Joint Crestview TMC Project

Project Description: Project to construct the remote joint freeway and arterial management center in Crestview.

Project Status: Planned

Project Stakeholders:

• FDOT D3/Okaloosa County
• FDOT District 3
• Okaloosa County

Project Service Packages:

• TM01: Infrastructure-Based Traffic Surveillance (Okaloosa County)
• TM02: Vehicle-Based Traffic Surveillance (Okaloosa County)
• TM03: Traffic Signal Control (Okaloosa County)
• TM06: Traffic Information Dissemination (Okaloosa County (1 of 2))
• TM06: Traffic Information Dissemination (Okaloosa County (2 of 2))
• TM08: Traffic Incident Management System (Counties (TM to EM))
• TM08: Traffic Incident Management System (Counties (TM to MCM))
• TM13: Standard Railroad Grade Crossing (Okaloosa County/Tallahassee/Pensacola)
• TM15: Railroad Operations Coordination (Rail Operations to Traffic Management Centers)
• TM07: Regional Traffic Management (Joint Crestview TMC)

Project Information Flows:

Information Flow	Source Element	Destination Element	Status
device control request	FDOT District 3 Chipley RTMC	Joint Crestview TMC	Planned
device control request	Joint Crestview TMC	FDOT District 3 Chipley RTMC	Planned
device data	FDOT District 3 Chipley RTMC	Joint Crestview TMC	Planned
device data	Joint Crestview TMC	FDOT District 3 Chipley RTMC	Planned
device status	FDOT District 3 Chipley RTMC	Joint Crestview TMC	Planned
device status	Joint Crestview TMC	FDOT District 3 Chipley RTMC	Planned
incident information	FDOT District 3 Chipley RTMC	Joint Crestview TMC	Planned
incident information	Joint Crestview TMC	FDOT District 3 Chipley RTMC	Planned
rail crossing control data	Joint Crestview TMC	Okaloosa County Field Equipment	Planned
rail crossing request	Joint Crestview TMC	Okaloosa County Field Equipment	Planned
rail crossing status	Okaloosa County Field Equipment	Joint Crestview TMC	Planned
right-of-way request notification	Okaloosa County Field Equipment	Joint Crestview TMC	Planned
road network conditions	FDOT District 3 Chipley RTMC	Joint Crestview TMC	Planned
road network conditions	Joint Crestview TMC	FDOT District 3 Chipley RTMC	Planned
roadway dynamic signage data	Joint Crestview TMC	Okaloosa County Field Equipment	Planned
roadway dynamic signage status	Okaloosa County Field Equipment	Joint Crestview TMC	Planned
roadway warning system control	Joint Crestview TMC	Okaloosa County Field Equipment	Planned
roadway warning system status	Okaloosa County Field Equipment	Joint Crestview TMC	Planned
signal control commands	Joint Crestview TMC	Okaloosa County Field Equipment	Planned
signal control device configuration	Joint Crestview TMC	Okaloosa County Field Equipment	Planned
signal control plans	Joint Crestview TMC	Okaloosa County Field Equipment	Planned
signal control status	Okaloosa County Field Equipment	Joint Crestview TMC	Planned
signal fault data	Okaloosa County Field Equipment	Joint Crestview TMC	Planned
signal system configuration	Joint Crestview TMC	Okaloosa County Field Equipment	Planned
traffic detector control	Joint Crestview TMC	Okaloosa County Field Equipment	Planned
traffic detector data	Okaloosa County Field Equipment	Joint Crestview TMC	Planned
traffic images	FDOT District 3 Chipley RTMC	Joint Crestview TMC	Planned
traffic images	Joint Crestview TMC	FDOT District 3 Chipley RTMC	Planned
traffic images	Okaloosa County Field Equipment	Joint Crestview TMC	Planned
traffic situation data	Okaloosa County Field Equipment	Joint Crestview TMC	Planned
video surveillance control	Joint Crestview TMC	Okaloosa County Field Equipment	Planned

Project Functional Requirements (Element - Functional Object):

• FDOT District 3 Chipley RTMC - TMC Advanced Rail Crossing Management
• 1: The center shall remotely control highway-rail intersection (HRI) equipment located in the field.


• FDOT District 3 Chipley RTMC - TMC Incident Detection
• 1: The center shall receive inputs from the Alerting and Advisory System concerning the possibility or occurrence of severe weather, terrorist activity, or other major emergency, including information provided by the Emergency Alert System.
• 2: The center shall collect and store traffic flow and image data from the field equipment to detect and verify incidents.
• 3: The center shall receive inputs concerning upcoming events that would effect the traffic network from event promoters and traveler information service providers.
• 4: The center shall exchange incident and threat information with emergency management centers as well as maintenance and construction centers; including notification of existence of incident and expected severity, location, time and nature of incident.


