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Florida Department Of Transportation

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Florida Department of Transportation
State Traffic Engineering and Operations Office
605 Suwannee Street,
MS 36
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0450
Phone (850) 410-5600

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State Traffic Engineering and Operations Office
Operations	Intelligent Transportation Systems	Traffic Incident Management	Traffic Systems

Intelligent Transportation Systems Program

The Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Program endeavors to provide a safe transportation system that ensures the mobility of people and goods, enhances economic prosperity, and preserves the quality of our environment and communities.

The ITS Program is divided into three areas and a new initiative:

Connected Vehicle

The connected vehicle initiative uses leading edge technologies to quickly identify roadway hazards and alert drivers. Among others, these technologies include:

Wireless communications
Vehicle sensors
Global positioning system navigation

ITS Management/Deployments

Promote ITS deployments on Florida's roadways, develop standards, maintain the ITS Strategic Plan, and implement a systems engineering process to support procurement and deployment of ITS
Deploy advanced traveler information systems and 511
Develop and update the ITS standards and specifications
Provide technical support and assistance to FDOT's District Offices and other partners

Keyword Links:
Customer Satisfaction Tracking Survey — Cost Feasible Plan — 511 — RTMCs — ITS Strategic Plan — Systems Engineering — Change Management Board — ITS Performance Measures — Amber Alert — Silver Alert — Transit — SunGuide ^®Disseminator — Annual Report — Working Group Meeting — Awards/Achievements — Probes — Special Projects

Telecommunications Program Management

Guide deployment of a communications backbone to serve ITS deployments on major corridors
Manage and update the Statewide ITS Wide Area Network (WAN) to support ITS deployments
Manage the maintenance program for the Statewide ITS WAN to support ITS deployments, motorist aid call boxes, and various ITS research and development initiatives
Manage the Federal Communications Commission statewide radio license database
Manage the Wireless General Manager Agreement, a resource sharing public/private partnership which places commercial wireless carriers on FDOT rights-of-way, with SpectraSite

Keyword Links:
Motorist Aid Call Boxes — ITS Wide Area Network (WAN) for Center - to - Center Communications — Lodestar — Statewide Microwave System — 47 MHz Land Mobile Radios — Licensing and Frequency Coordination — Everglades Radio Network — Highway Advisory Radio (HAR)

ITS Software, Architecture and Standards
- Manage the SunGuide ^® Software System for freeway and incident management, transportation management center interoperability, and data archiving.
- Manage the Statewide ITS Architecture to promote integrated ITS regions, corridors, and projects.
Keyword Links:
Statewide ITS Architecture (SITSA) — SunGuide® Software — SunGuide® Software Users Group — Standards/Specifications

Probationary ITS Product Approved Product List: Contains manufacturers and model-specific ITS devices that have been approved for a probationary period based upon recommendation by an FDOT user agency. Links to the standard device approval can also be found at this link.

For additional information on the ITS Program, please contact Elizabeth Birriel at Elizabeth.Birriel@dot.state.fl.us.

Florida Department of Transportation
State Traffic Engineering and Operations Office
605 Suwannee Street, MS 90
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0450
Phone: (850) 410-5600
Toll Free: 866-374-3368, Ext. 5600

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