2016 ANNUAL REPORT II III A Letter from the President MAASTO MEMBERS As president of the Mid-American Association of State Transportation Officials Illinois Michigan (MAASTO), I am pleased to present this 2016 annual report. The document Randall S. Blankenhorn, Secretary Kirk Steudle, Director highlights the accomplishments, new initiatives and future activities reported by Department of Transportation Department of Transportation each of the ten diverse states that comprise the MAASTO region. 2300 S. Dirksen Pkwy Murray D. Van Wagoner Building Springfield, IL 62764 425 West Ottawa Street, PO Box 30050 As a region, the MAASTO states have so much to be proud of. This region has a 217.782.5597 Lansing, MI 48909 prominent manufacturing base and produces a sizable portion of the nation’s – 517.373.2114 and the world’s – food supply. It is home to significant environmental resources, Indiana including fresh water lakes and rivers, abundant forests, and mineral and ore Brandye L. Hendrickson, Commissioner Minnesota deposits. This region of the country is also a haven for American culture, Department of Transportation Charles A. Zelle, Commissioner drawing tourists from across the world to enjoy outstanding museums, vibrant Indiana Government Center Department of Transportation musical venues, popular sporting events, or scenic vacation spots. North 100 N. Senate Ave. 395 John Ireland Blvd Room N755-758 St. Paul, MN 55155 Indianapolis, IN 46204-2249 651.366.4800 A robust and efficient multi-modal transportation system that serves all these features is vital to the region’s 317.232.5525 economy. This is one reason why the MAASTO states now coordinate and cooperate so closely as a group. Last year, eight MAASTO states submitted a successful joint application to the TIGER grant program Missouri to develop a real-time truck parking information system that spanned state lines. Work on that Iowa Patrick K. McKenna, Director groundbreaking project continues, with deployment expected by 2018. Paul Trombino III, Director Department of Transportation Department of Transportation 105 W Capitol Ave, PO Box 270 800 Lincoln Way Jefferson City, MO 65102 This year, representatives from all MAASTO states converged in Michigan to learn about the progress being Ames, IA 50010 573.751.4622 made on connected and automated vehicle technology, and how it will potentially impact transportation 515.239.1111 projects, programs, and safety, perhaps sooner than we realize. Ohio Jerry Wray, Director Also this year, four MAASTO states – including my own state of Minnesota – along with Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas Richard Carlson, Interim Secretary Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration, signed an agreement designating I-35 as the “Monarch Highway”. Department of Transportation 1980 W Broad St As part of that agreement, the states will work together to improve roadside habitat along the 1,500 hundred Director, Kansas Turnpike Authority Columbus, OH 43223 mile stretch of highway, making it friendlier for bees, migrating butterflies, and other pollinator insects that Eisenhower State Office Building 614.466.2335 are so important to Midwestern agriculture. 700 SW Harrison St Topeka, KS 66603-3754 Wisconsin 785.296.3461 The MAASTO states have enjoyed success, together and separately, in their efforts to improve the multi- Mark Gottlieb, Secretary modal transportation that connects and traverses the ten state region. This report shares the highlights of Department of Transportation the important work the region undertook this year and offers some insights into the progress yet to come. Kentucky 4802 Sheboygan Ave, PO Box 7910 Greg Thomas, Acting Secretary Madison, WI 53707-7910 Sincerely, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet 608.266.1114 200 Mero St Charles A. Zelle Frankfort, KY 40622 MAASTO President 502.564.5102 Minnesota Transportation Commissioner IV REGIONAL TRUCK PARKING INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TABLE OF CONTENTS Safe, convenient parking is essential for long-haul truck along with common software Application Program Letter From The President . Inside front drivers, the lifeblood of our freight transportation Interfaces (API), to share availability data with each network. Yet drivers often struggle for up to an hour other and external parties. Ultimately, this system Maasto Members . II each day to find areas to safely rest. To address this will provide for information dissemination to enable Regional Truck Parking Information issue, in October 2015, the Mid America Association of seamless system use across state lines. Management System . IV State Transportation Officials (MAASTO) received a $25 million federal Transportation Investment TPIMS will enable drivers to proactively plan their routes Illinois . 