Florida’s Turnpike Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise ITS Project Enterprise ITS Project

UpdateUpdate

John R. Easterling, IV

District Traffic Operations Engineer

Florida’s Turnpike SystemFlorida’s Turnpike System

SUNCOAST PARKWAY

VETERANS EXPRESSWAY

SAWGRASSEXPWY

TOLL 417/ SEMINOLE

EXPWY

FLORIDA’S TURNPIKEMAINLINE

TOLL 417/ SOUTHERN

CONNECTOR EXT.

HOMESTEAD EXTENSION

OF FLORIDA’S TURNPIKE

TOLL 528/ BEACHLINE

EXPWY

POLK PARKWAY

TOLL 429/ WESTERN BELTWAY

FTE Program OverviewFTE Program Overview

Focus on Three Main FDOT Goals Safety Service Mobility

Leveraging Partnerships With: Public safety (FHP & Emergency

Management Community) Tow/recovery operators Via other sponsorships

TMCTMC——ITS Program OverviewITS Program Overview Pompano and Turkey Lake TMC Locations

317 Fixed CCTV cameras (+200 more by Dec.) 10 Highway advisory radio transmitters

320-Mile fiber optic backbone Staffed by 100% contract employees Equipment procured through public-private partnership

(T-Mobile) Two centers back each other up

Co-location with FHP in Troop K’s Regional Dispatch Center

ITS Project UpdatesITS Project Updates

Fiber Deployments Began in 2002 Phases 1-4 Now Complete Sawgrass Expressway / SR 869

First segment complete Remainder in Sawgrass widenings – 2008 completion

Off-Mainline Mid-2008 completions Central Florida - Toll 417, 429 & Beachline/528 West Florida - Veterans, Suncoast & Polk

South Florida CCTV & Northern Detection South Florida Part A and Incident Detection

projects with late 2008 completion dates

Sawgrass Smart-Highway ProjectSawgrass Smart-Highway Project

Early Winners Project Part of the Turnpike’s Larger Smart-Highways Initiative

Deploys the Following on Sawgrass: Arterial DMS prior to each interchange AVI/Travel time system Speed monitoring sites (passive) RWIS stations

Design/Build Contract Underway Summer ‘08 completion

Southern Arterial DMSSouthern Arterial DMS

Arterial DMS Added to 10 New Locations on Turnpike Mainline in South Florida

Design/Build Contract Underway Early ‘09 Completion

Transition to a Smarter HighwayTransition to a Smarter Highway

Our Safety Mission

To have the safest limited access facility in North America by reducing incidences, eliminating fatalities and reduce

duration of incident impact by 2020.

Focus Areas Using technology to improve customer safety Roadway and infrastructure improvements Optimizing system operations Implementation of a dashboard

Infrastructure Planned or UnderwayInfrastructure Planned or Underway

Travel Time (SunPass) System

Speed Monitoring Systems Road Weather Information

Stations Environmental Warning

and Alert Systems

ITS Cable Detection System

Visibility Monitoring/Alert SystemVisibility Monitoring/Alert System

Task: Develop low cost systems to allow our TMC operators to quantify sight restrictions due to fog, smoke, heavy rain, or a combination of all the above / And additional ways to advise customers of these conditions

Visibility Assessment MarkersVisibility Assessment Markers

Place markers at 300, 600, and 1000 feet from select cameras in fog prone areas as well as control burn areas which will allow operators to advise FHP and others of reduced visibility.

One set per 10 miles in rural sections

Visibility Assessment MarkersVisibility Assessment Markers

Visibility Assessment MarkersVisibility Assessment Markers

C.B. Radio Alert System C.B. Radio Alert System

• Two Test Locations:• Turkey Lake Service Plaza at milepost 263• Turnpike and I-95 at milepost 152

• System Uses Voice-over-IP (VoIP) Technology to Send Audio

• System Uses “Off the Shelf” CB Radio• Connected From TMC to Test Locations

Over Turnpike ITS Fiber Network• Broadcast Range of 5 to 15 Miles

Depending on Conditions and Antenna Height

C.B. Radio Alert SystemC.B. Radio Alert System

18' antenna is mounted at the top of selected camera poles. The height from the ground to the top of the antenna is no more than 60'.

A power supply, an “off the shelf” CB radio, and a radio controller are the components inside of the cabinet on the camera pole

Questions?Questions?

John R. Easterling, IVFlorida’s Turnpike

954-934-1292John.Easterling@dot.state.fl.us