FTE

Description: Represents Florida's Turnpike Enterprise (FTE), which manages and operates limited–access toll highways in the State of Florida, including the Florida Turnpike.

Inventory Elements:

• FTE CAV Field Equipment
• FTE Data Collection Field Equipment
• FTE Data Dissemination Field Equipment
• FTE EOC
• FTE Facilities Management System
• FTE Facilities Monitoring Equipment
• FTE Infrastructure Monitoring Equipment
• FTE Maintenance and Construction Vehicles
• FTE Maintenance Facilities
• FTE Operations Center (Pompano)
• FTE Operations Center (Turkey Lake)
• FTE OTT Enterprise Database
• FTE Portable Workzone Field Equipment
• FTE Road Rangers Safety Patrol Vehicles
• FTE Sunpass Toll Collection System
• FTE Sunwatch Center (Turkey Lake)
• FTE Toll Plazas
• FTE Traffic Control Field Equipment
• FTE Traffic Count Database
• FTE Transportation Data Warehouse
• SunPass CSC Web Site
• SunPass Tag

Projects:

• FTE and FDOT Video Sharing
• FTE Central FL DMS
• FTE Generic Roadway AET
• FTE Generic Widen Roadway
• FTE I-4 FRAME
• FTE I-75 / SR 91 Interchange
• FTE Northern FL CCTV and DMS
• FTE Overheight Detection
• FTE Southern FL DMS
• FTE Speed Feedback Signs
• FTE SR 528 Express Lanes
• FTE Wrong-Way Driving Detection
• SunTrax Research, Development and Transportation Technologies Testing Facility

Roles and Responsibilities:

Archived Data Systems
• Collect and archive toll road asset information.
• Collect and archive toll road traffic count data and toll data.
• Coordinate archive data with the FDOT statewide archive databases.

Commercial Vehicle Operations
• Provide availability of commercial vehicle parking spaces in rest areas to commercial vehicle drivers.

Commercial Vehicle Operations for FTE Overheight Detection
• Detect Commercial Vehicle Overheight conditions.
• Provide an overheight warning to Commercial Vehicles.

Electronic Toll Collection
• 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.
• Provide customer account information using a Web site.
• Coordinate with other FDOT TMCs to process dynamic tolls.

Electronic Toll Collection (Generic FTE Roadway AET Project)
• 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.
• Provide customer account information using a Web site.
• Coordinate with other FDOT TMCs to process dynamic tolls.

Electronic Toll Collection (SR 528 Express Lanes Project)
• Collect Express Lane tolls.

Emergency Management
• Coordinate emergency response with the FHP, and county and local public safety agencies.
• Monitor infrastructure monitoring systems, or security systems, along toll roads (future).
• Operate an EOC to direct emergency operations on toll roads during major emergencies and disasters.
• Provide emergency traveler information to the traveling public.

Freeway Management for FTE Speed Feedback Signs
• Provide speed feedback sign information to travelers.

FTE I-4 FRAME Roles and Responsibilities
• Collect road weather information.
• Control highway traffic with lane control signals (future), including through toll lanes and reversible lanes.
• Coordinate incident response with the FDOT, and county and local public works departments, including for scheduled events.
• Coordinate incident responses for incidents on or adjacent to toll roads with public safety in surrounding counties.
• Coordinate maintenance resource responses to toll road incidents with the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), and county and local public safety agencies.
• Determine travel times for highways.
• Dispatch tow wrecker vehicles to incidents on toll roads.
• Monitor surveillance cameras on highways.
• Monitor traffic sensors on highways.
• Operate and dispatch Road Rangers Safety Patrol vehicles.
• Operate traffic information devices, such as dynamic message sign (DMS) and highway advisory radio (HAR) equipment, on highways.
• Perform network surveillance for incident detection and verification.
• Provide incident information to the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), and other traffic management and public safety agencies.
• Provide incident information to travelers using traffic information devices, such as DMS and HAR equipment, on freeways.
• Provide traffic information reports to other agencies
• Provide traffic, incident, construction, and maintenance information for FTE toll roads to Florida 511.
• Provide traffic, incident, construction, and maintenance information for FTE-operated toll roads to the general public using the Web site and local media.
• Provide traveler information directly to drivers using DMS and HAR equipment.
• Provide traveler information to travelers using the Florida 511 system, private companies, and the media.
• Provides CAV field equipment as part of the I-4 FRAME project.

