St. Johns County/City of St. Augustine Traveler Information System

Project Description: This project will create a traveler information system for St. Johns County and the City of St. Augustine.

Project Status: Planned

Project Stakeholders:

• City of St. Augustine
• St. Johns County Traffic and Transportation Department
• St. Johns County/City of St. Augustine
• Travelers

Project Service Packages:

• TI02: Personalized Traveler Information (St. Johns County/St. Augustine)
• TM01: Infrastructure-Based Traffic Surveillance (St. Johns County Traffic Signal System)
• TM06: Traffic Information Dissemination (St. Johns County Traffic Signal System)

Project Information Flows:

Information Flow	Source Element	Destination Element	Status
incident information for public	St. Johns County TMC	St. Johns County/City of St. Augustine Traveler Information System	Planned
interactive traveler information	St. Johns County/City of St. Augustine Traveler Information System	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Planned
parking information	City of St. Augustine Parking Management System	St. Johns County/City of St. Augustine Traveler Information System	Planned
road network conditions	St. Johns County TMC	St. Johns County/City of St. Augustine Traveler Information System	Planned
roadway dynamic signage data	St. Johns County TMC	St. Johns County Field Equipment	Planned
roadway dynamic signage status	St. Johns County Field Equipment	St. Johns County TMC	Planned
traffic images	St. Johns County TMC	St. Johns County/City of St. Augustine Traveler Information System	Planned
traveler alerts	St. Johns County/City of St. Augustine Traveler Information System	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Planned
traveler request	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	St. Johns County/City of St. Augustine Traveler Information System	Planned
user profile	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	St. Johns County/City of St. Augustine Traveler Information System	Planned

Project Functional Requirements (Element - Functional Object):

• City of St. Augustine Parking Management System - Parking Coordination
• 5: The parking element shall distribute parking lot information upon request to traveler information providers to support travel planning.
• 7: The parking facility shall determine availability of parking spaces.


• 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.
• 3: The personal traveler interface shall receive traveler services information (such as lodging, restaurants, theaters, bicycle facilities, and other tourist activities) from a center and present it to the traveler upon request.
• 4: The personal traveler interface shall receive event information from a center and present it to the traveler upon request.
• 5: The personal traveler interface shall receive evacuation information from a center and present it to the traveler.
• 6: The personal traveler interface shall receive wide-area alerts and present it to the traveler.
• 7: The personal traveler interface shall accept reservations for confirmed trip plans.
• 8: The personal traveler interface shall support payment for services, such as confirmed trip plans, tolls, transit fares, parking lot charges, map updates, and advanced payment for tolls.
• 9: The personal traveler interface shall provide an interface through which credit identity, stored credit value, or traveler information may be collected from a traveler card being used by a traveler with a personal device.
• 10: The personal traveler interface shall base requests from the traveler on the traveler's current location or a specific location identified by the traveler, and filter the provided information accordingly.
• 11: The personal traveler interface shall support traveler input in audio or manual form.
• 12: The personal traveler interface shall present interactive information to the traveler in audible or visual forms consistent with a personal device, and suitable for travelers with hearing and vision physical disabilities.
• 13: The personal traveler interface shall store frequently requested or used data, including the traveler's identity, home and work locations, etc.
• 14: The personal traveler interface shall receive travel alerts and present them to the traveler. Relevant alerts are provided based on pre-supplied trip characteristics and preferences.
• 15: The personal traveler interface shall accept personal preferences, recurring trip characteristics, and traveler alert subscription information from the traveler and send this information to a center to support customized traveler information services.
• 26: The personal device shall receive information on available parking including available spaces with associated information about parking restrictions and location for each available space.


• St. Johns County Field Equipment - Roadway Basic Surveillance
• 1: The field element shall collect, process, digitize, and send traffic sensor data (speed, volume, and occupancy) to the center for further analysis and storage, under center control.
• 2: The field element shall collect, process, and send traffic images to the center for further analysis and distribution.
• 4: The field element shall return sensor and CCTV system operational status to the controlling center.
• 5: The field element shall return sensor and CCTV system fault data to the controlling center for repair.


• St. Johns County Field Equipment - Roadway Traffic Information Dissemination
• 1: The field element shall include dynamic message signs for dissemination of traffic and other information to drivers, under center control; the DMS may be either those that display variable text messages, or those that have fixed format display(s) (e.g. vehicle restrictions, or lane open/close).
• 3: The field element shall provide operational status for the driver information systems equipment (DMS, HAR, etc.) to the center.
• 4: The field element shall provide fault data for the driver information systems equipment (DMS, HAR, etc.) to the center for repair.
• 5: The field element shall provide dynamic message sign information to roadside equipment for transmission to connected vehicles to support in-vehicle signing.
• 6: The field element shall include devices that provide data and status information to other field element devices without center control.
• 7: The field element shall include devices that receive configuration data from other field element devices, without center control.


