Multi-Purpose Information System (MIS) Presented

Ministry of Transportation
Ministry of Transportation
Multi-Purpose Information System (MIS)
Presented by: Dino Leombruni
Maintenance Standards Section
Design and Contracts Standards Office
Ontario Ministry of Transportation
ITS Canada
Toronto - May 28, 2013
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Overview
• Introduction
• MTO’s Road Weather Information System
(RWIS)
• Integration with other MTO ITS infrastructure
• Common Features of ITS infrastructure
• Benefits to merging ITS infrastructure
• Next Steps
• Questions
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Introduction
• ITS Planning Prospective Challenges
• Managing more infrastructure over large geographic
area
• Limited budget
• Limited resources
• Striving to be more cost effective and efficient in our
operation
• Solution in one simple concept:
Integration
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MTO’s Road Weather Information System (RWIS)
• The MTO owns and manages the
largest network of RWIS in Canada
• The Provincial network consists of
140 stations
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38 Northeastern Region
20 Northwestern Region
23 Central Region
30 Eastern Region
29 Southwestern Region
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MTO’s Road Weather Information System (RWIS)
• RWIS Standard Station Hardware
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1 Anemometer (wind speed, gusts, direction)
1 Occurrence meter (precipitation – yes/no)
1 Thermistor (air temperature)
1 Hygristor (dew point temp)
Cabinet Components:
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1 Barometer (air pressure)
1 Communications modem
1 Remote Processing Unit (RPU)
Additional Hardware
• Visibility/Weather Meter
• Active Pavement Sensor
• PTZ Camera
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MTO’s Road Weather Information System (RWIS)
Services Contract provides:
• Password protected web portal for maintenance
operations decision making
• Data Collection & archiving
• Forecast generation
• Maintenance of RWIS Stations (Routine and NonRoutine)
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MTO’s Road Weather Information System (RWIS)
• Currently, the RWIS system collects:
• Road Information
• Weather Information
• RWIS is capable of doing more
• Integration of ITS infrastructure on RWIS network
becomes:
Multi-Purpose Information System (MIS)
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Integration with other MTO ITS infrastructure
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Integration with other MTO ITS infrastructure
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Integration with other MTO ITS infrastructure
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Common Features of ITS infrastructure
• Underground ducting, manhole, footing and
foundations
• Lightning Protection
• Power Supplies
• Communications Equipment
• Sensor Equipment (Traffic Loops, Pavement
Sensor)
• Enclosures (Cabinets)
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Benefits of merging ITS infrastructure
• Reduced Equipment Complement
• Reduced Maintenance and operating costs
• Capital and Maintenance contract synergies
• New equipment installations at nominal incremental
costs (CCTV, Bluetooth readers, etc)
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Next Steps
• MTO will continue to seek opportunities to
integrate/optimize field equipment
• Use of RWIS infrastructure as backbone to
integrate additional ITS elements
• MTO will work towards creation of Multi-purpose
information system
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Thank You!
Questions?
Dino Leombruni
Maintenance Officer
Maintenance Standards Section
(905) 704-2983