City of Sarasota Smart City Initiative

Project Description: The smart city concept integrates information and communication technology (ICT) and various physical devices connected to the IoT (Internet of things) network to optimize the efficiency of city operations and services and connect to citizens. Smart city technology allows city officials to interact directly with community and City infrastructure, monitor what is happening in the City and how the City is evolving, and provide long –term resiliency. Fosters innovation and economic growth by bringing together through Technology; People; Businesses;Organizations; and Systems.

Project Status: Planned

Project Stakeholders:

• City of Sarasota
• Counties and Cities
• Local Agencies
• Local Media
• Local Venue Promoters
• Parking Facility Operators
• Private Sector ISPs
• Regional Transit Management Agencies
• Sarasota County Area Transit
• Sarasota County Public Works Department
• Travelers

Project Service Packages:

• PT14: Multi-modal Coordination (City of Sarasota Smart City Initiative)
• TI06: Shared Use Mobility and Dynamic Ridesharing (City of Sarasota Smart City Initiative)
• TI02: Personalized Traveler Information (City of Sarasota Smart City Initiative)
• TM07: Regional Traffic Management (City of Sarasota Smart City Initiative)

Project Information Flows:

Information Flow	Source Element	Destination Element	Status
actuate secure payment	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Transit Kiosks	Planned
alternate mode information	County and City Public Information System	Private Sector Traveler Information Services	Planned
alternate mode information	Private Sector Traveler Information Services	County and City Public Information System	Planned
demand responsive transit plan	Sarasota County SCAT Dispatch	County and City Public Information System	Planned
demand responsive transit request	County and City Public Information System	Sarasota County SCAT Dispatch	Planned
demand responsive transit request	Private Sector Traveler Information Services	Sarasota County SCAT Dispatch	Planned
event information	Local Venue Event Scheduling System	County and City Public Information System	Planned
event information	Local Venue Event Scheduling System	Private Sector Traveler Information Services	Planned
event plans	Local Venue Event Scheduling System	Sarasota County SCAT Dispatch	Planned
event transit service plans	Sarasota County SCAT Dispatch	Local Venue Event Scheduling System	Planned
incident information	City of Sarasota TMC	Sarasota County TMC	Planned
incident information	Sarasota County TMC	City of Sarasota TMC	Planned
incident information for public	City of Sarasota TMC	County and City Public Information System	Planned
incident information for public	City of Sarasota TMC	Private Sector Traveler Information Services	Planned
incident information for public	County and City Public Information System	Private Sector Traveler Information Services	Planned
incident information for public	Local Fire/EMS Dispatch	County and City Public Information System	Planned
incident information for public	Local Fire/EMS Dispatch	Private Sector Traveler Information Services	Planned
incident information for public	Private Sector Traveler Information Services	County and City Public Information System	Planned
interactive traveler information	County and City Public Information System	Transit Kiosks	Planned
interactive traveler information	Private Sector Traveler Information Services	Transit Kiosks	Planned
parking information	Offstreet Parking System	County and City Public Information System	Planned
parking information	Offstreet Parking System	Private Sector Traveler Information Services	Planned
parking information	Offstreet Parking System	Sarasota County SCAT Dispatch	Planned
parking information	Private Sector Traveler Information Services	County and City Public Information System	Planned
payment device update	Transit Kiosks	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Planned
request for payment	Transit Kiosks	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Planned
road network conditions	City of Sarasota TMC	County and City Public Information System	Planned
road network conditions	City of Sarasota TMC	Private Sector Traveler Information Services	Planned
road network conditions	City of Sarasota TMC	Sarasota County TMC	Planned
road network conditions	County and City Public Information System	Private Sector Traveler Information Services	Planned
road network conditions	Private Sector Traveler Information Services	County and City Public Information System	Planned
road network conditions	Sarasota County TMC	City of Sarasota TMC	Planned
shared use confirmation	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	County and City Public Information System	Planned
shared use confirmation	Transit Kiosks	County and City Public Information System	Planned
shared use request	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	County and City Public Information System	Planned
shared use request	Transit Kiosks	County and City Public Information System	Planned
shared use response	County and City Public Information System	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Planned
shared use response	County and City Public Information System	Transit Kiosks	Planned
shared use response	Private Sector Traveler Information Services	Transit Kiosks	Planned
shared use status	County and City Public Information System	Sarasota County SCAT Dispatch	Planned
shared use status	Private Sector Traveler Information Services	Sarasota County SCAT Dispatch	Planned
traffic control information	City of Sarasota TMC	County and City Public Information System	Planned
transit and fare schedules	Sarasota County SCAT Dispatch	County and City Public Information System	Planned
transit and fare schedules	Sarasota County SCAT Dispatch	Private Sector Traveler Information Services	Planned
transit incident information	Sarasota County SCAT Dispatch	County and City Public Information System	Planned
transit incident information	Sarasota County SCAT Dispatch	Private Sector Traveler Information Services	Planned
transit service information	County and City Public Information System	Private Sector Traveler Information Services	Planned
transit service information	Private Sector Traveler Information Services	County and City Public Information System	Planned
transit system data	Sarasota County SCAT Dispatch	City of Sarasota TMC	Planned
traveler alerts	County and City Public Information System	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Planned
traveler information for media	County and City Public Information System	Newspapers, Radio, Television Stations	Planned
traveler information for media	Private Sector Traveler Information Services	Newspapers, Radio, Television Stations	Planned
traveler request	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	County and City Public Information System	Planned
traveler request	Transit Kiosks	County and City Public Information System	Planned
trip confirmation	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	County and City Public Information System	Planned
trip confirmation	Transit Kiosks	County and City Public Information System	Planned
trip plan	County and City Public Information System	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Planned
trip plan	County and City Public Information System	Transit Kiosks	Planned
trip plan	Private Sector Traveler Information Services	Transit Kiosks	Planned
trip request	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	County and City Public Information System	Planned
trip request	Transit Kiosks	County and City Public Information System	Planned
user account setup	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	County and City Public Information System	Planned

