JTA Ultimate Urban Circulator (U2C)

Project Description: Automated vehicle system to be implemented in four major phases. Phase 1 is the Bay Street Innovation Corridor from Adams Street to Gator Bowl Boulevard and will deploy 15 EAV. Automation Avenue will convert existing Skyway from the Operations Center to the JRTC/Convention Center station to a test track for EAVs. Phase 3 includes conversion of the existing Skyway superstructure to an EAV system with ramps to at–grade streets and local neighborhood service in San Marco, Riverside.

Project Status: Planned

Project Stakeholders:

• City of Jacksonville Traffic Engineering Division
• FDOT CO
• Financial Institutions
• Jacksonville Transportation Authority
• Regional Transit Management Agencies
• Travelers

Project Service Packages:

• PT01: Transit Vehicle Tracking (JTA U2C)
• PT02: Transit Fixed-Route Operations (JTA U2C)
• PT04: Transit Fare Collection Management (JTA U2C)
• PT06: Transit Fleet Management (JTA U2C)
• PT08: Transit Traveler Information (JTA U2C)
• SU08: Security and Credentials Management (JTA U2C)
• SU09: Device Certification and Enrollment (JTA U2C)

Project Information Flows:

Information Flow	Source Element	Destination Element	Status
actuate secure payment	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	JTA U2C EAV	Planned
actuate secure payment	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Transit Kiosks	Planned
device enrollment information	JTA U2C EAV	FDOT SCMS	Planned
enrollment credentials	FDOT SCMS	JTA U2C EAV	Planned
fare collection data	JTA U2C EAV	JTA U2C Management System	Planned
fare collection data	Transit Kiosks	JTA U2C Management System	Planned
fare management information	JTA U2C Management System	JTA U2C EAV	Planned
fare management information	JTA U2C Management System	Transit Kiosks	Planned
incident information	City of Jacksonville Traffic Management Center	JTA U2C Management System	Planned
interactive traveler information	JTA Web Site	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Planned
misbehavior report	JTA U2C EAV	FDOT SCMS	Planned
payment device information	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	JTA U2C EAV	Planned
payment device information	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Transit Kiosks	Planned
payment device update	JTA U2C EAV	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Planned
payment device update	Transit Kiosks	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Planned
payment request	JTA U2C Management System	Financial Institution Systems	Planned
personal transit information	JTA U2C Management System	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Planned
request for payment	JTA U2C EAV	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Planned
request for payment	Transit Kiosks	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Planned
road network conditions	City of Jacksonville Traffic Management Center	JTA U2C Management System	Planned
security credential revocations	FDOT SCMS	JTA U2C EAV	Planned
security credentials	FDOT SCMS	JTA U2C EAV	Planned
security policy and networking information	FDOT SCMS	JTA U2C EAV	Planned
settlement	Financial Institution Systems	JTA U2C Management System	Planned
traffic images	City of Jacksonville Traffic Management Center	JTA U2C Management System	Planned
transit and fare schedules	JTA U2C Management System	JTA Web Site	Planned
transit fare information	JTA U2C Management System	JTA Web Site	Planned
transit fare request	JTA Web Site	JTA U2C Management System	Planned
transit information user request	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	JTA U2C Management System	Planned
transit schedule adherence information	JTA U2C Management System	JTA Web Site	Planned
transit schedule information	JTA U2C Management System	JTA U2C EAV	Planned
transit traveler information	JTA U2C Management System	JTA U2C EAV	Planned
transit traveler information	JTA U2C Management System	Transit Kiosks	Planned
transit traveler information coordination	Jacksonville RTC	JTA U2C Management System	Planned
transit traveler information coordination	Jacksonville Transit Fixed-Route Systems	JTA U2C Management System	Planned
transit traveler information coordination	JTA U2C Management System	Jacksonville RTC	Planned
transit traveler information coordination	JTA U2C Management System	Jacksonville Transit Fixed-Route Systems	Planned
transit traveler request	JTA U2C EAV	JTA U2C Management System	Planned
transit traveler request	Transit Kiosks	JTA U2C Management System	Planned
transit vehicle conditions	JTA U2C EAV	JTA U2C Management System	Planned
transit vehicle location data	JTA U2C EAV	JTA U2C Management System	Planned
transit vehicle schedule performance	JTA U2C EAV	JTA U2C Management System	Planned
traveler request	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	JTA Web Site	Planned

Project Functional Requirements (Element - Functional Object):

• City of Jacksonville Traffic Management Center - 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.


