FTE Generic Roadway AET

Project Description: Generic FTE Roadway upgrade to All Electronic Tolling (AET).

Project Status: Planned

Project Stakeholders:

• Collection Agency
• Counties and Cities
• Financial Institutions
• Florida County Tax Collection Offices
• Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
• FTE
• Private Commercial Vehicle and Fleet Operators
• State of Florida

Project Service Packages:

• TM10: Electronic Toll Collection (Generic FTE Roadway AET Project)
• TM01: Infrastructure-Based Traffic Surveillance (Generic FTE Roadway AET Project)

Project Information Flows:

Information Flow	Source Element	Destination Element	Status
license request	Florida Statewide Tolling CCSS	Florida DMV Licensing and Registration System	Planned
payment instructions	Florida Statewide Tolling CCSS	FTE Sunpass Toll Collection System	Planned
payment instructions	FTE Sunpass Toll Collection System	FTE Toll Plazas	Planned
payment request	Florida Statewide Tolling CCSS	Financial Institutions	Planned
payment transactions	FTE Sunpass Toll Collection System	Florida Statewide Tolling CCSS	Planned
payment transactions	FTE Toll Plazas	FTE Sunpass Toll Collection System	Planned
payment violation notification	Florida Statewide Tolling CCSS	Collection Agency System	Planned
payment violation notification	Florida Statewide Tolling CCSS	County Court System	Planned
payment violation notification	Florida Statewide Tolling CCSS	Florida County Tax Collection System	Planned
registration	Florida DMV Licensing and Registration System	Florida Statewide Tolling CCSS	Planned
settlement	Financial Institutions	Florida Statewide Tolling CCSS	Planned
toll data	Florida Statewide Tolling CCSS	Private Fleet Vehicle Dispatch Systems	Planned
toll data	Florida Statewide Tolling CCSS	SunPass CSC Web Site	Planned
toll data	FTE Sunpass Toll Collection System	Private Fleet Vehicle Dispatch Systems	Planned
toll data request	Private Fleet Vehicle Dispatch Systems	Florida Statewide Tolling CCSS	Planned
toll data request	Private Fleet Vehicle Dispatch Systems	FTE Sunpass Toll Collection System	Planned
toll data request	SunPass CSC Web Site	Florida Statewide Tolling CCSS	Planned
traffic images	FTE Toll Plazas	FTE Sunpass Toll Collection System	Planned
vehicle payment information	SunPass Tag	FTE Toll Plazas	Planned
video surveillance control	FTE Sunpass Toll Collection System	FTE Toll Plazas	Planned

Project Functional Requirements (Element - Functional Object):

• Florida Statewide Tolling CCSS - PAC Payment Administration
• 1: The center shall manage toll transactions, including maintaining a log of all transactions and toll pricing structure information.
• 10: The center shall exchange data with other payment administration agencies to coordinate toll transactions and pricing.
• 11: The center shall report payment violations including vehicle information and vehicle image to the designated Enforcement Agency.
• 14: This center shall maintain and publish the prices for the electronic payment system.
• 15: The center shall provide the HOT pricing information, including variable pricing based on calendar, time of day, vehicle type and passenger occupancy.
• 16: The center shall receive traveler payment information and compute the cost of using the portion of the transportation system.
• 17: The center shall process and clear payments from travelers and vehicle owners.
• 18: The center shall coordinate with payment administration centers that serve as a clearing house for a regional payment system in order to perform payment reconciliation.
• 19: The center shall exchange data with other payment administration centers in order to coordinate electronic payments systems use and pricing.
• 2: The center shall dynamically price tolls based on current traffic condition information.
• 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.
• 7: The center shall manage the details of toll payment violations based on vehicle information from the ITS roadway payment equipment, registration information from the Department of Motor Vehicles, invalid payment information from a Financial Institution, and previous violation information stored locally, and report such violations to appropriate law enforcement agencies.
• 9: The center shall respond to changes in toll prices from the Payment Administrator.


