FDOT District 4 Railroad Crossing By-pass System

Project Description: This system will provide travelers with information regarding extended at–grade crossing blockages due to freight activity.

Project Status: Planned

Project Stakeholders:

• FDOT D4/Broward County Traffic Engineering Division
• FDOT District 4

Project Service Packages:

• TM14: Advanced Railroad Grade Crossing (FDOT District 4)

Project Information Flows:

Information Flow	Source Element	Destination Element	Status
rail crossing control data	FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System	FDOT District 4 Field Equipment	Planned
rail crossing request	FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System	FDOT District 4 Field Equipment	Planned
rail crossing status	FDOT District 4 Field Equipment	FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System	Planned

Project Functional Requirements (Element - Functional Object):

• FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System - TMC Advanced Rail Crossing Management
• 1: The center shall remotely control highway-rail intersection (HRI) equipment located in the field.
• 2: The center shall accept collect highway-rail intersection (HRI) advisory or alert data from rail operations centers.
• 7: The center shall accept train schedules, maintenance schedules, and any other forecast events that will result in highway-rail intersection (HRI) closures data from rail operations centers.


• FDOT District 4 Field Equipment - Roadway Advanced Rail Crossing
• 1: The field element shall collect and process, traffic sensor data in the vicinity of an advanced highway-rail intersection (HRI).
• 5: The field element shall monitor the status of the advanced highway-rail intersection (HRI) equipment, including both the current state and mode of operation and the current equipment condition, to be forwarded on to the rail wayside equipment.


• FDOT District 4 Field Equipment - RSE Rail Crossing Warning
• 12: The field element shall calculate whether the vehicle may approach the railroad intersection while a train is present in the intersection.
• 7: The field element shall collect the current status of the wayside equipment and notification of an arriving train.
• 9: The field element shall warn drivers of crossing closures due to oncoming trains.

Standards:

• (None-Data) - Secure Internet (ITS)

Project Operational Concepts:

Roles and Responsibilities

• FDOT District 4
• Install, operate, and maintain field eqiupment at railroad crossings to recieve information about crossings.
• Provide railroad crossing information to travelers.