FTE
Description: Represents Florida's Turnpike Enterprise (FTE), which manages and operates limited–access toll highways in the State of Florida, including the Florida Turnpike.
Inventory Elements:
Projects:
Roles and Responsibilities:
Archived Data Systems
- Collect and archive toll road asset information.
- Collect and archive toll road traffic count data and toll data.
- Coordinate archive data with the FDOT statewide archive databases.
Commercial Vehicle Operations
- Provide availability of commercial vehicle parking spaces in rest areas to commercial vehicle drivers.
Commercial Vehicle Operations for FTE Overheight Detection
- Detect Commercial Vehicle Overheight conditions.
- Provide an overheight warning to Commercial Vehicles.
Electronic Toll Collection
- Coordinate with other toll agencies using a reciprocity network for the collection of electronic toll payments.
- Coordinate with the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) and county courts to collect tolls from violators.
- Provide customer account information using a Web site.
- Coordinate with other FDOT TMCs to process dynamic tolls.
Electronic Toll Collection (Generic FTE Roadway AET Project)
- Coordinate with other toll agencies using a reciprocity network for the collection of electronic toll payments.
- Coordinate with the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) and county courts to collect tolls from violators.
- Provide customer account information using a Web site.
- Coordinate with other FDOT TMCs to process dynamic tolls.
Electronic Toll Collection (SR 528 Express Lanes Project)
- Collect Express Lane tolls.
Emergency Management
- Coordinate emergency response with the FHP, and county and local public safety agencies.
- Monitor infrastructure monitoring systems, or security systems, along toll roads (future).
- Operate an EOC to direct emergency operations on toll roads during major emergencies and disasters.
- Provide emergency traveler information to the traveling public.
Freeway Management for FTE Speed Feedback Signs
- Provide speed feedback sign information to travelers.
FTE I-4 FRAME Roles and Responsibilities
- Collect road weather information.
- Control highway traffic with lane control signals (future), including through toll lanes and reversible lanes.
- Coordinate incident response with the FDOT, and county and local public works departments, including for scheduled events.
- Coordinate incident responses for incidents on or adjacent to toll roads with public safety in surrounding counties.
- Coordinate maintenance resource responses to toll road incidents with the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), and county and local public safety agencies.
- Determine travel times for highways.
- Dispatch tow wrecker vehicles to incidents on toll roads.
- Monitor surveillance cameras on highways.
- Monitor traffic sensors on highways.
- Operate and dispatch Road Rangers Safety Patrol vehicles.
- Operate traffic information devices, such as dynamic message sign (DMS) and highway advisory radio (HAR) equipment, on highways.
- Perform network surveillance for incident detection and verification.
- Provide incident information to the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), and other traffic management and public safety agencies.
- Provide incident information to travelers using traffic information devices, such as DMS and HAR equipment, on freeways.
- Provide traffic information reports to other agencies
- Provide traffic, incident, construction, and maintenance information for FTE toll roads to Florida 511.
- Provide traffic, incident, construction, and maintenance information for FTE-operated toll roads to the general public using the Web site and local media.
- Provide traveler information directly to drivers using DMS and HAR equipment.
- Provide traveler information to travelers using the Florida 511 system, private companies, and the media.
- Provides CAV field equipment as part of the I-4 FRAME project.
Highway Management
- Collect road weather information.
- Control highway traffic with lane control signals (future), including through toll lanes and reversible lanes.
- Determine travel times for highways.
- Monitor surveillance cameras on highways.
- Monitor traffic sensors on highways.
- Operate traffic information devices, such as dynamic message sign (DMS) and highway advisory radio (HAR) equipment, on highways.
- Provide traffic information reports to other agencies
Highway Management (FTE and FDOT Video Sharing)
- Monitor surveillance cameras on highways.
Highway Management (FTE Central FL DMS)
- Operate traffic information devices, such as dynamic message sign (DMS) equipment, on highways.
Highway Management (FTE Northern CCTV and DMS)
- Monitor surveillance cameras on highways.
- Operate traffic information devices, such as dynamic message sign (DMS) equipment, on highways.
