FDOT District 4 Train Vehicle Crash Avoidance Pilot Project

Project Description: This project will deploy technology solutions to mitigate crashes and hazards at railroad crossings by reducing the number of vehicles stopped on railroad tracks. The system will be composed of queue detection systems, highlighted signs, and connected vehicle (CV) components to provide drivers with warning alerts of upcoming traffic queues. Providing advanced warning is likely to reduce secondary crashes and improve mobility and safety. The five (5) Railroad (RR) Crossings for this pilot project identified by FDOT are Okeechobee Boulevard (SR 704), Hollywood Boulevard (SR 820), Hallandale Beach Boulevard (SR 858), Commercial Boulevard (SR 870) and Forest Hill Boulevard (SR 882).

Project Status: Planned

Project Stakeholders:

• FDOT CO
• FDOT D4/Broward County Traffic Engineering Division
• FDOT District 4
• Rail Operator
• Travelers

Project Service Packages:

• SU04: Map Management (FDOT District 4 Train Vehicle Crash Avoidance Pilot Project)
• SU08: Security and Credentials Management (FDOT District 4 Train Vehicle Crash Avoidance Pilot Project)
• TM06: Traffic Information Dissemination (FDOT District 4 Train Vehicle Crash Avoidance Pilot Project)
• VS08: Queue Warning (FDOT District 4 Train Vehicle Crash Avoidance Pilot Project)
• SU09: Device Certification and Enrollment (FDOT District 4 Train Vehicle Crash Avoidance Pilot Project)
• TM14: Advanced Railroad Grade Crossing (FDOT District 4 Train Vehicle Crash Avoidance Pilot Project)
• TM15: Railroad Operations Coordination (FDOT District 4 Train Vehicle Crash Avoidance Pilot Project)

Project Information Flows:

