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- February 9, 2015
- Carl Andersen and Robert Rupert
- DMA Webinar Series
- FRATIS Bundle
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- Carl Andersen
- Connected Vehicle Program Manager, FHWA Office of Research, Development,
and Technology
- FRATIS Bundle Overview
- Prototype Description and Current Project Status
- Robert Rupert
- Team Leader, FHWA Office of Operations
- DMA Program Overview
- Current Project Status of Impact Assessment
- Testing Results and Impacts/Benefits from IA
- Stakeholder Q&A
- We can only answer the questions related to the DMA program.
- We cannot answer any questions related to the CV Pilots.
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- Challenge 1 (Technical Soundness)
Are the DMA bundles technically sound and deployment-ready?
- Create a “trail” of systems engineering documents (e.g., ConOps, SyRs)
- Share code from open source bundle prototype development
(OSADP website: http://www.itsforge.net/)
- Demonstrate bundle prototypes (in isolation)
- Field test integrated deployment concepts from across CV programs
- Challenge 2 (Transformative Impact)
Are DMA bundle-related benefits big enough to warrant deployment?
- Engage stakeholders to set transformative impact measures and goals
- Assess whether prototype shows impact when demonstrated
- Estimate benefits associated with broader deployment
- Utilize analytic testbeds to identify synergistic bundle combinations
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- FRATIS application bundle seeks innovations to transform freight
mobility, including methods to:
- Leverage freight mobility information technologies under development in
the private sector regarding freight traveler information, dynamic
routing, and load matching;
- Integrate these technologies with public sector Intelligent
Transportation Systems (ITS) and sensor information available for
roadways in major metropolitan regions; and
- Facilitate accelerated public-private deployment of FRATIS applications.
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- Drayage Optimization: Integrated load matching and freight information
exchange, including appointment scheduling and equipment availability
at intermodal terminals
- Freight-Specific Dynamic Travel Planning and Performance: Series of
applications integrating freight traveler information, dynamic route
guidance, and public sector performance monitoring to improve freight
travel time and reduce fuel consumption and emissions
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- Los Angeles-Gateway Region:
- Developing the FRATIS applications to address the dynamic travel
planning around the marine terminals and queues to move cargo out of
the port more efficiently.
- Used Bluetooth (wifi)-based terminal queue management system.
- Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas:
- This site is also testing terminal queue time using Bluetooth (wifi)
and DSRC technology (SAE Standard J2735-2009).
- Optimize drayage opportunities in coordination with rail and local
truck drayage companies.
- South Florida:
- Similar focus as the other two sites, but includes emergency response
capability to FRATIS that would realign the purpose of freight
transportation to bring in supplies during an emergency such as a
hurricane.
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- Key Partners
- Port Logistics Group
- 50 trucks installed with TomTom Link 510 and TomTom 7150 GPS Truck
- Yusen Terminal Inc
- Testing new information exchange with Port Logistics Group, as well as
allowing queue measurement sensors to be placed at their terminal
approach (and inside)
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- Unique feature: Drayage-Marine Terminal Operator (MTO) Information Exchange
- Two-way messaging between terminal and drayage firm with estimated time
of arrival (ETA) for dray approaches and MTO-dispatcher messaging and
alerts
- Benefits of FRATIS Trucking – MTO Communications System Testing
- If deployed on a large scale, and supported by all parties (including
shippers), has the potential to radically improved port terminal and
trucking efficiencies
- Through “dynamic appointments”
- Has successfully brought together the trucking and terminal operations
communities in the ports region
- A major positive development
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- Stakeholder Partners
- IMCG (container yard)
- Associated Carriers (drayage company)
- 40 trucks equipped with TomTom Link 510 devices for prototype
monitoring
- Southwest Freight International (drayage company)
- 10 trucks equipped with TomTom Link 510 devices for prototype
monitoring
- BNSF (terminal yard)
- Providers/Vendors
- Trinium (dispatch software)
- Acyclica (Bluetooth hardware and software)
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- Unique feature: Calculate terminal queue time using DSRC
- Partners
- USDOT ITS Joint Program Office (Connected Vehicle Test Bed)
- IMCG (facility and drayage company)
- Process:
- Install equipment (stationary roadside unit and DSRC radios on trucks)
- Configure connected vehicle data management system to store/query data
- Develop code to calculate relevant metrics:
- Wait time
- Time on yard – active vs. idle
- Comparison to wi-fi wait times
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- Key Partners
- Florida East Coast (FEC) Highway Services – drayage arm of FEC Railway
- Public Sector Freight Data
Providers and Consumers
- Emergency management personnel and private partners
- Technology
- Drayage Optimization
- 50 TomTom devices, web-based optimization tool, data mapping, and
dedicated encrypted FTP server
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- Unique feature: Increasing Emergency Preparedness and Response Efficiency
App
- Three test scenarios were developed representing progressively
worsening hurricane conditions
