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Under Anthony's leadership the committee has added several members this year, far exceeding the new membership for the past several years.  Anthony's infectious enthusiasm for ITS and ITS Georgia have been an asset to the Board and the Membership Committee.

FHWA has been instrumental in getting ITS Georgia's mission and vision to a broader Georgian audience. With the ITS Architecture development project FHWA supported and promoted using ITS as a solution to congestion and safety needs. In addition FHWA has conducted personalized presentations to all MPOs in the state with the same message. As a public agency FHWA’s role is to provide opportunities for advancement of ITS and Operations, and with the help of our partner agencies GDOT, GRTA and SRTA FHWA has cultivated an ITS rich environment. FHWA is a major supporter of the TIME taskforce, Regional Traffic Operations taskforce, ARC ITS subcommittee, Clean Air Campaign and more.  FHWA has been a long-time sponsor of ITS Georgia and TIME annual meetings. This year in response to the highly visible and fast paced ramp-metering program FHWA sent two representatives on a national peer review to gain much needed operational insight, which has led to a more effective design of the system. FHWA has also brought many national representatives to Atlanta to learn and share their experiences in areas related to DMS travel times, 511 and Incident Management.  All of which have resulted in the strengthening of the ITS program in GA and has enhanced the visibility and value to ITS Georgia membership. For this FHWA has demonstrated they are an Outstanding Public member agency.

NET Corporation for their dedication to furthering ITS in Georgia.  NET has been a key player in a number of outstanding initiatives, including NaviGAtor Web.  Through NaviGAtor Web NET has reached out to traditional and non-traditional stakeholders and garnered interest in ITS and its wide range of benefits.  They have facilitated outreach to emergency responders, and even the Emergency Management Community, and thereby helped in the creation of a very important partnership.  NET has also graciously volunteered the services of Marcus Wittich to serve as an active member and effective Committee Chair of the TIME Task Force.  NET is a visionary firm and has gone above and beyond the requirements of its project scope to further ITS in Georgia.

District 3 has utilized ITS, particularly video services, to solve several engineering related problems.   Specifically, CCTV’s have been installed in two locations to assist with design and monitor construction. Designers for the installation of a turn lane monitored one location, near SR 36 and I-75 in Butts County.  This expedited the design phase by reducing trips to the field and provided an accurate depiction of before and after conditions.  Another location, at I-475 and Zebulon Rd. is currently under construction and being monitored via NavWeb.  In 3 months, this effort has saved the Department 37 man-hours and over 1000 miles traveled.   It has also proven beneficial in catching small construction problems before they became major.

The GDOT Downtown Connector Ramp Meter project has made a quantifiable positive impact on mobility on the Downtown Connector since they came on-line in April.  These ramp meters were designed and constructer in-house by GDOT. The average time it took to drive from the 5th St overpass to I-20 between the hours of 3 pm and 7 pm went from 474 seconds to 367 seconds, a 22.4% reduction. This is an average of all five weekdays. Approximately 35,000-40,000 motorists travel this section of 75/85 southbound each weekday between 3-7 pm, each of them experiencing the above reductions in trip times.

Looking at individual days of the week, some days did even better.

• Monday's average trip time went from 521 seconds to 360 seconds, a 31% improvement.
• Wednesday's trip times went from 560 seconds to 336 seconds, a 40% improvement.
• Even Friday's trip time improved 23.8%

Using our speed sensors along the highway, we found similar results. One of the most dramatic improvements was the scenario on the segment from Courtland Street to I-20. Prior to activating the ramp meters, the worst trip time in the afternoon peaked at around 133 seconds to travel this segment. After ramp meters were turned on, the average peak trip time (when the freeway was most congested) from Courtland St to I-20 was only 96 seconds.

Another interesting change was the push-back in the onset of congestion. Looking at the Williams St to I-20 segment, prior to turning on ramp meters, the freeway usually became heavily congested in the 3:30-3:45 time period. This congested period now does not start until approximately 4:45 to 5:00 pm, allowing an extra 60-75 minutes of free-flowing traffic each day.