• FDOT SCMS - CCMS Authorization
• 1: The Center shall generate credential identifiers using facilities that are independently owned and operated from one another.
• 2: The Center shall assign two or more non-unique identifiers, that when combined are unique, to each credential it distributes.
• 3: The Center shall verify information received in pseudonym requests.
• 4: The Center shall coordinate the distribution of credentials with other Centers.
• 5: The Center shall store credential identifiers using facilities that are independently owned and operated from one another.
• 6: The Center shall provide Vehicle pseudonymous credentials in response to valid Vehicle pseudonym requests.
• 8: The Center shall provide Center pseudonymous credentials in response to valid Center pseudonym requests.
• 9: The Center shall provide Connected Vehicle Roadside Equipment pseudonymous credentials in response to valid Connected Vehicle Roadside Equipment pseudonym requests.
• 10: The Center shall accept user permission information from Centers authorized to provide that information.
• 11: The Center shall acquire identifiers relevant to ITS services from the relevant registry of such identifiers


• FDOT SCMS - CCMS Enrollment
• 1: The Center shall provide enrollment credentials in response to valid enrollment requests.
• 2: The Center shall coordinate the distribution of enrollment credentials with other Centers.
• 3: The Center shall verify information received in enrollment requests.


• FDOT SCMS - CCMS Misbehavior Reporting and Action
• 1: The Center shall accept misbehavior reports from ITS Objects.
• 2: The Center shall analyze misbehavior reports.
• 3: The Center shall coordinate misbehavior analysis with other Centers.


• FDOT SCMS - CCMS Provisioning
• 1: The Center shall provide security and regulatory policy information to ITS Objects.
• 2: The Center shall provide its credentials information to ITS Objects.
• 3: The Center shall provide the operator with mechanisms for monitoring the status of all credential-granting activities without compromising any other requirement.


• FDOT SCMS - CCMS Revocation
• 1: The Center shall place certificates on the revocation list of those certificates that are associated with misbehavior.
• 2: The Center shall provide to ITS Objects a list of credentials whose trust as been revoked.


• Jacksonville RTC - Transit Center Information Services
• 1: The center shall provide travelers using public transportation with traffic and advisory information upon request. Such information may include transit routes, schedules, transfer options, fares, real-time schedule adherence, current incidents, weather conditions, and special events.
• 3: The center shall exchange transit schedules, real-time arrival information, fare schedules, and general transit service information with other transit organizations to support transit traveler information systems.
• 4: The center shall provide transit service information to traveler information service providers including routes, schedules, schedule adherence, and fare information as well as transit service information during evacuation.
• 8: The center shall receive transit stop requests from travelers and provide them to the appropriate transit vehicles.
• 9: The center shall receive trip requests from travelers, including those who are visually impaired which include the current location of the traveler.
• 10: The center shall provide route and stop information to travelers, including those who are visually impaired, based on their trip requests.


• Jacksonville Transit Fixed-Route Systems - Transit Center Information Services
• 1: The center shall provide travelers using public transportation with traffic and advisory information upon request. Such information may include transit routes, schedules, transfer options, fares, real-time schedule adherence, current incidents, weather conditions, and special events.
• 3: The center shall exchange transit schedules, real-time arrival information, fare schedules, and general transit service information with other transit organizations to support transit traveler information systems.
• 4: The center shall provide transit service information to traveler information service providers including routes, schedules, schedule adherence, and fare information as well as transit service information during evacuation.
• 8: The center shall receive transit stop requests from travelers and provide them to the appropriate transit vehicles.
• 9: The center shall receive trip requests from travelers, including those who are visually impaired which include the current location of the traveler.
• 10: The center shall provide route and stop information to travelers, including those who are visually impaired, based on their trip requests.


• JTA U2C EAV - ITS Security Support
• 1: The ITS Object shall obtain security policy information from the Cooperative Intelligent Transportation System Credentials Management System (CCMS).
• 2: The ITS Object shall request enrollment credentials from the CCMS.
• 3: The ITS Object shall obtain the CCMS' trust credentials.
• 4: The ITS Object shall provide a mechanism for on-board applications to digitally sign messages using keys secured by the CCMS' trust authority.
• 5: The ITS Object shall provide a mechanism for on-board applications to authenticate messages secured by the CCMS' trust authority.
• 6: The ITS Object shall provide a mechanism for on-board applications to encrypt messages using keys secured by the CCMS' trust authority.
• 7: The ITS Object shall provide a mechanism for on-board applications to decrypt messages using keys secured by the CCMS' trust authority.
• 8: The ITS Object shall obtain a list of revoked credentials from the CCMS.
• 9: The ITS Object shall make the list of revoked credentials available to on-board applications.
• 10: The ITS Object shall maintain cryptographic secret information so that those secrets are accessible only to ITS Security Support, and not to any other Functional Object.
• 11: The ITS Object shall request pseudonymous credentials from the CCMS.
• 12: The ITS Object shall provide messages (that it receives) that indicate potential misbehavior/malfunction to the CCMS.


