Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery TIGER II Grant Application Respectfully Submitted To The United States Department of Transportation By The New York State Department of Transportation In Partnership With The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority New York State Department of Tax and Finance New York State Thruway Authority New York State Bridge Authority New York City Department of Transportation Port Authority of New York and New Jersey New York State Department of Homeland Security New York State Motor Truck Association Rockland County Departments of Planning and Public Transportation The Wireless Information for Sustainable CommercE and Surface Transportation (WISEST) Program “A Transportation Program Promoting Innovative Technologies and Real Time Wireless Communications for Safe, Sustainable and Economically Productive Commercial and Transit Vehicle Operations” August 23, 2010 Type of Project: Highway & Transit Location of the Project: Statewide, Multiple Congressional Districts Project/Urban or Rural Area: Both Urban and Rural Areas TIGER II Grant Funds Requested: $ 19 Million Application Contact Information: Richard McDonough, NYSDOT, Operations Division, Office of Modal Safety & Security, 50 Wolf Road, Albany, NY 12232, [email protected], (518) 457-5871 New York State TIGER II Grant Application Table of Contents 1. Project Description - “WISEST” Program A. Executive Summary Page 1 B. Project Introduction page 1 C. Project Justification Page 2 D. Scope Activities Page 3 E. Project Map Page 7 2. Funding Request/Cost Estimates Page 9 3. Economically Distressed Area Status Page 9 4. Project Partners/Collaborators Page 9 5. Other Related “WISEST” Program Activities (non-TIGER II funded) Page 10 6. Grant Funds Page 11 7. Shovel Ready Criteria – A. “WISEST” Program Schedule Page 12 B. Environmental Approvals Page 13 C. Legislative Approvals Page 14 D. State and Local Planning, Page 14 E. Technical Feasibility Page 14 F. Financial Feasibility Page 15 8. Long –Term “WISEST” Program Outcomes/Benefit Cost Analysis Page 15 A. State Of Good Repair Page 16 B. Economic Competitiveness Page 17 C. Livability Page 19 D. Sustainability Page 20 E. Safety Page 21 9. Job Creation and Economic Stimulus – “WISEST” Program Page 21 10. Secondary Benefit Discussion A. Innovation Page 22 B. Partnership Page 23 11. Evaluation of “WISEST” Program Performance Page 23 12. Certifications Page 24 13. Appendices Page 25 Construction of an Integrated Commercial Vehicle Electronic Screening System along westbound I-90, Schodack, New York These NYSDOT and contractor employees are installing a single load cell weigh-in-motion device that weighs commercial vehicles as they travel along the interstate at highway speeds. These devices and other innovative technologies proposed in this TIGER II grant improve the efficiency and effectiveness of size, weight, tax, credential and safety enforcement operations. This project was supported by grants received from the Federal Highway and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrations, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and the I-95 Corridor Coalition. New York State’s WISEST Program - TIGER II Application Table of Contents - Appendix I. TIGER II Funded/WISEST Program Project Descriptions…………………………………………….….Page 25 II. Related Existing Non-TIGER II Funded Project Descriptions………………………………………….Page 33 III. Related Future/Potential Projects………………………………………………………………………………..Page 40 IV. WISEST Program Project Maps………………………………………………………….………………………….Page 41 V. E-Screening and CVII Background Information…………………………………….……………………….Page 57 VI. Luther Forest/STEP Information.………………………………………………………………………………….Page 62 VII. Detailed Budgets – Tasks 1-10……………………………………………………………………………….……..Page 63 VIII. ARRA Map of Economically Distressed Areas…………………….………………………………………...Page 64 IX. Letters of Support/TIP Statement………………………………………………………………………………..Page 65 X. WISEST Program Project Partners…………………………………………………………………………….….Page 75 XI. Additional Relationships………………………………………………..…………………………….………….....Page 78 XII. Detailed Schedules – Tasks 1-10……………………………….……………………………………………..……Page 80 XIII. Long-Term Outcomes and Benefit Cost Analysis…….………………………………………………..……Page 81 XIV. Civil Rights Information…………………………………………….………………………………………………..