Who is Completing the Application?

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Valerie Taylor

Director of Transportation Management Systems

713-881-3283

[email protected]

Primary Agency Information

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Texas Department of Transportation

Valerie Taylor

Director of Transportation Management Systems

713-881-3283

[email protected]

6922 Katy Rd

Houston

TX

77024

Additional Agency Information

Project Information

Installation of Arterial Intelligent Transportation Systems on SH 146

Galveston County

SH 146

IH 45 South to SH 96

This project will provide necessary expanded coverage of Intelligent Transportation Systems on SH 146 to provide incident management, congestion management, and traveler information systems for the TxDOT Houston District (TranStar) region. This improvement project will also allow TranStar to move closer to achieving district-wide integrated coverage. The fiber connection will enhance reliability and provide communications network redundancy and continuity of operations for IH45 South and NASA 1.

This project will involve instrumentation of SH 146 with Intelligent Transportation Management Systems devices and traffic signal integration to improve real-time monitoring and reporting capabilities. Specifically, this project will include the installation of approximately 15 miles of fiber optic cable, closed circuit cameras, dynamic message signs, vehicle sensing devices, and travel time readers. Additionally, this ITS segment improvement will better serve an existing regional evacuation route and provide fiber optic communication redundancy.

This project will improve real-time incident detection, responsiveness, notification, real-time monitoring, and incident response. This project will contribute to identifying recurring and non-recurring congestion, creating reliable travel times to improve safety, efficiency, and improving the quality of life for road users experiencing delays.

No

No

Less than $100 million

(Manage) ITS Infrastructure

6000000

TXDOT_HOU_HGAC2018CFP.PDF

Project Development/Readiness

Not Started

Categorical Exclusion (CE)

07/01/2024

(c)(21) Deployment of electronics, photonics, communications, or information processing

No

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

Map/Location

SH 146-TxDOT Projects 2021-2026.pdf

Project Budget

SH146 project-budget-worksheet.xlsx

No

Benefit/Cost Analysis

SH146 Roadway-Safety-Benefits.xlsx

10312018123231PM.xlsx

SH146 Roadway-Emissions-Benefits.xlsx

SH 146 delay-benefits-Signals.xlsx

Planning Factors - Improves Corridor Level of Travel Time Reliability (LOTTR)

0.11 - 0.20

SH146 lottr-estimation.xlsx

Planning Factors - Incident/Event Management

Yes

This project will provide the necessary expanded coverage of existing incident management, congestion management, and traveler information systems infrastructure for the TxDOT Houston District, Houston TranStar partnership.

No

Yes

This project will provide real-time incident detection, responsiveness, and notification to facility users by messaging on Dynamic Message Signs.

No

No

Planning Factors - Includes Life Cycle Maintenance Plan

No

Planning Factors - Interagency Coordination/Continuity of Operations

Yes

The proposed system would tie into Houston TranStar, the region's Transportation Management and Emergency Management center. Other than the four government agencies that comprise the consortium, numerous local government agencies have agreements for sharing resources at Houston TranStar.

Yes

This project would provide communications redundancy between IH45 South and Nasa Road One. With other projects, it will also provide communications paths to SH 225 and SH 288.

Planning Factors - Roadway Hierarchy/Freight System Priority/Evacuation Route

Principal Arterial

No

No

Yes

No