• JTA U2C EAV - Transit Vehicle On-Board Fare Management
• 1: The transit vehicle shall read data from the traveler card / payment instrument presented by boarding passengers.
• 2: The transit vehicle shall provide an image of all travelers which shall be used for violation processing of those who do not have a traveler card / payment instrument or whose transit fare transaction fails.
• 3: The transit vehicle shall determine the traveler's travel routing based on the transit vehicle's current location and the traveler's destination.
• 4: The transit vehicle shall calculate the traveler's fare based on the origin and destination provided by the traveler as well as factors such as the transit routing, transit fare category, traveler history, and route-specific information.
• 5: The transit vehicle shall have access to the complete range of transit services (routes and schedules) that are available to the traveler.
• 6: The transit vehicle shall provide a transit fare payment interface that is suitable for travelers with physical disabilities.
• 7: The transit vehicle shall include a database on-board the transit vehicle for use in fare processing from which the fares for all possible trips within the transit operational network can be determined.
• 8: The transit vehicle shall support the support advanced payments for tolls, and/or parking lot charges, and/or transit fares via the traveler card / payment instrument.
• 9: The transit vehicle shall provide fare statistics data to the center.


• JTA U2C EAV - Transit Vehicle On-Board Information Services
• 1: The transit vehicle shall enable traffic and travel advisory information to be requested and output to the traveler. Such information may include transit routes, schedules, transfer options, fares, real-time schedule adherence, current incidents, weather conditions, and special events.
• 2: The transit vehicle shall broadcast advisories about the imminent arrival of the transit vehicle at the next stop via an on-board automated annunciation system.
• 3: The transit vehicle shall support input and output forms that are suitable for travelers with physical disabilities.
• 4: The transit vehicle shall gather transit advisory data, including alerts and advisories pertaining to major emergencies, or man made disasters.
• 5: The transit vehicle shall tailor the output of the request traveler information based on the current location of the transit vehicle.
• 6: The transit vehicle shall provide to the transit vehicle operator transit stop requests received from travelers or from the transit center.


• JTA U2C EAV - Transit Vehicle On-Board Maintenance
• 1: The transit vehicle shall collect and process vehicle mileage data available to sensors on-board.
• 2: The transit vehicle shall collect and process the transit vehicle's operating conditions such as engine temperature, oil pressure, brake wear, internal lighting, environmental controls, etc.
• 3: The transit vehicle shall transmit vehicle maintenance data to the center to be used for scheduling future vehicle maintenance.


• JTA U2C EAV - Transit Vehicle On-Board Trip Monitoring
• 1: The transit vehicle shall track the current location of the transit vehicle.
• 2: The transit vehicle shall support the computation of the location of a transit vehicle using on-board sensors to augment the location determination function. This may include proximity to the transit stops or other known reference points as well as recording trip length.
• 3: The transit vehicle shall record transit trip monitoring data including vehicle mileage and fuel usage.
• 4: The transit vehicle shall record transit trip monitoring data including operational status information such as doors open/closed, running times, etc.
• 5: The transit vehicle shall send the transit vehicle trip monitoring data to center-based trip monitoring functions.
• 6: The transit vehicle shall receive transit stop requests from travelers.
• 7: The transit vehicle shall receive transit stop requests from Transit Operations


• JTA U2C EAV - Transit Vehicle Schedule Management
• 1: The transit vehicle shall receive a vehicle assignment including transit route information, transit service instructions, traffic information, road conditions, and other information for the operator.
• 2: The transit vehicle shall use the route information and its current location to determine the deviation from the predetermined schedule.
• 3: The transit vehicle shall calculate the estimated times of arrival (ETA) at transit stops.
• 4: The transit vehicle shall determine scenarios to correct the schedule deviation.
• 5: The transit vehicle shall provide the schedule deviations and instructions for schedule corrections to the transit vehicle operator if the deviation is small, or the transit vehicle is operating in an urban area.
• 6: The transit vehicle shall send the schedule deviation and estimated arrival time information to the center.
• 7: The transit vehicle shall support the operations of a flexible route service. This may include requests for route deviations that would then lead to schedule corrective actions.
• 8: The transit vehicle shall notify the transit center of vehicle location and operational status as the vehicle exits and returns to the transit facility to support future vehicle assignments.