Project Functional Requirements (Element - Functional Object):

• City of Sarasota TMC - TMC Multi-Modal Coordination
• 2: The center shall exchange information with transit management centers including details current transit routes, the level of service on each route, and the progress of individual vehicles along their routes.
• 3: The center shall provide an integrated operations strategy for the parking facilities in the area. These strategies can include dynamic adjustments to parking fees and restrictions, and other active demand management strategies.


• City of Sarasota TMC - TMC Regional Traffic Management
• 1: The center shall exchange traffic information with other traffic management centers including incident information, congestion data, traffic data, signal timing plans, and real-time signal control information.


• County and City Public Information System - Shared Use Operations
• 1: The center shall accept requests for shared use transportation.
• 2: The center shall provide the traveler with a shared use transportation option.


• County and City Public Information System - TIC Data Collection
• 1: The center shall collect, process, and store traffic and highway condition information, including incident information, detours and road closures, event information, recommended routes, and current speeds on specific routes.
• 2: The center shall select real-time information on the state of the regional transportation system including current traffic and road conditions, weather conditions, transit information, parking information, special event and incident information.
• 4: The center shall collect, process, and store transit routes and schedules, transit transfer options, transit fares, and real-time schedule adherence information.
• 5: The center shall collect, process, and store parking information, including location, availability, and fees.


• County and City Public Information System - TIC Dynamic Ridesharing
• 1: The center shall accept requests from traveler interface systems for ridesharing as part of a trip plan request.
• 2: The center shall provide a rideshare match based on origin and destination of the traveler's proposed trip, any routing constraints, preferences specified by the traveler, compatibility of this rideshare with rideshares confirmed by other travelers, the requesting traveler's eligibility data, and traffic data.
• 4: The center shall arrange connections to transit or other multimodal services for portions of a multi-segment trip that includes ridesharing.


• County and City Public Information System - TIC Interactive Traveler Information
• 1: The center shall disseminate customized traffic and highway condition information to travelers, including incident information, detours and road closures, recommended routes, and current speeds on specific routes upon request.
• 12: The center shall accept requests for parking space information from travelers.
• 16: The center shall provide the capability to support requests from the media for traffic and incident data.
• 3: The center shall disseminate customized transit routes and schedules, transit transfer options, transit fares, and real-time schedule adherence information to travelers upon request.
• 8: The center shall disseminate customized event information to travelers upon request.


• County and City Public Information System - TIC Trip Planning
• 1: The center shall provide the capability to provide specific pre-trip and en route directions to travelers (and drivers), including costs, arrival times, and transfer points.
• 11: The center shall generate trips based on the use of more than one mode of transport.


