The WisTransPortal System

Contents

• LCS Project Overview
• LCS Documents and Presentations
• LCS Project Timeline
• LCS Contact Information
• LCS Project Staff
• Information for LCS Oversight Group

LCS Project Overview

The TOPS Laboratory LCS Project covers the development of an online Lane Closure Planning System (LCS) as a component of the Traffic Operations and Safety (TOPS) Laboratory WisTransPortal Data Hub. The WisTransPortal, located at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is being developed in coordination with WisDOT Bureau of Highway Operations to support a variety of traffic operations and safety data clearinghouse and analysis applications. The LCS will provide a web-based facility for different types of authenticated users to enter and track closures and restrictions on Wisconsin state highways. Specifically, this project has the following objectives:

• Provide a standard interface for lane closure operations, closure tracking, and data retrieval for WisDOT regional offices statewide.

• Facilitate data sharing with WisDOT applications that require lane closure data such as 511 Traveler Information, the STOC Incident Management System (IMS), Inconvenience Map production, and Oversize/Overweight (OSOW) permitting.

• Improve the completeness, reliability, and timeliness of lane closure data on state highways.

• Archive LCS data in the WisTransPortal system for future analysis and integration with other WisDOT / TOPS Lab traffic engineering applications and research.

• Integrate historical V-SPOC and TRADAS traffic flow data and capacity information to calculate available closure thresholds.

The TOPS project plan for Wisconsin LCS is to adapt and merge capabilities from two existing LCS systems:

• CalTrans Lane Closure System: Online lane closure approval system used statewide in California. CalTrans has provided entire source code and database model to TOPS.

• ODOT Permitted Lane Closure System: Ohio DOT online system for determining work-zone windows based on historical ADT and other factors. ODOT has also agreed to provide source code to TOPS.

The CalTrans source code is expected to provide the main framework for development. Additional planned customization and enhancements include special events tracking, capabilities to manage email distribution lists, and integration with WisDOT STN highway data.

LCS Documents and Presentations

• LCS Project Overview.
  Two page executive summary of the Wisconsin LCS Project (PDF).
  
  
• LCS Overview Presentation.
  PowerPoint presentation for the March 2007 Oversight Group Meetings: Madison 03/27/2007, Green Bay 03/28/2007.
  
  

LCS Project Timeline

LCS Contact Information

TOPS Laboratory:

Steven Parker, PhD
IT Program Manager
Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Madison
2205 Engineering Hall
1415 Engineering Drive
Madison, Wisconsin 53706

Phone: 608-265-4921
Fax: 608-262-5199
E-mail: sparker@engr.wisc.edu

Wisconsin DOT:

Doug Dembowski, PE
Supervisor
Statewide Traffic Operations Center
Wisconsin Department of Transportation
433 West St. Paul Avenue
Suite 300
Milwaukee, WI 53203

Phone: 414-227-2149
Fax: 414-227-2164
E-mail: douglas.dembowski@dot.state.wi.us

LCS Project Staff

TOPS Lab:

• Bin Ran, PhD, TOPS Principal Investigator
• Steven Parker, PhD, TOPS Co-PI / Project Manager
• Michael Runnels, TOPS Associate Programmer
• Yang Cheng, TOPS Research Assistant

• Doug Dembowski, PE, WisDOT Project Manager
• John Mishefski, WisDOT Information Consultant
• Eric Hansen, WisDOT STOC
• Scott Kozlick, WisDOT STOC

Information for the LCS Oversight Group

Members of the LCS Oversight Group that wish to access the LCS project directory and/or LCS prototype should contact Steven Parker for a login account. The PowerPoint presentation from the March 2007 Oversight Group meetings is available in the Documents and Presentations section of this page.