- As the scenarios increase in severity, the conditions reported by users
were anticipated to increase in severity
- Each different user type (emergency management,
truck drivers, private business/freight hubs) had different
reporting responsibilities
- Each scenario was completed over the course of one day
- Participants used an Android device or internet browser
to complete condition reports, comment on other condition
reports, and update business/terminal status
- * Testing completed in December
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- Institutional
- Strong partnership and
continuous commitment to the project
- Operational disruptions and partner staffing availability
- Driver and dispatcher acceptance
- Technical
- Data exchange interoperability between back-end systems
- Customization of optimization program for each site
- Bluetooth equipment outages due to weather and staff interference
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- Supporting documentation available at - http://www.its.dot.gov/pilots/pilots_mobility.htm
- Freight Advanced Traveler Information System (FRATIS) Concept of
Operations
- Freight Advanced Traveler Information System (FRATIS) Architecture and
Implementation Report - Los Angeles
- Freight Advanced Traveler Information System (FRATIS) Demonstration
Plan - Los Angeles
- Freight Advanced Traveler Information System (FRATIS) Architecture and
Implementation Report - Dallas-Fort Worth
- Freight Advanced Traveler Information System (FRATIS) Demonstration
Plan - Dallas-Fort Worth
- Freight Advanced Traveler Information System (FRATIS) Architecture and
Implementation Report - South Florida
- Freight Advanced Traveler Information System (FRATIS) Demonstration
Plan - South Florida
- Code from open source FRATIS prototype developments available at http://www.itsforge.net/
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- Separate contract for impact assessment
- CDM Smith-Booz Allen-North River Consulting
- Collect and analyze data to measure reduction in:
- Travel time shipper-to-terminal
- Terminal queue time
- Fleet average fuel consumption
- Emissions based on fuel consumption
- Number of bobtails
- Obtain stakeholders feedback and perceptions
- Dispatchers and drivers
- Terminal operators
- Public agencies
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- Initial Tasks Sept 2012-June 2013
- Familiarization with prototype at each site
- Preparation of Impact Assessment Plan
- Definition of performance measures and data to be collected by
prototype contractors
- Collaboration on analysis tools with other contractors
- Monitoring and Preliminary Analysis
July 2013-Nov 2014
- Coordination with contractors at each side
- Coordination with DOT
- Weekly trip analysis reports for LA (May-Nov 2014)
- Impact Assessment is On-going
January-July 2015
- Analysis of Tom-Tom and Acyclica data collected from each site
- Interviews with dray companies and other stakeholders
- Estimation of regional benefits after analyzing each site
- Final assessment reports in July-August 2015
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- Dray companies will find optimization plans more efficient and result in
cost savings
- FRATIS will result in reduced queue time for truckers at terminals
- Terminal operators will benefit from advanced arrival information
- FRATIS will result in travel time reductions for drayage company moves
to ports and terminals
- FRATIS will result in a reduction of the percentage of trucks involved
in traffic bottlenecks
- The prototype site users will find the FRATIS test results useful and
will have concrete plans to implement FRATIS and integrate it with their
existing systems after the test has been completed
- Other drayage and freight transportation companies in the region will
recognize the cost savings associated with FRATIS and are willing to
implement it to benefit from its use
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- Compare test data with baseline data
- Calculate travel time shipper-to-terminal using Tom-Tom data
- Calculate terminal queue time using Acyclica data
- Estimate fuel consumption based on fleet averages and trip mileage
- Estimate emissions based on fuel consumption
- Determine number of bobtails if applicable
- Survey and interview stakeholders
- Dispatchers
- Drivers
- Terminal operators
- Public agencies
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- Operational conditions examined
- Apples to apples comparison
- Bin analysis tried on preliminary LA data
- Findings not significant
- Current impact assessment focus:
- Average trip time
- Overall fleet mileage
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- Based on assessment of trip and terminal queue data for each prototype
site
- Identification of impacts of FRATIS at prototype sites
- Assessment of potential impacts of FRATIS on a region
- Additional customers/partners of test participants
- Additional drayage companies
- Other geographic regions
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- Involvement of the assessment team at the beginning is useful, but not
sufficient to assure good test results
- Integration of new capabilities into existing systems is essential to a
successful test
- Using devices such as Tom-Toms to collect data without human
intervention is the best way to collect reliable test data
- Successful tests with transportation companies require significant
development contractor resources to help overcome operational inertia
- Despite the best intentions, operational situations that test
participants face can interfere with test results
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- Integration of FRATIS or similar technologies with existing systems
within a company is essential
- Expansion beyond individual companies necessitates a regional, probably
public or public-private partnership, entity to successfully deploy and
operate
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