• FDOT District 3 Chipley RTMC - TMC Incident Dispatch Coordination
• 1: The center shall exchange alert information and status with emergency management centers. The information includes notification of a major emergency such as a natural or man-made disaster, civil emergency, or child abduction for distribution to the public. The information may include the alert originator, the nature of the emergency, the geographic area affected by the emergency, the effective time period, and information and instructions necessary for the public to respond to the alert. This may also identify specific information that should not be released to the public.
• 2: The center shall coordinate planning for incidents with emergency management centers - including pre-planning activities for disaster response, evacuation, and recovery operations.


• FDOT District 3 Chipley RTMC - 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.
• 2: The center shall exchange traffic control information with other traffic management centers to support remote monitoring and control of traffic management devices (e.g. signs, sensors, signals, cameras, etc.).


• Joint Crestview 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.
• 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.
• 6: The center shall maintain a database of surveillance equipment and sensors and associated data (including the roadway on which they are located, the type of data collected, and the ownership of each).
• 7: The center shall remotely control devices to detect traffic.


• Joint Crestview TMC - TMC Incident Detection
• 1: The center shall receive inputs from the Alerting and Advisory System concerning the possibility or occurrence of severe weather, terrorist activity, or other major emergency, including information provided by the Emergency Alert System.
• 2: The center shall collect and store traffic flow and image data from the field equipment to detect and verify incidents.
• 4: The center shall exchange incident and threat information with emergency management centers as well as maintenance and construction centers; including notification of existence of incident and expected severity, location, time and nature of incident.
• 6: The center shall provide road network conditions and traffic images to emergency management centers to support the detection, verification, and classification of incidents.
• 7: The center shall provide video and traffic sensor control commands to the field equipment to detect and verify incidents.


• Joint Crestview TMC - 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.
• 2: The center shall exchange traffic control information with other traffic management centers to support remote monitoring and control of traffic management devices (e.g. signs, sensors, signals, cameras, etc.).


• Joint Crestview TMC - TMC Signal Control
• 1: The center shall remotely control traffic signal controllers.
• 10: The center shall adjust signal timing in respond to a signal prioritization, signal preemption, pedestrian call, multi-modal crossing activation, or other requests for right-of-way.
• 13: The center shall process collected traffic and environmental data from sensors and connected vehicles.
• 14: The center shall support requests from emergency management centers to provide responding emergency vehicles with signal preemption.
• 15: The center shall monitor, analyze, and store traffic sensor data (speed, volume, occupancy) collected from field elements at or near signalized intersections.
• 17: The center shall remotely control devices to detect traffic in the vicinity of traffic signals.
• 2: The center shall accept notifications of pedestrian calls.
• 3: The center shall collect traffic signal controller operational status and compare against the control information sent by the center.
• 5: The center shall manage (define, store and modify) control plans to coordinate signalized intersections, to be engaged at the direction of center personnel or according to a daily schedule.
• 6: The center shall implement control plans to coordinate signalized intersections based on data from sensors.
• 7: The center shall manage boundaries of the control sections used within the signal system.
• 8: The center shall maintain traffic signal coordination including synchronizing clocks throughout the system.
• 9: The center shall implement control plans to coordinate signalized intersections based on data from sensors and connected vehicles.


• Joint Crestview TMC - TMC Standard Rail Crossing Management
• 1: The center shall collect highway-rail intersection (HRI) equipment operational status including both the current state or mode of operation and the current equipment condition.


• Joint Crestview TMC - TMC Traffic Information Dissemination
• 1: The center shall remotely control dynamic messages signs for dissemination of traffic and other information to drivers.
• 15: The center shall coordinate information dissemination with other traffic management centers.
• 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.
• 6: The center shall distribute traffic data to maintenance and construction centers, transit centers, emergency management centers, parking facilities, and traveler information providers.
• 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.


• Okaloosa 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.


• Okaloosa County Field Equipment - Roadway Signal Control
• 1: The field element shall control traffic signals under center control.


• Okaloosa County Field Equipment - Roadway Standard Rail Crossing
• 1: The field element shall collect and process, traffic sensor data in the vicinity of a highway-rail intersection (HRI).


• Okaloosa 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.

