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SWZ: Kansas City & Council Bluffs Field Demonstration

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Battelle and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) conducted a two-day demonstration site visit of smarter work zones utilizing innovative technology applications in Kansas City, Kansas and Council Bluffs, Iowa on August 2-3, 2016. The two-day visit included an informative sessions various lane merge strategies (Dynamic Lane Merge [DLM] and Rural Zipper Merge [RZM] systems) and tours of the I-XXX Bridge Construction Project and Kansas City Scout traffic management system, as well as an overview of Smarter Work Zone (SWZ) systems.   The agendas are provided below with links to the presentations.

  • Agenda — Day 1
  • Agenda — Day 2

Agenda — Day 1

(PDF, 934 KB)

Morning Session — Bridge Construction Project

7:00                                      Depart Hotel for Bridge Construction Project Office

7:45 — 8:00                 Welcome and Introductions

8:00 — 8:15                 Overview of SWZ Program/DLM System (Martha Kapitanov, FHWA Transportation Specialist, Work Zone Management)

8:15 — 8:45                 Overview of Bridge Construction Project/DLM System (Josh Welge and Garry Olson, KDOT Area and Headquarter Personnel)

8:45 — 9:45                 Bridge Construction Site Visit

9:45 — 10:15             Return to Bridge Construction Project Office/Break

10:15 — 11:00         Design to Deployment Overview of Bridge Construction Project (Kristi Ericksen — KDOT Temporary Traffic Control Engineer)

11:00 — 12:00       Roundtable Discussion and Q&A (Eric Ferron, FHWA Civil Engineer, Operations Technical Service Team)

12:00                                    Lunch

Afternoon Session — Scout

1:00 — 1:15                Welcome and Introductions (Randy Johnson — KC Scout TMC Manager)

1:15 — 2:30                Tour of SCOUT/Rural Zipper Merge (Mark Sommerhauser — KC Scout ITS Project Manager)

2:30 — 3:00                Design to Deployment Overview of Rural Zipper Merge (Mark Sommerhauser — KC Scout ITS Project Manager)

3:00 — 3:30                Roundtable Discussion and Q&A (Martha Kapitanov, FHWA Transportation Specialist, Work Zone Management)

3:30                                      Break/Depart for Council Bluffs


Agenda — Day 2

(PDF, 928 KB)

Morning Session — Council Bluffs Project Office/Site

8:00                                      Depart Hotel for Council Bluffs Project Office

8:15 — 8:30                Introductions and Welcome (Scott Schram, Iowa DOT, District 4 Engineer)

8:30 — 9:00                Overview of Queue Detection and Vehicle Detection Systems (Eric Ferron, FHWA Civil Engineer, Operations Technical Service Team)

9:00 — 10:00            Iowa DOT Traffic Critical Projects Program Overview / Council Bluffs

SWZ Applications: Why and Lessons Learned (Tim Simodynes, Iowa DOT, State ITS Engineer and Tara Kramer, HDR, Council Bluffs Interstate Traffic Operations Manager)

10:00 — 10:15        Break

10:15 — 12:00        Project Site Visit

12:00                                  Lunch — Metro Crossing Long Horn Steak House

Afternoon Session — Council Bluffs Project Office/Site

1:00 — 2:00              Project Site Visit — Continued

2:00 — 3:00              Roundtable Discussion and Q&A/Project Coordination Discussion (Martha Kapitanov, FHWA Transportation Specialist, Work Zone Management; Tim Simodynes, Iowa DOT, State ITS Engineer; and Tara Kramer, HDR, Council Bluffs Interstate Traffic Operations Manager)

3:00 — 3:30              Action Planning (Eric Ferron, FHWA Civil Engineer, Operations Technical Service Team)

3:30                                    Return to Council Bluffs Hotel

List of participants and their contact information

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