The Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency (CREATE) Program is a landmark public/private partnership among the City of Chicago, the State of Illinois, six of the nation’s freight railroads and Chicago’s commuter railroad. In order to provide digital mapping and base engineering data to CREATE's many stakeholders, HNTB Corporation was tasked with the development and implementation of the CREATE GIS/Mapping Program and implementation of the CREATE Spatial Portal. This session explores how FME has played a key role in the success in these complex geospatial initiatives. We'll highlight how FME helped HNTB implement an overall solution which includes the provision of secure and centralized existing conditions data (LiDAR, CADD and GIS data) for more than 120 linear miles of rail/transportation corridors in the greater Chicago metropolitan area.
FME and the Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency Program
1. Using Geospatial Technology on
the Chicago Region Environmental
and Transportation Efficiency 2010:
An FME
(CREATE) Program Odyssey
Jeff Siegel, AICP, GISP
Technology Services Director
Michael Bieberitz, GISP
Technology Project Manager
2. Agenda
CREATE Program
Definition, background and objectives
Geospatial technology endeavors
Definition, background and objectives
Data management techniques
Applied Deliverables
CREATE Spatial Portal
Business case
Primarily functionality
Data extraction capabilities
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5. CREATE Program
Chicago Area Rail Infrastructure
• 78 yards, including 21 intermodal (rail-truck)
• 2,800 route-miles of track
• 12 commuter rail routes
• 1,100 viaducts and bridges
Daily Activity
– 1,200 trains
– 37,500 rail cars processed
– 20,000 truck moves through intermodal gates
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6. CREATE Program
CREATE Program
• Focuses operation on 5 corridors
• Combined length of corridors 122 miles
• Builds 25 road/rail separations
• Builds 6 passenger/freight rail fly-overs
• Improves train control system
• 50 miles of new track on existing right-of-way
• 364 new switches
• Automation of 14 interlockings
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8. Rail over Rail
Brighton Park Grade
Separations
CP Canal
Englewood
74th Street
Chicago Ridge 75th Street
10. Grade
Grade
Separations
Separatio
Projects
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Projects
11. Geospatial Technology on
CREATE
CREATE Mapping Program
• OBJECTIVES
• Consistent, accurate product for multiple uses –
useful for planning, design and operations
• Speed in acquisition with minimal operational
impact
• METHODOLOGY: Primary technology FLI-MAP
• Cost – 25% of cost of traditional surveying methods
• Speed – All Projects and Corridors “Flown” and
initial projects complete within a year
• “Cutting Edge” – LIDAR Accuracy and Density
• Lots of value-add:
• Integration of GIS and Engineering Systems
• Aerial Photos and Videos
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12. Geospatial Technology on
CREATE
General Mapping Process
Ground Cross GIS/CAD:
Control Section Survey DTM, Contour
Map
Planimetrics
ROW
Track Geometry
Flight
Planning
Aerial Video Data Verification
Right of Entry Data Orthophoto Reduction
Acquisition Lidar Data ROW
Survey Control
Set Lidar
Test Points
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17. CREATE
Geodata
-base
Model
Adapted from: American National Standard for Information Technology—
Geographic Information Framework – Data Content Standards
for Transportation Networks: Rail
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