Highway Management (FTE South FL DMS)
- Operate traffic information devices, such as dynamic message sign (DMS) equipment, on highways.
Highway Management (Generic FTE Roadway AET Project)
- Monitor surveillance cameras on highways.
- Monitor traffic sensors on highways.
- Operate traffic information devices, such as dynamic message sign (DMS) equipment, on highways.
Highway Management (Generic FTE Widen Roadway Project)
- Monitor surveillance cameras on highways.
- Monitor traffic sensors on highways.
- Operate traffic information devices, such as dynamic message sign (DMS) equipment, on highways.
Highway Management (SR 528 Express Lanes)
- Monitor surveillance cameras on highways.
- Monitor traffic sensors on highways.
- Operate traffic information devices, such as dynamic message sign (DMS) equipment, on highways.
I-75 / SR 91 Interchange Roles and Responsibilities
- None defined
- Operate toll collection equipment on toll roads
Incident Management
- Coordinate incident response with the FDOT, and county and local public works departments, including for scheduled events.
- Coordinate incident responses for incidents on or adjacent to toll roads with public safety in surrounding counties.
- Coordinate maintenance resource responses to toll road incidents with the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), and county and local public safety agencies.
- Dispatch tow wrecker vehicles to incidents on toll roads.
- Operate and dispatch Road Rangers Safety Patrol vehicles.
- Perform network surveillance for incident detection and verification.
- Provide incident information to the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), and other traffic management and public safety agencies.
- Provide incident information to travelers using traffic information devices, such as DMS and HAR equipment, on freeways.
Information Dissemination
- Provide traffic, incident, construction, and maintenance information for FTE toll roads to Florida 511.
- Provide traffic, incident, construction, and maintenance information for FTE-operated toll roads to the general public using the Web site and local media.
- Provide traveler information directly to drivers using DMS and HAR equipment.
Information Dissemination (FTE and FDOT Video Sharing)
- Share video with FDOT District TMCs.
Information Dissemination (FTE Central FL DMS)
- Provide traveler information directly to drivers using DMS equipment.
Information Dissemination (FTE Northern CCTV and DMS)
- Provide traveler information directly to drivers using DMS equipment.
Information Dissemination (FTE South FL DMS)
- Provide traveler information directly to drivers using DMS equipment.
Information Dissemination (Generic FTE Roadway AET)
- Provide traffic, incident, construction, and maintenance information for FTE-operated toll roads to the general public using the SunPass CSC Web site and local media.
- Provide traveler information directly to drivers using DMS equipment.
Information Dissemination (Generic FTE Widen Roadway Project)
- Provide traveler information directly to drivers using DMS equipment.
Information Dissemination (SR 528 Express Lanes)
- Provide traveler information directly to drivers using DMS equipment.
Maintenance and Construction
- Collect road weather information.
- Coordinate maintenance resources and activities with neighboring FDOT districts, counties, and municipalities.
- Maintain ITS equipment on toll roads.
- Manage toll road work zones.
- Provide toll road maintenance, including pavement maintenance.
- Update asset information and restrictions.
Road User Payment
- Receive road network conditions from FDOT TMCs and determine dynamic tolling rates.
SunTrax Research, Development and Transportation Technologies Testing Facilities Roles and Responsibilities
- Monitor surveillance cameras on highways.
- Monitor traffic sensors on highways.
- Operate toll collection equipment on toll roads
- Perform network surveillance for incident detection and verification.
- Provide traveler information directly to drivers using DMS equipment.
- Operate traffic information devices, such as dynamic message sign (DMS) equipment, on highways.
- Provide travelers warning of wrong-way driving.
- Collect Express Lane tolls.
- Provides CAV field equipment as part of the SunTrax project.
Surface Street Management for FTE Speed Feedback Signs
- Provide speed feedback sign information to travelers.
Traveler Information
- Provide traveler information to travelers using the Florida 511 system, private companies, and the media.
Vehicle Safety for FTE Wrong-Way Driving Detection
- Provide travelers warning of wrong-way driving.
Weather
- Collect weather information along the roadside.
- Receive weather information from National Weather Service (NWS) and National Hurrican Center.
Last Updated 8/28/2025
