City of Altamonte Springs Autonomous Vehicle Shuttle

Project Description: The City will contract with a private vendor for the planning, deployment, operation, and maintenance of a safe autonomous vehicle transportation system. This AV Shuttle is planned to be deployed in three (3) phases. The AV Shuttle system will provide a multimodal connection from the Altamonte Springs SunRail Stop to the Lakeshore/Emerson development, which borders Interstate 4. Between each end are various stops and properties consisting of commercial/retail, medical, institutional, and government land uses.

Project Status: Planned

Project Stakeholders:

• City of Altamonte Springs
• Travelers

Project Service Packages:

• VS16: Automated Vehicle Operations (City of Altamonte Springs Autonomous Vehicle Shuttle)
• TI04: Trip Planning and Payment (City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle)
• PT01: Transit Vehicle Tracking (City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle)
• PT07: Transit Passenger Counting (City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle)
• PT04: Transit Fare Collection Management (City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle)

Project Information Flows:

Information Flow	Source Element	Destination Element	Status
actuate secure payment	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	City of Altamonte Springs AV - Beep Command Center	Planned
actuate secure payment	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle	Planned
authorization request	City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle	City of Altamonte Springs AV - Beep Command Center	Planned
authorization response	City of Altamonte Springs AV - Beep Command Center	City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle	Planned
automated lane control data	City of Altamonte Springs AV - Beep Command Center	City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle Roadside Equipment	Planned
automated lane status	City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle Roadside Equipment	City of Altamonte Springs AV - Beep Command Center	Planned
automated vehicle control parameters	City of Altamonte Springs AV - Beep Command Center	City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle	Planned
automated vehicle control parameters	City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle Roadside Equipment	City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle	Planned
automated vehicle control status	City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle	City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle Roadside Equipment	Planned
environmental situation data	City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle Roadside Equipment	City of Altamonte Springs AV - Beep Command Center	Planned
fare collection data	City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle	City of Altamonte Springs AV - Beep Command Center	Planned
fare management information	City of Altamonte Springs AV - Beep Command Center	City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle	Planned
payment device information	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle	Planned
payment device update	City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Planned
registered secureIDs	City of Altamonte Springs AV - Beep Command Center	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Planned
request for payment	City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Planned
traffic situation data	City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle Roadside Equipment	City of Altamonte Springs AV - Beep Command Center	Planned
transit vehicle loading data	City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle	City of Altamonte Springs AV - Beep Command Center	Planned
transit vehicle location data	City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle	City of Altamonte Springs AV - Beep Command Center	Planned
transit vehicle schedule performance	City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle	City of Altamonte Springs AV - Beep Command Center	Planned
traveler payment information	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	City of Altamonte Springs AV - Beep Command Center	Planned
traveler payment request	City of Altamonte Springs AV - Beep Command Center	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Planned
trip confirmation	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	City of Altamonte Springs AV - Beep Command Center	Planned
trip feedback	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	City of Altamonte Springs AV - Beep Command Center	Planned
trip plan	City of Altamonte Springs AV - Beep Command Center	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Planned
trip request	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	City of Altamonte Springs AV - Beep Command Center	Planned
user account reports	City of Altamonte Springs AV - Beep Command Center	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Planned
user account setup	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	City of Altamonte Springs AV - Beep Command Center	Planned
user profile	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	City of Altamonte Springs AV - Beep Command Center	Planned
vehicle environmental data	City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle	City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle Roadside Equipment	Planned
vehicle location and motion	City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle	City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle Roadside Equipment	Planned
vehicle platoon coordination	City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle	City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle Roadside Equipment	Planned
vehicle profile	City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle	City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle Roadside Equipment	Planned

Project Functional Requirements (Element - Functional Object):

