Transportation Transformation: Tomorrow or Today? Connected Vehicles Test Bed Program Driverless Shuttles

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1 Transportation Transformation: Tomorrow or Today? Connected Vehicles Test Bed Program Driverless Shuttles April 10, 2017 Rod Schebesch, M.Eng., P.Eng.

2 Transportation Paradigm Shift Horse & Buggy Model T Rotary Phone Smart Phone

3 Using Technology to Leverage Existing Infrastructure Making Cities Smarter Funding challenges Focus on Technology Get more out of existing infrastructure Making Mobility a Service Seniors / Paratransit / Poverty

4 Impacts to Transportation Collisions deaths / injuries Vehicle Throughput GHG Emissions Potential Revenue $$ Employment Realignment

5 CONNECTED & AUTOMATED VEHICLES

6 Vehicle Technology Redefined Automated Vehicles (AV) Connected Vehicles (CV) Shared Automated Vehicles (SAV)

7 Autonomous Vehicles Picture Source: Huffington Post

8 HOW DOES IT WORK? VEHICLE TO VEHICLE

9 Examples of V2V Left turn assist Vehicle platooning

10 VEHICLE TO INFRASTRUCTURE HOW DOES IT WORK?

11 Examples of V2I and V2X Railroad crossing Curve warning Pedestrian crossing

12 The Evolution of Connected to Automated Vehicles

13 Engineering Planning: transit/traffic/tod/development transportation/buildings/power data/analytics/cyber security

14 TESTBEDS

15 Stantec Engineering Stantec Testbed Program GoMentum, Concord, California Largest Secure Testbed in USA Near Silicon Valley AV focus Active Aurora, Edmonton, Alberta Largest Testbed in Canada Cold Winter CV focus

16 Stantec Engineering GoMentum Testbed Near Silicon Valley OEM & High Tech testing Secure Former Navy Weapons Station V2V Complete Road Network with Tunnels, Urban Street Grid, Highways, Railways First SAV deployed in USA

17 GoMentum Station Over 5000 acres with 2100 acres available for testing

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20 Stantec Engineering Active Aurora Testbed Collaborative Cold Winter Climate cold, snow, salt Mixed Traffic V2I, V2X, DSRC Rural Fwy, Urban Expwy & Urban Arterial Continental Interoperability

21 DIFFICULTY IN NAVIGATING SNOW WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES?

22 Stantec Engineering Active Aurora Testbed All 3 Levels of Gov t are Partners Federal Government Provincial Government Municipal Government Fast approvals/permits

23 Stantec Engineering Active Aurora Current RSU: Rural Fwy Urban Expwy Urban Arterial Future phases expand network

24 Stantec Engineering Active Aurora Partners: U of A & UBC Wireless Carriers Bell/Telus/Rogers Stantec Infrastructure Engineering (V2I)

25 Stantec Engineering Active Aurora Current CV Application Warnings: Curve / Speed Change / Follow Too Close / Pedestrian / Advanced Signal

26 Stantec Engineering Active Aurora Next Steps Expand network of RSU and CV Fleet Grow data and build OD network Implement real time applications via traffic management centre two way communications; congestion, safety, transit priority, variable speed limits, EMS, construction zones April 10, 2017

27 DRIVERLESS SHUTTLES

28 The Future of Shared Autonomous Vehicles

29 Transit Historically: Low modal split relatively high cost per passenger 70% of operating cost is the driver Minimal to no travel times savings System unchanged for decades

30 Transit Technology Legislation Driverless Shuttles First Mile / Last Mile Rideshare Technology Mobility as a Service Health Tracking / Incentivized Shared Economy

31 Impact of Transit Technology SAV

32 Impact of Transit Technology Buses

33 Impact of Transit Technology LRT / Mass Transit

34 How to Make it a Reality Testbeds / Pilot Projects Societal Acceptance Consumer Choice Paradigm Shift

35 Shared Autonomous Vehicles Local Motors (Olli)

36 Shared Autonomous Vehicles Meridian

37 Shared Autonomous Vehicles EasyMile (EZ10)

38 Impact to Built Environment Today Infancy Transition Period (today-20 years) Growth via Technology Ultimately Driverless Shuttles may saturate the market and redefine transit

