Manatee County Transit Signal Priority

Project Description: This project will provide Transit Signal Priority for MCAT buses.

Project Status: Planned

Project Stakeholders:

• Manatee County Area Traffic Agencies
• Manatee County Public Works Department
• Manatee County Public Works, Transit Division

Project Service Packages:

• PT09: Transit Signal Priority (Manatee County TSP)

Project Information Flows:

Information Flow	Source Element	Destination Element	Status
local signal priority request	Manatee County MCAT Fixed Route Transit Vehicles	Manatee County Field Equipment	Planned
right-of-way request notification	Manatee County Field Equipment	Manatee County TMC	Planned
right-of-way request notification	Manatee County Field Equipment	Manatee-Sarasota Regional Traffic Management Center	Planned
signal control commands	Manatee County TMC	Manatee County Field Equipment	Planned
signal control commands	Manatee-Sarasota Regional Traffic Management Center	Manatee County Field Equipment	Planned
signal control status	Manatee County Field Equipment	Manatee County TMC	Planned
signal control status	Manatee County Field Equipment	Manatee-Sarasota Regional Traffic Management Center	Planned

Project Functional Requirements (Element - Functional Object):

• Manatee County Field Equipment - Roadway Signal Control
• 1: The field element shall control traffic signals under center control.
• 10: The field element shall receive request for transit vehicle signal priority.
• 8: The field element shall report current transit priority status to the center.


• Manatee County MCAT Fixed Route Transit Vehicles - Transit Vehicle Signal Priority
• 1: The transit vehicle shall determine the schedule deviation and estimated times of arrival (ETA) at transit stops.
• 2: The transit vehicle shall send priority requests to traffic signal controllers at intersections, pedestrian crossings, and multimodal crossings on the roads (surface streets) and freeway (ramp controls) network that enable a transit vehicle schedule deviation to be corrected.


• Manatee County TMC - TMC Multi-Modal Coordination
• 1: The center shall respond to requests from transit management centers for signal priority at one or more intersections along a particular transit route.
• 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.


• Manatee County TMC - TMC Signal Control
• 1: The center shall remotely control traffic signal controllers.
• 4: The center shall collect traffic signal controller fault data from the field.
• 8: The center shall maintain traffic signal coordination including synchronizing clocks throughout the system.


• Manatee-Sarasota Regional Traffic Management Center - TMC Multi-Modal Coordination
• 1: The center shall respond to requests from transit management centers for signal priority at one or more intersections along a particular transit route.
• 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.


• Manatee-Sarasota Regional Traffic Management Center - TMC Signal Control
• 1: The center shall remotely control traffic signal controllers.
• 4: The center shall collect traffic signal controller fault data from the field.
• 8: The center shall maintain traffic signal coordination including synchronizing clocks throughout the system.

Standards:

• US: NTCIP Signal Priority - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: NTCIP Signal System Masters - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: NTCIP Traffic Signal - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: SAE Signal Preemption - WAVE TCP

Project Operational Concepts:

Roles and Responsibilities

• Manatee County Public Works Department
• Operate traffic signal systems for Manatee County.
• Provide transit signal priority for MCAT vehicles


• Manatee County Public Works, Transit Division
• Obtain traffic signal priority from Manatee County's TSCS using county roadside field equipment for MCAT fixed-route transit vehicles.
• Track and evaluate schedule performance on all MCAT fixed-route and paratransit vehicles.


• Manatee County Area Traffic Agencies
• Provide transit signal priority for transit vehicles.

Last Updated 5/25/2023