 10.
  • PR, Construction.
  • Easy with PR&E.

  • Eliminate trucks at night over TZB.
  • PR.
  • Done.
Work Zone Traffic Control
Idea (Short Name) Idea (Detailed Description) Implementation Details (Barriers, Skill Set Coordination, etc.)

  • Reduce lane width requirements to provide a greater number of lanes or workspace.
  • Provide 10-foot lanes with exception of outer lanes for trucks and buses (11.5 feet) to maximize workspace and number of lanes.
  • PR, Construction, Structures.
  • Permitting for trucks; need to maintain 2/2 lanes, buffers.

  • Provide emergency pullouts and accident investigation sites.
  • Provide frequent emergency pullouts with signing to move disabled vehicles from traveled way to sites at end of bridge.
  • PR, Construction.
  • Driver education/awareness to move vehicles for minor fender-benders.

  • Implement late lane merge.
  • Implement to control queue length.
  • PR, Construction.
  • Agency culture.

  • Write MOU for State police for dedicated stoppages.
  • Develop agreement with State police to provide dedicated stoppages within work zone.
  • Construction.
  • None.

  • Provide contractor incentives for early completion.
  • Provide incentives rather than disincentives (they do not work) to promote early completion.
  • Construction.
  • Safety increased due to lower exposure; initiates innovation; specs have to be reviewed to be "tight."

  • Analyze dynamic lane usage, and do not confine contractor with defined work zone process/schedule.
  • Allow contractor to determine production and scheduling and have dynamic lane usage/messaging (i.e., 2+1, 1+2, 3+1, 1+3, etc.).
  • Construction.
  • Alleviates queues and reductions in user costs with no cost increase (no payment for changing barrier).
Worker Safety
Idea (Short Name) Idea (Detailed Description) Implementation Details (Barriers, Skill Set Coordination, etc.)

  • Develop internal traffic control plan and worksite safety plan.
  • Place light banks over the rail; plan for delivery of materials/supplies; and provide worker buffer areas.
  • Construction.
  • Required already; just needs to be implemented and enforced.
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Updated: 02/20/2020
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