Phoenix metropolitan model deployment initiative : evaluation report

007970852000Final draftPDFResearch PaperFHWA-OP-00-015DTFH61-96-C-00077Intelligent transportation systemsAdvanced traffic management systemsDeploymentMetropolitan Model Deployment Initiative (MMDI)Phoenix (Arizona)United States. Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation SystemsZimmerman, CMarks JJenq JCluett, CDeBlasio, ALappin, JRakha, HWunderlich, KNTL-INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS-INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMSIntelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office;Federal Highway AdministrationThis report presents the evaluation results of the Phoenix, Arizona Metropolitan Model Deployment Initiative (MMDI). TheMMDI was a three-year program of the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Joint Program Office of the U.S. Departmentof Transportation. It focused on aggressive deployment of ITS at four sites across the United States, including themetropolitan areas of San Antonio, Seattle, NY/NJ/Connecticut as well as Phoenix. The focus of the deployments was onintegration of existing ITS and deployment and integration of new ITS components. Nineteen public sector agencies andthirteen private firms participated in AZTech, the name given to the Phoenix MMDI.The evaluation encompassed fifteen AZTech projects. Eight projects provided advanced traveler information services; fourprojects were concerned with traffic management systems; and three deployed transit management systems. Travelerinformation services used public traffic and transit data from the central AZTech server along with data from the privatesector. To address diverse market segments a wide range of dissemination technologies was used, including a personalizedmessaging system, Trailmaster Web site, commercialized Web page, Traffic Check Cable TV, in-vehicle navigation devices,Fastline personal communication device, transit status information, and travel information kiosks. AZTech's trafficmanagement systems included eight "Smart Corridor" projects, three of which were included in the evaluation. Trafficmanagement systems were deployed to provide interjurisdictional traffic signal coordination along major arterial roads in theregion and to implement a computer-aided incident management system to facilitate efficiency and accuracy of incidentinvestigations. Three transit management systems were deployed, all with automatic vehicle location technology to aid indispatch and to provide status information to travelers. Integration among these various projects was a key feature of theAZTech program.The evaluation focused on six key study areas: network efficiency, safety, energy and emissions, customer satisfaction,costs of deployment, benefit/cost analysis, and institutional lessons. The intent was to evaluate changes in each of theseareas brought about by deployment of new projects, as well as integration of both new and existing projects. This reportpresents the observed impacts of each of the fifteen MMDI projects and their integration and provides conclusions andrecommendations based on the results