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Florida Department
of Transportation
ITS Office
605 Suwannee Street, MS 90
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0450
(850) 410-5600
Current Situation
The inventory of ITS-related systems and elements included a comprehensive
review of our legacy ITS systems to ensure that proposed projects are
properly coordinated to make maximum use of the Department's existing
investments and needs for interoperability are identified. The inventory
also included a comprehensive review of other significant features that
affect the need for ITS (such as traffic crash locations) and stakeholders
who are affected by ITS deployments (major trade and tourism attractions).
Mission, Vision and
Goals
A detailed assessment of the needs, issues, problems and objectives
(NIPO) for ITS services was performed. These NIPOs were used to define
the program mission, vision, goals and objectives. These goals and objectives
were linked to Florida's Transportation Plan and supporting goals to
ensure ITS deployments are in alignment with the Department's overall
mission.
Concept of Operations
and Business Plan
A Concept of Operations and Business Plan were prepared that outline
how the ITS system will be managed, operated, implemented and maintained.
The Concept of Operations discusses specific roles and responsibilities
for the corridor deployment from an operational requirements perspective.
The Business Plan identifies major program objectives, specific strategies
and tactics to accomplish these objectives and the roles and responsibilities
of the parties in carrying out the plan.
Systems Engineering
Management Plan
Concurrent to the development of the ITS Program Plan, a comprehensive
systems engineering approach that addresses the entire life-cycle of
ITS deployments was proposed. This approach draws on the principles
of professionally accepted techniques in the electronic and information
systems industries and was
tailored to the transportation industry. This approach is being developed further through a Systems Engineering Management Plan that will accompany the ITS Program Plan to: promote a consistent approach to ITS deployments; reduce the time required to move from concept to deployed systems; ensure that the systems deployed meet users' (of the system and the operators) needs; reduce the costs of deploying systems; ensure the latest proven technologies are used; reduce the number of engineering changes and, therefore, improve the time-reliability and reduce the costs of deployment; improve system quality, reliability and performance; improve communications during the engineering of the system; improve ability to sustain and upgrade system products after deployment; and reduce development risks.
ITS Corridor Master
Plans
Along each of the five principal FIHS limited-access corridors (I-4,
I-10, I-75, I-95 and Florida's Turnpike), an ITS master plan was prepared
that promotes a corridor approach to deployment of ITS. These ITS master
plans were derived from ITS plans previously prepared by the Districts
and new systems engineering analysis that resulted in recommendations
to support a consistent approach to ITS deployment and support overall
program objectives.
This systems engineering approach included the development of a common logical architecture (or high-level approach to ITS deployment) and corridor specific physical architectures (the detailed requirements, data flows
stakeholders and standards associated with each activity) that reflect the unique operating characteristics along the corridor using the National Architecture for ITS. The National Architecture for ITS was developed by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and adopted for Florida in the Statewide ITS Architecture. Several recommendations for updates to the Statewide ITS Architecture were made including adoption of:
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Services to support evacuation coordination through a new user service and market package. |
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Services to support maintenance and construction activities through a new user service and market package. |
The systems engineering analysis performed in this study satisfies the FHWA Rule 940, Intelligent Transportation Systems Architectures, published April 8, 2001 in the Federal Register that requires all federal-aid projects conform to a systems engineering approach and be consistent with a regional architecture.
Advanced Traveler Information
Systems
Concurrent to the preparation of the ITS master plans, feasibility studies
were conducted on three possible ATIS market areas: 13 counties along
the I-4 corridor from Tampa to Daytona Beach, a four counties along
I-75 from Naples to Manatee, and four counties in the Jacksonville area
along I-95 and I-10. These feasibility studies included detailed marketability
analysis and development of business plans to support ATIS within the
regions. Additionally, a Statewide 511 Implementation Plan was prepared
to support deployment of a single source for traveler information in
Florida.
CVO/CVISN Business Plan
Concurrent to the preparation of the ITS corridor master plans, the
Department prepared a business plan for the use of technology to support
the commercial vehicle operations (CVO) through the use of commercial
vehicle information