MVRPC, in coordination with the Clark County Springfield Transportation Coordinating Committee (CCSTCC) and the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), has completed a comprehensive update to the Miami Valley Regional Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Architecture. The original architecture was completed in 2005 and updated in 2008, with minor updates completed in 2013 and 2018 as a result of stakeholder requests. The Miami Valley Regional ITS Architecture effort, with its 20-year planning horizon, is built on a strong ITS interest in the region and some signature ITS projects which have brought the need for a Regional ITS Architecture to the forefront. A regional architecture is required by both the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to qualify ITS projects for federal funding after April 2005.
The Miami Valley Regional ITS Architecture covers the Dayton/Springfield area. MVRPC is the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the counties of Greene, Miami, and Montgomery as well as the Cities of Franklin, Carlisle, Springboro, and Franklin Township in northern Warren County, and the CCSTCC is the MPO for Clark County.
2022 Update Overview
MVRPC has updated the regional architecture to be consistent with the recently released National Reference ITS Architecture. Similarly, ODOT/DriveOhio has completed a systems engineering analysis to develop a statewide framework for Connected and Automated Vehicles (CV/AV) technology deployments. This comprehensive framework promotes consistency and interoperability as various projects are implemented at varying scales by a wide range of stakeholders and have been incorporated in full into the Miami Valley Regional ITS Architecture. Key points of the architecture update are summarized below:
- Comprehensive update to stakeholders, elements, and services to better reflect the services that are currently in use or planned/possible in the near future.
- Addition of functional requirements for the major ITS elements in the region.
- Addition of potential communication solutions based on nationally recognized standards.
- Integration of Statewide CV/AV architecture into Regional ITS architecture.
Reference Documents & Software Downloads
Freeway Management System
Progress has been made since the original architecture was developed in 2003. In addition to many signal coordination systems implemented throughout the years, the Dayton/Springfield Freeway Management System, completed in 2012, combines technological and operational solutions to reduce congestion. It also enhances existing incident and traffic management activities on these freeways and provides timely and accurate traveler information to motorists.
Live Traffic & Traveler Information
Dayton Area Traffic Incident Management (TIM)
In cooperation with the Montgomery County Office of Emergency Management (MCOEM), MVRPC has engaged our regional partners in a discussion regarding traffic incident management on Dayton area interstates and interstate look-alikes (i.e. US 35 & SR 4). Traffic incident management (TIM) is a multi-jurisdictional operations strategy that promotes a coordinated and planned approach to improve safety and minimize traffic delay due to an incident on the regional highway network.
Many local emergency response agencies have stated that responding to highway incidents pose the greatest danger to responders, victims, and motorists. A coordinated TIM program among local emergency response agencies can significantly reduce these dangers while providing numerous benefits, including:
- Improving on-site communication between professional responders.
- Outlining the priorities and capabilities of each emergency response entity.
- Promoting rapid, well-organized and coordinated clearance of incidents.
- Increasing safety for responders, victims, and the motoring public.
- Reducing the frequency of secondary accidents within the resulting traffic queue.
- Maintaining the flow of commerce and just-in-time deliveries.
- Moderating non-recurrent congestion.
- Enhancing air quality.
This effort has been organized as the Traffic Incident Management Subcommittee of the Montgomery County OEM Technical Advisory Committee. Meeting quarterly, this group is working to draft and implement a regional traffic incident management program in the Miami Valley. View the Dayton Regional TIM Program Development Process.