Concepts for the Proposed System. The following sections discuss various subprojects that meet the needs addressed in the previous section. Travel Time Data Collection – This subproject will require selection and procurement of the most appropriate (cost-effective and reliable) type of reader stations (e.g., License Plate Readers, AVI Transponder Readers, or another suitable technology) for deployment in the Orlando Metropolitan area. Sensors of the type selected by the design-build firm will be procured and installed along arterial roadways (35 sites) and roadways operated by Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise District (15 sites) in the Orlando metropolitan area.
Concepts for the Proposed System. The concept is to co-locate all of the City of Orlando’s public safety departments and traffic management functions into an integrated Operations Center. The project will integrate all City of Orlando computerized signal systems and local traffic management functions into the Orlando Operations Center, while at the same time providing access to the City’s communication backbone. This will enable City police, fire, and 911 emergency operations real-time access to traffic management staff and regional transportation information/CCTV images.
Concepts for the Proposed System. The focus of RWIS in Florida is to provide real-time information concerning critical weather and pavement conditions to transportation managers, travelers, and commercial carriers, law enforcement officials, and emergency management centers in order to ensure safe transportation under both everyday and emergency/evacuation conditions. As envisioned, RWIS will provide several methods for accessing current, forecasted, and historical road weather information. Raw data from RWIS will be provided to a number of agencies including Meteorlogix, who will configure the data into usable format. Meteorlogix will provide formatted RWIS data, in the form of Road Weather Forecasting (reference Section 3.4 of this document), to the iFlorida Conditions System, which will disseminate the data to a statewide website and, for severe traffic conditions, to a statewide 511 traveler information telephone service. The project will demonstrate the integration of weather-related data into both transportation and meteorological databases; and incorporate localized weather-responsive traffic management strategies for low visibility, high wind, wet pavement, and flooded road conditions. The RWIS gathers raw data from Environmental Sensor Stations (ESS) making it available to both private and public meteorlogical services to process and to provide critical weather related travel impacts to help managers make traffic control decisions and disseminate road weather information to travelers. An ESS is a fixed roadway location with one or more sensors measuring atmospheric, pavement, and/or water level conditions. In addition, RWIS data can be processed by private or public meteorological services, such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to improve weather predictions. Three categories of road weather information are significant for traffic management: • Atmospheric data including air temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure visibility distance, wind speed and direction, precipitation type and rate, tornado or waterspout occurrence, lightning, storm cell location and track, and air quality. • Pavement data including pavement temperature, pavement condition (i.e., dry, wet, flooded, icy), and subsurface conditions (e.g., soil temperature). • Water level data including tide levels (i.e., hurricane storm surge) as well as stream, river, or lake levels near roads By integrating traffic flow data with timely, accurate, route-specific environmental data, t...
Concepts for the Proposed System. Numerous sources of weather information, both current and forecasted, are available and will be increased through iFlorida. This portion of the weather project takes all those sources as input and develops current and forecasted weather for all defined road segments, both in Central Florida and statewide. The project will also include severe weather alerts and a Road Speed Index, an advisory value that the iFlorida Conditions System will use to calculate estimated travel times. The resulting output of this project will be time-sliced forecasts for each road segment covered. Forecasts will be available for time periods ranging from 15 minutes (short-term predictions) to 48 hours (longer-term predictions) ahead of time. Using available National Weather Service (NWS) observational data sets from approved NWS reporting locations, as well as data from various Florida-based RWIS stations as input, Meteorlogix will utilize a high resolution numerical weather prediction model to develop highly specific current conditions and forecasts for each statewide, Central Florida, and 511 segment defined in the Conditions System. The Central Florida Data Warehouse will archive all raw and processed weather data. The selected consultant will coordinate with the Consortium Central Florida Regional Travel’s Information web site (xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx) efforts to determine the best method of displaying current and forecasted weather information. Additional concepts for the proposed project include: • Observed and Forecast Local Weather Conditions - Included in the list of available parameters shall be precipitation, air temperature, relative humidity, and wind speed/direction. - Construction of Road Speed Index forecasts. (Using RouteWatch software). • Storm Cells and Severe Weather - Generate a projected track (i.e., estimated time of arrival), for the next 30 minutes, for each storm that meets or exceeds Florida’s criteria for a “significant” storm. - Threshold criteria for a “significant” storm. ▪ Storms that contain a tornadic signature. ▪ Storms that contain an 80 % or greater probability of ¾” or larger hail. ▪ Storms moving at a speed of 40 knots or greater. ▪ Storms that contain a mesocyclone (significant rotation). • Road Segment Reports - The forecast results, severe weather-related data and NWS/RWIS observed data shall be converted directly to FDOT’s defined road segments via the RouteWatch software. - RouteWatch software output shall be formatted as standard shape...
