FDOT District 7 Dynamic Tolling

Project Description: This project would enable dynamic tolling on express lanes in District 7. Under this scenario, the FDOT D7 SunGuide Center would calculate tolls based on traffic data, which would then be posted on equipment and sent to SunPass, where tolls would be posted to accounts.

Project Status: Planned

Project Stakeholders:

• FDOT District 7
• Florida Highway Patrol
• Floridas Turnpike Enterprise

Project Service Packages:

• TM06: Traffic Information Dissemination (FDOT District 7 Dynamic Tolling)
• TM10: Electronic Toll Collection (FDOT District 7 Dynamic Tolling)
• TM09: Integrated Decision Support and Demand Management (FDOT District 7 Dynamic Tolling)

Project Information Flows:

Information Flow	Source Element	Destination Element	Status
payment instructions	FTE Regional Toll Office	Express Lane Open Road Tolling Equipment	Planned
payment transactions	Express Lane Open Road Tolling Equipment	FTE Regional Toll Office	Planned
payment violation notification	FTE Regional Toll Office	FHP Regional Dispatch	Planned
roadway dynamic signage status	FDOT District 7 Field Equipment	FDOT District 7 Tampa Bay SunGuide Center	Planned
toll data	FTE Regional Toll Office	FDOT District 7 Tampa Bay SunGuide Center	Planned
toll service change request	FDOT District 7 Tampa Bay SunGuide Center	FTE Regional Toll Office	Planned
toll service change response	FTE Regional Toll Office	FDOT District 7 Tampa Bay SunGuide Center	Planned
traffic detector control	FDOT District 7 Tampa Bay SunGuide Center	FDOT District 7 Field Equipment	Planned
traffic detector data	FDOT District 7 Field Equipment	FDOT District 7 Tampa Bay SunGuide Center	Planned
vehicle payment information	SunPass Tag	Express Lane Open Road Tolling Equipment	Planned
vehicle payment update	Express Lane Open Road Tolling Equipment	SunPass Tag	Planned

Project Functional Requirements (Element - Functional Object):

• Express Lane Open Road Tolling Equipment - Roadway Toll Collection Support
• 1: The field element shall read data from passing vehicles to support toll payment transactions.
• 3: The field element shall update the stored value after debiting the toll amount and send a record of the transaction to a center.
• 4: The field element shall read the credit identity from the passing vehicle and send that identity and the amount to be debited to a center.


• FDOT District 1 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).


• FDOT District 7 Field Equipment - Roadway Data Collection
• 2: The field element shall include the sensors and supporting roadside devices that sense, collect, and send traffic, road, and environmental conditions information to a center for archival.


• FDOT District 7 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).


• FDOT District 7 Tampa Bay SunGuide Center - TMC Demand Management Coordination
• 1: The center shall collect and store toll pricing data from payment administration centers, including the price for each road segment to which a toll applies, with the time and date for when it applies.
• 5: The center shall send requests to payment administration centers to change pricing, modify restrictions, or modify operations of a toll road facility.


• FDOT District 7 Tampa Bay SunGuide Center - TMC Traffic Information Dissemination
• 1: The center shall remotely control dynamic messages signs for dissemination of traffic and other information to drivers.


• FDOT District 7 Tampa Bay SunGuide Center - TMC Traffic Management Decision Support
• 2: The center shall identify network imbalances and potential courses of action.
• 3: The center shall compare the impact of potential courses of action and make recommendations to the operator.


• FDOT District 7 Tampa Bay SunGuide Center - TMC Traffic Network Performance Evaluation
• 1: The center shall monitor, analyze, and store traffic sensor data (speed, volume, occupancy) collected from field elements under remote control of the center to support overall network performance evaluations.


• FHP Regional Dispatch - TMC Demand Management Coordination
• 1: The center shall collect and store toll pricing data from payment administration centers, including the price for each road segment to which a toll applies, with the time and date for when it applies.


• FTE Regional Toll Office - PAC Payment Administration
• 1: The center shall manage toll transactions, including maintaining a log of all transactions and toll pricing structure information.
• 11: The center shall report payment violations including vehicle information and vehicle image to the designated Enforcement Agency.
• 5: For electronic toll payments requiring financial payment, the center shall process the financial information from ITS roadway payment equipment and manage an interface to a Financial Institution.
• 9: The center shall respond to changes in toll prices from the Payment Administrator.


• SunPass Tag - Vehicle Basic Toll/Parking Payment
• 1: The vehicle shall respond to requests from toll collection equipment for credit identity, stored value card cash, etc.

Standards:

• (None-Data) - Guaranteed Secure Internet (ITS)
• (None-Data) - Secure Internet (ITS)
• US: NTCIP Message Sign - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: NTCIP Transportation Sensors - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: WAVE Tolling - Local Unicast Wireless (1609.2)

Project Operational Concepts:

Roles and Responsibilities

• Floridas Turnpike Enterprise
• Coordinate with other toll agencies using a reciprocity network for the collection of electronic toll payments.
• Operate a customer service center to process toll transactions and handle violations processing.
• Operate toll collection equipment on FTE toll roads.
• Provide customer account information on a Web site.


• Florida Highway Patrol
• Receive toll payment violation notification from Floridas Turnpike Enterprise.


• FDOT District 7
• Provide dynamic toll information based on real-time traffic information
• Provide traffic information to travelers using FDOT DMS devices and HAR broadcasts.