Okaloosa County Travel Time Data Collection Expansion

Project Description: This project will add additional detectors in Okaloosa County and could also include central software upgrades.


Project Status: On-going

Project Stakeholders:

• Okaloosa County
• Travelers

Project Service Packages:

• TM01: Infrastructure-Based Traffic Surveillance (Okaloosa County Travel Time Data Collection Expansion)

Project Information Flows:

Information Flow	Source Element	Destination Element	Status
communications signature	Vehicles	Okaloosa County Field Equipment	Planned
passive vehicle monitoring control	Okaloosa County Area Wide TMC	Okaloosa County Field Equipment	Planned
passive vehicle monitoring data	Okaloosa County Field Equipment	Okaloosa County Area Wide TMC	Planned
shelter request	Vehicles	FDOT District 3 Public Information Office Systems	Planned

Project Functional Requirements (Element - Functional Object):

• Okaloosa County Area Wide 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.


• Okaloosa County Area Wide TMC - TMC Passive Surveillance
• 1: The center shall collect time stamped vehicle identities from field equipment.
• 2: The center shall correlate the time stamped vehicle identities in order to calculate link travel times and derive other traffic measures.


• Okaloosa County Area Wide TMC - TMC Situation Data Management
• 1: The center shall collect traffic probe data from vehicles via roadside field equipment.


• Okaloosa County Field Equipment - Roadway Passive Monitoring
• 1: The field element shall collect, process, and send data to the center to uniquely identify passing vehicles in order to support travel time measurement


• Okaloosa County Field Equipment - RSE Traffic Monitoring
• 1: The field element shall communicate with on-board equipment on passing vehicles to collect current vehicle position, speed, and heading and a record of previous events (e.g., starts and stops, link travel times) that can be used to determine current traffic conditions.


• Vehicles - Vehicle Basic Safety Communication
• 6: The vehicle shall exchange location and motion information with roadside equipment and nearby vehicles.


• Vehicles - Vehicle Location Determination
• 1: The vehicle shall provide the vehicle's current location to other in-vehicle functions.


• Vehicles - Vehicle Situation Data Monitoring
• 6: The Vehicle shall provide data to Connected Vehicle Roadside Equipment. in accordance with data collection parameters provided by Centers/Connected Vehicle Roadside Equipment.

Standards:

• (Data Not Needed) - Bluetooth
• (None-Data) - Secure Internet (ITS)

Project Operational Concepts:

Roles and Responsibilities

• Travelers
• Operate vehicle.
• Provide vehicle communication of wrong-way driving, collision warning, and location.


• Okaloosa County
• Collect traffic probe data from Okaloosa County field equipment.