• City of Altamonte Springs AV - Beep Command Center - PAC Payment Administration
• 1: The center shall manage toll transactions, including maintaining a log of all transactions and toll pricing structure information.
• 13: The center shall provide secure user account management for the electronic payment system, providing user access to rules and policies, current billing status, invoices, payments, and mechanisms for review and challenge of the collected data.
• 14: This center shall maintain and publish the prices for the electronic payment system.
• 16: The center shall receive traveler payment information and compute the cost of using the portion of the transportation system.
• 17: The center shall process and clear payments from travelers and vehicle owners.
• 21: The center shall provide toll pricing information to other transportation centers.
• 24: The center shall calculate the cost of a complete trip according to a trip plan, accommodating multiple modes if the trip plan uses more than one mode.
• 26: The center shall be able to charge trips to managed accounts.
• 3: The center shall provide secure user account management, providing user access to rules and policies, current billing status, invoices, payments, and mechanisms for review and challenge of the collected data.
• 4: The center shall register vehicles for road or parking use payment, establishing accounts that identify owner billing information and preferences.
• 6: The center shall manage a local billing database for toll customers.


• City of Altamonte Springs AV - Beep Command Center - TIC Data Collection
• 1: The center shall collect, process, and store traffic and highway condition information, including incident information, detours and road closures, event information, recommended routes, and current speeds on specific routes.
• 2: The center shall select real-time information on the state of the regional transportation system including current traffic and road conditions, weather conditions, transit information, parking information, special event and incident information.
• 3: The center shall collect, process, and store maintenance and construction information, including scheduled maintenance and construction work activities and work zone activities.
• 4: The center shall collect, process, and store transit routes and schedules, transit transfer options, transit fares, and real-time schedule adherence information.


• City of Altamonte Springs AV - Beep Command Center - TIC Dynamic Ridesharing
• 1: The center shall accept requests from traveler interface systems for ridesharing as part of a trip plan request.
• 2: The center shall provide a rideshare match based on origin and destination of the traveler's proposed trip, any routing constraints, preferences specified by the traveler, compatibility of this rideshare with rideshares confirmed by other travelers, the requesting traveler's eligibility data, and traffic data.
• 3: The center shall process rideshare requests by balancing the relative benefits of the rideshare to each rideshare participant.
• 5: The center shall provide a confirmation of the traveler's rideshare match and provide the capability to support a payment transaction for the rideshare service.


• City of Altamonte Springs AV - Beep Command Center - TIC Traffic Control Dissemination
• 1: The center shall provide intersection status, lane control information, and other real time traffic control related information to vehicles.


• City of Altamonte Springs AV - Beep Command Center - TIC Trip Planning
• 1: The center shall provide the capability to provide specific pre-trip and en route directions to travelers (and drivers), including costs, arrival times, and transfer points.
• 10: The center shall exchange route segment information with other centers outside the area served by the local center.
• 11: The center shall generate trips based on the use of more than one mode of transport.
• 12: The center shall use the preferences and constraints specified by the traveler in the trip request to select the most appropriate mode of transport.
• 13: The center shall provide the capability for the traveler to confirm the proposed trip plan.
• 14: The center shall provide the capability for center personnel to control route calculation parameters.
• 16: The center shall match a travelers trip plan with what is available or is projected to be available at the time of the trip, respecting all parameters the traveler provided.
• 3: The center shall support on-line route guidance for travelers using personal devices (such as PDAs).
• 4: The center shall support on-line route guidance for drivers in vehicles.
• 5: The center shall support on-line route guidance for specialty vehicles, such as commercial vehicles.
• 6: The center shall generate route plans based on current and/or predicted conditions of the road network, scheduled maintenance and construction work activities, and work zone activities.
• 7: The center shall generate route plans based on transit services, including fares, schedules, and requirements for travelers with special needs.
• 8: The center shall generate route plans based on current asset restrictions, such as height and weight restrictions on tunnels or bridges.
• 9: The center shall generate route plans based on ferry, rail, air, or other multimodal transportation data.