• JTA U2C Management System - Transit Center Fare Management
• 1: The center shall manage the actual value of transit fares for each segment of each regular transit route, including the transmission of the information to transit vehicles and transit stops or stations.
• 2: The center shall provide the capability for a system operator to manage the transit fares and control the exchange of transit fare information.
• 3: The center shall process the financial requests from the transit vehicles or roadside and manage an interface to a Financial Institution.
• 4: The center shall support the payment of transit fare transactions using data provided by the traveler cards / payment instruments.
• 5: The center shall collect data on fare payment violations and send the data, including images of the violator, to the appropriate enforcement agency.
• 6: The center shall process requests for transit fares to be paid in advance.
• 7: The center shall maintain a list of invalid traveler credit identities or bad tag lists that can be forwarded to transit vehicles and transit stops or stations.
• 8: The center shall collect fare statistics data to implement variable and flexible fare structures.
• 9: The center shall exchange fare and load information with other transit management centers, including potential Centralized Payments facilities.
• 10: The center shall provide transit fare information to traveler information providers upon request.


• JTA U2C Management System - Transit Center Fixed-Route Operations
• 1: The center shall generate transit routes and schedules based on such factors as parameters input by the system operator, road network conditions, incident information, operational data on current routes and schedules, and digitized map data.
• 2: The center shall provide the interface to the system operator to control the generation of new routes and schedules (transit services) including the ability to review and update the parameters used by the routes and schedules generation processes and to initiate these processes
• 3: The center shall generate special routes and schedules to support an incident, disaster, evacuation, or other emergency.
• 4: The center shall dispatch fixed route or flexible route transit vehicles.
• 5: The center shall collect transit operational data for use in the generation of routes and schedules.
• 6: The center shall provide instructions or corrective actions to the transit vehicle operators based upon operational needs.
• 7: The center shall manage large deviations of individual transit vehicles, deviations in rural areas, and deviations of large numbers of vehicles.
• 8: The center shall generate the necessary corrective actions which may involve more than the vehicles concerned and more far reaching action, such as, the introduction of extra vehicles, wide area signal priority by traffic management, the premature termination of some services, etc.
• 9: The center shall exchange information with Maintenance and Construction Operations concerning work zones, roadway conditions, asset restrictions, work plans, etc.
• 10: The center shall disseminate up-to-date schedules and route information to other centers for fixed and flexible route services.
• 11: The center shall provide an interface to the archive data repository to enable the operator to retrieve historical operating data for use in planning transit routes and schedules.
• 12: The center shall receive information from Traffic Operations concerning road network conditions, incidents, and other impacts to the road network.
• 13: The center shall monitor transit vehicle schedule adherence in order to manage transit vehicle operations.


• JTA U2C Management System - Transit Center Information Services
• 1: The center shall provide travelers using public transportation with traffic and advisory information upon request. Such information may include transit routes, schedules, transfer options, fares, real-time schedule adherence, current incidents, weather conditions, and special events.
• 3: The center shall exchange transit schedules, real-time arrival information, fare schedules, and general transit service information with other transit organizations to support transit traveler information systems.
• 4: The center shall provide transit service information to traveler information service providers including routes, schedules, schedule adherence, and fare information as well as transit service information during evacuation.


• JTA U2C Management System - Transit Center Operator Assignment
• 1: The center shall maintain records of a transit vehicle operator's performance. This may be done utilizing standardized performance evaluation criteria set forth by governmental regulations and transit operating company policies, assessing the transit vehicle operator's driving history, and assessing comments from the transit vehicle operator's supervisor(s) as well as noting any moving violations or accidents, supervisor comments, government regulations, and company policies.
• 2: The center shall assess the transit vehicle operator's availability based on previous work assignments, accumulated hours, plus health and vacation commitments.
• 3: The center shall assign transit vehicle operators to transit schedules based on their eligibility, route preferences, seniority, and transit vehicle availability.
• 5: The center shall generate supplemental vehicle operator assignments as required due to change events that occur during the operating day.


• JTA U2C Management System - Transit Center Vehicle Assignment
• 1: The center shall assign individual transit vehicles to transit blocks.
• 2: The center shall download vehicle assignments to the transit vehicle prior to the start of the day’s operations.
• 3: The center shall provide an exception handling process for the vehicle assignment function. This process shall generate new supplemental vehicle assignments as required due to change events which occur during the operating day.
• 4: The center shall provide an inventory management function for the transit facility that stores functional attributes about each vehicle owned by the transit operator. The functional attributes permit the planning and assignment functions to match vehicles with routes based on suitability for the types of service required by the particular routes.
• 5: The center shall generate transit vehicle availability listings, current and forecast, to support transit vehicle assignment planning.
• 6: The center shall provide transit operations personnel with the capability to update transit vehicle assignments and receive reports on transit vehicle inventory status.


