FDOT District 1 Wildlife Detection and Warning

Project Description: Project includes wildlife detection sensors and a combination of roadside and in–vehicle warning devices at the project locations.The warning system is expected to:
• Detect animal presence on the roadway and near roadway
• Activate warning beacons to alert drivers
• Collect and store the data of animal detection and make the data available for performance evaluation
• Allow the Department to independently operate the system without a third party's involvement at the completion of the project.


Project Status: Planned

Project Stakeholders:

• FDOT District 1
• State of Florida
• Travelers

Project Service Packages:

• TM12: Dynamic Roadway Warning (FDOT D1 Wildlife Detection and Warning)
• TI07: In-Vehicle Signage (FDOT D1 Wildlife Detection and Warning)

Project Information Flows:

Information Flow	Source Element	Destination Element	Status
animal characteristics	Wildlife Animal	FDOT District 1 Wildlife Detection System	Planned
archive status	SunGuide Data Archiving	FDOT SWIFT Center	Planned
roadway dynamic signage data	FDOT District 1 CAV Field Equipment	FDOT District 1 Wildlife Detection System	Planned
roadway dynamic signage data	FDOT SWIFT Center	FDOT District 1 Field Equipment	Planned
roadway dynamic signage status	FDOT District 1 Field Equipment	FDOT SWIFT Center	Planned
roadway dynamic signage status	FDOT District 1 Wildlife Detection System	FDOT District 1 CAV Field Equipment	Planned
roadway warning coordination	FDOT District 1 Field Equipment	FDOT District 1 Wildlife Detection System	Planned
roadway warning coordination	FDOT District 1 Wildlife Detection System	FDOT District 1 CAV Field Equipment	Planned
roadway warning coordination	FDOT District 1 Wildlife Detection System	FDOT District 1 Field Equipment	Planned
roadway warning system control	FDOT SWIFT Center	FDOT District 1 Wildlife Detection System	Planned
roadway warning system status	FDOT District 1 Wildlife Detection System	FDOT SWIFT Center	Planned
traffic archive data	FDOT SWIFT Center	SunGuide Data Archiving	Planned
traffic detector control	FDOT SWIFT Center	FDOT District 1 Wildlife Detection System	Planned
traffic detector coordination	FDOT District 1 Field Equipment	FDOT District 1 Wildlife Detection System	Planned
traffic detector coordination	FDOT District 1 Wildlife Detection System	FDOT District 1 Field Equipment	Planned
traffic detector data	FDOT District 1 Wildlife Detection System	FDOT SWIFT Center	Planned
vehicle signage application info	FDOT SWIFT Center	FDOT District 1 CAV Field Equipment	Planned
vehicle signage application status	FDOT District 1 CAV Field Equipment	FDOT SWIFT Center	Planned
vehicle signage data	FDOT District 1 CAV Field Equipment	Vehicles	Planned
vehicle signage local data	FDOT District 1 Wildlife Detection System	FDOT District 1 CAV Field Equipment	Planned

Project Functional Requirements (Element - Functional Object):

• FDOT District 1 CAV Field Equipment - Roadway Traffic Information Dissemination
• 2: The field element shall include driver information systems that communicate directly from a center to the vehicle radio (such as Highway Advisory Radios) for dissemination of traffic and other information to drivers, under center control.


• FDOT District 1 CAV Field Equipment - RSE Traveler Information Communications
• 2: The field element shall distribute advisory information, such as evacuation information, wide-area alerts, incident information, work zone intrusion information, recommended speed limit and other special information to passing vehicles using short range communications, under center control.


• FDOT District 1 Field Equipment - Roadway Basic Surveillance
• 1: The field element shall collect, process, digitize, and send traffic sensor data (speed, volume, and occupancy) to the center for further analysis and storage, under center control.
• 2: The field element shall collect, process, and send traffic images to the center for further analysis and distribution.
• 4: The field element shall return sensor and CCTV system operational status to the controlling center.
• 5: The field element shall return sensor and CCTV system fault data to the controlling center for repair.