• City of Altamonte Springs AV - Beep Command Center - TMC Automated Vehicle Operations
• 1: The center shall remotely control automated vehicle system field elements, by providing lane changing parameters, parameters for determination of vehicle suitability for particular automated lanes, and other control information required for automated highway operation.
• 2: The center shall maintain a log of all automated vehicle check-in and check-out transactions received from the field elements regardless of whether they are successful or not.


• City of Altamonte Springs AV - Beep Command Center - TMC Barrier System Management
• 1: The center shall remotely control barrier systems for transportation facilities and infrastructure. Barrier systems include automated or remotely controlled gates, barriers and other systems that manage entry to roadways.


• City of Altamonte Springs AV - Beep Command 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.
• 2: The center shall monitor, analyze, and distribute traffic images from CCTV systems under remote control of the center.
• 5: The center shall respond to control data from center personnel regarding sensor and surveillance data collection, analysis, storage, and distribution.
• 6: The center shall maintain a database of surveillance equipment and sensors and associated data (including the roadway on which they are located, the type of data collected, and the ownership of each).
• 7: The center shall remotely control devices to detect traffic.


• City of Altamonte Springs AV - Beep Command Center - TMC Environmental Monitoring
• 1: The traffic center shall remotely control environmental sensors that measure road surface conditions including temperature, moisture, icing, salinity, and other measures.
• 2: The traffic center shall remotely control environmental sensors that measure weather conditions including temperature, wind, humidity, precipitation, and visibility.
• 3: The traffic center shall assimilate current and forecast road conditions and surface weather information using a combination of weather service provider information (such as the National Weather Service and value-added sector specific meteorological services), data from roadway maintenance operations, and environmental data collected from sensors deployed on and about the roadway.
• 5: The traffic center shall receive aggregated and processed vehicle environmental data collected from vehicle safety and convenience systems through the connected vehicle roadside equipment.


• City of Altamonte Springs AV - Beep Command Center - Transit Center Connection Protection
• 1: The center shall manage service requests for routing of an individual through the transit system.
• 2: The center shall provide transit plans for both fixed and demand responsive transit to transit passengers.


• City of Altamonte Springs AV - Beep Command Center - Transit Center Fare Management
• 1: The center shall manage the actual value of transit fares for each segment of each regular transit route, including the transmission of the information to transit vehicles and transit stops or stations.
• 10: The center shall provide transit fare information to traveler information providers upon request.
• 2: The center shall provide the capability for a system operator to manage the transit fares and control the exchange of transit fare information.
• 3: The center shall process the financial requests from the transit vehicles or roadside and manage an interface to a Financial Institution.
• 4: The center shall support the payment of transit fare transactions using data provided by the traveler cards / payment instruments.
• 5: The center shall collect data on fare payment violations and send the data, including images of the violator, to the appropriate enforcement agency.
• 6: The center shall process requests for transit fares to be paid in advance.
• 7: The center shall maintain a list of invalid traveler credit identities or bad tag lists that can be forwarded to transit vehicles and transit stops or stations.
• 8: The center shall collect fare statistics data to implement variable and flexible fare structures.
• 9: The center shall exchange fare and load information with other transit management centers, including potential Centralized Payments facilities.


• City of Altamonte Springs AV - Beep Command Center - Transit Center Passenger Counting
• 1: The center shall collect passenger count information from each transit vehicle.
• 2: The center shall calculate transit ridership data by route, route segment, transit stop, time of day, and day of week based on the collected passenger count information.
• 3: The center shall make the compiled ridership data available to the system operator.


• City of Altamonte Springs AV - Beep Command Center - Transit Center Vehicle Tracking
• 1: The center shall monitor the locations of all transit vehicles within its network.
• 2: The center shall determine adherence of transit vehicles to their assigned schedule.
• 3: The center shall provide transit operational data to traveler information service providers.
• 4: The center shall provide collected transit probe data to traffic management centers and traveler information service providers for use in measuring current traffic conditions.


