iFlorida Model Deployment Final Evaluation Report

Federal Highway Administration
Office of Operations

January 2009

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	GLOSSSARY OF ACRONYMS
	EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Chapter 1	Introduction
	1.1 Metropolitan Traffic Operations
	1.2 Statewide Traffic Operations
	1.3 Traveler Information
	1.4 Other iFlorida Activities
Chapter 2	The Deployment and Operating Experience
	2.1 Summary of Observations from Previous Reports
	2.2 The Failure of the CRS
	2.3 Transitioning to New Traffic Management Software
	2.4 Developing SunGuide
	2.5 Lessons Learned—CRS versus SunGuide Development
	2.6 Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 3	Maintaining a Network of Field Devices
	3.1 FDOT D5 Field Devices
	3.2 FDOT D5 Maintenance Practices
	3.3 Equipment Reliability
	3.4 Maintaining a Fiber Network
	3.5 Designing Traffic Management Systems to Accommodate Equipment Failures
	3.6 Approaches to Reducing Maintenance Costs
	3.7 Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 4	Using Toll Tag Readers for Traffic Monitoring
	4.1 Using Toll Tag Reads to Estimate Travel Times
	4.2 The iFlorida Toll Tag Travel Time Network
	4.3 The iFlorida Toll Tag Travel Time Estimation Process
	4.4 An Example—Toll Tab Travel Time Estimates on Colonial Drive
	4.5 Toll Tag Reader Operations
	4.6 Toll Tag Matching Efficiency
	4.7 Latency and Travel Time Estimation
	4.8 Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 5	Interfacing with the FHP CAD System
	5.1 The FHP CAD System
	5.2 The FHP CAD Interface to CRS
	5.3 The FHP CAD Interface to the FHP Data Viewer
	5.4 Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 6	Using Dynamic Message Signs for Traveler Information
	6.1 The FDOT DMS Network
	6.2 Uses for the FDOT D5 Message Sign Network
	6.3 The Reliability of the FDOT Sign Network
	6.4 Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 7	Implementing Variable Speed Limits
	7.1 Florida Speed Limit Statutory Requirements
	7.2 The iFlorida VSL System
	7.3 iFlorida VSL Plans
	7.4 Assessing the Potential for VSL
	7.5 iFlorida VSL Activities
	7.6 Future Plans for Using VSL
	7.7 Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 8	Statewide Operations
	8.1 iFlorida Statewide Activities
	8.2 Using Microwave Communications to Transmit Statewide Monitoring Data
	8.3 Maintaining a Statewide Traffic Monitoring System
	8.4 Interfacing Between tech FHP CAD System and the D5 RTMC
	8.5 Using Statewide Data to Support Hurricane Evacuations
	8.6 Using Statewide Data to Support Traveler Information
	8.7 Uses of Statewide Weather Data
	8.8 The Condition Reporting system and Statewide Operations
	8.9 Statewide Traveler Information
	8.10 Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 9	Evacuation Operations
	9.1 Florida Evacuation Operations
	9.2 iFlorida Activities to Support Evacuations
	9.3 Impacts of iFlorida Activities on Florida Evacuations
	9.4 Evacuation Observations during Florida Hurricanes
	9.5 Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 10	Traveler Information Operations
	10.1 iFlorida Traffic Monitoring and Traveler Information Services
	10.2 Central Florida Freeway Users
	10.3 The Central Florida 511 System
	10.4 Usage of the Central Florida 511 System
	10.5 The Statewide 511 System
	10.6 Usage of the Statewide 511 System
	10.7 The iFlorida Traveler Information Web Site
	10.8 Other Sources of Traveler Information
	10.9 Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 11	Weather Data
	11.1 The iFlorida Weather Systems
	11.2 The Performance of the iFlorida RWIS Stations
	11.3 Deploying the Meteorlogix Weather Data System
	11.4 The Performance of the Meteorlogix Weather Data System
	11.5 The Performance of the CRS Weather Data Systems
	11.6 Costs and Benefits of the iFlorida Weather Data Systems
	11.7 Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 12	Security Projects
	12.1 Bridge Security Monitoring
	12.2 LYNX Bus Security
	12.3 D5 RTMC Vulnerability Assessments
	12.4 Daytona International Speedway Emergency Evacuation Plan
Chapter 13	Summary and Conclusions
	13.1 Summary of the iFlorida Model Deployment
	13.2 Lessons Learned
	13.3 Conclusions Related to iFlorida Evaluation Hypotheses
Appendix A	Toll Tag Reader Level of Service
Appendix B	Analyzing Sign Data

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