Standards:

• (None-Data) - Secure Internet (ITS)
• US: NTCIP Message Sign - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: NTCIP Signal Priority - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: NTCIP Signal System Masters - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: NTCIP Traffic Signal - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: NTCIP Transportation Sensors - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: NTCIP Video Switches - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: NTCIP Warning Device - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: TMDD - NTCIP Messaging

Project Operational Concepts:

Roles and Responsibilities

• FDOT District 3
• Collect traffic data.
• Coordinate emergency plans, incident reponses, and resources with county EOCs.
• Coordinate emergency traffic signal control with the county EOC/warning points.
• Coordinate evacuation and reentry plans with county EOCs
• Coordinate HRI signal adjustments, and provide track status information (e.g., blockage) to rail operators and local traffic operations.
• Coordinate incident response with the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP)
• Coordinate incident response with the FTE Operations Center at Turkey Lake.
• Coordinate maintenance resources for incident response with the FDOT District 3 construction and maintenance offices, and county and local maintenance and construction systems.
• Deploy, operate and maintain signals in rural areas.
• Install and maintain field equipment to provide transit signal priority.
• Install and operate highway-rail intersections (HRIs).
• Perform network surveillance for detection and verification of incidents on freeways, and send traffic/incident information and traffic images to county fire/EMS/sheriff, the FHP, the county EOC, and local fire/EMS/police agencies.
• Provide incident information to travelers using traffic information devices, such as dynamic message sign (DMS) devices and highway advisory radio (HAR) broadcasts, on freeways and through local information service providers (ISPs) and Web sites.
• Provide traffic information (i.e., road network conditions) to local emergency management providers, including local fire/EMS/police agencies, the FHP, and the county sheriff.
• Provide traffic information (i.e., road network conditions) to regional transit agencies, including county paratransit agencies.
• Provide traffic information and video images to travelers using local agency traveler information services, the northwest Florida traveler information system, and private sector traveler information services.
• Provide traffic information in a coordination effort to the FDOT statewide center-to-center (C2C) information network.
• Provide traffic information to travelers and then the media via Florida 511, as well as regional traveler information websites.
• Provide traffic information to travelers using the FDOT District 3 DMS devices.
• Receive America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response (AMBER) Alerts, Silver Alerts and LEO Alerts, as well as other wide area alert information from county EOCs.
• Receive incident information, incident response status, and resource requests from the county EOC/warning points.


• Okaloosa County
• Coordinate emergency traffic signal control with the county EOC/warning points.
• Coordinate HRI signal adjustments, and provide track status information (e.g., blockage) to rail operators and local traffic operations.
• Coordinate maintenance resources for incident response with county and city maintenance and construction systems.
• Obtain traffic images and traffic flow data from CCTVs and field sensors, and maintain operational control of its own field equipment.
• Operate traffic signal systems, including CCTVs, signals, and sensors, for Okaloosa County.
• Perform network surveillance for detection and verification of incidents on county roads, and send traffic/incident information and traffic images to county fire/EMS/sheriff, the FHP, the county EOC, and local fire/EMS/police agencies.
• Provide emergency signal preemption for county and local fire/EMS providers.
• Provide incident information to travelers using traffic information devices on county roads, and through local ISPs, Web sites, and the local media.
• Provide traffic information (i.e., road network conditions) to local emergency management providers, including local fire/EMS/police agencies, the FHP, and the county sheriff.
• Provide traffic information to travelers using Okaloosa County’s DMS devices.
• Provide traffic information to travelers using the BayCounty website; F L511; private sector traveler information services; county and city systems; and the media.
• Receive AMBER Alert and other wide area alert information from the county EOC.
• Receive incident information, incident response status, and resource requests from the county EOC/warning points.


• FDOT D3/Okaloosa County
• Coordinate with other TMCs in FDOT District 3.
• Coordinate emergency traffic signal control with the county EOC/warning points.
• Coordinate HRI signal adjustments, and provide track status information (e.g., blockage) to rail operators and local traffic operations.
• Coordinate maintenance resources for incident response with county and city maintenance and construction systems.
• Obtain traffic images and traffic flow data from CCTVs and field sensors, and maintain operational control of its own field equipment.
• Operate traffic signal systems, including CCTVs, signals, and sensors, for Okaloosa County.
• Provide emergency signal preemption for county and local fire/EMS providers.
• Provide incident information to travelers using traffic information devices on county roads, and through local ISPs, Web sites, and the local media.
• Provide traffic information to travelers using Okaloosa County’s DMS devices.
• Provide traffic information to travelers using the BayCounty website; F L511; private sector traveler information services; county and city systems; and the media.
• Receive AMBER Alert and other wide area alert information from the county EOC.