Collier Area Transit Vehicles Upgrade

Project Description: ITS equipment planned to be installed on the fixed route vehicles to possibly include closed mic radio system, closed circuit TV and transit signal priority.

Project Status: Planned

Project Stakeholders:

• Collier County Growth Management Division
• Collier County Public Transit and Neighborhood Enhancement (PTNE) Department

Project Service Packages:

• PT02: Transit Fixed-Route Operations (Collier County)
• PT05: Transit Security (Collier County 2 of 2)
• PT09: Transit Signal Priority (Collier County Fixed Route Service)

Project Information Flows:

Information Flow	Source Element	Destination Element	Status
local signal priority request	Collier Area Transit Fixed Route Vehicles	Collier County Field Equipment	Planned
secure area surveillance control	Collier Area Transit Dispatch	Collier Area Transit Fixed Route Vehicles	Ongoing
secure area surveillance data	Collier Area Transit Fixed Route Vehicles	Collier Area Transit Dispatch	Ongoing
transit vehicle operator information	Collier Area Transit Dispatch	Collier Area Transit Fixed Route Vehicles	Ongoing
transit vehicle schedule performance	Collier Area Transit Fixed Route Vehicles	Collier Area Transit Dispatch	Ongoing

Project Functional Requirements (Element - Functional Object):

• Collier Area Transit Dispatch - Emergency Secure Area Surveillance
• 9: The center shall remotely control security surveillance devices on-board transit vehicles.


• Collier Area Transit Dispatch - Transit Center Fixed-Route Operations
• 4: The center shall dispatch fixed route or flexible route transit vehicles.


• Collier Area Transit Dispatch - Transit Center Priority Management
• 1: The center shall analyze transit vehicle schedule performance to determine the need for priority along certain routes or at certain intersections.
• 2: The center shall send requests for priority along routes or at intersections to traffic management.
• 3: The center shall define business rules that govern use of transit vehicle signal priority, communicate these rules to the transit vehicle, and monitor transit vehicle requests for priority at signalized intersections.


• Collier Area Transit Fixed Route Vehicles - Transit Vehicle Security
• 1: The transit vehicle shall perform video and audio surveillance inside of transit vehicles and output raw video or audio data for either local monitoring (for processing or direct output to the transit vehicle operator), remote monitoring or for local storage (e.g., in an event recorder).


• Collier Area Transit Fixed Route 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.
• 3: The transit vehicle shall send the schedule deviation data and status of priority requests to the transit vehicle operator and provide the capability for the transit vehicle operator to control the priority system.
• 4: The transit vehicle shall prevent a priority request from being sent when the transit vehicle cannot use the priority (e.g., when the transit vehicle makes a passenger stop on the approach to an intersection).


• Collier County Field Equipment - Roadway Signal 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.

Standards:

• (None-Data) - Secure Wireless Internet (ITS)
• US: GTFS real-time - Secure Wireless Internet (ITS)
• US: SAE Signal Preemption - WAVE TCP
• US: TCIP - Secure Wireless Internet (ITS)

Project Operational Concepts:

Roles and Responsibilities

• Collier County Growth Management Division
• Operate traffic signal systems for Collier County.
• Provide signal priority to Collier Area transit vehicles.


• Collier County Public Transit and Neighborhood Enhancement (PTNE) Department
• Obtain traffic signal priority for deviated fixed-route transit vehicles from Collier County's ATMS using county roadside field equipment.
• Provide automated transit maintenance schedules using automated vehicle conditions reporting on all deviated fixed-route buses.
• Provide deviated fixed-route bus service for Collier County and the surrounding area.
• Provide security cameras on transit vehicles and at transfer stations. Vehicles are also equipped with silent alarms.

Last Updated 5/25/2023