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Valerie Taylor
Director of Transportation Management Systems
713-881-3283
Primary Agency Information
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Texas Department of Transportation
Valerie Taylor
Director of Transportation Management Systems
713-881-3283
6922 Katy Rd
Houston
TX
77024
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Project Information
Installation of Arterial Intelligent Transportation Systems on SH 6
Brazoria County
SH 6
SH288 to Galveston County Line
This project will provide necessary expanded coverage of Intelligent Transportation Systems on SH 6 to provide incident management, congestion management, and traveler information systems for the TxDOT Houston District (TranStar) region. This improvement project will also allow TranStar to move closer to achieving district-wide integrated coverage. The fiber connection, in conjunction with another project on SH 6, will enhance reliability and provide communications network redundancy and continuity of operations for IH45 South and SH 288.
This project will involve instrumentation of SH 6 with Intelligent Transportation Management Systems devices and traffic signal integration to improve real-time monitoring and reporting capabilities. Specifically, this project will include the installation of approximately 13.5 miles of fiber optic cable, closed circuit cameras, dynamic message signs, vehicle sensing devices, and travel time readers. Additionally, this ITS segment improvement will better serve an existing regional evacuation route and provide fiber optic communication redundancy.
This project will improve real-time incident detection, responsiveness, notification, real-time monitoring, and incident response. This project will contribute to identifying recurring and non-recurring congestion, creating reliable travel times to improve safety, efficiency, and improving the quality of life for road users experiencing delays.
No
No
Less than $100 million
(Manage) ITS Infrastructure
5440000
Project Development/Readiness
Not Started
Categorical Exclusion (CE)
01/01/2024
(c)(21) Deployment of electronics, photonics, communications, or information processing
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Map/Location
Benefit/Cost Analysis
SH6 SH288 GalvestonCL Roadway-Safety-Benefits.xlsx
Planning Factors - Improves Corridor Level of Travel Time Reliability (LOTTR)
0.01 – 0.10
Planning Factors - Incident/Event Management
Yes
This project will provide the necessary expanded coverage of existing incident management, congestion management, and traveler information systems infrastructure for the TxDOT Houston District, Houston TranStar partnership.
No
Yes
This project will provide real-time incident detection, responsiveness, and notification to facility users by messaging on Dynamic Message Signs.
No
No
Planning Factors - Includes Life Cycle Maintenance Plan
No
Planning Factors - Interagency Coordination/Continuity of Operations
Yes
The proposed system would tie into Houston TranStar, the region's Transportation Management and Emergency Management center. Other than the four government agencies that comprise the consortium, numerous local government agencies have agreements for sharing resources at Houston TranStar.
Yes
This project would provide communications redundancy between IH45 South and SH288. With other projects, it will also provide communications paths to IH69.
Planning Factors - Roadway Hierarchy/Freight System Priority/Evacuation Route
Principal Arterial
No
No
Yes
No