2016 APTA Sustainable and Public Workshop COTA’s Role in Smart City Columbus Implementation July 25, 2016 Michael L. Bradley Vice President of Planning and Service Development
COTA Service Area 13 Charter Members 1.1 million service hours 542 square miles 360 fixed route vehicles 60 mainstream vehicles Funded by Sales and Usage Tax: ¼% permanent ¼% 10 year temporary 13 charter members 2
Vision of Smart City Application Four Deployment Districts Access to Jobs Smart Logistics Connected Residents Connected Visitors Sustainable Transportation 3
COTA’s Involvement Mobile Eye Shield Technology CMAX BRT Corridor Mobile Eye Shield Technology Connected Columbus Transportation Network Multimodal Trip Planning/Integrated Common Payment System Electric Charging Stations Various Park and Ride Locations Electric Autonomous Vehicles Integrated Data Exchange Mass Factory – Compagnon Application Transit Pass Program – Downtown CBD 4
Connected Columbus Transportation Network Mobile Eye Shield Technology Crash avoidance technology Connected Columbus Transportation Network Use Columbus’s Fiber network Smart Corridors 100 Traffic Controller Upgrades Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) Units 12 Bus Stop Pedestrian Warning locations Traffic Signal Priority 5
Sustainable Transportation Electric Charging Stations Various Park and Ride locations Electric Autonomous Vehicles Easton Transit Center 3 Fixed routes 6 -12 passenger vehicles Inductance charging stations 6
Applications Multimodal Trip Planning Integrated Common Payment System Mobile Ticketing Smartcard type system Kiosks Mass Factory App & Town Compagnon Pilot program 50 individuals People with cognitive disabilities Transit Pass Program - CBD 7
Integrated Data Exchange Mobile Eye Shield Data Real time data Passenger boardings/alightings 8
Next Steps Identify project team members Discuss specific scopes Define timeline Enter agreement(s) with city of Columbus 9
Questions? 10