REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM Colorado Department of Transportation Regional ITS Architecture for Southeastern Colorado November 2006 Regional Intelligent Transportation Systems Architecture for Southeastern Colorado Prepared for: Colorado Department of Transportation – ITS Branch Project Manager: Bruce Coltharp Prepared by: URS Corporation 8181 East Tufts Avenue 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...........................................................................................iv C. Core ITS Services ..........................................................................................v D. Market Packages...........................................................................................vi E. Roles and Responsibilities...........................................................................viii F. Functional Requirements.............................................................................viii G. Recommended ITS Projects ..........................................................................xi H. Financial Summary .....................................................................................xiv I. Introduction............................................................................................................1 I.A. Purpose of the Regional ITS Architecture ......................................................1 I.B. Project Process...............................................................................................3 I.C. Related Planning Efforts ................................................................................6 I.D. Conformance with the National ITS Architecture.........................................10 I.E. Organization of this Report ..........................................................................12 II. Description of the Region .....................................................................................13 II.A. Geography of the Region .............................................................................13 II.B. Transportation..............................................................................................15 II.C. Existing ITS Services and Infrastructure ......................................................19 III. Transportation Issues and Needs.........................................................................25 III.A. TPR Goals ...................................................................................................25 III.B. Stakeholder Needs and Issues Identified.......................................................26 IV. Market Package Plan ...........................................................................................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.........................................................................36 V. Operational Concept ............................................................................................37 V.A. Strategic Goals.............................................................................................37 V.B. Operational Scenarios ..................................................................................39 V.C. Freeway and Incident Management on I-70 West of Denver.........................40 V.D. Regional Traffic and Transit Management in Colorado Springs....................42 V.E. Freeway and Incident Management in Pueblo ..............................................43 V.F. Rural Highway Management on US 287 (Ports to Plains).............................45 V.G. Functional Requirements..............................................................................47 VI. Implementation Plan............................................................................................58 VI.A. Recommended ITS Projects .........................................................................58 VI.B. Projects of Statewide Significance................................................................61 VI.C. Projects of Regional Significance.................................................................64 VI.D. Relating Projects to Goals ............................................................................67 VI.E. Agreements..................................................................................................69 VI.F. ITS Standards ..............................................................................................70 VI.G. Financial Summary ......................................................................................72 VII. Next Steps .............................................................................................................75 Regional ITS Strategic Plan for Southeastern Colorado CDOT Region 1 and Region 2 Figure 1: Project Process Flow Chart...........................................................................................5 Figure 2: Project Area ...............................................................................................................13 Figure 3: Project Area Roadway Systems ..................................................................................17 Figure 4: Project Area ITS Infrastructure...................................................................................23 Figure 5: Recommended ITS Strategic Projects .........................................................................60 Tables Table 1: ITS Benefits and Performance Measures........................................................................3 Table 2: Project Area Average Daily Traffic: East – West Highways (2003).............................15 Table 3: Project Area Daily Traffic: North-South Highways (2003)..........................................15 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: Strategic Goals to Projects .........................................................................................68 Table 12: Financial Summary....................................................................................................73 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 ................................................................. Colorado Springs Traffic Management Center CTMC ....................................................................Colorado Transportation Management Center CVO ..........................................................................................Commercial Vehicles Operations DOIT ..............................................................................