• City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle - Transit Vehicle On-Board Fare Management
• 1: The transit vehicle shall read data from the traveler card / payment instrument presented by boarding passengers.
• 2: The transit vehicle shall provide an image of all travelers which shall be used for violation processing of those who do not have a traveler card / payment instrument or whose transit fare transaction fails.
• 3: The transit vehicle shall determine the traveler's travel routing based on the transit vehicle's current location and the traveler's destination.
• 4: The transit vehicle shall calculate the traveler's fare based on the origin and destination provided by the traveler as well as factors such as the transit routing, transit fare category, traveler history, and route-specific information.
• 5: The transit vehicle shall have access to the complete range of transit services (routes and schedules) that are available to the traveler.
• 6: The transit vehicle shall provide a transit fare payment interface that is suitable for travelers with physical disabilities.
• 7: The transit vehicle shall include a database on-board the transit vehicle for use in fare processing from which the fares for all possible trips within the transit operational network can be determined.
• 8: The transit vehicle shall support the support advanced payments for tolls, and/or parking lot charges, and/or transit fares via the traveler card / payment instrument.
• 9: The transit vehicle shall provide fare statistics data to the center.


• City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle - Transit Vehicle On-Board Trip Monitoring
• 1: The transit vehicle shall track the current location of the transit vehicle.
• 2: The transit vehicle shall support the computation of the location of a transit vehicle using on-board sensors to augment the location determination function. This may include proximity to the transit stops or other known reference points as well as recording trip length.
• 3: The transit vehicle shall record transit trip monitoring data including vehicle mileage and fuel usage.
• 4: The transit vehicle shall record transit trip monitoring data including operational status information such as doors open/closed, running times, etc.
• 5: The transit vehicle shall send the transit vehicle trip monitoring data to center-based trip monitoring functions.


• City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle - Transit Vehicle Passenger Counting
• 1: The transit vehicle shall count passengers boarding and alighting.
• 2: The passenger counts shall be related to location to support association of passenger counts with routes, route segments, or bus stops.
• 3: The passenger counts shall be timestamped so that ridership can be measured by time of day and day of week.
• 4: The transit vehicle shall send the collected passenger count information to the transit center.


• City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle - Vehicle Basic Safety Communication
• 11: The vehicle shall determine if vehicle systems status indicates a potentially hazardous road condition.
• 12: The vehicle shall analyze its own applications' performance and enter fail-safe mode (a mode such that the application cannot provide information or perform actions that affect its host) when critical components fail.
• 14: The vehicle shall determine if road conditions data received from other vehicles represent a potential safety hazard for the vehicle.
• 2: The vehicle shall provide its location with lane-level accuracy to on-board applications.
• 5: The vehicle shall calculate vehicle paths in order to determine if an impending collision is detected.
• 6: The vehicle shall exchange location and motion information with roadside equipment and nearby vehicles.
• 7: The vehicle shall receive warnings, informational road signs, traffic meters, and signals provided by infrastructure devices.


• City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle - Vehicle Control Automation
• 1: The vehicle shall monitor the area behind and in front of the vehicle to determine the proximity of other objects to the vehicle.
• 10: The vehicle shall present vehicle control information to the driver in audible or visual forms without impairing the driver's ability to control the vehicle in a safe manner.
• 15: The vehicle shall be capable of performing control actions based upon information received from the infrastructure regarding the status of the intersection the vehicle is approaching.
• 17: The vehicle shall send appropriate control actions to the vehicle's speed control systems (e.g., throttle, brakes).
• 2: The vehicle shall monitor the area to the sides of the vehicle to determine the proximity of other objects to the vehicle to determine if a control adjustment is needed.
• 3: The vehicle shall evaluate the likelihood of a collision between two vehicles or a vehicle and a stationary object, based on the proximity of other objects to the vehicle and the current speed and direction of the vehicle.
• 5: The Vehicle shall provide its location with lane-level accuracy to on-board control automation applications.
• 6: The vehicle shall evaluate the likelihood of a collision between two vehicles or a vehicle and a stationary object, based on the proximity of other objects to the vehicle, roadway characteristics, and the current speed and direction of the vehicle.
• 8: The vehicle shall provide an interface through which a vehicle driver can initiate, monitor and terminate automatic control of the vehicle.
• 9: The vehicle shall send appropriate control actions to the vehicle's steering actuators.


