Working Together for Intelligent Transportation Systems in the Ontario-Québec Corridor How to Plan a Smart Corridor

OUTLINE Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) -What is ITS? -What is the Value of ITS? -What is a Smart Corridor? -How do you Achieve Integration? The Ontario-Québec Smart Corridor -Where we are in the planning process -What we’ve done, where we’re going and what to expect next Websites and Contact Information

Intelligent Transportation Systems ITS at a glance Sensor Processing Decision Maker = Effective Decisions License Plate Reader Vehicle Database Customs Agent = Effective Decisions Transponder Antenna Transponder Antenna Roadway Loop Detector Roadway Loop Detector Weigh Scale Weigh Scale Ontario CVO Enforcement Ontario CVO Enforcement Toll System Border Wait Time Ontario Enforcement Officer Ontario Enforcement Officer Bridge Authority Driver = = = Effective Decisions Effective Decisions Effective Decisions

Intelligent Transportation Systems ITS at a glance Road Weather Information Systems (RWIS) Variable Lane Control Automatic Vehicle Identification (AVI) Variable Message Sign (VMS) Traffic Signal Control

Intelligent Transportation Systems ITS at a glance Advanced Traveller Information Systems (ATIS) Intermodal Freight Management

What is the Value of ITS? -ITS address the critical challenges! -Efficiency, Safety, Security and Sustainability -Relative to Infrastructure… ITS is CHEAP -ITS projects typically cost $100Ks to $1Ms -Infrastructure projects can cost $100Ms -Benefit/Cost Ratios of ITS projects are HIGH -Stand-alone ITS projects sit at about 9:1 -Integrated ITS projects jump to 23:1 BOTTOM LINE: Planning ITS projects so that they can be integrated is clearly critical!!

What is a SMART CORRIDOR? What makes a corridor “SMART”? Integrating existing and new ITS to improve operational efficiency Sharing information among systems to achieve benefits of coordinated operations Opportunities Electronic filing of credentials/reporting Automated means of inspection Automated authentication of vehicles, cargo, and personnel Seamless electronic transactions/payments Readily accessible travel conditions information Integration  Smart Corridor

How Do You Achieve INTEGRATION? To build a SMART CORRIDOR we need INTEGRATION To achieve INTEGRATION we need COOPERATION COOPERATION between organizations and agencies across borders from one jurisdiction to the next

How Do You Achieve INTEGRATION? We also need strong PLANNING We have ITS PLANNING TOOLS These TOOLS are built from basic COMPONENTS: -The types of PLAYERS needed to deliver a service -Vendor, Shipper, Consignee, Border Agency, Customs Agency -The PHYSICAL components of the system -Commercial Vehicle, Border Inspection Station, Administration Centres -The INFORMATION exchanges between players -Shipping Manifests, Driver Credentials, Safety Status, Routing, Customs Payment Information, Inspection Reports Strong ITS Plan  Smart Corridor

How Do You Achieve INTEGRATION? For example, we can identify the TYPES of PLAYERS … Driver Shipper Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Agency [Automated Commercial Vehicle Inspection Station By-Pass]

How Do You Achieve INTEGRATION? We can identify some of the PHYSICAL components… Driver Shipper Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Agency Commercial Vehicle Commercial Vehicle Safety/Credentials Database Weigh-In-Motion Inspection Station [Automated Commercial Vehicle Inspection Station By-Pass]

How Do You Achieve INTEGRATION? And we can identify INFORMATION FLOWS … Driver Shipper Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Agency Commercial Vehicle Commercial Vehicle Safety/Credentials Database Weigh-In-Motion Inspection Station [Automated Commercial Vehicle Inspection Station By-Pass] Vehicle ID Weight & Presence By-Pass Signal Credentials Driver Record Safety Status Credentials Driver Record Safety Status Violation Notifications Daily Site Activity Credentials Driver Record Safety Status Citation

How Do You Achieve INTEGRATION? Finally, when we take a step back… [Automated Commercial Vehicle Inspection Station By-Pass] The result is a perfectly INTEGRATED PLAN ! we can see how all the PLAYERS interact!

