1. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Overcoming Multi-Jurisdictional Challenges Lessons Learned Implementing Bus Signal Priority

2. Program Context Los Angeles County –Eighty nine jurisdictions –Forty three public agencies providing fixed route bus service –Metro alone operates 191 bus routes with over 1.3 million average weekday boardings

3. Los Angeles County –1,433 square miles in Metro service area City of Los Angeles = 466 miles 2 88 other jurisdictions = 967 miles 2 –Over 10,000 traffic signals Program Context

4. Countywide Signal Priority Pilot Project Project Objectives Minimize delay experienced by buses and shorten round trip running times Demonstrate that signal priority traffic control software can work on different traffic controller equipment

5. Crenshaw Corridor –10.5 miles Adams Blvd. to Redondo Beach Blvd. –54 Signalized Intersections 51 Signal Priority Equipped Jurisdictional Partners –City of Los Angeles –City of Inglewood –County of Los Angeles Unincorporated County, City of Gardena & City of Hawthorne Countywide Signal Priority Pilot Corridor

6. Average Bus Travel Time up to 8.8% reduction - northbound PM peak up to 4.2% reduction - southbound AM peak Average Delay Due to Red Signals up to 22.5% reduction - northbound PM peak up to 12.5% reduction - southbound AM peak Countywide Signal Priority Evaluation Results

7. Countywide Signal Priority Process Implement priority Decision to grant priority (DTGP) Decision to request priority (DTRP) Locate Vehicle On-Bus System Functions Traffic Signal Controller Functions Bus to Intersection Communications

8. Countywide Signal Priority On-Bus Equipment Upper Left: Bus priority unit installed on a 45’ 2004 composite NABI Upper Right: Single Antenna installation for WLAN and GPS Lower Left: Bus priority unit installed on a 40’ 2001 NABI

9. Countywide Signal Priority WLAN Equipment Upper Left: Typical CSP WLAN cabinet mounted hardware at access point/bridge locations Upper Right: Additional network equipment to provide power over Ethernet for pole mounted equipment Lower Left: Wireless Access point/bridge pole mounted hardware

10. Upper Left: Typical WLAN antenna installed on traffic signal control cabinets at client intersection locations Upper Right: Wireless device at client intersection providing serial connection to traffic signal controller Lower Left: Pole mounted client device installed at intersections were cabinet line of site is limited Countywide Signal Priority WLAN Equipment

11. Countywide Signal Priority Depot WLAN Equipment Upper Left: WLAN equipment installed at Division 18 to monitor and provide wireless file updates to on-bus CSP units Upper Right: WiMAX antenna provides wireless broadband connection to allow off-site monitoring of CSP equipped buses

12. Upper Left: Type 170 controller running CSP modified LACO or BI-Trans 233 firmware Upper Right: Type 2070 controller running CSP modified LADOT firmware Lower Left: ASC-2 NEMA controller running CSP modified Econolite firmware Countywide Signal Priority Traffic Signal Integration

13. Countywide Signal Priority Expansion

14. Multi-Jurisdictional Project Implementation Challenges / Lessons Learned Project Oversight and Coordination –Allocation of necessary staff resources is critical –Increase duration of project schedule to accommodate jurisdictional coordination Issues –Management must be well aware of the project to minimize the miscommunication of information between involved parties –Coordinate with internal departments as early as possible

15. Consensus Building –Must be initiated immediately in the project planning phase –“One size fits all” approach becomes more difficult to maintain as the number of participating jurisdictions increase –Management, administrative and technical staff must all be included in the decision making process –Free exchange of information Multi-Jurisdictional Project Implementation Challenges / Lessons Learned

16. Legal Agreements –Respective legal counsels and technical staff must coordinate with one another to address legal concerns –Project scope, roles and responsibilities, ongoing operations and maintenance, cooperation, communications, and liability are key elements –Acknowledgement that it is impractical to make provisions for every contingency is important –Legal impasse can become a showstopper Multi-Jurisdictional Project Implementation Challenges / Lessons Learned

17. Systems Integration –Stay focused on achieving the primary objectives of the project –Initially limit the interface between systems to key elements –Outline additional integration opportunities and prioritize based upon agency goals –Be realistic about the funding and scheduling of future systems integration opportunities Multi-Jurisdictional Project Implementation Challenges / Lessons Learned

18. Technology Migration –Work with participating jurisdictions to ensure system upgrade compatibility –Develop an operations and maintenance plan that accommodates potential hardware and software upgrades –Continually evaluate the existing system and look for opportunities to improve performance Multi-Jurisdictional Project Implementation Challenges / Lessons Learned

19. Flexibility –Ensure professional services and vendor contracts can accommodate unique jurisdictional needs and technical requirements –Work with your jurisdictional partners both collectively and individually to resolve implementation questions and concerns –Management must empower staff to make key institutional decisions and technical changes –All project partners must be flexible and reasonable Multi-Jurisdictional Project Implementation Challenges / Lessons Learned

20. Steven Gota Countywide Signal Priority Program Manager Metro One Gateway Plaza Mail Stop: 99-22-8 Tel: 213-922-3043 Fax: 213-922-6353 Email: gotas@metro.net Countywide Signal Priority Contact Information