• City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle - Vehicle Control Warning
• 1: The vehicle shall monitor the area to the sides of the vehicle to determine the proximity of other objects to the vehicle and if a warning is needed.
• 2: The vehicle shall evaluate the likelihood of a collision between two vehicles or a vehicle and a stationary object to warn the driver, based on the proximity of other objects to the vehicle, roadway characteristics, and the current speed and direction of the vehicle.
• 3: The vehicle shall provide position warnings to the driver when an object gets close enough to the vehicle to become a hazard if no action is taken by the driver.
• 9: The vehicle shall collect location and motion data from the vehicle platform.


• City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle - Vehicle Environmental Monitoring
• 1: The vehicle shall collect and process environmental sensor data, including air temperature and rain sensors.
• 2: The vehicle shall monitor the status of vehicle convenience and safety systems (wiper status, headlight status, traction control system status) that can be used to measure environmental conditions and record snapshots of significant events in these systems.
• 3: The vehicle shall transmit environmental probe data to the center along with location and timestamp information.
• 4: The vehicle shall transmit environmental probe data to field equipment located along the roadway using short range communications.


• City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle - Vehicle Platoon Operations
• 1: The vehicle shall provide the capability for a driver to request access to automated vehicle lanes.
• 2: The vehicle shall request usage of automated lanes for all or part of an overall route; including sending vehicle conditions to the roadside to determine eligibility.
• 3: The vehicle shall collect and monitor data concerning the safety of the vehicle while on automated lanes including conditions of the brakes, drive train, forward/rear/side sensors, steering condition, fuel level, tire wear and pressure, and the status of vehicle processors and communications.
• 4: The vehicle shall monitor the area surrounding vehicle in an automated lane to determine the proximity of other objects to the vehicle. Obstacles could include animals, other vehicles, pedestrians, debris in roadway etc.
• 5: The vehicle shall evaluate the likelihood of a collision between two vehicles or a vehicle and a stationary object, based on the proximity of other objects to the vehicle, conditions of the roadway and environment, and the current speed and direction of the vehicle.
• 6: The vehicle shall provide warnings to the driver of potential dangers based on sensor input and analysis concerning the safety of the vehicle operating in an automated lane.
• 7: The vehicle shall present platoon information to the driver in audible or visual forms without impairing the driver's ability to control the vehicle in a safe manner.


• City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle Roadside Equipment - RSE Automated Vehicle Operations
• 1: The field element shall check the vehicle's condition to see if it is suitable for operating on automated lanes based on vehicle control parameters (speed, headway, etc.) used by vehicles in those lanes, and once confirmed, shall send control parameters to the vehicle.
• 2: The field element shall provide to the vehicle automated lane changing data based on a lane changing strategy and detailed lane changing parameters (e.g. exactly where, and at what speed the lane change will take place), under center control.
• 3: The field element shall manage the checking in and checking out of suitably equipped vehicles requesting use of automated lanes, and send a record of all requests to the responsible center.


• City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle Roadside Equipment - RSE Environmental Monitoring
• 1: The field element shall communicate with passing vehicles to collect environmental monitoring data, including ambient air quality, emissions, temperature, precipitation, and other road weather information.
• 2: The field element shall aggregate and forward collected environmental probe information to the center.
• 3: The field element shall collect environmental monitoring data from sensors, including ambient air quality, emissions, temperature, precipitation, and other road weather information.
• 4: The field element shall provide application status to the center for monitoring.
• 5: The field element shall aggregate and filter the collected environmental data based on configuration parameters received from the controlling center.
• 7: The field element shall provide environmental data to other field elements.