How Do You Achieve INTEGRATION? This INTEGRATED PLAN is called: The NATIONAL ITS ARCHITECTURE It can be applied to a specific REGION to create: A REGIONAL ITS ARCHITECTURE Using these TOOLS we can build a CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS.

This is where the National ITS Architecture helps out!! How Do You Achieve INTEGRATION? What’s the Process? (For developing a Regional ITS Architecture) 1.Define the Region 2.Identify Stakeholders 3.Inventory Systems 4.Determine Needs and Services 5.Interconnects 6.Information Flows 7.Operational Concept 8.Standards 9.Define Project Sequencing 10.Identify Inter-Agency Agreements Gather Critical Information

The Ontario-Québec Smart Corridor Where are we? 1.Define the Region 2.Identify Stakeholders 3.Inventory Systems 4.Determine Needs and Services 5.Interconnects 6.Information Flows 7.Operational Concept 8.Standards 9.Define Project Sequencing 10.Identify Inter-Agency Agreements Somewhere in and about here!!

The Ontario-Québec Smart Corridor Some of the Basics… Who? Transport Canada, Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Ministère des transports du Québec IBI Group, Roche Consulting, Cambridge Systematics, ConSysTec Many Stakeholders What? Develop Concept of Operations and Regional ITS Architecture for the Ontario-Québec Corridor When? April 2011  March 2012

The Ontario-Québec Smart Corridor 1.Define the Region

The Ontario-Québec Smart Corridor 2. Identify Stakeholders Multi-modal: Surface, Air, Rail, Marine Freight/Goods Movement Focus Includes Border Crossings!! Includes all levels of Government: Transport Canada, CBSA, CBP, FHWA Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Ministère des transports du Québec, State of Michigan Department of Transportation Numerous regions and municipalities throughout the corridor Includes Private Sector: Industry Associations, Commercial Carriers We will continue to add Stakeholder throughout the project

The Ontario-Québec Smart Corridor 2. Identify Stakeholders We have engaged Stakeholder through: Two series of workshops 1 st Round of Workshops: Focused on engaging Stakeholders Discussed vision and “Architecture” process Discussed needs and services Windsor, Toronto, Ottawa/Gatineau, Montréal, Sherbrooke, Québec 2 nd Round of Workshops: Reviewed the vision for the “Smart Corridor” Feedback on Stakeholder descriptions Feedback on preliminary ITS Systems inventory Reviewed operational scenarios and information flows Windsor, Toronto, Ottawa/Gatineau, Montréal, Québec

The Ontario-Québec Smart Corridor 3. Inventory Systems An inventory of the ITS Systems in the corridor: Collected by Stakeholder Survey Verified at 2 nd Stakeholder Workshops Continues to be updated… 4. Determine Needs and Services Needs and Services were discussed with Stakeholders: Discussed through “Breakout” sessions at Workshops SWOT Analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) Continues to be updated…

The Ontario-Québec Smart Corridor 4. Determine Needs and Services Stakeholders identified the need to improve: The coordination and dissemination of real-time traveller information Traffic management including incident management and inter- jurisdictional coordination The efficiency of border customs inspections The efficiency of international crossings and other tolled facilities The efficiency of intermodal transfer points The efficiency of roadside safety inspections Management of dangerous goods movements Commercial vehicle on-board systems Tracking of shipments

Next Steps Concept of Operations All stakeholders to reach consensus on the Concept of Operations Develop a list of proposed projects and required inter-agency agreements Continue to work with Stakeholders There are two “Webinar” sessions scheduled in the up-coming months to confer on the results Share the Results This process is meant to guide stakeholder investment The Ontario-Québec Smart Corridor Celebrate!!

The Ontario-Québec Smart Corridor Websites Ontario-Québec Smart Corridor National ITS Architecture for Canada Border Information Flow Architecture Contact Information Scott Crombie Intelligent Transportation Systems Transport Canada (613)