Concept of Operations for the US-75 Integrated Corridor in Dallas, Texas

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April 30, 2008

FHWA-JPO-08-004
EDL Number 14390

Award# DTFH-61-06-H-00040

Submitted to:

• U.S. Department of Transportation
  • Federal Highway Administration
  • Federal Transit Administration
  • Research and Innovative Technology Administration

Submitted by:
DART in association with City of Dallas, Town of Highland Park, North Central Texas Council of Governments, NTTA, City of Plano, City of Richardson, TxDOT, and City of University Park.

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Table of Contents

• Notice and Quality Assurance Statement

  Technical Report Documentation Page

• 1. Scope and Summary
  • 1.1. Introduction
  • 1.2. ICM Corridor Boundaries and Travel Characteristics
  • 1.3. Corridor Stakeholders and Users
  • 1.4. Need for Integrated Corridor Management (ICM)
  • 1.5. ICM Vision, Goals and Objectives
  • 1.6. ICM Operational Approaches and Strategies
  • 1.7. ICMS Concept Operational Description
  • 1.8. Required Assets and ICM Implementation Issues
  • 1.9. US-75 Corridor ICM Concept Institutional Framework
  • 1.10. Summary
• 2. References
• 3. System Overview and Operational Description
  • 3.1. Corridor Boundaries and Networks
    • 3.1.1. Corridor Description and Boundaries
    • 3.1.2. Corridor Networks
    • 3.1.3. Freeway Network - US-75 North Central Expressway & Dallas High-Five Interchange
    • 3.1.4. Freeway Network - US-75 HOV Lane
    • 3.1.5. Transit Network - Light Rail
    • 3.1.6. Transit Network - Bus
    • 3.1.7. Arterial Network
    • 3.1.8. Toll Road Network
    • 3.1.9. Bicycle and Pedestrian Network
  • 3.2. Corridor Stakeholders
    • 3.2.1. City of Dallas
    • 3.2.2. Town of Highland Park
    • 3.2.3. City of Plano
    • 3.2.4. City of Richardson
    • 3.2.5. City of University Park
    • 3.2.6. Collin County
    • 3.2.7. Dallas County
    • 3.2.8. Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority (DART)
    • 3.2.9. North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG)
    • 3.2.10. North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA)
    • 3.2.11. Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Dallas District
    • 3.2.12. Transportation Management Associations
  • 3.3. Operational Conditions of the Corridor and Included Networks
    • 3.3.1. Network Conditions
    • 3.3.2. Traffic Generators and Events
  • 3.4. Existing Network-based Transportation Management/ ITS Assets
    • 3.4.1. Network Assets and Management Tactics
    • 3.4.2. Corridor Management Tactics
    • 3.4.3. ITS Assets
    • 3.4.4. DART ITS Assets
    • 3.4.5. North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) ITS Assets
    • 3.4.6. City of Dallas ITS Assets
    • 3.4.7. City of Plano ITS Assets
    • 3.4.8. City of Richardson ITS Assets
  • 3.5. Proposed Near-Term Network Improvements
  • 3.6. Current Network - Based Institutional Characteristics
    • 3.6.1. Institutional Cooperation
    • 3.6.2. Institutional Agreements
    • 3.6.3. Stakeholder Institutional Challenges
  • 3.7. Regional ITS Architecture Review
  • 3.8. Individual Network and Corridor Challenges and Needs
    • 3.8.1. Network Challenges
    • 3.8.2. Network Needs
  • 3.9. Potential for ICM in the Corridor
  • 3.10. Corridor Vision
• 4. ICM System Operational Concept
  • 4.1. Corridor Goals and Objectives
  • 4.2. User Needs
    • 4.2.1. Use Cases
    • 4.2.2. User Needs Development
  • 4.3. Application of ICM Approaches and Strategies
  • 4.4. ICM Concept Asset Requirements and Needs
  • 4.5. Comparison of ICM Asset Requirements with Current / Proposed Assets
  • 4.6. Corridor Concept Operational Description
  • 4.7. Alignment with Regional ITS Architecture
  • 4.8. Implementation Issues
  • 4.9. Corridor ICM Concept Institutional Framework
  • 4.10. Performance Measures
    • 4.10.1. Focus Groups
    • 4.10.2. Marketing Campaign
  • 4.11. Integrated Corridor Management User Needs and Functionality
• 5. ICM Operational Scenarios
  • 5.1. Future ICM Operational Conditions
  • 5.2. Scenarios
  • 5.3. Decision support System
    • 5.3.1. High-Level Functionality and Capability
  • 5.4. Daily Operations
  • 5.5. Traveler Information
  • 5.6. Incident Scenario
    • 5.6.1. Major Traffic Incident - Arterials
    • 5.6.2. Major Traffic Incident - Freeway
    • 5.6.3. Major Transit Incident
  • 5.7. Weather Event Scenario
    • 5.7.1. Rain
    • 5.7.2. Ice
    • 5.7.3. Ozone Alert / Action Day

