How to manage Large Events American Council of Engineering Consultants May 25th, 2017 How to manage Large Events

All Things Come In 3 February 1, 2015 January 9th, 2016 April 1st, 2017 3 of the largest sporting events in 3 consecutive years City invested time and money Other events past 10 years, NFL & NBA Allstar games, wrestlemania, Copa America Goal to be established as a major player to host national and international events

2017 NCAA Final Four Runner up to Dallas in 2014 1st time on west coast since Seattle in 1995

2017 NCAA Final Four Events downtown Half a million people for all events over the course of the weekend Music Festival hit capacity on two of the three nights

Calendar of Events Event Thur. 3/30 Fri. 3/31 Sat. 4/1 Sun 4/2 Mon 4/3 NABC Annual Convention Final Four Salute Presentation Fan Fest Music Festival Final Four Friday * Semi-Final Games * NABC Guardians of Game Award Show Final Four Dribble Tip-off Tailgate * National Championship Game * Opening Day vs the Giants Suns vs Houston Rockets * Events at University of Phoenix Stadium

March Madness Music Festival

Planning Downtown Campus Wayfinding, trolleys

Streets and Traffic Working Group Agenda Streets and Traffic Working Group Members Objective Police Public Transit Homeland Security ADOT Public Works Trafficade Downtown Phoenix Inc. Organizing Committee Execution of a safe and efficient transportation plan that minimizes impacts to non-event goers and creates a very positive experience for drivers, pedestrians, bicyclists, transit riders and private transportation users attending the NCAA Final Four events in downtown Phoenix.

Infrastructure Staff Essential Components Live feed camera’s (CCTV’s) Agenda Essential Components Infrastructure Staff Live feed camera’s (CCTV’s) Freeway Management Center Traffic Management System Organizers Operations Staff Traffic Management Staff Field Staff

Operations - All Things Come in 3 Emergency Operations Center Traffic Management Center Accidents Excessive Delays Control Messaging Traffic Operations Center

Operations Plan Diagram Incident Management Team (EOC) Police Downtown Operations Unit (Field) Right-of Way Management Field Staff Marketing and Media Team Barricade Company (Trafficade) COP Traffic Management Center Signal Maintenance Field Staff ADOT Traffic Operations Center Department of Public Safety Center of it all is the EOC. Ready for all emergencies.

Responsive Field Crews Agenda Responsive Field Crews Temporary ADA access (Superbowl) Flooding (Superbowl)

ADOT Freeway Management System

ADOT FMS - Collisions DWNTN PHX EVENTS USE I-10 EAST 7TH AVE EXIT Helped disperse flow through the arterial system

ADOT FMS - Collisions DWNTN PHX EVENTS USE I-10 EAST 7TH AVE EXIT

ADOT FMS - Collisions DWNTN PHX EVENTS EXIT JEFFERSON ST COLLISION I-10 EB BLOCKING HOV LANE Collision

ADOT FMS – Diamondbacks Opening Day DWNTN PHX EVENTS USE I-10 EAST WASHINGTON EXIT

ADOT FMS – Opening Day Egress DWNTN PHX EVENTS USE I-10 EAST WASHINGTON EXIT Sunburst plan – Diamondbacks game Helps maximize egress by metering the flow into downtown by restricting movements at key intersections. For example, 7th St and Washington, EB Washington is forced to turn north or south on 7th St. Sunburst Plan Traffic Control Plan to restrict ingress to maximize egress

ADOT FMS – Opening Day Egress DWNTN PHX EVENTS USE I-10 WEST 7TH AVE EXIT Sunburst Plan Traffic Control Plan to restrict ingress to maximize egress

Downtown Traffic and Security Camera Surveillance Agenda Downtown Traffic and Security Camera Surveillance 22 Permanent Cameras 11 Portable Cameras Major Surveillance Corridors NCAA Final Four Event Campus 7th St 7th Ave Washington Jefferson Roosevelt Van Buren McDowell Accessible in TMC and EOC

Camera Locations Temporary CCTV’s Installed Permanent CCTV’s at Traffic Signals Homeland Security installed cameras around Hance Park

Signal Timing Infrastructure COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK CAPABLE TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM TRAFFIC SIGNAL COORDINATION

Oversaturation on Roosevelt St Lightrail Line

Mitigation Strategies One Direction Saturated – Negative Offset Both Directions Saturated – Simultaneous Offset

Light Rail Interference Light Rail Line 131% More riders than a normal Weekend.

Next Steps Current ITS Projects Reverse Lanes Study – Pre-Design Central Phoenix ARID Project – Design Sonoran Desert Ring Fiber Project – Construction Travel Time Project (7th Ave/7th St) – Construction New Project Funding Infrastructure Replacement Budget Justified Signals Budget (3 Signals, 5 HAWKs, 5 RRFB’s 4 Removals) ITS Advanced Traffic & Management Budget ADA Improvements at Signals Budget $625K $1.6M $1.5M $700K Current ITS Projects Reverse Lanes Study – Pre-Design Central Phoenix ARID Project – Design Sonoran Desert Ring Fiber Project – Construction Travel Time Project (7th Ave/7th St) – Construction 4.5 million in signal and ITS funding in CIP