• Local Fire/EMS Dispatch - Emergency Incident Command
• 2: The center shall provide incident command communications with public safety, emergency management, transportation, and other allied response agency centers.


• Local Venue Event Scheduling System - Emergency Response Management
• 7: The center shall receive event scheduling information from Event Promoters.


• Offstreet Parking System - Parking Coordination
• 3: The parking element shall distribute parking lot information to traffic management centers upon request to support integrated regional traffic control and parking management. This could include information on facility hours of operation and current parking availability.


• Offstreet Parking System - Parking Management
• 1: The center shall monitor parking area current operational status including current parking occupancy and rates.


• Private Sector Traveler Information Services - Shared Use Operations
• 1: The center shall accept requests for shared use transportation.
• 2: The center shall provide the traveler with a shared use transportation option.


• Private Sector Traveler Information Services - TIC Data Collection
• 1: The center shall collect, process, and store traffic and highway condition information, including incident information, detours and road closures, event information, recommended routes, and current speeds on specific routes.
• 4: The center shall collect, process, and store transit routes and schedules, transit transfer options, transit fares, and real-time schedule adherence information.
• 5: The center shall collect, process, and store parking information, including location, availability, and fees.


• Private Sector Traveler Information Services - TIC Interactive Traveler Information
• 1: The center shall disseminate customized traffic and highway condition information to travelers, including incident information, detours and road closures, recommended routes, and current speeds on specific routes upon request.
• 14: The center shall provide park and ride space information to travelers.
• 3: The center shall disseminate customized transit routes and schedules, transit transfer options, transit fares, and real-time schedule adherence information to travelers upon request.


• Private Sector Traveler Information Services - TIC Trip Planning
• 1: The center shall provide the capability to provide specific pre-trip and en route directions to travelers (and drivers), including costs, arrival times, and transfer points.
• 15: The center shall generate route plans to account for parking availability.
• 3: The center shall support on-line route guidance for travelers using personal devices (such as PDAs).


• Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices - Personal Interactive Traveler Information
• 1: The personal traveler interface shall receive traffic information from a center and present it to the traveler upon request.
• 17: The personal traveler interface shall receive traveler information including traffic and road conditions, advisories, incidents, payment information, transit services, parking information, weather information, and other travel-related data updates and confirmations.
• 19: The personal traveler interface shall provide the ability for a traveler to set up and modify a user account for a regional electronic payment system.


• Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices - Personal Shared Use Planning
• 1: The personal traveler device shall allow the traveler to make a request for a shared use transportation.
• 2: The personal traveler device shall allow the traveler to confirm a shared use transportation trip.
• 4: The personal device shall provide updates to the traveler's account as directed by the traveler.
• 9: The personal traveler interface shall present shared user traveler information to the traveler upon request.


• Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices - Personal Trip Planning and Route Guidance
• 1: The personal traveler interface shall allow a traveler to request and confirm multi-modal route guidance from a specified source to a destination.
• 9: The personal traveler interface shall provide a mechanism for its user to create/modify a trip plan including selection of mode, route and parking.


• Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices - Shared Use Operations
• 1: The center shall accept requests for shared use transportation.
• 2: The center shall provide the traveler with a shared use transportation option.
• 5: The center shall provide to traveler information the status of the shared use operations.


• Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices - TIC Data Collection
• 1: The center shall collect, process, and store traffic and highway condition information, including incident information, detours and road closures, event information, recommended routes, and current speeds on specific routes.
• 4: The center shall collect, process, and store transit routes and schedules, transit transfer options, transit fares, and real-time schedule adherence information.
• 5: The center shall collect, process, and store parking information, including location, availability, and fees.


• Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices - TIC Dynamic Ridesharing
• 1: The center shall accept requests from traveler interface systems for ridesharing as part of a trip plan request.
• 4: The center shall arrange connections to transit or other multimodal services for portions of a multi-segment trip that includes ridesharing.


• Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices - TIC Interactive Traveler Information
• 12: The center shall accept requests for parking space information from travelers.
• 3: The center shall disseminate customized transit routes and schedules, transit transfer options, transit fares, and real-time schedule adherence information to travelers upon request.
• 8: The center shall disseminate customized event information to travelers upon request.


• Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices - TIC Trip Planning
• 1: The center shall provide the capability to provide specific pre-trip and en route directions to travelers (and drivers), including costs, arrival times, and transfer points.
• 13: The center shall provide the capability for the traveler to confirm the proposed trip plan.


• Sarasota County SCAT Dispatch - Transit Center Multi-Modal Coordination
• 1: The center shall coordinate schedules and services with traffic management, parking management, and event planning systems.


• Sarasota County SCAT Dispatch - Transit Center Paratransit Operations
• 1: The center shall process trip requests for demand responsive transit services, i.e. paratransit. Sources of the requests may include traveler information service providers.


• Sarasota County TMC - TMC Regional Traffic Management
• 1: The center shall exchange traffic information with other traffic management centers including incident information, congestion data, traffic data, signal timing plans, and real-time signal control information.


• Transit Kiosks - Traveler Interactive Information
• 1: The public interface for travelers shall receive traffic information from a center and present it to the traveler upon request.
• 2: The public interface for travelers shall receive transit information from a center and present it to the traveler upon request.
• 6: The public interface for travelers shall accept reservations for confirmed trip plans.
• 7: The public interface for travelers shall support payment for services, such as confirmed trip plans, confirmed traveler services, tolls, transit fares, parking lot charges, and advanced payment for tolls.


• Transit Kiosks - Traveler Trip Planning
• 1: The public interface for travelers shall receive traffic information from a center and present it to the traveler to support trip planning.
• 2: The public interface for transit shall receive traffic information from a center and present it to the traveler to support trip planning.
• 9: The traveler support equipment shall receive information on available parking including available spaces with associated information about parking restrictions and location for each available space.

Standards:

• (None-Data) - Secure Internet (ITS)
• (None-Data) - Secure Wireless Internet (ITS)
• US: ATIS - Secure Internet (ITS)
• US: ATIS - Secure Wireless Internet (ITS)
• US: ATIS - Wide Area Broadcast
• US: CDS - Secure Internet (ITS)
• US: GTFS - Secure Internet (ITS)
• US: GTFS real-time - Secure Internet (ITS)
• US: MDS - Secure Internet (ITS)
• US: TCIP - Secure Internet (ITS)
• US: TMDD - NTCIP Messaging
• US: TOMP - Secure Internet (ITS)
• US: TOMP - Secure Wireless Internet (ITS)

Project Operational Concepts:

Roles and Responsibilities

• Private Sector ISPs
• Provide incident and other travel information to travelers via website and handheld devices.


• Travelers
• Enable bluetooth device.
• Load transit application on mobile device.
• Load traveler information application on mobile device.


• Local Media
• Provide incident and othe travel information to travelers via radio, newspaper and television.


• Local Venue Promoters
• Host events that impact traffic.Coordinates the event information to traffic management agencies and to travelling public.


• Regional Transit Management Agencies
• Operate and maiintain transit kiosks that provide traveler information, support electronic payment.


• Counties and Cities
• Coordinate emergency management activities with other traffic and emergency management agencies.
• Provide incident information to travelers via traffic information devices on city roads, and through local ISPs, Web sites, and the local media.


• Parking Facility Operators
• Coordinate parking information with City of Sarasota TMC.


• Local Agencies
• Coordinate emergency management activities with other traffic and emergency management agencies.
• Provide incident information to travelers via traffic information devices on city roads, and through local ISPs, Web sites, and the local media.


• City of Sarasota
• Coordinate traffic information and control with Sarasota County.
• Provide incident information to travelers via traffic information devices on city roads, and through local ISPs, Web sites, and the local media.
• Receive Amber Alert and other wide area alert information from the county EOC/warning point.


• Sarasota County Public Works Department
• Coordinate traffic information with City of Sarasota.


• Sarasota County Area Transit
• Provide fixed-route bus service for Sarasota County and the surrounding area.
• Provide paratransit/fixed-route transit services to Sarasota County.
• Provide real time bus arrival information to travelers.
• Provide support for bike-sharing, car/vanpooling and other innovative micro-transit services.
• Provide transit schedule and fare information to to the public via multiple formats
• Track and evaluate schedule performance on all SCAT fixed-route and paratransit vehicles.

Last Updated 3/25/2025