STRATEGIC PLAN FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM Colorado Department of Transportation Regional ITS Strategic Plan for Southeastern Colorado November 2006 Regional Intelligent Transportation Systems Strategic Plan for Southeastern Colorado Prepared for: Colorado Department of Transportation – ITS Branch Project Manager: Bruce Coltharp Regions 1 and 2 Prepared by: URS Corporation 8181 E. Tufts Ave. Denver, CO 80237 303-694-2770 URS Project Number 22237128 November 2006 Regional ITS Strategic Plan for Southeastern Colorado CDOT Region 1 and Region 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary .......................................................................................................i A. Project Area ........................................................................................................i B. Issues and Needs...............................................................................................iii C. Core ITS Services .............................................................................................iv D. Strategic Objectives ...........................................................................................v E. Recommended ITS Projects .............................................................................vii F. Financial Summary .........................................................................................viii I. Introduction .......................................................................................................1 I.A. Purpose of the Regional ITS Strategic Plan.........................................................1 I.B. Project Process...................................................................................................3 I.C. Related Planning Efforts.....................................................................................5 I.D. Conformance with the National ITS Architecture ...............................................9 I.E. Organization of this Report ..............................................................................11 II. Description of the Region ................................................................................12 II.A. Geography of the Region..................................................................................12 II.B. Transportation..................................................................................................16 II.C. Existing ITS Services and Infrastructure...........................................................19 III. Transportation Issues and Needs ....................................................................25 III.A. TPR Goals .......................................................................................................25 III.B. Stakeholder Issues and Needs...........................................................................26 IV. Linking Market Packages to Transportation Needs.......................................32 IV.A. Advanced Traffic Management Systems...........................................................32 IV.B. Advanced Traveler Information Systems ..........................................................33 IV.C. Advanced Public Transportation Systems.........................................................33 IV.D. Emergency Management ..................................................................................34 IV.E. Maintenance and Construction Management.....................................................35 IV.F. Archived Data Management .............................................................................35 V. ITS Strategic Goals..........................................................................................37 V.A. Statewide Goals ...............................................................................................37 V.B. ITS Services.....................................................................................................38 V.C. Regional ITS Goals..........................................................................................43 VI. Strategic ITS Projects......................................................................................45 VI.A. Recommended ITS Projects .............................................................................45 VI.B. Projects of Statewide Significance....................................................................48 VI.C. Projects of Regional Significance .....................................................................51 VI.D. Relating Projects to Goals ................................................................................53 VI.E. Corridor Prioritization......................................................................................56 VI.F. Project Prioritization ........................................................................................56 VI.G. Financial Summary ..........................................................................................58 VII. Next Steps.........................................................................................................60 Appendix Innovative Concepts Regional ITS Strategic Plan for Southeastern Colorado CDOT Region 1 and Region 2 Figures Figure 1: Project Process Flow Chart...........................................................................................4 Figure 2: Project Area ...............................................................................................................12 Figure 3: CDOT Transportation Planning Regions.....................................................................13 Figure 4: Southeast Colorado Military Installations ...................................................................15 Figure 5: Project Area Roadway Systems ..................................................................................17 Figure 6: Project Area ITS Infrastructure...................................................................................23 Figure 7: Project Area ITS Goals...............................................................................................44 Figure 8: Recommended ITS Strategic Projects .........................................................................47 Tables Table 1: ITS Benefits and Performance Measure Metrics.............................................................3 Table 2: Project Area Average Daily Traffic: East – West Highways (2003)..............................16 Table 3: Project Area Average Daily Traffic: North-South Highways (2003).............................16 Table 4: Existing CDOT ITS Infrastructure ...............................................................................22 Table 5: Selected ATMS Market Packages ................................................................................33 Table 6: Selected ATIS Market Packages ..................................................................................33 Table 7: Selected APTS Market Packages .................................................................................34 Table 8: Selected EM Market Packages.....................................................................................34 Table 9: Selected MCM Market Packages .................................................................................35 Table 10: Selected Archived Data Market Packages ..................................................................36 Table 11: CDOT Statewide ITS Strategies.................................................................................38 Table 12: Strategic Goals to Projects .........................................................................................54 Table 13: Corridor Prioritization................................................................................................56 Table 14: Projects of Statewide Significance .............................................................................56 Table 15: Projects of Regional Significance...............................................................................57 Table 16: Financial Summary....................................................................................................58 Regional ITS Strategic Plan for Southeastern Colorado CDOT Region 1 and Region 2 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS AD.................................................................................................... Archived Data Management APTS............................................................................ Advanced Public Transportation Systems ATIS.............................................................................. Advanced Traveler Information Systems ATMS............................................................................. Advanced Traffic Management Systems AVL ................................................................................................ Automated Vehicle Location AVSS.......................................................................................Advanced Vehicle Safety Systems CCTV................................................................................................... Closed Circuit Television CDOT..............................................................................Colorado Department of Transportation COGJ.........................................................................................................City of Grand Junction CSP .............................................................................................................Colorado State Patrol CSTMC ................................................................