39 Impact of Transit Technology = IMPROVED RIDERSHIP Stimulates Urbanization Addresses increasing urban populations Reduces Urban Sprawl Sustainable Transportation System

40 Impact of Transit Technology Long Term

41 Why take SAVs seriously In 1-5 years SAV s will be positioned to Enhance transit systems through increased ridership and revenue Expand the reach of TOD resulting in increased density with decreased parking Expand the reach of walkability to create social, economic, and environmental value Olli - Local Motors

42 Questions? Rod Schebesch, M.Eng., P.Eng. Vice President, Transportation Phone: (403) Cell: (403)

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45 Steps to Mobility Nirvana

46 #1 Eliminate Minimum Parking and Enforce Maximum Parking

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49 #2 Build Parking Decks to Accommodate Planned Adaptive Reuse

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51 #3 Plan for Truly Comprehensive Mobility (No More Specialist Plans)

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53 #4 Build Advanced Technology into Every Streetscape Project

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56 #5 Create Adaptable Streetscapes

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58 #6 Start Thinking About Safe and Multi- Functional Drop-Off/Pick-Up Zones

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61 #7 Put People First

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67 COMPLETE STREETS

68 1 Complete Streets

69 >1 in 3 are obese.

70 2.1% of federal transportation dollars go to biking and walking infrastructure, but 11% of trips and 14% of fatalities occur within those modes of travel.

71 People 65 and older account for 13 percent of the U.S. population, yet their pedestrian deaths make up 21 percent of all pedestrian deaths. NHSTA, National Pedestrian Crash Report

72 What are Complete Streets? Safe. Comfortable. Convenient. 72

73 Benefits: Safety More than 40% of pedestrian fatalities occur where there is no available crosswalk. Smart Growth America and National Complete Streets Coalition 73

74 Benefits: Health States with the lowest levels of biking and walking have, on average, the highest rates of obesity, diabetes, and high blood pressure. 74

75 Link and Place

76 Complete Streets Design Elements

77 Area Context

78 Walksheds & Bike/Ped Crashes

79 Lighting

80 Traffic-Traffic-Traffic!

81 Corridor Transition

82 Corridor Cross Section

83 Intersection Treatments Major Intersections Minor Cross Streets

84 Neighborhood Gateways

85 High Priority Transit Corridor

86 Furnishings, Public Art, Streetscape

87 Green Streets: Stormwater BMPs

88 LID & Stormwater BMPs Example: Honore Avenue, Sarasota, FL (2012) Two-Lane vs. Four-Lane Limited ROW Needed better connections to school and parks What to do with the water? Save the Trees! Context-sensitive design saves mature trees and enhances aesthetics.

89 Honore Avenue Design-Build Improvements The Connecting Thread The idea behind stormwater

90 Complete Streets Nothing like a great example! Route 9A West Side Manhattan Calgary Cycle Track Edmonton CS Design Guidelines

91 Complete Retrofit Elevated freeway Transformed into an active Complete Street Boulevard

92 The Original West Side Highway

93 Post Highway Collapse At-grade interim solution

94 The Boulevard Concept circa 1996 Today s Complete Street

95 West Side Highway Southern Terminus

96 Calgary Cycle Track 1.5 year pilot project $ 5.5M capital cost 2 years from award of planning study to opening of the network

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98 80 Presentations in one year to plan the network with stakeholders

99 6.5 kilometers of bike infrastructure designed and constructed to create a network in the downtown core

100 Three different bicycle treatments to create a network using four downtown streets Two-way cycle track on a Two-way street One-way cycle tracks on a Two-way street Integration of slow moving bicycles on a pedestrian street

101 Edmonton Complete Streets Guidelines

102 Complete Street Process

103 Edmonton Complete Streets Guidelines Evidence-based design tailored to local conditions Element Description Application Context Cross-sections Design Considerations/Detai ls Operational Considerations References

104 Edmonton Complete Streets Guidelines Pulling it all together: Making it easy to use

105 Stantec 3 rd Largest North American A/E Firm 11 th Largest in the World 22,000 staff in 400 offices in 5 continents

106 Questions? Rod Schebesch, M.Eng., P.Eng. Vice President, Transportation Phone: (403) Cell: (403)