FDOT District 5 ITS Freeway Management System (FMS)

Project Description: FDOT District 5 ITS Freeway Management System (FMS) includes fiber–optic communications network, Closed–Circuit Television (CCTV), traffic detectors, Bluetooth reader and DMS to actively monitor traffic conditions, detect traffic incidents, and warn travlers of hazardous condition and is operated from the FDOT District 5 RTMC.

Project Status: Planned

Project Stakeholders:

• FDOT District 5
• Travelers

Project Service Packages:

• TM01: Infrastructure-Based Traffic Surveillance (FDOT District 5 ITS Freeway Management System (FMS))
• TM03: Traffic Signal Control (FDOT District 5 ITS Freeway Management System (FMS))
• TM06: Traffic Information Dissemination (FDOT District 5 ITS Freeway Management System (FMS))

Project Information Flows:

Information Flow	Source Element	Destination Element	Status
communications signature	Vehicle	FDOT District 5 Field Equipment	On-going
passive vehicle monitoring control	FDOT District 5 RTMC	FDOT District 5 Field Equipment	On-going
passive vehicle monitoring data	FDOT District 5 Field Equipment	FDOT District 5 RTMC	On-going
roadway dynamic signage data	FDOT District 5 RTMC	FDOT District 5 Field Equipment	On-going
roadway dynamic signage status	FDOT District 5 Field Equipment	FDOT District 5 RTMC	On-going
traffic detector control	FDOT District 5 RTMC	FDOT District 5 Field Equipment	On-going
traffic detector data	FDOT District 5 Field Equipment	FDOT District 5 RTMC	On-going
traffic images	FDOT District 5 Field Equipment	FDOT District 5 RTMC	On-going
video surveillance control	FDOT District 5 RTMC	FDOT District 5 Field Equipment	On-going

Project Functional Requirements (Element - Functional Object):

• FDOT District 5 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.
• 6: The field element shall collect, process, and send traffic images to the center for further wrong way vehicle entries analysis and detection.


• FDOT District 5 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


• FDOT District 5 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.
• 4: The field element shall provide fault data for the driver information systems equipment (DMS, HAR, etc.) to the center for repair.


• FDOT District 5 RTMC - 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.
• 8: The center shall monitor, analyze, and identify wrong way vehicle entries from traffic images received from CCTV systems under remote control of the center.


• FDOT District 5 RTMC - 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.


• FDOT District 5 RTMC - TMC Roadway Equipment Monitoring
• 1: The center shall collect and store sensor (traffic, pedestrian, multimodal crossing) operational status.
• 2: The center shall collect and store CCTV surveillance system (traffic, pedestrian) operational status.


• FDOT District 5 RTMC - TMC Traffic Information Dissemination
• 1: The center shall remotely control dynamic messages signs for dissemination of traffic and other information to drivers.
• 16: The center shall collect the current location, speed, acceleration, and heading of the vehicles to identify if a vehicle has been traveling in the wrong direction wrong way entry.
• 19: The center shall collect general parking information and status, including current parking availability, parking pricing, and parking space availability information.
• 4: The center shall collect fault data for the driver information systems equipment (DMS, HAR, etc.) for repair.


• Vehicle - Vehicle Location Determination
• 1: The vehicle shall provide the vehicle's current location to other in-vehicle functions.
• 2: The vehicle shall calculate the location from one or more data sources including positioning systems such as GPS, sensors that track vehicle movement, and maps used to determine the likely vehicle route.

Standards:

• (Data Not Needed) - Bluetooth
• (None-Data) - Secure Internet (ITS)
• US: NTCIP Message Sign - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: NTCIP Transportation Sensors - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: NTCIP Video Switches - SNMPv3/TLS

Project Operational Concepts:

Roles and Responsibilities

• Travelers
• Load intersection safety application on mobile device.


• FDOT District 5
• Collect vehicle probe information using roadside equipment and calculate travel times.
• Coordinate incident response and incident reports with the county sheriff, county fire/EMS agencies, county EOC, local police/fire/EMS agencies, the FHP, and other public safety agencies.
• Obtain traffic images and traffic flow data from closed-circuit televisions (CCTVs) and field sensors, and maintain operational control of its own field equipment.
• Operate select traffic signal systems in the FDOT District 5 region.
• Participate in incident response, coordination, and reporting for the regional incident and mutual aid network.
• Perform maintenance of FDOT-owned ITS field equipment.
• Perform network surveillance for detection and verification of incidents on freeways, and send traffic/incident information and traffic images to county fire/EMS/sheriff agencies, the FHP, the county EOC, and local fire/EMS/police.
• Provide incident information to travelers via traffic information devices on freeways, such as DMS devices and HAR broadcasts, and through local ISPs and Web sites.
• Provide traffic information to travelers using FDOT DMS devices.