City of Boca Raton Signal Preemption

Project Description: A Signal Preemption (Opticom) System will be deployed on US–1 corridor.

Project Status: Planned

Project Stakeholders:

• City of Boca Raton
• County Public Safety Agencies
• Local Agencies

Project Service Packages:

• PS03: Emergency Vehicle Preemption (City of Boca Raton)

Project Information Flows:

Information Flow	Source Element	Destination Element	Status
local signal preemption request	County Fire EMS/Rescue Vehicles	City of Boca Raton Traffic Control Equipment	Planned
local signal preemption request	Local Fire/EMS Vehicles	City of Boca Raton Traffic Control Equipment	Planned
right-of-way request notification	City of Boca Raton Traffic Control Equipment	City of Boca Raton TMC	Planned
signal control commands	City of Boca Raton TMC	City of Boca Raton Traffic Control Equipment	Planned
signal control status	City of Boca Raton Traffic Control Equipment	City of Boca Raton TMC	Planned

Project Functional Requirements (Element - Functional Object):

• City of Boca Raton TMC - TMC Signal Control
• 1: The center shall remotely control traffic signal controllers.
• 14: The center shall support requests from emergency management centers to provide responding emergency vehicles with signal preemption.
• 3: The center shall collect traffic signal controller operational status and compare against the control information sent by the center.
• 4: The center shall collect traffic signal controller fault data from the field.


• City of Boca Raton Traffic Control Equipment - Roadway Signal Preemption
• 1: The field element shall respond to signal preemption requests from emergency vehicles.
• 2: The field element shall inform the controlling center when preemption requests have been received.
• 3: The field element shall send the preemption request to the signal controller to immediately preempt the signal for the requested direction.


• County Fire EMS/Rescue Vehicles - EV On-Board En Route Support
• 5: The emergency vehicle shall send requests to traffic signal control equipment at the roadside to preempt the signal.


• Local Fire/EMS Vehicles - EV On-Board En Route Support
• 5: The emergency vehicle shall send requests to traffic signal control equipment at the roadside to preempt the signal.

Standards:

• US: NTCIP Signal Priority - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: NTCIP Signal System Masters - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: NTCIP Traffic Signal - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: SAE Signal Preemption - WAVE TCP

Project Operational Concepts:

Roles and Responsibilities

• City of Boca Raton
• Provide emergency signal preemption for local fire and EMS vehicles.


• Local Agencies
• Install and maintain signal preemption equipment.


• County Public Safety Agencies
• Install and maintain signal preemption equipment.