• JTA U2C Management System - Transit Center Vehicle Tracking
• 1: The center shall monitor the locations of all transit vehicles within its network.
• 2: The center shall determine adherence of transit vehicles to their assigned schedule.
• 3: The center shall provide transit operational data to traveler information service providers.
• 4: The center shall provide collected transit probe data to traffic management centers and traveler information service providers for use in measuring current traffic conditions.


• JTA U2C Management System - Transit Garage Maintenance
• 1: The center shall collect operational and maintenance data from transit vehicles.
• 2: The center shall monitor the condition of a transit vehicle to analyze brake, drive train, sensors, fuel, steering, tire, processor, communications equipment, and transit vehicle mileage to identify mileage based maintenance, out-of-specification or imminent failure conditions.
• 3: The center shall generate transit vehicle maintenance schedules that identify the maintenance or repair to be performed and when the work is to be done.
• 4: The center shall generate transit vehicle availability listings, current and forecast, to support transit vehicle assignment planning based, in part, on the transit vehicle maintenance schedule.
• 5: The center shall assign technicians to a transit vehicle maintenance schedule, based upon such factors as personnel eligibility, work assignments, preferences and seniority.
• 6: The center shall verify that the transit vehicle maintenance activities were performed correctly, using the transit vehicle's status, the maintenance personnel's work assignment, and the transit maintenance schedules.
• 7: The center shall generate a time-stamped maintenance log of all maintenance activities performed on a transit vehicle.
• 8: The center shall provide transit operations personnel with the capability to update transit vehicle maintenance information and receive reports on all transit vehicle operations data.


• JTA Web Site - TIC Data Collection
• 2: The transportation information 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.


• JTA Web Site - TIC Interactive Traveler Information
• 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 Travelers Personal Computing Devices - Personal Interactive Traveler Information
• 2: The personal traveler interface shall receive transit information from a center and present it to the traveler upon request.
• 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.
• 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.


• Transit Kiosks - Transit Stop Information Services
• 1: The public interface for travelers shall collect and provide real-time travel-related information at transit stops, multi-modal transfer points, and other public transportation areas.
• 2: The public interface for travelers shall collect and present to the transit traveler information on transit routes, schedules, and real-time schedule adherence.
• 4: The public interface for travelers shall present information to the traveler in a form suitable for travelers with physical disabilities including travelers who are visually impaired.


• Transit Kiosks - Traveler Fare Management
• 1: The public interface for travelers shall accept and process current transit passenger fare collection information.
• 2: The public interface for travelers shall calculate a fare based on the origin and destination provided by the traveler, in conjunction with transit routing, transit fare category, and transit user history.
• 3: The public interface for travelers shall provide an interface to a transit user traveler card in support of payment for transit fares, tolls, and/or parking lot charges. The stored credit value data from the card shall be collected and updated based on the fare or other charges, or the credit identity shall be collected.
• 4: The public interface for travelers shall provide information to the center for financial authorization and transaction processing.
• 8: The public interface for travelers shall present information to the traveler in a form suitable for travelers with physical disabilities.

Standards:

• (None-Data) - Secure Internet (ITS)
• (None-Data) - Secure Wireless Internet (ITS)
• US: ATIS - Secure Wireless Internet (ITS)
• US: Device enrollment - Secure Internet (ITS)
• US: GTFS - Secure Internet (ITS)
• US: GTFS - Secure Wireless Internet (ITS)
• US: GTFS real-time - Secure Internet (ITS)
• US: GTFS real-time - Secure Wireless Internet (ITS)
• US: GTFS static - Secure Internet (ITS)
• US: GTFS static - Secure Wireless Internet (ITS)
• US: Misbehavior reporting - Secure Internet (ITS)
• US: Security Credentials - Secure Internet (ITS)
• US: TCIP - Secure Internet (ITS)
• US: TCIP - Secure Wireless Internet (ITS)
• US: TMDD - NTCIP Messaging

Project Operational Concepts:

Roles and Responsibilities

• Regional Transit Management Agencies
• Provide traveler information on kiosks.


• FDOT CO
• Enables trusted communications between mobile devices and other mobile devices, roadside devices, and centers and protect data they handle from unauthorized access.
• Supports connected and autonomous vehicle operations.
• The SCMS provides secure certificates to users within the CAV environment.


• City of Jacksonville Traffic Engineering Division
• Provide traffic information to JTA.


• Jacksonville Transportation Authority
• Operate and maintian Ultimate Urban Circulator (U2C).
• Provide traveler information on the Ultimate Urban Circulator (U2C).