Information Flow	Source Element	Destination Element	Status
arriving train information	FDOT District 4 Field Equipment	FDOT District 4 CAV Field Equipment	Planned
arriving train information	Railroad Operators Wayside Equipment	FDOT District 4 Field Equipment	Planned
equipment maintenance status	Miami-Dade County Maintenance Systems and Dispatch	FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC	Planned
intersection geometry	CAV-ITS Map Update System	FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System	Planned
intersection geometry	CAV-ITS Map Update System	FDOT District 4 CAV Field Equipment	Planned
intersection geometry	CAV-ITS Map Update System	FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC	Planned
intersection management application info	FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC	FDOT District 4 CAV Field Equipment	Planned
intersection safety application info	FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System	FDOT District 4 CAV Field Equipment	Planned
intersection safety application info	FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC	FDOT District 4 CAV Field Equipment	Planned
intersection safety application status	FDOT District 4 CAV Field Equipment	FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System	Planned
intersection safety application status	FDOT District 4 CAV Field Equipment	FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC	Planned
map update notification	FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System	CAV-ITS Map Update System	Planned
map update notification	FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC	CAV-ITS Map Update System	Planned
map updates	CAV-ITS Map Update System	FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System	Planned
map updates	CAV-ITS Map Update System	FDOT District 4 CAV Field Equipment	Planned
map updates	CAV-ITS Map Update System	FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC	Planned
misbehavior report	FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System	FDOT SCMS	Planned
misbehavior report	FDOT District 4 CAV Field Equipment	FDOT SCMS	Planned
misbehavior report	FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC	FDOT SCMS	Planned
queue warning application information	FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System	FDOT District 4 CAV Field Equipment	Planned
queue warning application information	FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC	FDOT District 4 CAV Field Equipment	Planned
queue warning application status	FDOT District 4 CAV Field Equipment	FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System	Planned
queue warning application status	FDOT District 4 CAV Field Equipment	FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC	Planned
rail crossing advisories	FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System	Rail Operations Centers	Planned
rail crossing advisories	FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC	Rail Operations Centers	Planned
rail crossing application info	FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System	FDOT District 4 CAV Field Equipment	Planned
rail crossing application info	FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC	FDOT District 4 CAV Field Equipment	Planned
rail crossing application status	FDOT District 4 CAV Field Equipment	FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System	Planned
rail crossing application status	FDOT District 4 CAV Field Equipment	FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC	Planned
rail crossing blockage notification	FDOT District 4 Field Equipment	FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System	Planned
rail crossing blockage notification	FDOT District 4 Field Equipment	FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC	Planned
rail crossing blockage notification	FDOT District 4 Field Equipment	Railroad Operators Wayside Equipment	Planned
rail crossing request	FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System	FDOT District 4 Field Equipment	Planned
rail crossing request	FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC	FDOT District 4 Field Equipment	Planned
rail crossing status	FDOT District 4 Field Equipment	FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System	Planned
rail crossing status	FDOT District 4 Field Equipment	FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC	Planned
railroad advisories	Rail Operations Centers	FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System	Planned
railroad advisories	Rail Operations Centers	FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC	Planned
railroad schedules	Rail Operations Centers	FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System	Planned
railroad schedules	Rail Operations Centers	FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC	Planned
roadway dynamic signage data	FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System	FDOT District 4 Field Equipment	Planned
roadway dynamic signage data	FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC	FDOT District 4 Field Equipment	Planned
roadway dynamic signage status	FDOT District 4 Field Equipment	FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System	Planned
roadway dynamic signage status	FDOT District 4 Field Equipment	FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC	Planned
roadway geometry	CAV-ITS Map Update System	FDOT District 4 CAV Field Equipment	Planned
roadway warning system control	FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System	FDOT District 4 Field Equipment	Planned
roadway warning system control	FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC	FDOT District 4 Field Equipment	Planned
roadway warning system status	FDOT District 4 Field Equipment	FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System	Planned
roadway warning system status	FDOT District 4 Field Equipment	FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC	Planned
security credential revocations	FDOT SCMS	FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System	Planned
security credential revocations	FDOT SCMS	FDOT District 4 CAV Field Equipment	Planned
security credential revocations	FDOT SCMS	FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC	Planned
security credentials	FDOT SCMS	FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System	Planned
security credentials	FDOT SCMS	FDOT District 4 CAV Field Equipment	Planned
security credentials	FDOT SCMS	FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC	Planned
security policy and networking information	FDOT SCMS	FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System	Planned
security policy and networking information	FDOT SCMS	FDOT District 4 CAV Field Equipment	Planned
security policy and networking information	FDOT SCMS	FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC	Planned
signal control commands	FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System	FDOT District 4 Field Equipment	Planned
signal control commands	FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC	FDOT District 4 Field Equipment	Planned
signal control device configuration	FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System	FDOT District 4 Field Equipment	Planned
signal control device configuration	FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC	FDOT District 4 Field Equipment	Planned
signal control plans	FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System	FDOT District 4 Field Equipment	Planned
signal control plans	FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC	FDOT District 4 Field Equipment	Planned
signal control status	FDOT District 4 Field Equipment	FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System	Planned
signal control status	FDOT District 4 Field Equipment	FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC	Planned
signal system configuration	FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System	FDOT District 4 Field Equipment	Planned
signal system configuration	FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC	FDOT District 4 Field Equipment	Planned
special vehicle restricted use information	Miami-Dade County Maintenance Systems and Dispatch	FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC	Planned
speed warning application info	FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC	FDOT District 4 CAV Field Equipment	Planned
track status	Railroad Operators Wayside Equipment	FDOT District 4 Field Equipment	Planned
traffic detector control	FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System	FDOT District 4 Field Equipment	Planned
traffic detector control	FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC	FDOT District 4 Field Equipment	Planned
traffic detector data	FDOT District 4 Field Equipment	FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System	Planned
traffic detector data	FDOT District 4 Field Equipment	FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC	Planned
traffic monitoring application info	FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System	FDOT District 4 CAV Field Equipment	Planned
traffic monitoring application status	FDOT District 4 CAV Field Equipment	FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System	Planned
traffic situation data	FDOT District 4 CAV Field Equipment	FDOT District 4 Field Equipment	Planned
traffic situation data	FDOT District 4 CAV Field Equipment	FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC	Planned
vehicle location and motion	Vehicles	FDOT District 4 CAV Field Equipment	Planned
vehicle location and motion for surveillance	Vehicles	FDOT District 4 CAV Field Equipment	Planned
vehicle location data for mapping	FDOT District 4 CAV Field Equipment	CAV-ITS Map Update System	Planned
vehicle signage application info	FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System	FDOT District 4 CAV Field Equipment	Planned
vehicle signage application status	FDOT District 4 CAV Field Equipment	FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System	Planned
vehicle signage data	FDOT District 4 CAV Field Equipment	Vehicles	Planned

Project Functional Requirements (Element - Functional Object):

• CAV-ITS Map Update System - Map Management
• 21: The Center shall provide intersection geometry updates to Vehicles.
• 22: The Center shall provide basemap updates to Vehicles.
• 25: The Center shall provide roadway geometry updates to Vehicles.
• 27: The Center shall provide basemap updates to Connected Vehicle Roadside Equipment.
• 5: The Center shall provide basemap updates to other Centers.


• FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System - Center Map Management
• 1: The Center shall collect updates to basemaps from Map Update Systems .


• FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System - TMC Advanced Rail Crossing Management
• 1: The center shall remotely control highway-rail intersection (HRI) equipment located in the field.
• 2: The center shall accept collect highway-rail intersection (HRI) advisory or alert data from rail operations centers.
• 5: The center shall collect incident information related to a highway-rail intersection (HRI), such as intersection blockages or crashes or equipment malfunctions.
• 6: The center shall implement control plans to coordinate signalized intersections around highway-rail intersections (HRI), under control of center personnel, based on data from sensors and surveillance monitoring traffic conditions, incidents, equipment faults, pedestrian crossings, etc.
• 7: The center shall accept train schedules, maintenance schedules, and any other forecast events that will result in highway-rail intersection (HRI) closures data from rail operations centers.


• FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System - 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.


• FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System - TMC Roadway Warning
• 8: The center shall generate appropriate queue response strategies that include speed reduction, lane change, or diversion recommendations based on local traffic, weather, and roadway conditions.


• FDOT District 4 Arterial Management System - 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.).


• FDOT District 4 CAV Field Equipment - RSE Queue Warning
• 1: The field equipment shall communicate with the connected vehicles to gather real-time vehicle-collected data including vehicle speed, location and localized weather condition from the vehicle network.
• 2: The field equipment shall communicate queue response strategies (speed reduction, lane change, diversion recommendations) to the vehicle.


• FDOT District 4 CAV Field Equipment - RSE Rail Crossing Warning
• 1: The field element shall identify a train approaching or already in a highway rail intersection and activate warning signs to approaching motorists.
• 11: The field element shall warn the driver of a potential crash at a railroad grade crossing.
• 12: The field element shall calculate whether the vehicle may approach the railroad intersection while a train is present in the intersection.
• 3: The field element shall provide collected vehicle location information to the controlling center.
• 4: The field element shall provide train arrival information to approaching vehicles.
• 5: The field element shall monitor connected vehicles that may intrude on the crossing.
• 8: The field element shall receive commands from the controlling center that activate warning signs to approaching vehicles, pedestrians and non motorist vehicles.
• 9: The field element shall warn drivers of crossing closures due to oncoming trains.


• FDOT District 4 CAV Field Equipment - RSE Traffic Monitoring
• 1: The field element shall communicate with on-board equipment on passing vehicles to collect current vehicle position, speed, and heading and a record of previous events (e.g., starts and stops, link travel times) that can be used to determine current traffic conditions.


• FDOT District 4 Field Equipment - Roadway Advanced Rail Crossing
• 1: The field element shall collect and process, traffic sensor data in the vicinity of an advanced highway-rail intersection (HRI).
• 10: The field element shall support the integrated control of adjacent traffic signals to clear an area in advance of an approaching train and to manage traffic around the advanced highway-rail intersection (HRI) .
• 2: The field element shall determine whether the highway-rail intersection (HRI) is blocked by traffic in the roadway or some other obstruction.
• 3: The field element shall notify the traffic management center and the rail wayside equipment of any intersection blockages, including trapped vehicles or other obstructions.
• 6: The field element shall receive track status and arriving train information from the rail wayside equipment that can be passed on to the traffic management center. This may include the current status of the tracks and when a train is expected and/or how long the crossing will be closed.
• 8: The field element shall control the dynamic message signs (DMS) in the vicinity of an advanced highway-rail intersection (HRI) to advise drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians of approaching trains.
• 9: The field element shall close the highway-rail intersection (HRI) when a train is approaching with enough time for traffic to safely clear the crossing using gates, lights/signs, barriers, and traffic control signals.


• FDOT District 4 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.


• FDOT District 4 Field Equipment - Roadway Signal Control
• 1: The field element shall control traffic signals under center control.
• 14: The field element shall provide data to the Connected Vehicle Roadside Equipment.
• 6: The field element shall return traffic signal controller operational status to the center.


• FDOT District 4 Field Equipment - 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.


• FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC - Center Map Management
• 1: The Center shall collect updates to basemaps from Map Update Systems .


• FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC - TMC Advanced Rail Crossing Management
• 1: The center shall remotely control highway-rail intersection (HRI) equipment located in the field.
• 2: The center shall accept collect highway-rail intersection (HRI) advisory or alert data from rail operations centers.
• 5: The center shall collect incident information related to a highway-rail intersection (HRI), such as intersection blockages or crashes or equipment malfunctions.
• 6: The center shall implement control plans to coordinate signalized intersections around highway-rail intersections (HRI), under control of center personnel, based on data from sensors and surveillance monitoring traffic conditions, incidents, equipment faults, pedestrian crossings, etc.
• 7: The center shall accept train schedules, maintenance schedules, and any other forecast events that will result in highway-rail intersection (HRI) closures data from rail operations centers.


• FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC - 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.
• 7: The center shall remotely control devices to detect traffic.


• FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC - TMC Roadway Warning
• 8: The center shall generate appropriate queue response strategies that include speed reduction, lane change, or diversion recommendations based on local traffic, weather, and roadway conditions.


• FDOT District 4 Palm Beach TMC - 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.).


• FDOT SCMS - CCMS Authorization
• 1: The Center shall generate credential identifiers using facilities that are independently owned and operated from one another.


• FDOT SCMS - CCMS Misbehavior Reporting and Action
• 1: The Center shall accept misbehavior reports from ITS Objects.


• FDOT SCMS - CCMS Provisioning
• 1: The Center shall provide security and regulatory policy information to ITS Objects.


• FDOT SCMS - CCMS Revocation
• 1: The Center shall place certificates on the revocation list of those certificates that are associated with misbehavior.


• FDOT SCMS - ITS Security Support
• 1: The ITS Object shall obtain security policy information from the Cooperative Intelligent Transportation System Credentials Management System (CCMS).


• Vehicles - Vehicle Basic Safety Communication
• 6: The vehicle shall exchange location and motion information with roadside equipment and nearby vehicles.


• Vehicles - Vehicle Queue Warning
• 1: The vehicle shall disseminate a queued status alert to other connected vehicles.
• 2: The vehicle shall receive queue warning messages from infrastructure systems.
• 3: The vehicle shall receive queue warning messages from other vehicles.
• 4: The vehicle shall communicate queue warnings and queue characteristic information based on vehicle’s distance to end of queue, (length of queue, lane(s) impacted, other descriptions of the queue condition) to the driver.
• 5: The vehicle shall communicate queue warnings and queue information to the driver utilizing auditory, visual, or haptic alerts and auditory or visual (on-screen) messages.


• Vehicles - Vehicle Rail Crossing Warning
• 1: Vehicle shall receive alerts of trains entering HRIs and provide warnings to drivers regarding the trains.


• Vehicles - Vehicle Situation Data Monitoring
• 3: The vehicle shall collect location and motion data from the vehicle platform.
• 6: The Vehicle shall provide data to Connected Vehicle Roadside Equipment. in accordance with data collection parameters provided by Centers/Connected Vehicle Roadside Equipment.


• Vehicles - Vehicle Traveler Information Reception
• 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) - Guaranteed Secure Internet (ITS)
• (None-Data) - Secure Internet (ITS)
• US: Misbehavior reporting - Secure Internet (ITS)
• US: NTCIP Message Sign - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: NTCIP Signal System Masters - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: NTCIP Traffic Signal - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: NTCIP Transportation Sensors - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: NTCIP Warning Device - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: SAE Basic Safety Messages - WAVE WSMP
• US: SAE Lane-Level Mapping - Secure Internet (ITS)
• US: SAE LTE-V2X BSM - LTE-V2X WSMP
• US: SAE Other J2735 - Secure Internet (ITS)
• US: SAE Traveler Info - LTE-V2X WSMP
• US: Security Credentials - Secure Internet (ITS)

Project Operational Concepts:

Roles and Responsibilities

• FDOT District 4
• Coordinate with Railroad Operators to recieve railroad schedules.
• Operate and maintain the traffic signal control system.
• Provide arterial monitoring to local signal maintaining agencies such as Broward County and Palm Beach County.
• Provide railroad crossing information to travelers.
• Provide traffic information to travelers using DMS devices.


• Travelers
• Install and operate invehicle CAV equipment.
• Turn-on bluetooth services in vehicle.


• Rail Operator
• Coordinate rail operations information to support regional roadway management.


• FDOT D4/Broward County Traffic Engineering Division
• Coordinate with Railroad Operators to recieve railroad schedules.
• Operate and maintain connected vehicle equipment along roadway to provide traffic surveillance.
• Operate and maintain the traffic signal control system.
• Provide railroad crossing information to travelers.
• Provide traffic information to travelers using DMS devices.


• FDOT CO
• Provide SCMS services.