1. Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise ITS Project Update
John R. Easterling, IV
District Traffic Operations Engineer

2. Florida’s Turnpike System
SUNCOAST PARKWAY
VETERANS EXPRESSWAY
SAWGRASS
EXPWY
TOLL 417/ SEMINOLE EXPWY
FLORIDA’S TURNPIKE
MAINLINE
TOLL 417/ SOUTHERN CONNECTOR EXT.
HOMESTEAD EXTENSION OF FLORIDA’S TURNPIKE
TOLL 528/ BEACHLINE EXPWY
POLK PARKWAY
TOLL 429/ WESTERN BELTWAY

3. FTE 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

4. TMC—ITS 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

5. ITS 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

6. Sawgrass 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

7. Southern Arterial DMS
Arterial DMS Added to 10 New Locations on Turnpike Mainline in South Florida
Design/Build Contract Underway
Early ‘09 Completion

8. Transition 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

9. Infrastructure Planned or Underway
Travel Time (SunPass) System
Speed Monitoring Systems
Road Weather Information Stations
Environmental Warning and Alert Systems
ITS Cable Detection System

10. Visibility 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

11. Visibility 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

12. Visibility Assessment Markers

13. Visibility Assessment Markers

14. 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

15. C.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

16. Questions? John R. Easterling, IV Florida’s Turnpike 954-934-1292