Concepts for the Proposed System. This project will facilitate deployment of security-monitoring devices on two bridges, the Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Bridge in Jacksonville and the S.R. 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Bridge in Brevard County. The Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Bridge (on I-95) serves as a bypass route through Jacksonville, the largest city in the nation in terms of square miles. The S.R. 528 Xxxxxxx Causeway Bridge serves the NASA - Xxxxxxx Space Center area, and is a primary hurricane evacuation route between the Brevard Space Coast and Orlando. Security-monitoring devices will be deployed both above and below these bridges’ decks. These devices will provide motion sensor oriented inputs to an automated security- monitoring system. This monitoring system will process these inputs in order to detect potential security problems, provide alerts, and assist in post-event analysis. A single security application will be deployed as part of this project at each of locations listed below: • FHP, Troop G, Jacksonville • FDOT D5, RTMC - D5 staff is collocated with FHP Troop D • Brevard County 911 Center Staff at these locations will consequently be able to monitor events at the facilities under surveillance on a 24/7 basis. During a security-related event, alarms and alerts from the Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Bridge will be sent simultaneously to the following offices: Jacksonville FHP Troop G, FDOT D2 TMC, and FDOT D5 RTMC in Orlando. Similarly, alarms and alerts from the Xxxxxxx Causeway Bridge will be sent simultaneously to the following offices: • FDOT D5 RTMC and FHP Troop D (co-located) • Brevard County 911 Center and Brevard County Traffic Operations Center (TOC) (co-located) • FDOT D5 RTMC Alarms and alerts will automatically trigger the real-time digital recording of events for post event analysis. Once an agency receives an alert, existing procedures will be used to handle the events appropriately. It is not the intent of iFlorida to develop new procedures to handle security events. Boeing Autometric will provide automated security monitoring and control via their Visual Security Operations Console (VSOC) application. This application provides the visual alarm annunciation, security surveillance, video assessment capability, and alarm management necessary to support security applications on the two bridges being used as part of this model deployment. In addition to monitoring the bridges’ security cameras and alarm sensors, the VSOC application is capable of presenting a photo-realistic model of the bridges themselves. Th...
Concepts for the Proposed System. This project will design and implement the iFlorida Conditions System at the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District 5 Regional Traffic Management Center (RTMC). The Conditions System is an Internet-based information management tool whose role is to collect, fuse, and disseminate transportation system-related conditions information for the Florida Intrastate Highway System (FIHS) throughout the state, as well as more detailed, multi-modal conditions information for the Central Florida region. Statewide-oriented transportation system conditions information will be disseminated via FDOT’s web site (xxxx://xxx.xxXxxxxxx.xxx). Central Florida-oriented conditions information will be disseminated by the Central Florida Data Warehouse, which will maintain a separate web site (xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx).
Concepts for the Proposed System. At a minimum, this project will need to provide video image capability to all 54 TTMS sites used for emergency operations. Use of these upgraded sites for the provision of improved traveler information will also be undertaken. This project will also investigate the capability of the 54 upgraded sites to support more frequent data and image polling. Additionally, the project will investigate the possibility of using existing microwave and/or fiber communications infrastructure (i.e., where available) to more efficiently distribute the data. The procurement approach for this project remains under development. The FDOT Transportation Statistics (TranStat) Office will continue to operate the TTMS’ after the upgrades have been made.