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List of Tables

• TABLE 1.3-1 TRAFFIC RELATED RESPONSIBILITIES OF US-75 ICM AGENCIES
• TABLE 1.5-1 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES RELATIONSHIP
• TABLE 1.6-1 ICM APPROACHES AND STRATEGIES
• TABLE 1.6-2 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN US 75 ICM STRATEGIES AND CORRIDOR GOALS
• TABLE 1.8-1 ASSET CHANGES AND ADDITIONS BY AGENCY
• TABLE 3.1-1 EXISTING ASSET STATISTICS FOR NETWORK FACILITIES IN US-75 CORRIDOR
• TABLE 3.1-2 MAJOR NORTH-SOUTH ARTERIALS IN US-75 CORRIDOR
• TABLE 3.3-1 VOLUME-CAPACITY RATIOS FOR MAJOR EAST-WEST ARTERIALS
• TABLE 3.3-2 VOLUME-CAPACITY RATIOS FOR MAJOR NORTH-SOUTH ARTERIALS
• TABLE 3.3-3 VOLUME-TO-CAPACITY RATIOS FOR SELECTED LINKS
• TABLE 3.3-4 VOLUME-CAPACITY RATIO FOR FREEWAYS
• TABLE 3.3-5 VOLUME-CAPACITY RATIOS FOR TOLLWAYS
• TABLE 3.5-1 PROPOSED/PROGRAMMED NEAR-TERM PROJECTS IMPACTING THE US-75 ICM
• TABLE 3.7-1 SUMMARY OF MARKET PACKAGE PRIORITIES FOR THE DFW REGIONAL ITS ARCHITECTURE
• TABLE 4.1-1 CORRIDOR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
• TABLE 4.1-2 MAPPING OF GOALS AGAINST CORRIDOR NEEDS
• TABLE 4.2-1 USER NEEDS FOR US-75 INTEGRATED CORRIDOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
• TABLE 4.3-1 ICM APPROACHES AND STRATEGIES
• TABLE 4.3-2 PROPOSED ICM APPROACHES AND STRATEGIES
• TABLE 4.3-3 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN US-75 ICM STRATEGIES AND CORRIDOR GOALS
• TABLE 4.4-1 ICM STRATEGIES BY NETWORK
• TABLE 4.4-2 ASSET REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ICM
• TABLE 4.5-1 ASSET AVAILABILITY FOR THE ICM
• TABLE 4.5-2 MOST SIGNIFICANT ASSET NEEDS IN THE CORRIDOR
• TABLE 4.8-1 IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES
• TABLE 4.9-1 US-75 CORRIDOR STAFFING
• TABLE 4.10-1 CORRIDOR PERFORMANCE MEASURES
• TABLE 4.10-2 CORRIDOR PERFORMANCE MEASURE TARGETS
• TABLE 4.11-1 IDENTIFIED NEEDS AND FUNCTIONS
• TABLE 5.4-1 DAILY OPERATIONS AGENCY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• TABLE 5.4-2 DAILY OPERATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS
• TABLE 5.4-3 DAILY OPERATIONS DATA NEEDS
• TABLE 5.5-1 INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS FOR US-75 ATIS
• TABLE 5.5-2 DATA NEEDS FOR TRAVELERS USING US-75 ICM
• TABLE 5.6-1 ADDITIONAL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR MAJOR ARTERIAL SCENARIO
• TABLE 5.6-2 DATA AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS FOR MAJOR ARTERIAL SCENARIO
• TABLE 5.6-3 ADDITIONAL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR MAJOR FREEWAY SCENARIO
• TABLE 5.6-4 ADDITIONAL DATA AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS FOR MAJOR FREEWAY SCENARIO
• TABLE 5.6-5 ADDITIONAL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR TRANSIT SCENARIO
• TABLE 5.6-6 ADDITIONAL DATA AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS FOR MAJOR TRANSIT SCENARIO
• TABLE 5.7-1 ADDITIONAL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR WEATHER EVENT SCENARIOS
• TABLE 5.7-2 ADDITIONAL DATA AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS FOR WEATHER EVENT SCENARIO

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List of Figures

• FIGURE 1.2-1 US-75 CORRIDOR BOUNDARIES
• FIGURE 1.9-1 US-75 ICM INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
• FIGURE 3.1-1 PRIMARY CORRIDOR FOR THE US-75 ICM
• FIGURE 3.1-2 DART LIGHT RAIL NETWORK
• FIGURE 3.2-1 CITY OF DALLAS - SIGNALS WITHIN THE CORRIDOR
• FIGURE 3.2-2 CITY OF RICHARDSON - LOCATIONS OF COUNT STATIONS
• FIGURE 3.2-3 DART HOV NETWORK IN THE US-75 CORRIDOR
• FIGURE 3.3-1 DART PARK AND RIDE LOTS
• FIGURE 3.4-1 TxDOT ITS ASSET LOCATIONS
• FIGURE 3.4-2 US-75 HOV - ITS ASSETS
• FIGURE 3.4-3 DART SYSTEM MAP
• FIGURE 3.4-4 TRANSIT SIGNAL PRIORITY IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS (RED LINE INDICATES LRT – BOTH THE RED AND BLUE LINES)
• FIGURE 3.4-5 NTTA ITS ASSET LOCATION
• FIGURE 3.4-6 CITY OF DALLAS - TRAFFIC SIGNAL LOCATIONS
• FIGURE 3.4-7 CITY OF DALLAS DMS AND CCTV LOCATIONS
• FIGURE 3.4-8 CITY OF PLANO TRAFFIC SIGNAL LOCATIONS
• FIGURE 3.4-9 CITY OF RICHARDSON CCTV LOCATIONS
• FIGURE 3.6-1 DALLAS/FORT WORTH REGIONAL COMPREHENSIVE INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS AGREEMENT
• FIGURE 4.9-1 US 75 ICM INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
• FIGURE 5.6-1 INCIDENT LOCATION AT INTERSECTION OF GREENVILLE AVENUE AND SPRING VALLEY ROAD
• FIGURE 5.6-2 INCIDENT LOCATION ON US-75 NORTH OF LBJ FREEWAY
• FIGURE 5.6-3 INCIDENT LOCATION IN DART RED LINE