City of Jacksonville Traffic Engineering Division

Description: The Traffic Engineering Division of the Public Works Department is concerned with the safe and efficient movement of vehicles and pedestrians on the City of Jacksonville's transportation system as well as assisting in the planning of additions or upgrades to that system. This division is responsible for traffic engineering services, street markings and signs, traffic signals and other control devices in the City of Jacksonville. Responsibility includes the regulation and governing of both pedestrian and vehicular traffic through the use of traffic control devices.

Inventory Elements:

• City of Jacksonville CAV Field Equipment
• City of Jacksonville Field Equipment
• City of Jacksonville Public Works Right-of-Way and Stormwater Maintenance System
• City of Jacksonville Smart Lighting Management System
• City of Jacksonville Traffic Management Center

Projects:

• BayJax Pedestrian Sensor Project
• BayJax Public Safety and Surveillance Project
• BayJax Smart and Connected Signals Project
• BayJax Smart Lighting Project
• BayJax Street Flood Notification System
• FDOT RWIS
• JTA Ultimate Urban Circulator (U2C)

Roles and Responsibilities:

BayJax Pedestrian Sensors Roles and Responsibilities
• Operate and maintain traffic signals that receive and respond to pedestrian calls.
• Operate and maintain connected vehicle equipment along the roadway that senses pedestrians and cyclists on or along the roadway.
• Operate and maintain connected vehicle equipment along the roadway that warns drivers of the presence of pedestrians and cyclists on or along the roadway.

BayJax Public Safety and Surveillance Roles and Responsiblities
• Operate and maintain pan-tilt-zoom cameras installed to identify and verify incidents.
• Implement traffic respond to incidents when notification is received.

BayJax Smart and Connected Signals Project Roles and Responsibilities
• Operate and maintain connected vehicle equipment along the roadway.
• Operate and maintain smart traffic signals.
• Provide signal priority to transit vehicles.
• Collect traffic data using connect vehicle roadside equipment.
• Distribute collected traffic data to other transportation agencies.

BayJax Smart Lighting Roles and Responsibilities
• Operate and maintiain the smart lighting system for roadway lighting in the BayJax Innovation Corridor.

BayJax Street Flood Notification System Roles and Responsibilities
• Operate and maintain sensors to monitor roadway flooding.
• Operate and maintain connected vehicle information on the roadway to provide information to drivers.
• Sent traffic information to Florida 511 for distribution.

Incident Management (Traffic and Maintenance) for Northeast Florida Regional ITS Architecture - FDOT District 2
• Coordinate maintenance resources for incident response with county and city maintenance and construction systems.
• Perform network surveillance for detection and verification of incidents on city streets, and send traffic/incident information and traffic images to regional public safety agencies, such as the City of Jacksonville‘s fire and rescue/sheriff agencies; the
• Provide incident information to travelers using traffic information devices on city streets, and through local ISPs, Web sites, and the local media.

JTA Ultimate Urban Circulator (U2C) Roles and Responsibilities
• Provide traffic information to JTA.

Traffic Signal Control for Northeast Florida Regional ITS Architecture - FDOT District 2
• Coordinate emergency traffic signal control with the county EOC/Warning Point.
• Provide transit signal priority using roadside devices for Jacksonville transit vehicles.
• Coordinate traffic information and traffic control with Clay and St. Johns counties.
• Coordinate traffic information and traffic control with FDOT District 2.
• Coordinate traffic information with military base operations.
• Obtain traffic images and traffic flow data using CCTVs and field sensors, and maintain operational control of its own field equipment.
• Operate traffic signal systems for the City of Jacksonville.
• Provide emergency signal preemption for the City of Jacksonville fire and rescue agencies.
• Provide interconnection between railroad equipment and traffic signal systems to update signal timing when HRIs are blocked by trains.

Traveler Information for Northeast Florida Regional ITS Architecture - FDOT District 2
• Provide traffic and road network information to JTA transit operations.
• Provide traffic information to travelers using City of Jacksonville DMS equipment.
• Provide traffic information to travelers using the county public information system, private companies, the northeast Florida traveler information system, and the media.