Concepts for the Proposed System. This procurement will utilize the University of Central Florida to develop the Central Florida Data Warehouse. In addition to data supplied by the I-4 SMIS and the OOCEA Data Server (the feed between the Data Server (located at OOCEA Headquarters) and the Data Warehouse (located at UCF) will be completed as part of a separate ongoing project), new data sources will be collected and integrated, including: • Meteorlogix weather-related data • Road weather data from the FDOT RWIS • FHP CAD Data • Operator-entered incident and event reports • Statewide and Orlando area segment reports from the iFlorida Conditions System • Transit (i.e., LYNX) events regarding service disruptions, changes, and additions should they arise. • Airport (i.e., Orlando International Airport and Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxxx International Airport) events regarding major landside transportation issues (such as parking), generalized airport delays, and estimated wait times at security screening should they arise. The Data Warehouse’s Central Florida oriented web site (to be operational in late 2003; with the URL xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx) will be expanded over time to include coverage of all monitored facilities and other relevant information as it becomes available. Additionally, the Data Warehouse’s roadway segment forecasting capabilities will be expanded to cover all iFlorida-defined segments and to factor in information above and beyond simple flow data, such as that related to weather and incidents. The Data Warehouse will be the location from which all third party access to iFlorida data will be available via a published data feed accessible to all licensed users. The Data Warehouse will make use of standardized interfaces to the maximum extent possible, both in terms of data input and data retrieval. The raw data provided to the Central Florida Data Warehouse will be retained for a period of time to be determined. Redundant architecture methodologies will be incorporated to limit risks involved as a single point of failure.
Concepts for the Proposed System. This procurement focuses on the operations of general traffic management, expanding the Statewide and Central Florida 511 service, and the traveler information systems. 511 will be supported through a number of parallel systems, including: the Statewide 511 System, the Central Florida 511 System, the Southeast Florida 511 System, the Tampa Bay 511 System, and other systems (e.g., the Jacksonville 511 System) as they come on-line. This procurement will serve many operational purposes: • The Statewide and Orlando area 511 systems will be designed, implemented, operated and maintained through this project, incorporating and formatting the segment reports available from the iFlorida Conditions System as the foundation for content available via this service. • The iFlorida Conditions System will provide pre-recorded 511 messages in electronic format for automated use on the 511 system. However, a 511 operator will have the ability to override the pre-recorded message. • A 511 operator will be supplied to the District 5 RTMC as part of this project. They will utilize the iFlorida Conditions System, as well as other inputs to ensure that timely, accurate, and reliable information is available on the 511 System. • FDOT RTMC Operators will serve as the primary interface with Dynamic Message Signs and variable speed limit signs used in roadway diversion and variable speed limit trials, respectively. While the iFlorida Conditions Systems contractor will develop applications to recommend what information to provide on these signs, it will be up to the operators themselves to review and implement these recommendations as appropriate. • A major part of this project is to ensure that quality control and proper operator training and procedures are in place to optimally operate the tools iFlorida provides.
Concepts for the Proposed System. At this time, the exact concept to be pursued remains under development. It is planned that an Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) will be issued this fall. The following are the overall objectives of this deployment. • To establish a broadband wireless trial on a limited access roadway in the Orlando Metropolitan area that provides: - a high level of broadband capacity - the most open communications system possible • To support the LYNX wireless video trial to be conducted on area transit vehicles • If possible, support a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) Internet access trial. As plans exist for a dedicated set of FHP troopers to patrol I-4 (OOCEA facilities and the Florida Turnpike already have such dedicated FHP patrols), it may be possible to upgrade some/all of their vehicles’ wireless communications systems to facilitate in vehicle Internet access. • Facilitate other public and possibly private sector tests of applications making use of the broadband environment created by this trial (keeping in mind those entities who wrote letters of interest/support as part of the initial target group)