…Page 119 The Wireless Information for Sustainable CommercE and Surface Transportation (WISEST) Program “A Transportation Program Promoting Innovative Technologies and Real Time Communications for Safe, Sustainable and Economically Productive Commercial and Transit Vehicle Operations” 1. Project Description A. Executive Summary This TIGER II grant proposal advances safety, mobility, livability and sustainability improvements in support of a “state of good repair” and economic competitiveness through integration of wireless communications into commercial vehicle and bus transit operations. TIGER II grant funding in the amount of $19.02 million is requested to assist New York State with the construction and advancement of the Wireless Information for Sustainable CommercE and Surface Transportation (WISEST) program. The WISEST team is providing a total of $5.26 million of state, local and private sector matches. The total WISEST program - including TIGER II funded projects as well as other related projects - totaling $374.2 million. The funds will be used for shovel ready and quick start projects that build upon safety and mobility programs currently underway in New York State (NYS). These projects include: Construction of 915 MHz and 5.9 GHz virtual weigh station and electronic screening systems with overheight dimension detection capabilities for commercial vehicle size, weight, safety, tax and credential compliance operations; Development/Construction of transportation information systems including after market 5.9 GHz on board equipment (OBE) that use existing wireless real time in-vehicle communication technologies such as cell , 915 MHz and GIS based systems and support the emerging 5.9 GHz dedicated short range communication based (DSRC) IntelliDrive systems to improve safety, mobility, security, sustainability and livability. The WISEST team submits this TIGER II grant application based on the previous TIGER grant application dated September, 2009. Some of the tasks from the initial TIGER grant have been removed or reduced in scope, resulting in a $13 million reduced funding request (from $32.1 million to $19 million). The reduced TIGER II funding request reflects the advancement of a number of the initial TIGER activities being completed or already underway. This TIGER II grant, undertaken by a partnership of the leading NYS agencies, will focus on commercial and transit vehicle operations to provide benefits to all vehicle operators, system users and other stakeholders by supporting a “state of good repair” infrastructure in a sustainable manner while increasing economic competitiveness. The WISEST concept focuses on major, high volume freight and passenger corridors. The program focuses on the I-87 “Northway” that extends from the international border with Quebec to the greater New York City metro region, the I-84 and I-95 corridors connecting New Jersey and Connecticut to the greater NYC metro area, the I-495 Long Island Expressway and its connections to major freight routes including the Van Wyck (I-678) Corridor and its access to JFK Airport. The WISEST Program will produce results within 24 months from grant approval that support, accelerate, expand and improve existing transportation programs such as: United States Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) IntelliDrive program (both light vehicle and heavy vehicle programs/policies/roadmaps); New York State’s Commercial Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (CVII) program funded by the I-95 Corridor Coalition; Federal Highway Administration’s Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and Truck Size and Weight programs; Federal Motor Carrier’s PRISM (Performance and Registration Information Systems Management), Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) & CSA (Comprehensive Safety Analysis) 2010, Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks (CVISN), Smart Roadside and Wireless Roadside Inspection (WRI) programs; and the Federal Transit Administration’s Section 5307 Transit Program. The WISEST Program concept can be expanded across regional and national transportation networks and will create near term jobs and longer-term benefits in support of future employment opportunities. 1 Using the NYS TIGER II team’s unique capabilities and assets, the requested $19 million of funding has a benefit/cost ratio in excess of 13:1 and will help construct roadside infrastructure using proven technologies such as overheight detection systems, virtual weigh stations (VWS) and electronic screening (ES) systems with weigh-in-motion (WIM) devices, license plate readers, 915 MHz transponder readers and 5.9 GHz DSRC devices (RSEs). Using emerging innovative technologies such as IntelliDrive 5.9 GHz DSRC systems and other wireless communications, this investment will support improved commercial, maintenance and transit vehicle safety, mobility, security and operations as well as direct and indirect benefits to other vehicles, system operators, infrastructure maintainers and the general public. B. Project Introduction NYSDOT and its TIGER II partners agree that the development and convergence of innovative roadside and wireless technologies such as those being advanced under FHWA’s Size and Weight