Highway Management
• Collect road weather information.
• Control highway traffic with lane control signals (future), including through toll lanes and reversible lanes.
• Determine travel times for highways.
• Monitor surveillance cameras on highways.
• Monitor traffic sensors on highways.
• Operate traffic information devices, such as dynamic message sign (DMS) and highway advisory radio (HAR) equipment, on highways.
• Provide traffic information reports to other agencies

Highway Management (FTE and FDOT Video Sharing)
• Monitor surveillance cameras on highways.

Highway Management (FTE Central FL DMS)
• Operate traffic information devices, such as dynamic message sign (DMS) equipment, on highways.

Highway Management (FTE Northern CCTV and DMS)
• Monitor surveillance cameras on highways.
• Operate traffic information devices, such as dynamic message sign (DMS) equipment, on highways.

Highway Management (FTE South FL DMS)
• Operate traffic information devices, such as dynamic message sign (DMS) equipment, on highways.

Highway Management (Generic FTE Roadway AET Project)
• Monitor surveillance cameras on highways.
• Monitor traffic sensors on highways.
• Operate traffic information devices, such as dynamic message sign (DMS) equipment, on highways.

Highway Management (Generic FTE Widen Roadway Project)
• Monitor surveillance cameras on highways.
• Monitor traffic sensors on highways.
• Operate traffic information devices, such as dynamic message sign (DMS) equipment, on highways.

Highway Management (SR 528 Express Lanes)
• Monitor surveillance cameras on highways.
• Monitor traffic sensors on highways.
• Operate traffic information devices, such as dynamic message sign (DMS) equipment, on highways.

I-75 / SR 91 Interchange Roles and Responsibilities
• None defined
• Operate toll collection equipment on toll roads

Incident Management
• Coordinate incident response with the FDOT, and county and local public works departments, including for scheduled events.
• Coordinate incident responses for incidents on or adjacent to toll roads with public safety in surrounding counties.
• Coordinate maintenance resource responses to toll road incidents with the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), and county and local public safety agencies.
• Dispatch tow wrecker vehicles to incidents on toll roads.
• Operate and dispatch Road Rangers Safety Patrol vehicles.
• Perform network surveillance for incident detection and verification.
• Provide incident information to the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), and other traffic management and public safety agencies.
• Provide incident information to travelers using traffic information devices, such as DMS and HAR equipment, on freeways.

Information Dissemination
• Provide traffic, incident, construction, and maintenance information for FTE toll roads to Florida 511.
• Provide traffic, incident, construction, and maintenance information for FTE-operated toll roads to the general public using the Web site and local media.
• Provide traveler information directly to drivers using DMS and HAR equipment.

Information Dissemination (FTE and FDOT Video Sharing)
• Share video with FDOT District TMCs.

Information Dissemination (FTE Central FL DMS)
• Provide traveler information directly to drivers using DMS equipment.

Information Dissemination (FTE Northern CCTV and DMS)
• Provide traveler information directly to drivers using DMS equipment.

Information Dissemination (FTE South FL DMS)
• Provide traveler information directly to drivers using DMS equipment.

Information Dissemination (Generic FTE Roadway AET)
• 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.

Information Dissemination (Generic FTE Widen Roadway Project)
• Provide traveler information directly to drivers using DMS equipment.

Information Dissemination (SR 528 Express Lanes)
• Provide traveler information directly to drivers using DMS equipment.

Maintenance and Construction
• Collect road weather information.
• Coordinate maintenance resources and activities with neighboring FDOT districts, counties, and municipalities.
• Maintain ITS equipment on toll roads.
• Manage toll road work zones.
• Provide toll road maintenance, including pavement maintenance.
• Update asset information and restrictions.

Road User Payment
• Receive road network conditions from FDOT TMCs and determine dynamic tolling rates.

SunTrax Research, Development and Transportation Technologies Testing Facilities Roles and Responsibilities
• Monitor surveillance cameras on highways.
• Monitor traffic sensors on highways.
• Operate toll collection equipment on toll roads
• Perform network surveillance for incident detection and verification.
• Provide traveler information directly to drivers using DMS equipment.
• Operate traffic information devices, such as dynamic message sign (DMS) equipment, on highways.
• Provide travelers warning of wrong-way driving.
• Collect Express Lane tolls.
• Provides CAV field equipment as part of the SunTrax project.

Surface Street Management for FTE Speed Feedback Signs
• Provide speed feedback sign information to travelers.

Traveler Information
• Provide traveler information to travelers using the Florida 511 system, private companies, and the media.

Vehicle Safety for FTE Wrong-Way Driving Detection
• Provide travelers warning of wrong-way driving.

Weather
• Collect weather information along the roadside.
• Receive weather information from National Weather Service (NWS) and National Hurrican Center.