Jan 23, 2024 Public Works Committee - This Is Considered A Special Meeting

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[1. R-178-23     A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ACCEPT $1,999,481 OF FUNDING FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION THROUGH THE STRENGTHENING MOBILITY AND REVOLUTIONIZING TRANSPORTATION (SMART) GRANT PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY METRO TECHNOLOGY SERVICES. Action Required By:  July 2024 Sponsors: Markus Winkler (D-17) ]

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THEREFORE PROOF OF CONCEPT LOCATIONS. THERE'S 13 EASTERN PARKWAY, FOURTH AND INDUSTRY AND OAK, 15TH AND OAK. ALL FOUR OF THESE LOCATIONS ARE PRONE TO FLOODING AND OTHERS HAVE OVERHYPED VEHICULAR HAZARDS. AS MANY OF YOU ALL KNOW, THE VIADUCT AT THIRD AND EASTERN PARKWAY IS AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS THE CAN. OPENER HAS ITS OWN FACEBOOK PAGE AND INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT, SO IT'S PRETTY POPULAR. UM WITH VIA SMART. WE INTENDED DEPLOY INTELLIGENT VIDEO AND SENSOR BASED PLATFORMS THAT CAN NOT ONLY DID DIFFER TRAFFIC USING TRADITIONAL MEANS OF, UM OF NOTICE, LIKE ADVANCED DIGITAL SIGNAGE AND SIGNALING, BUT ALSO REPORT REAL TIME ACTIONABLE VIDEO AND DATA THAT WILL INTEGRATE WITH METRO AND M S. D S EXISTING TRANSPORTATION, WATER AND COMMUNICATIONS PLATFORMS. TARGETED RECIPIENTS OF THIS REAL TIME OR NEIL. REAL TIME DATA INCLUDE TRAFFICKING ENGINEERING, INTERNAL D METRO METRO SAFE TRY MARK M. S. D J. C. P S ARC POTENTIAL WAYS APPLICATION INTEGRATIONS ARE WAYS LIKE APPLICATION INTEGRATIONS AS WELL . SO ANYBODY THAT NEEDS THIS INFORMATION? UM WHEN WE HAVE DANGEROUS SITUATIONS AT THE VIADUCT IS WHO WERE TARGETING FOR, UM, TO GET NOTIFICATIONS, TOO. FINALLY THIS IS A PROOF OF CONCEPT PROJECT. THE INTENT IS TO FIND EFFECTIVE, RELIABLE AND SCALABLE SOLUTIONS THAT CAN BE DEPLOYED TO NUMEROUS OTHER VIADUCT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BOTH ENHANCING PUBLIC SAFETY AND ECONOMIC IN IN TRYING TO REDUCE ECONOMIC IMPACT FROM TRANSPORTATION MISHAPS. I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.

YES. UM I LIKE TO KNOW. HOW DID YOU COME ABOUT IDENTIFYING THE FOUR LOCATIONS THAT YOU MENTIONED? OKAY SURE. THAT WAS. THAT WAS AN EFFORT THAT WAS RUN IN CONJUNCTION WITH HONEYWELL, WHERE THEY DID TRAFFIC STUDIES THEY WORKED WITH THEY WORKED WITH PREVIOUSLY OPIE. I BEFORE 80 P. I WAS DISSOLVED TO IDENTIFY THE FOUR TARGET LOCATIONS THEY LOOKED AT ELEMENTS LIKE IS THEIR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE. WHERE DID WE HAVE? YOU KNOW SIGNIFICANT MISHAPS, AND THEY LOOKED AT, UM BOTH HISTORICAL DATA. AND THEN WORKED WITH, YOU KNOW OTHERS, INCLUDING KY TC, UM, UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE METROPOLITAN CITY DISTRICT, AND THEN OUR OWN INTERNAL FOLKS. THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 34 VIADUCT LOCATIONS WITHIN THE BELTLINE.

MOST OF THEM ARE IN, YOU KNOW, INTERNAL CITY BECAUSE IT'S OLDER ARCHITECTURE. SO UM, IN ABOUT 30 OF THEM HAVE, UM, EITHER PRONE TO FLOODING OR OVERHYPED VEHICULAR RESTRICTIONS. SO THESE ARE FOUR OUT OF THE 30. YES MA'AM. IT'S A PROOF OF CONCEPT. THE HOPES IS TO FIND A SOLUTION.

