Concept of Operations Draft V04: 9/2015 I-70 East Tolled Express Lanes VERSION CONTROL DATE VERSION AUTHOR COMMENTS (INCLUDING REVIEW HISTORY) M. Moradi, A. Skinner, K. DePinto, D. Sprague, D. June 2015 Draft V0.1 R. Harb Liddle August 2015 Draft V0.3 M. Moradi Comments September Draft V0.4 R. Harb Comments reviews 2015 Concept of Operations i Draft V0.4 ACRONYMS ACRONYM DESCRIPTION AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials AET All Electronic Tolling ALPR Automatic License Plate Recognition ATM Active Traffic Management ATMS Advanced Traffic Management System ATR Automatic Traffic Recorder AVI Automatic Vehicle Identification AVC Automatic Vehicle Classification BOS Back Office System CCTV Closed-Circuit Television CDOT Colorado Department of Transportation CSC Customer Service Center CSP Colorado State Patrol CTMC Colorado Transportation Management Center CTMS Colorado Transportation Management System DMV Department of Motor Vehicles DRCOG Denver Regional Council of Governments DWL Double White Line Crossing E-470 E-470 Public Highway Authority ELOM Express Lanes Operations Manager ETC Electronic Toll Collection ETTM Electronic Tolling and Traffic Management FHWA Federal Highway Administration Free Flow Traffic moving freely without significant oscillation in average speed GP lanes General-Purpose Lanes HOT High Occupancy Toll HOV High Occupancy Vehicle HOV 2+ Two-or-more Person Carpool HOV 3+ Three-or-more Person Carpool HPTE High Performance Transportation Enterprise ICD Interface Control Document ILEV Inherently Low Emissions Vehicle Concept of Operations ii Draft V0.4 ACRONYM DESCRIPTION ITS Intelligent Transportation Systems LAN Local Area Network LOS Level of Service LOSS Level of Service of Safety LPR License Plate Recognition LPT License Plate Tolling LUS Lane Use System MLFF Multi-Lane Free-Flow MOMS Maintenance On-Line Management System MPH Miles Per Hour MTBF Mean Time Between Failure MTTR Mean Time To Repair MUTCD Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices MVRD Microwave Vehicle Radar Detectors NWP Northwest Parkway OCR Optical Character Recognition OHVMS Overhead Variable Message Sign RMS Ramp Meter Station RWIS Road and Weather Information System RTD Regional Transportation District SMVMS Side-Mounted Variable Message Sign SOV Single Occupant Vehicle SPF Safety Performance Function TCS Toll Collection System TEL Tolled Express Lane TOD Time of Day TTI Travel Time Indicator V-Toll Video Toll VHT Vehicle Hours Traveled VLAN Virtual Local Area Network VMS Variable Message Sign VMT Vehicle Miles Traveled VPC Video Processing Center VPD Vehicles Per Day Concept of Operations iii Draft V0.4 ACRONYM DESCRIPTION VRH Vehicle Registration Hold VSL Variable Speed Limit VTMS Variable Tolling Message Sign WAN Wide Area Network Concept of Operations iv Draft V0.4 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1. DOCUMENT PURPOSE ........................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ........................................................................................................................................ 2 1.3. PROJECT SCOPE AND CONCEPT OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................ 3 1.4. PLANNED FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS DOCUMENT ...................................................................................................... 5 1.5. REFERENCED DOCUMENTS ..................................................................................................................................... 5 2. EXISTING CONDITIONS .................................................................................................................................................. 6 2.1. CURRENT HOV OPERATING POLICY ......................................................................................................................... 6 2.2. TOLLING INFRASTRUCTURE (EXISTING) ...................................................................................................................... 6 2.3. EXISTING ITS INFRASTRUCTURE ............................................................................................................................... 8 2.4. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ................................................................................................................................ 12 2.5. TRAFFIC CHARACTERISTICS ................................................................................................................................... 12 2.6. PHASE 1 IMPROVEMENTS AND EXPECTED FUTURE SAFETY CONDITIONS ........................................................................ 22 3. PROJECT NEEDS .......................................................................................................................................................... 24 3.1. OPERATIONAL NEEDS .......................................................................................................................................... 24 3.2. ENFORCEMENT NEEDS ........................................................................................................................................ 24 3.3. TECHNOLOGICAL NEEDS ...................................................................................................................................... 25 4. TOLLING STRATEGIES ................................................................................................................................................ 26 4.1. TRANSPONDER USE ............................................................................................................................................. 26 4.2. TOLLING CONCEPT/STRATEGIES ............................................................................................................................ 30 4.3. PRICING ............................................................................................................................................................ 36 5. ACTIVE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................................... 38 5.1. ACTIVE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES............................................................................................................ 38 5.2. FUTURE CONDITIONS AND PROPOSED ATM STRATEGIES ........................................................................................... 40 5.3. RECOMMENDATIONS .......................................................................................................................................... 45 6. DESIGN .......................................................................................................................................................................... 47 6.1. SEPARATION ...................................................................................................................................................... 47 6.2. ACCESS............................................................................................................................................................. 48 6.3. SIGNING AND MARKING ...................................................................................................................................... 52 7. PRELIMINARY REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES .............................................................................................. 55 7.1. EXPRESS LANES POLICIES ..................................................................................................................................... 55 7.2. OPERATIONAL SCENARIOS .................................................................................................................................... 57 7.3. OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS .............................................................................................................................. 58 8. ENFORCEMENT ............................................................................................................................................................ 60 8.1. LAW ENFORCEMENT JURISDICTION ........................................................................................................................ 60 8.2. EXPRESS LANES TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................................. 60 8.3. ROADSIDE ENFORCEMENT NEEDS .......................................................................................................................... 60 8.4. ROADSIDE ENFORCEMENT TECHNOLOGIES (TECHNICAL AIDS) ..................................................................................... 61 8.5. TOLL COLLECTION ENFORCEMENT.......................................................................................................................... 63 8.6. ENFORCEMENT PLAN .......................................................................................................................................... 64 9. INCIDENT MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................................................ 65 9.1. INCIDENT MANAGEMENT FOR TOLLED EXPRESS LANES .............................................................................................