• St. Johns County TMC - TMC Basic Surveillance
• 1: The center shall monitor, analyze, and store traffic sensor data (speed, volume, occupancy) collected from field elements under remote control of the center.
• 2: The center shall monitor, analyze, and distribute traffic images from CCTV systems under remote control of the center.
• 3: The center shall monitor, analyze, and store multimodal crossing, high occupancy vehicle (HOV) and high occupancy toll (HOT) lane sensor data under remote control of the center.
• 4: The center shall distribute road network conditions data (raw or processed) based on collected and analyzed traffic sensor and surveillance data to other centers.
• 5: The center shall respond to control data from center personnel regarding sensor and surveillance data collection, analysis, storage, and distribution.
• 7: The center shall remotely control devices to detect traffic.


• St. Johns County TMC - TMC Traffic Information Dissemination
• 1: The center shall remotely control dynamic messages signs for dissemination of traffic and other information to drivers.
• 3: The center shall collect operational status for the driver information systems equipment (DMS, HAR, etc.).
• 4: The center shall collect fault data for the driver information systems equipment (DMS, HAR, etc.) for repair.
• 5: The center shall retrieve locally stored traffic information, including current and forecasted traffic information, road and weather conditions, traffic incident information, information on diversions and alternate routes, closures, and special traffic restrictions (lane/shoulder use, weight restrictions, width restrictions, HOV requirements), and the definition of the road network itself.
• 8: The center shall provide the capability for center personnel to control the nature of the data that is available to non-traffic operations centers and the media.
• 9: The center shall collect current lane configurations status for the driver information systems equipment (DMS, HAR, etc.).
• 10: The center shall provide traffic information in both data stream and graphical display.


• St. Johns County/City of St. Augustine Traveler 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.
• 3: The center shall collect, process, and store maintenance and construction information, including scheduled maintenance and construction work activities and work zone activities.
• 5: The center shall collect, process, and store parking information, including location, availability, and fees.
• 7: The center shall collect, process, and store current and forecast road conditions and surface weather conditions.
• 8: The center shall collect, process, and store event information.
• 19: The center shall collect, store and process multimodal transportation service information (for example, from ferry, rail and airline operators), including current ferry and rail schedule and airport status information and transfer points.
• 20: The center shall collect, store and process information related to service providers, such as hospitals, auto-repair, dining, fueling and emergency services.


• St. Johns County/City of St. Augustine Traveler 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.
• 2: The center shall disseminate customized maintenance and construction information to travelers, including scheduled maintenance and construction work activities and work zone activities upon request.
• 4: The center shall disseminate customized parking information to travelers, including location, availability, and fees upon request.
• 7: The center shall disseminate customized multimodal transportation service information (for example, from ferry and airline operators), including transfer points and other information, to travelers upon request.
• 8: The center shall disseminate customized event information to travelers upon request.
• 10: The center shall provide all traveler information based on the traveler's current location or a specific location identified by the traveler, and filter or customize the provided information accordingly.
• 11: The center shall accept traveler profiles for determining the type of personalized data to send to the traveler.
• 12: The center shall accept requests for parking space information from travelers.
• 13: The center shall manage payment for services, such as tolls, transit fares, parking lot charges, map updates, and advanced payment for tolls, and provide transaction success or failure details.
• 14: The center shall provide park and ride space information to travelers.
• 15: The center shall provide the capability to exchange information with another traveler information service provider current or predicted data for road links that are outside the area served by the local supplier.
• 17: The center shall provide the capability for a system operator to control the type and update frequency of traveler information.


• St. Johns County/City of St. Augustine Traveler Information System - TIC Traveler Information Broadcast
• 1: The center shall disseminate traffic and highway condition information to travelers, including incident information, detours and road closures, event information, recommended routes, and current speeds on specific routes.
• 2: The center shall disseminate maintenance and construction information to travelers, including scheduled maintenance and construction work activities and work zone activities.
• 4: The center shall disseminate parking information to travelers, including location, availability, and fees.
• 7: The center shall disseminate event information to travelers.
• 10: The center shall provide the capability for a system operator to control the type and update frequency of broadcast traveler information.

Standards:

• (None-Data) - Secure Wireless Internet (ITS)
• US: ATIS - Secure Wireless Internet (ITS)
• US: ATIS - Wide Area Broadcast
• US: CDS - Secure Internet (ITS)
• US: NTCIP Message Sign - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: TMDD - NTCIP Messaging

Project Operational Concepts:

Roles and Responsibilities

• St. Johns County Traffic and Transportation Department
• Collect traveler information for St. Johns County.
• Disseminate traveler information to the public via roadside equipment and a website.


• City of St. Augustine
• Collect traveler information for the City of St. Augustine.
• Disseminate traveler information to the public via roadside equipment and a website.