2-3 Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant awarded and make safer, smarter parking decisions. Therefore, to deploy a Regional Truck Parking Information instead of unsafely or illegally settling for parking at an Indiana. 4-5 Management System (TPIMS). Eight states – Indiana, overcrowded parking facility, operators will have the Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio ability to judge the value of driving an extra 20 miles to Iowa . 6-7 and Wisconsin – have joined together in developing a find parking based on the hours of service maximum. Kansas . .8-9 real-time, multi-state TPIMS. This TPIMS project will It will also enable parking facility owners (public and improve the safety and efficiency of American’s freight private) to understand the magnitude and timing of the Kentucky . .10-11 network by providing real-time parking availability demand on their facilities, thereby allowing for strategic Michigan . 12-13 information to truck drivers through dynamic partnerships and investments to increase parking message signs, smart phone applications and traveler capacity in areas where demand exceeds supply. Missouri. 14-15 information websites. Multi-state TPIMS Deployment Corridors will include: Minnesota . 16-17 This collaboration effort has been put in place because I-35; I-65; I-70; I-71; I-75; I-275 and I-94. Ohio . 18-19 all parties understand the regional nature of long-haul trucking and the desperate need for smarter truck The timeframe for system development, testing and Wisconsin . 20-21 parking. While coming together for a unified purpose, deployment is estimated to be from February 2016 MAASTO BY THE NUMBERS . 22 the MAASTO TPIMS partnership will develop standard through February 2018. sign designs and other notification methods to be used MAASTO Map . Inside back IV | Mid America Association of State Transportation Officials 2 3 New Initiatives • Completed the first diverging diamond-style interchanges in Illinois. The first debuted on Interstate 57 in the southern Illinois community of Marion last summer. The second opened a few weeks later at Illinois 59 and the ILLINOIS Reagan Memorial Tollway, a critical gateway to Chicago’s western suburbs. • Two major bridges are being modernized in the western part of the state. A new steel, tied-arch U.S. 52-Illinois 64 bridge over the Mississippi River in Savanna is replacing an 85-year-old structure. In Meredosia, IDOT is utilizing a similar design to replace the Illinois 104 bridge built over the Illinois River in 1936. • The first protected bike lanes on an IDOT route were rolled out on Chicago’s Clybourn Avenue, further demonstrating the secretary’s commitment to multimodalism. The City of Chicago’s Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Council gave IDOT an award for its work planning, designing, and implementing the project. Randy Blankenhorn Secretary Accomplishments The past year has been a transformative one for the of Secretary Blankenhorn, IDOT is striving to strengthen Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT). Under the that position. An ambitious six-year reconstruction of leadership of Governor Bruce Rauner and Transportation the Chicago’s Jane Byrne Interchange – the confluence of Secretary Randy Blankenhorn, IDOT embarked on the first Interstates 90, 94 and 290 – is nearing the halfway point, departmental reorganization in years to better reflect its with improved safety and performance coming in the growing multimodal mission. The new structure, based weeks and months ahead. A couple of miles south, IDOT on feedback received from employees during an internal broke ground on a project to rebuild the bridges connecting listening tour, has improved coordination and collaboration Interstate 55 and Lake Shore Drive, an important entry point throughout the agency and across the various modes, from into downtown Chicago. planning to delivery to operations. While IDOT continues Looking Ahead to focus on becoming truly integrated, multimodal agency, the ultimate goal is to provide better service and deliver a IDOT remains committed to exploring innovative solutions agreement with local governments and industrial developer better product to users of the state’s transportation system. to invest in the state’s infrastructure. There is plenty of CenterPoint Properties to build a bridge over the Des Plaines opportunity: Illinois is home to the third-largest interstate River, linking Interstate 80 with the intermodal facilities that Situated in the center of the Midwest, Illinois proudly serves highway network, the country’s second-largest transit make up the country’s largest inland port. The company will as the transportation hub of North America. At the direction system, the world’s busiest airport and the only state in which construct the new structure at an estimated