• FTE Sunpass Toll Collection System - PAC Payment Administration
• 1: The center shall manage toll transactions, including maintaining a log of all transactions and toll pricing structure information.
• 10: The center shall exchange data with other payment administration agencies to coordinate toll transactions and pricing.
• 11: The center shall report payment violations including vehicle information and vehicle image to the designated Enforcement Agency.
• 13: The center shall provide secure user account management for the electronic payment system, providing user access to rules and policies, current billing status, invoices, payments, and mechanisms for review and challenge of the collected data.
• 14: This center shall maintain and publish the prices for the electronic payment system.
• 16: The center shall receive traveler payment information and compute the cost of using the portion of the transportation system.
• 17: The center shall process and clear payments from travelers and vehicle owners.
• 2: The center shall dynamically price tolls based on current traffic condition information.
• 3: The center shall provide secure user account management, providing user access to rules and policies, current billing status, invoices, payments, and mechanisms for review and challenge of the collected data.
• 4: The center shall register vehicles for road or parking use payment, establishing accounts that identify owner billing information and preferences.
• 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.
• 6: The center shall manage a local billing database for toll customers.
• 7: The center shall manage the details of toll payment violations based on vehicle information from the ITS roadway payment equipment, registration information from the Department of Motor Vehicles, invalid payment information from a Financial Institution, and previous violation information stored locally, and report such violations to appropriate law enforcement agencies.
• 9: The center shall respond to changes in toll prices from the Payment Administrator.


• FTE Sunpass Toll Collection System - Roadway Toll Collection Support
• 1: The field element shall read data from passing vehicles to support toll payment transactions.
• 2: The field element shall calculate the toll due based on the vehicle characteristics (vehicle size, weight, axle count, etc.) and stored toll prices.
• 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.
• 7: The field element shall control roadside displays indicating success or failure of the toll transaction to the driver.
• 8: The field element shall control cameras, obtain images, and forward images of toll violators to a center.


• FTE Sunpass Toll Collection System - 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.
• 7: The center shall remotely control devices to detect traffic.


• FTE Toll Plazas - Roadway Basic Surveillance
• 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.
• 5: The field element shall return sensor and CCTV system fault data to the controlling center for repair.


• FTE Toll Plazas - Roadway Toll Collection Support
• 1: The field element shall read data from passing vehicles to support toll payment transactions.
• 2: The field element shall calculate the toll due based on the vehicle characteristics (vehicle size, weight, axle count, etc.) and stored toll prices.
• 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.
• 7: The field element shall control roadside displays indicating success or failure of the toll transaction to the driver.
• 8: The field element shall control cameras, obtain images, and forward images of toll violators to a center.


• SunPass CSC Web Site - TIC Data Collection
• 6: The center shall collect, process, and store toll fee information.


• SunPass Tag - Light Vehicle Basic Toll/Parking Payment
• 1: The vehicle shall respond to requests from toll collection equipment for credit identity, stored value card cash, etc.
• 3: The vehicle shall provide an interface to the driver to make requests for advance payments of tolls, parking, and transit fares and present the status of electronic payment transactions.
• 4: The vehicle shall provide an interface with the traveler card / payment instrument carried on-board the vehicle - to exchange identity information and payment transactions.
• 5: The vehicle shall present payment information to the driver in audible or visual forms without impairing the driver's ability to control the vehicle in a safe manner.

Standards:

• (None-Data) - Secure Internet (ITS)
• US: NTCIP Video Switches - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: WAVE Tolling - Local Unicast Wireless (1609.2)

Project Operational Concepts:

Roles and Responsibilities

• FTE
• Coordinate with other FDOT TMCs to process dynamic tolls.
• Coordinate with other toll agencies using a reciprocity network for the collection of electronic toll payments.
• Coordinate with the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) and county courts to collect tolls from violators.
• Monitor surveillance cameras on highways.
• Monitor traffic sensors on highways.
• Operate traffic information devices, such as dynamic message sign (DMS) equipment, on highways.
• Provide customer account information using a Web site.
• Provide traffic, incident, construction, and maintenance information for FTE-operated toll roads to the general public using the SunPass CSC Web site and local media.
• Provide traveler information directly to drivers using DMS equipment.