• City of Altamonte Springs AV Shuttle Roadside 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.
• 2: The field element shall aggregate and forward collected probe information to the center.
• 3: The field element shall aggregate and forward collected probe information to other field elements.


• Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices - Personal Interactive Traveler Information
• 18: The personal traveler interface shall provide an interface to establish and manage user road pricing accounts, process road pricing payments, and access road pricing reports under user control.
• 5: The personal traveler interface shall receive evacuation information from a center and present it to the traveler.
• 8: The personal traveler interface shall support payment for services, such as confirmed trip plans, tolls, transit fares, parking lot charges, map updates, and advanced payment for tolls.
• 9: The personal traveler interface shall provide an interface through which credit identity, stored credit value, or traveler information may be collected from a traveler card being used by a traveler with a personal device.


• Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices - Personal Trip Planning and Route Guidance
• 1: The personal traveler interface shall allow a traveler to request and confirm multi-modal route guidance from a specified source to a destination.
• 12: The personal traveler interface to identify trip planning parameters: Origin, Destination, departure time, arrival time, acceptable modes, so that they might plan for a single coordinated trip using multiple modes using a single action.
• 13: The personal traveler interface shall provide the ability for a traveler to set up and modify a user account for payment for multimodal trips.
• 14: The personal traveler interface shall be able to save regularly used trips.
• 15: The personal traveler interface shall be able to associate payment methods with saved trips.
• 16: The personal traveler interface shall be able to customize the payment mechanism to support a smart card, credit card, and/or payment account.
• 17: The personal traveler interface shall be able to prioritize between payment methods, including stored payment mechanisms and cash, generally and for saved trips.
• 18: The personal traveler interface shall be able to reload method(s) for any reloadable payment account, including by ACH transfer, credit card, debit card.
• 19: The personal traveler interface shall be able to pay for all aspects of their (potentially multi-modal) journey using a single action.
• 2: The personal traveler interface shall forward the request for route guidance to a traveler information center for route calculation.
• 20: The personal traveler interace shall be able to associate their journey with an existing payment account
• 21: The personal travler interface shall be able to associate their journey with a payment method (e.g., credit or debit card)
• 22: The personal traveler interface shall be able to perform all multi-modal trip planning and payment actions through the traveler's smart device (e.g., phone, wearable).
• 23: The personal traveler interface shall be able to download proof of payment for all stages of their journey.
• 3: The personal traveler interface shall forward user preferences, background information, constraints, and payment information to the supplying traveler information center.

Standards:

• (None-Data) - Guaranteed Secure Wireless Internet (ITS)
• (None-Data) - LTE-V2X WSMP
• (None-Data) - Secure Internet (ITS)
• (None-Data) - Secure Wireless Internet (ITS)
• (None-Data) - Wide Area Broadcast
• US: ATIS - Secure Wireless Internet (ITS)
• US: GTFS real-time - Secure Wireless Internet (ITS)
• US: NTCIP Transportation Sensors - SNMPv3/TLS
• US: SAE J3067 (J2735 SE) - LTE-V2X WSMP
• US: SAE LTE-V2X BSM - LTE-V2X WSMP
• US: SAE Weather Info - LTE-V2X WSMP
• US: TCIP - Secure Wireless Internet (ITS)
• US: TOMP - Secure Wireless Internet (ITS)

Project Operational Concepts:

Roles and Responsibilities

• Travelers
• Load Autonomous Shuttle Vehicle application on mobile device.


• City of Altamonte Springs
• Manage, operate, and maintain the Automated Vehicle Shuttle with the Beep Command Center.