Floridas Intelligent Transportation System Program

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Floridas Intelligent Transportation System
Program

• Kevin J. Thibault P.E.
• Assistant Secretary - Engineering Operations
• Florida Department of Transportation
• December 06, 2004

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Outline

• Ten-Year ITS Cost Feasible Plan
• ITS Deployment
• ITS Operations And Replacement Funding
• Strategic Intermodal System Plan (SIS Plan)
• Incident Management
• Lessons Learned From the 2004 Hurricanes
• The Future of ITS

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Ten-Year ITS Cost Feasible Plan

• Initial Plan Approved By the FDOT Executive Board
  in October 2002
• 496 Million of Central Office Funds
• 200 Million of District Funds

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Ten-Year ITS Cost Feasible Plan

• Ten-Year ITS Cost Feasible Plan From 2002 to 2012
• Two Additional Years Added
• 2013 30 Million
• 2014 25 Million

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Ten-Year ITS Cost Feasible Plan

• Deploy ITS Field Devices
• Deploy Telecommunications Infrastructure (Fiber,
  Wireless)
• Construct Regional Transportation Management
  Centers
• Develop Standard Software
• Deploy Advanced Traveler Information Systems
• 511 System

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ITS Deployment

• 511 Operations
• Three Regional Systems
• Central Florida
• Southeast Florida
• Tampa Bay Area
• Florida Calls Account For 30 of Nationwide Total
• 6.4 Million Calls From May 2002 Inception to Date

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ITS Deployment

• Future 511 Plans
• Statewide System By 2005
• Totally Integrated Statewide System By 2008

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ITS Operations and Replacement Funding

• Four Components of the ITS Program
• ITS Deployment
• Funded through the Ten-Year ITS Cost Feasible
  Plan
• ITS Routine Maintenance
• Funded through the Routine Maintenance Program
• ITS Operations
• Unfunded
• ITS Periodic Maintenance
• Unfunded

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ITS Operations and Replacement Funding

• 140 Million Committed to Fund ITS Operations And
  Replacement by the FDOT Executive Board
• 98 Million For ITS Operations
• 42 Million For Replacement

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Strategic Intermodal System Plan

• Enacted by the Florida Legislature And Signed
  Into Law in 2003
• Designates Transportation Facilities And Services
  of Statewide And Interregional Significance
• Fundamental Shift in Developing And Investing in
  Transportation Facilities and Services

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Strategic Intermodal System Plan

• Includes Floridas Most Important Highways, Rail,
  And Water Transportation Corridors
• Key Airports, Seaports, And Passenger And Freight
  Terminals Are Included
• SIS Carries 99 of Commercial Air Passengers And
  72 of All Truck Traffic On the State Highway
  System

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Strategic Intermodal System Plan

• 100 Million Appropriation By the 2004 Florida
  Legislature To Fund 36 SIS Projects
• Provide Immediate Relief and Reduce Delays On
  Connections To Airports, Seaports, And Terminals

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Incident Management

• Statewide Program
• Open Roads Policy 90 Minute Clearance Time
• Turnpike Incentive Policy
• Will pay pre-qualified/trained/certified tow
  operators up to 3,500 incentive if clearance is
  completed within 90 minutes after receiving
  Florida Highway Patrols request.
• Tow operators will be penalized 10.00 per minute
  if clearance takes longer than 180 minutes.

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Lessons Learned From the 2004 Hurricanes

• Four Hurricanes
• Charley, Frances, Ivan, Jeanne
• 21.9 Billion in Property Damage
• Significant Damage to Floridas Transportation
  Infrastructure

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Lessons Learned From the 2004 Hurricanes

• FDOT Hurricane Response Evaluation And
  Recommendations
• Review of 14 Areas Under Traffic Operations And
  ITS
• Signal Operations and Restoration
• TMC Operations
• Road Ranger Services
• 511 Operations
• Communications

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Lessons Learned From the 2004 Hurricanes

• Recommendations
• Establish Emergency Contracts And Agreements
  Prior to Event
• Maintain Equipment And Spare Parts Inventory For
  Generators, CCTV Cameras, Hangers, Signal Heads
• Establish Generator Backup For Major
  Intersections
• Modify Cabinet Design to Include Generator
  Hookups
• Use DMS And HAR to Provide Evacuation, Shelter,
  And Curfew Information
• Increase Service Patrol Staffing Levels And
  Extend Service Hours
• Foster multi-state collaboration

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The Future of ITS

• Expand System Beyond the 5 Corridors
• Truly Integrated System
• Operate the Transportation System in Real-time