• FDOT District 1 Field Equipment - Roadway Warning
• 3: The field element shall monitor for debris, animals, or other objects in the travel lanes.
• 4: The field element shall provide collected sensor data to the controlling center.
• 5: The field element shall autonomously identify potentially hazardous conditions and activate warning signs to approaching motorists.
• 7: The field element shall receive commands from the controlling center that activate warning signs to approaching motorists.
• 8: The field element shall collect operational status of the warning system field equipment and report the operational status to the controlling center.
• 9: The field element shall monitor the warning devices and report faults to the controlling center.


• FDOT District 1 Wildlife Detection System - Roadway Basic Surveillance
• 1: The field element shall collect, process, digitize, and send traffic sensor data (speed, volume, and occupancy) to the center for further analysis and storage, under center control.
• 2: The field element shall collect, process, and send traffic images to the center for further analysis and distribution.


• FDOT District 1 Wildlife Detection System - Roadway Traffic Information Dissemination
• 1: The field element shall include dynamic message signs for dissemination of traffic and other information to drivers, under center control; the DMS may be either those that display variable text messages, or those that have fixed format display(s) (e.g. vehicle restrictions, or lane open/close).
• 3: The field element shall provide operational status for the driver information systems equipment (DMS, HAR, etc.) to the center.
• 4: The field element shall provide fault data for the driver information systems equipment (DMS, HAR, etc.) to the center for repair.
• 5: The field element shall provide dynamic message sign information to roadside equipment for transmission to connected vehicles to support in-vehicle signing.
• 6: The field element shall include devices that provide data and status information to other field element devices without center control.
• 7: The field element shall include devices that receive configuration data from other field element devices, without center control.


• FDOT District 1 Wildlife Detection System - Roadway Warning
• 3: The field element shall monitor for debris, animals, or other objects in the travel lanes.
• 4: The field element shall provide collected sensor data to the controlling center.
• 5: The field element shall autonomously identify potentially hazardous conditions and activate warning signs to approaching motorists.


• FDOT SWIFT Center - TMC Basic Surveillance
• 1: The center shall monitor, analyze, and store traffic sensor data (speed, volume, occupancy) collected from field elements under remote control of the center.
• 4: The center shall distribute road network conditions data (raw or processed) based on collected and analyzed traffic sensor and surveillance data to other centers.
• 7: The center shall remotely control devices to detect traffic.


• FDOT SWIFT Center - TMC In-Vehicle Signing Management
• 1: The center shall format and output sign information such as traffic and road conditions to field equipment that supports in-vehicle signage communications.
• 4: The center shall receive system operational status from field equipment that supports in-vehicle signage communications.
• 5: The center shall receive system fault data from field equipment that supports in-vehicle signage communications.


• FDOT SWIFT Center - TMC Roadway Warning
• 1: The center shall monitor data on traffic, environmental conditions, and other hazards collected from sensors along the roadway.
• 4: The center shall identify debris, animals, or other encroachment on the roadway dangerous to approaching motorists.
• 6: The center shall monitor the operational status of the dynamic warning equipment, including fault reports.


• FDOT SWIFT Center - TMC Traffic Information Dissemination
• 1: The center shall remotely control dynamic messages signs for dissemination of traffic and other information to drivers.
• 3: The center shall collect operational status for the driver information systems equipment (DMS, HAR, etc.).


• Vehicles - Vehicle Traveler Information Reception
• 1: The vehicle shall receive traveler information including traffic and road conditions, incident information, maintenance and construction information, event information, transit information, parking information, border crossing information, and weather information.
• 5: The vehicle shall present the received information to the driver in audible or visual forms without impairing the driver's ability to control the vehicle in a safe manner.

Standards:

• (None-Data) - Secure Internet (ITS)
• US: ADMS - Secure Internet (ITS)
• US: NTCIP Message Sign - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: NTCIP Transportation Sensors - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: NTCIP Warning Device - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: SAE Traveler Info - LTE-V2X WSMP

Project Operational Concepts:

Roles and Responsibilities

• Travelers
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• FDOT District 1
• Monitor traffic images and traffic flow data through CCTVs and field sensors, and maintain operational control of its own field equipment.
• Provides security for CAV communications between vehicles and the roadside.


• Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission(FWC)
• FWC protects wildlife and their habitats as well as Florida's residents and visitors.

Last Updated 8/25/2025