1. ALA580 EXPRESS LANE CORRIDOR PROJECT
Concept of Operations
ALA580 EXPRESS LANE CORRIDOR PROJECT
A Presentation for the I-580 Express Lane
Policy Advisory Committee
April 9, 2012
A Presentation at the
Joint I-680 Sunol JPA & I-580 Policy Committee Workshop
September 9, 2013
ALA580 HOV/HOT LANE CORRIDOR PROJECTS

2. Items Covered in July Access Configuration (Near Continuous)
Pricing Strategy (Zone Tolling)
System Design
Toll Ordinance and Legislation Needs
Public Education Strategies
Agency Coordination
Kanda Raj will cover this slide
In the July 2013 I-580 Workshop, the staff covered overarching design and policy issues
Quickly describe the first two items, and state that the
Project construction is expected to commence, one year from now
Design is on accelerated schedule and moving forward with the near continuous access and toll zoning schemes, to address past concerns from the Commissioners and to be consistent with the other planned regional exp ln projects
We are trying to incorporate best practices and emerging technologies into our project
System design involve several of these new and emerging technologies that requires industry expertise and coordination, which our System Manager, Kris Wuestefeld will cover in his presentation, in addition ..
The system design will also have to address policy and legislation issues that our DD, Tess Lengyel will discuss later in the presentation
We also discussed our coordinated public education strategies and
Our efforts with the toll operators/agencies to implement
Near continuous access
Zone tolling
Automated violation enforcement ,etc. 2

3. Focused Discussion Topics
Enforcement
Policy and Legislation
Public Education Strategies
Kanda Raj
Today we are focusing on three major topics:
1) How to effectively employ enforcement utilizing newer technologies,
2) Associated policy adoption and legislation needs and
3) Our continued effort on public education strategies & collaboration
In addition,
4) We will address questions raised in July Workshop
Introduce Kris Wuestefeld (28 years in IT experience, including managing exp ln development in the country and other parts of the country/world. Also worked with us on the I-680 SB exp Ln development and system implementation)
Turn over to Kris 3

4. Operations and Enforcement
Vehicle Violation Enforcement and Monitoring
Toll Violation Enforcement
Occupancy Violation Enforcement
System Operations Monitoring
Kris
<Cover detailed discussions in subsequent slides>
Two types of enforcement, automated and manual
Our main focus today is redg automated toll violation enforcement
Will also discuss how we monitor the system
-K. Raj 4

5. Operations and Enforcement
Toll Violation Enforcement:
Automated Violation Enforcement
Use of switchable transponders
License plate reading
Lane level violation transactions
Optical character recognition (OCR)
Temporarily holding data at the Toll Data Center (TDC)
Kris
State that “we are designing” to accommodate “Switchable Transponders”
Policy and legislation issues need to be ironed out, and Tess will cover them later in the presentation
Quickly explain how the switchable transponders would work
And cover
License plate read
Lane level violation transactions
OCR
Temporarily holding data at TDC
OLD NOTES:
Let us not mention about HOV registration (I deleted the bullet). It was discussed in July meeting, and I stated that neither the DMV nor MTC require the vehicles to register as HOV/SOV, therefore we have been left with the option to use switchable transponders.
-K. Raj 5

6. Operations and Enforcement
Toll Violation Enforcement:
Typical Toll Gantry
Kris
Explain things mounted on the gantry related to violation enforcement & monitoring
Gantries will be located in the median
Orient the Commissioner where the dual lane EB exp lns are and where the single-lane WB EL is
*Note: Enforcement lights shown on the pole itself is redundant. Likely will be removed, once the toll ordinance and legislation needs are met* 6 6

7. Operations and Enforcement
Toll Violation Enforcement:
Automated Violation Enforcement
Kris to explain the picture
<please note that our toll gantry will look different than this truss type, just in case the Commissioners inquired> 7

8. Operations and Enforcement
Toll Violation Enforcement:
Processing Automated Violation Enforcement
Future violation processing
Policy adoption by Alameda CTC Commission
I-580 system interface with the Customer Service Center (CSC)
Violation processing by CSC
Invoice development and distribution
Customer service support
Dispute resolution and hearing processes
Kris
Toll ordinance adoption by Ala CTC Commission (per CVC 40250, Tess will cover)
We are using BATA RCSC on the I-680 SB EL,
In discussions with BATA for the following services on I-580, similar to what BATA has been providing on the toll bridges:
Invoicing toll violation penalty and delinquent notices
CSC support for the violation processing (OCR and other)
Providing dispute resolution and hearing processes (again, Tess will cover later in detail)
-K Raj 8

9. Operations and Enforcement
Occupancy Violation Enforcement & System Monitoring
Visual Occupancy Enforcement by CHP
Occupancy detection technology not ready for commercial use
On-board access to web-based data
Verification through call center/CSC
Closed Circuit Television Cameras
CCTV coverage along entire corridor
Dashboard/operation monitoring
Kris,
Manual occupancy violation will be implemented based on current CVC regulations for HOV violation.
Toll ordinance that will be discussed later, only applies to automated toll violation enforcement
Talk about Dashboard and its function in daily system/operations monitoring
-K Raj 9

10. Policy and Legislation
HOV Degradation
MAP-21 Interoperability
Toll ordinance
Legislative needs
Deputy Directive No. 43
Kris to present
HOV Degradation 9see staff report write-up), and
MAP-21 Interoperability
Tess to present
Toll ordinance to enact penalties, under purview of CVC 40250
Legislative clean-up to CVC Section 149.5(b), in order to mandate the HOV-ers carry transponders
Caltrans DD-43
- K. Raj 10