LIKE I SAID, THAT CAN BE DEPLOYED. UM YOU KNOW, IT'S SCALABLE AND DEPLOYED MULTIPLE TIMES. THERE'S AN ECONOMICAL YOU KNOW, AND IT'S ECONOMICAL AND PROVIDE, YOU KNOW A LOT OF DATA AND AN IMPACT FOR THE COMMUNITY. THE FUNDING THAT WE ARE GOING TO ACCEPT IS THAT, UH, IS THAT ALREADY MIXED OUT? ANY ROOM FOR ANY OTHER LOCATIONS. YES MA'AM. SO THIS IS THE FIRST ROUND OF FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL FROM FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SMART GRANT PROGRAM HAS A SECOND ROUND IN 2025. THERE WAS ALREADY ANOTHER ROUND BEFORE THIS, BUT WE WEREN'T READY TO. WE'RE STILL IN THE RFP PROCESS, SO WE'RE NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT THESE ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE, UM, BUT IN 2025, THERE IS OPPORTUNITY FOR AND IT'S MULTIPLE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. UM, OPPORTUNITY FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM. WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS, REALLY THEY'RE REALLY PUSHING US TOWARDS TO LOOK TOWARD INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS, YOU KNOW, LEVERAGING NEWER TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE VIDEO, SOME OTHER SOME OTHER ASPECTS SO THEY REALLY WANT US TO BE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, INNOVATIVE AND THEY'RE OKAY IF WE FAIL, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT BOTH TRADITIONAL AND NEWER TECHNOLOGIES SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY, UM, YOU KNOW, INTEGRATE, BUT ALSO INNOVATE. UM I DO HAVE TO AREAS THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IN DISTRICT FIVE. AT A LATER DATE. I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS

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I'M SORRY. IT'S OKAY. IT'S OKAY. UM THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND TALKING ABOUT THIS. UH WHERE COULD WE FIND MORE INFORMATION ON THIS PROJECT , PARTICULARLY JUST A LIST OF ALL OF THOSE LOCATIONS. ONE OF THEM IS IN MY DISTRICT, AND I AM REALLY INTERESTED IN THAT, UM I DON'T KNOW IF THE FACEBOOK PATRIOT APPRECIATE THE LACK OF ACTIVITY IF WE WERE ABLE TO PREVENT US FROM GOING UNDER THE CAN OPENER, BUT, UM I WAS JUST WONDERING, HOW CAN WE FIND MORE INFORMATION SO WE CAN DISSEMINATE THAT, BUT ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING OUR FINGER ON ITS POLES. SURE SURE. AGAIN WE'RE IN THE VERY, VERY EARLY STAGE OF THE PROJECT. WE JUST CLOSED THE ART. WE'RE EVALUATING THE RFP BID RESPONSES RIGHT NOW. UM AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW TO DISCUSS THE BID RESPONSES. THERE WERE THREE RESPONSES IN TOTAL THREE RESPONSES MIGHT HAVE BEEN FOR BUT I BELIEVE IT'S THREE AS SOON AS WE GET BEYOND THAT RFP PROCESS AND THE ACTUAL PROJECT STARTS UP. THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO MORE THAN LIKELY WILL WILL USE. UM, THE SAME. MORE MORE THAN LIKELY WILL USE THE SAME MECHANISM THAT WE'VE BEEN USING WITH THE ART PROJECTS TO TRACK THAT. SO EVERYBODY KIND OF HAS VISIBILITY ON THAT THAT THE BACK END OF THAT IS CALLED SMARTSHEET. SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE ACCESS TO THE DASHBOARD FOR THE ART PROJECT, MORE THAN LIKELY, THAT'S WHERE WE'LL KEEP THAT THAT THAT PROJECT AVAILABLE. IF NOT THAT IT WILL BE IN SMARTSHEET, SO IT'S AVAILABLE FOR BOTH. INTERNAL FOLKS AS WELL AS EXTERNAL FOLKS ARE VENDOR PARTNERS AS WELL, SO WE'LL PUBLISH ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AND KEEP EVERYBODY UP TO DATE AS SOON AS WE START GEARING UP FOR THAT, BUT IT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE IN THE MEANTIME, IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE RFP RESPONSE OR THEIR RFP BID PACKAGE. IT'S GOT DETAILS OF ALL OF IT. THE STUDY THAT WE DID HAVE I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO SEE IT. I WOULD. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT.

IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULDN'T MIND. ABSOLUTELY NOT AT ALL. NOT AT ALL. YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, COUNCILWOMAN? NO CHAIR. THANK YOU. OKAY, UM COUNCILWOMAN RUI YES. THANK YOU FOR COMING TO PRESENT ON THIS. I KNOW IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BEING ON THE RECEIVING END OF MANY TRUCKS THAT COME THROUGH OUR DISTRICT DOWN RESIDENTIAL STREETS. YES MA'AM E ON. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW THIS WILL BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE? AND INTO LIKE GOOGLE MAPS, AND I NOTICED YOU SAID, WAYS IN A WAY THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO GET THE ATTENTION OF THE TRUCK DRIVERS TO KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR THEM TO BE. YEAH AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE STRUGGLED WITH, YOU KNOW, TRADITIONAL SANDWICH THAT THERE'S RIGHT AT 13 EASTERN PARKWAY, WHERE WE HAVE THE MOST OVERHYPED VEHICULAR MISHAPS. UM THERE'S ABOUT 40, PLUS SIGNS BOTH TRADITIONAL SIGNAGE AND DIGITAL SIGNAGE AROUND THERE. SO WE'VE MADE, YOU KNOW SIGNIFICANT ATTEMPTS TO PREVENT, UM, YOU KNOW TRUCKS FROM STRIKING THAT OVERPASS. UNFORTUNATELY IT STILL HAPPENS. SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR ADVANCED DIGITAL DIGITAL SIGNAGE AND THEN BEING ABLE TO DIVERT, GIVE THEM INSTRUCTIONS. WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AGAIN. WE HAVE INVITED PEOPLE TO BE, AS IS THOUGHT PROVOKING AS POSSIBLE ON GIVING US SOME SOLUTIONS AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH. WHATEVER VENDOR THAT IS CHOSEN. WE'RE GOING TO PUSH THEM TO KIND OF PUSH THE ENVELOPE ON THAT, BECAUSE CLEARLY THE TRADITIONAL MEANS OF WARNING FOLKS HAS NOW AT WORK SO FAR. SO UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A BALANCE BETWEEN GIVING THEM FAIR WARNING AND ALSO NOT DISTRACTING DRIVERS. UM YOU GUYS HAVE PROBABLY DRIVEN DOWN THE EXPRESSWAY AND SEEING THE INTERACTIVE BILLBOARDS THAT ARE LIGHTING UP AND THAT CAN BE A LITTLE DISTRACTING SOMETIMES, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MANAGE WHAT THAT BALANCE LOOKS LIKE THE NOTIFICATIONS OR SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, UM, TO PROACTIVELY NOTIFIED NOT ONLY FROM A HAZARDS PERSPECTIVE, BUT MSD BEING ABLE TO GET NOTIFICATIONS SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO AND YOU KNOW THEY CAN PRIORITIZE THE UNDERPASSES THAT THEY KNOW ARE FLOODED, BEING

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THERE'S A LASER LEVEL. YEAH THERE THERE IS, AND IT'S JUST NOT. IT HASN'T BEEN AS EFFECTIVE AS WE HOPED. SO WE'VE EVEN LIKE ASKED TO. MAYBE IN PARTICULARLY IN EUROPE THEY HAVE DIGITAL SIGNAGE WOULD ACTUALLY SHOWS A PICTURE OF THE OFFENDING VEHICLE . UM THAT IS GETTING READY TO AT ONCE THEY'VE BROKEN THE PLANE TO ACTUALLY HIGHLIGHT THEM AND SAY, YEAH, YOU PLEASE DON'T GO IN THE CORRIDOR BECAUSE YOUR VEHICLE IS OVER HEIGHT. SO AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING FOR INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS BECAUSE THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, ATTEMPTED TO, UM DO AS BEST AS POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW, MORNINGS WITH TRADITIONAL SIGNAGE, FLASHING LIGHTS AND TRADITIONAL SIGNS SAYING YOUR VEHICLES OVER HEIGHT, SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING YOU KNOW AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE PREVENTATIVE. UM WITHOUT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTING TRAFFIC FLOW. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WITH THAT THIS CALLS FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. I SUPPOSE. THE ALLIES HAVE IT. THIS WILL GO ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. NO FURTHER BUSINESS.

[Adjournment Note: Agendas are followed at the discretion of the Chair. While an item may be listed, it does not mean all items will be heard and/or acted upon by the Committee.]