FDOT RWIS

Project Description: This project will deploy additional RWIS devices for flooding.

Project Status: Ongoing

Project Stakeholders:

• City of Jacksonville Traffic Engineering Division
• City of St. Augustine
• FDOT CO
• FDOT District 2

Project Service Packages:

• WX01: Weather Data Collection (FDOT RWIS)

Project Information Flows:

Information Flow	Source Element	Destination Element	Status
environmental conditions data	FDOT Central Office RWIS Servers	FDOT District 2 RTMC	Ongoing
environmental conditions data	FDOT Central Office RWIS Servers	FDOT DIVAS	Ongoing
environmental sensor control	FDOT Central Office RWIS Servers	City of Jacksonville Field Equipment	Ongoing
environmental sensor control	FDOT Central Office RWIS Servers	City of St. Augustine Field Equipment	Ongoing
environmental sensor control	FDOT Central Office RWIS Servers	FDOT District 2 Field Equipment	Ongoing
environmental sensor data	City of Jacksonville Field Equipment	FDOT Central Office RWIS Servers	Ongoing
environmental sensor data	City of St. Augustine Field Equipment	FDOT Central Office RWIS Servers	Ongoing
environmental sensor data	FDOT District 2 Field Equipment	FDOT Central Office RWIS Servers	Ongoing

Project Functional Requirements (Element - Functional Object):

• City of Jacksonville Field Equipment - Roadway Environmental Monitoring
• 1: The field element shall include surface and sub-surface environmental sensors that measure road surface temperature, moisture, icing, salinity, and other measures.
• 2: The field element shall include environmental sensors that measure weather conditions including temperature, wind, humidity, precipitation, and visibility.
• 3: The field element's environmental sensors shall be remotely controlled by a maintenance center.
• 7: The field element shall provide environmental sensor equipment operational status to the controlling center or maintenance vehicle.
• 8: The field element shall provide environmental sensor equipment fault indication to the controlling center or maintenance vehicle.
• 10: The field element shall provide weather and road surface condition data to centers.


• City of St. Augustine Field Equipment - Roadway Environmental Monitoring
• 1: The field element shall include surface and sub-surface environmental sensors that measure road surface temperature, moisture, icing, salinity, and other measures.
• 2: The field element shall include environmental sensors that measure weather conditions including temperature, wind, humidity, precipitation, and visibility.
• 3: The field element's environmental sensors shall be remotely controlled by a maintenance center.
• 7: The field element shall provide environmental sensor equipment operational status to the controlling center or maintenance vehicle.
• 8: The field element shall provide environmental sensor equipment fault indication to the controlling center or maintenance vehicle.
• 10: The field element shall provide weather and road surface condition data to centers.


• FDOT Central Office RWIS Servers - MCM Environmental Information Collection
• 1: The center shall remotely control environmental sensors that measure road surface temperature, moisture, icing, salinity, and other measures.
• 2: The center shall remotely control environmental sensors that measure weather conditions including temperature, wind, humidity, precipitation, and visibility.
• 5: The center shall assimilate current and forecast road conditions and surface weather information using a combination of weather service provider information (such as the National Weather Service and value-added sector specific meteorological services), data from traffic and traveler information providers, and environmental data collected from sensors deployed on and about the roadway as well as the fleet of maintenance and construction vehicles and the broader population of vehicle probes.
• 6: The center shall provide weather and road condition information to weather service providers and center personnel.
• 7: The center shall respond to control data from center personnel regarding environmental sensor control and weather data collection.
• 8: The center shall collect operational status for the roadside and vehicle-based environmental sensor equipment.
• 9: The center shall collect fault data for the roadside and vehicle-based environmental sensor equipment for repair.
• 10: The center shall collect environmental data from sensors that measure road surface temperature, moisture, icing, salinity, and other measures.
• 11: The center shall provide weather and road condition information to traffic management operations.


• FDOT District 2 Field Equipment - Roadway Environmental Monitoring
• 1: The field element shall include surface and sub-surface environmental sensors that measure road surface temperature, moisture, icing, salinity, and other measures.
• 2: The field element shall include environmental sensors that measure weather conditions including temperature, wind, humidity, precipitation, and visibility.
• 3: The field element's environmental sensors shall be remotely controlled by a maintenance center.
• 7: The field element shall provide environmental sensor equipment operational status to the controlling center or maintenance vehicle.
• 8: The field element shall provide environmental sensor equipment fault indication to the controlling center or maintenance vehicle.
• 10: The field element shall provide weather and road surface condition data to centers.


• FDOT District 2 RTMC - TMC Environmental Monitoring
• 3: The traffic center shall assimilate current and forecast road conditions and surface weather information using a combination of weather service provider information (such as the National Weather Service and value-added sector specific meteorological services), data from roadway maintenance operations, and environmental data collected from sensors deployed on and about the roadway.
• 4: The traffic center shall receive road condition information from weather service providers.
• 6: The traffic center shall share the collected environmental data with Maintenance and construction operations.
• 7: The traffic center shall provide drivers road weather advisories.


• FDOT DIVAS - TMC Environmental Monitoring
• 4: The traffic center shall receive road condition information from weather service providers.
• 6: The traffic center shall share the collected environmental data with Maintenance and construction operations.

Standards:

• US: NTCIP Environmental Sensors - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: TMDD - NTCIP Messaging

Project Operational Concepts:

Roles and Responsibilities

• FDOT District 2
• Collect environmental data from environmental sensors.
• Distribute environmental data to private weather providers, RTMCs, regional emergency management agencies, regional transit agencies, and to county and city maintenance agencies.