11. Policy and Legislation
HOV Degradation
Maintain minimum speed
45 mph for 90% of the time, during commute hour, measured for consecutive 180 days
Corrective action within 180 days from deemed degraded
Dynamic pricing model ensure minimum speed
Kris to explain
What does HOV degradation mean
Corrective action, as outlined in staff report (please read the staff report)
580 ETS design will ensure 45 mph OR turn lane into HOV Only mode
-K. Raj 11

12. Policy and Legislation
FHWA MAP-21 Interoperability
Challenges to reaching this goal
Vendor-driven ETC regional interoperability agreements
Cost of installing multi-protocol antennas and readers
Cost of replacing legacy transponders
Toll system design will include upwards compatibility requirements
Kris
Please make sure to say that ACTC is working closely with CTOC and BATA to address the issue.
Not a major issue, since we are designing the I-580 ETS with multi protocol read capabilities.
If the commission inquired about our plans for I-680 SB EL Interoperability, please let them know that ...
We do have a plan for the I-680 SB Exp Ln operations
Already discussed the plan with our system integrator (SI) (which we did with Mike Cremer of ETCC)
We will have to swap the toll readers with new readers, capable of reading multi-protocol
May have to change the antennas depending on the type of national transponder chosen
Will have to install new software at the reader and lane control levels, and make some modifications to the lane controllers to read the multi-protocol transponders and form the trips
The rest of the operations will be the same (from lane controller to TDC and from TDC to RCSC-toll collection)
The changes are relatively straight forward
Funding for the changes will be included in the fiscal year operations, when we have to make the changes
Timing could be when we implement the NB 680 Exp Ln.  If that project construction is delayed due to funding, we will implement the change through a CCO ahead of the deadline for national interoperability.
-K. Raj 12

13. Current ETC Protocols in Use in US and Canada9 5 4 1
Zone 1 (IAG)
Zone 2 (6-C)
Zone 3 (EGO+)
Zone 4 (TDMA/Fusion)
Zone 5 (Ego+)
Zone 6 (Ego+)
Zone 7 (6-C)
Zone 8 (T-21)
Zone 9 (6-c) 7 8 2 6 3

14. Policy and Legislation
Toll Ordinance
Required to enforce toll violation, per CVC 40250
Options under consideration:
Alameda CTC ordinance adoption
Region-wide implementation through delegation
Tess to present, and may revise the bullets.
Exploring few options, regional- & Alameda CTC - adopted toll ordinances.
The Commission may have to adopt a toll ordinance, since BAIFA’s authority is for BAIFA lanes
Ordinance will set policy issues in addition to include administrative steps for enacting such (local) toll ordinance
Through a co-op, transfer the administrative steps, including toll dispute resolution and hearing processes to a processing agency
Based on their Toll Bridge experience, BATA could be an ideal choice.
-K. Raj 14

15. Policy and Legislation
Legislation Needs
Clean up CVC Section (b) for
Clarifying “unrestricted” HOV access to the HOV/Express Lane
Requiring HOV users to carry toll transponders (switchable)
Collaborating with other toll operators for joint action plan
Tess to present.
Also discuss coordination with LA Metro and timeline for the legislation. 15

16. Policy and Legislation
Caltrans Deputy Directive Number 43
Caltrans policy document for managed lanes
A draft was circulated in June 2013
Conveyed ACTC comments, requested clarification on
Oversight costs
Impact of contemplated new authority on existing express lanes, including AB 2032 authorized express lane
How the toll revenue shall be shared
Tess, can you present?
This is a Caltrans policy document for managed lanes
Draft was circulated in June and we expect a final version in October
Will share it when it is finalized.
Three major comments that we made on the draft, as listed above. 16

17. Public Education and Outreach
Goals:
Advance education on benefits
Clear communication on lane access/use
On-going education to support for use and understanding of new commuter choices
Tess
Educate 1) Project benefits, 2) changes ahead (continuous access, zone tolling, automated violation enforcement and switchable transponders)
Update on next slide 17

18. Public Education and Outreach
Update:
Public education & marketing plan (strategies) development by December 2013
Request for proposal in early 2014 for plan implementation
Plan implementation from summer 2014 through spring 2016
Tess/Heather to revise 18

19. Agency Coordination/Collaboration
Coordinating with
Regional/Local agencies, and
Collaborating with
National & State agencies
K. Raj
Trail blazing to implement new EL concepts in the Bay, new technological solution for addressing old traffic congestion
We are collaborating with, national, state and other toll operators; incl Mn DOT, LA Metro, OCTA for implementing
“continuous access”
“zone-based tolling”
“automated violation enforcement” and
“switchable tag” 19

20. Responses to Commissioners’ Inquiries
388 vph
8,867 vph
629 vph
1,700 vph
7,796 vph
253 vph
7,931 vph 20

21. Discussion Topics – Oct. 2013 Meeting
Operations
Revenue Study Results
HOV Eligibility (2+, 3+, etc.)
Hours of Operation
Policy: Tolling Polices and Business Rules
Environmental Justice
Public Education Strategies
K Raj
We covered Enforcement and associated ordinance and legislation issues today, and
Next month we will cover ….. 21

22. Overall I-580 Corridor Schedule
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
I-580 EB Auxiliary Lane
I-580 WB HOV Projects
Potential I-580 Express Change Order Work
Public Education and Marketing
I-580 Express Lane Projects
I-580 System Integration
Express Lanes Open
K Raj 22

23. Questions / Answers
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