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This project is the companion to the FY99 ITS Treasure Valley Deployment project listed above.

The main focus of this project is to find a vender to procure and install a fully functional Advanced Transportation Management System (ATMS) control package which contains all required functionality to integrate the ITS devices installed on I-84 & I-184. This ATMS package will allow all ITS devices deployed in the Treasure Valley to be controlled under a single software environment. ACHD is hoping to find an off-the-shelf software package that can be easily adapted for a small-medium sized metropolitan area such as the Treasure Valley.

This ATMS software will include items such as CCTV control, CMS control, Traffic Detector Station control, incident detection, incident tracking and management, event tracking and logging and system wide graphical mapping.

FY99 Treasure Valley ITS Deployment

 

Primary Contact:  Mr. Jim Larsen, Congestion Management Supervisor, Ada County Highway District, Boise, ID

Phone:  (208) 387-6196

FAX:  (208) 387-6219

Email:  jlarsen@achd.ada.id.us/tmc 

Project URL:  www.achd.ada.id.us/tmc 

Project Partners:  Ada County Highway District, Idaho Transportation Department, University of Idaho, Boise State University, Community Planning Association of SW Idaho (COMPASS)

Project Start Date:  September, 1999            Project End Date:  June, 2003

The Treasure Valley area is home to approximately 400,000 people in the major cities of Boise, Garden City, Meridian, Eagle, Nampa and Caldwell in Ada and Canyon Counties.

This regional area has experienced enormous population growth in the past ten years, which has stressed the limits of the transportation infrastructure. In the past 6 years, the daily traffic volumes on I-84 linking Ada and Canyon Counties increased nearly 50% and travel time to and from work has significantly increased due to higher traffic volumes and increased accidents. Recent population projections for Ada and canyon Counties indicate an increase of an additional 25% from 1998 to 2005.

Realizing a need to maximize efficiency of the existing transportation system, the leadership of the Treasure Valley commissioned a study in 1997 to explore the potential of using ITS to enhance and improve Treasure Valley transportation systems. The primary goal of a Phase I study was to initiate ITS awareness and to begin the process  to evaluate these advanced technology approaches. This was accomplished by gaining support and active participation of 18 regional transportation agencies. It quickly became apparent to the Treasure Valley ITS Committee that:

s    There are many potential ITS applications that directly addressed the Treasure Valley Transportation needs,

s    The majority were needed within five years, and

s    The need to continue ITS planning is essential to ensure a coordinated, integrated deployment of ITS systems.

With the completion of the Phase I ITS study, this FY99 Treasure Valley ITS Deployment Project was developed. This is an aggressive project that will design and install ITS devices on the Treasure Valley freeway system and develop a 20yr Treasure Valley ITS plan and incident management plan.

The work to be undertaken in this project consists of 6 specific tasks. The work will be funded through a combination of State earmarked ITS integration funds, CMAQ funds and local agency funds. The specific tasks include:

1. Develop a Phase II ITS 20yr Plan for the Treasure Valley. (completed)
2. Develop an incident management operations plan for I-84 & I-184. (completed)
3. Develop a CCTV, vehicle detection and communications design for I-84/ I-184. (completed)
4. Deploy the components in Task 3 at 7 interchange locations on I-84. (currently underway
5. Develop an Advanced Transportation Management System (ATMS) control software RFP document. (completed)
6. Project Evaluation. (currently underway)