I-670 Smartlane and TSMO is 2020 ITS Project of the Year
Posted by Outreach on Nov. 4, 2020 / ITS Project of the Year / Subscribe 0
In 2020 we had three great nominees for the ITS Midwest Project of the Year. The winner is the I-670 SmartLane and TSMO project by The Ohio Department of Transportation, with impressive travel time reliability and overall improvements. Congratulations!
I-670 Smartlane and TSMO is the 2020 ITS Project of the Year Winner. Photo Credits: ODOT.
I-670 Smartlane and TSMO
by The Ohio Department of Transportation
The goal of this project was to reduce congestion and improve travel time during rush hour from downtown to the east side of Columbus, as part of daily commutes from work to home. This particular stretch of I-670 had one of the worse reliability scores in the whole state. While implementing many features for the first time, ODOT decided for a time and money saving approach including:
- Shoulder Use
- Variable Speed Limits
- Enhanced Incident Management
The result is travel time reductions from a generally unreliable 10-25 minutes range to consistent and reliable 5-6 minutes. Fantastic!
Travel time savings thanks to I-670 Smartlane and TSMO project. Photo Credits: ODOT.
Other Finalist Projects included:
Integration of State Police CAD with the Gateway TIS by Illinois Department of Transportation
- Web-Based collaboration with Illinois State Police
- All 22 Illinois State Police Districts
- Comparison to automated and crowd-sourced incident data
- 80% correlation rate
Dixie Highway BRT by Louisville Metro
Goals
- Improve driver and pedestrian safety
- Improve traffic flow between the Gene Snyder Freeway and downtown
- More efficient and more reliable transit service via BRT
Activities
- Physical pedestrian improvements corridor-wide
- New signal management systems for 1,000 legacy and modern intersections
- Transit Signal Priority Upgrades
- Queue-jump lanes added
- 37 BRT stop added
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