1. ITS During Disasters Jerry Woods Florida DOT – District 5 ITS in Emergency Operations in Florida

2. 2 Outline Background and Overview Current FDOT Procedures / Policies 2004 Hurricane Season iFlorida Emergency Operational Enhancements Natural disasters Man-made disasters

3. 3 FDOT District 5 RTMC Located in Orlando Co-located with Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) Operates 24 Hours, 7 Days a Week Operates all FDOT ITS in Central Florida Permanent DMS, Detector Stations and Cameras Hub for notifying FDOT Operations Facilities and Contractors for Incident Response Record and Broadcast 511 Messages Coordinates I-4 Road Ranger Program Conducts Statewide Amber Alerts Overall Regional Informational Hub

4. 4 FDOT District 5 RTMC AND ITS

5. 5 Outline Background and Overview Current FDOT Procedures / Policies 2004 Hurricane Season iFlorida Emergency Operational Enhancements Natural disasters Man-made disasters

6. 6 Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) FDOT District 5 County Emergency Management and Operations Centers Local Law Enforcement/Fire Rescue State Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee FDOT District 5 Emergency & Evacuation Agencies

7. 7 FDOT District 5 Evacuation Decision Making Determine need for an evacuation Local evacuations determined by County Emergency Management Use the National Hurricane Center to make decisions Contra-flow decision FHP, FDOT and Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) make recommendations Governor orders contra-flow

8. 8 Outline Background and Overview Current FDOT Procedures / Policies 2004 Hurricane Season iFlorida Emergency Operational Enhancements Natural disasters Man-made disasters

9. 9 2004 Hurricane Season

10. 10 Communication With The Public Prior to Hurricane Landfall FDOT Infrastructure Use of 511 System Use of DMS Signage to provide: Shelter information (800 number to call) Road closures Congestion information Media Pubic Information Officers – providing accurate and timely information to TV and Radio Media

11. 11 Charlie (August 13) – no impact on 511, Tampa Bay system not yet operational Frances (September 4-6) – 5x spike in CFL, 2x spike in SEFL (web usage spike) Ivan (September 16) – no impact on 511 (hit panhandle) Jeanne (September 25-26) – 2x spike in CFL and SEFL, Peak day in Tampa Overall - 400,000 total calls in Florida in September 2004 Communication With The Public 511 Statistics

12. 12 2004 Hurricane Season What happened? Many people listened to local broadcasts by County Emergency Management to evacuate well ahead of the storms Roads were congested, but moving No contra flow implemented; Majority of traffic moved north out of Florida FDOT used TTMS data to validate traffic flow on interstate roads not covered by RTMC FDOT D5 shared video with D2 (Jacksonville) for traffic management/planning Roads were empty one day before hurricane landfall People coming back into state heard rumors that borders were closed

13. 13 Post Hurricane Issues Cellular Communications Cell systems worked on/off after hurricanes - towers not destroyed, but power was lost Cell companies buying emergency generators to operate towers during future outages Even so, too many people trying to use the system can saturate it

14. 14 Post Hurricane Issues ITS Field Devices RTMC remained operational with generator power, however power was lost to ITS field devices FDOT scrambled to find generators for master hubs to power ITS devices By third storm all Master Hub sites equipped with generators Generators also procured to power traffic signals Problems with theft of generators

15. 15 Continued need for early and accurate communication to the public Power outages were the biggest problem; could not find a generator as far north as Alabama or Georgia If traffic is moving, there is no need to contra flow Prepare for fuel needs Provide evacuation and re-entry information to neighboring states – post to DMS and 511 systems 2004 Hurricane Season Lessons Learned

16. 16 Outline Background and Overview Current FDOT Procedures / Policies 2004 Hurricane Season iFlorida Emergency Operational Enhancements Natural disasters Man-made disasters

17. 17 iFlorida Model Deployment Purpose To demonstrate the wide variety of operational functions that are enabled or enhanced with a surface transportation security and reliability information system Four year, $20M+ program – 11 projects Official start date – May 1, 2003 Two years to design/deployment Two years operational evaluation Statewide project, with a focus on Central Florida Leverages $80M+ in ongoing 2002-2004 investments

18. 18 iFlorida Emergency Ops Enhancements Field Components CCTVs Travel time based data collection system Speed/volume detectors Central Florida RWIS Road Weather Forecasting System - Meteorlogix Statewide Corridor Monitoring System upgrade on major evacuation routes CCTVs Speed/volume detectors

19. 19 Conditions Reporting System Supports both Statewide and Regional ATIS Systems Provides Information to 511, Statewide and Regional Web Sites Supports RTMC Operations Includes decision support applications to alert and advise RTMC operators with recommended: Changes to the Variable Speed Limit Dynamic Message Signs 511 Messages Fiber Connection includes video capability - FHP Cocoa, Brevard EOC and Orlando RTMC All agencies will be able to view CCTV feeds iFlorida Emergency Ops Enhancements

20. 20 The CRS includes automated data from: FHP’s Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system FDOT’s construction information system FDOT District 5’s Surveillance Systems Orlando Orange County Expressway Authority’s (OOCEA) Travel Time Data Server Available transit and airport information Meteorlogix’s segment weather conditions, alerts, and forecasts The CRS fuses all available data into pre-defined roadway links Weather-related alerts will be available to the RTMC operator via the Operator Interface iFlorida Emergency Ops Enhancements Conditions Reporting System

21. 21 Expands Central Florida 511 service More roads – all limited access and 8 key arterials (15 roads, 28 reporting segments) Software uses travel time data to automatically select pre-recorded messages Operator recorded incident / exception messages Roadway summary Drive time summary option – like a radio report My 511 custom trip reports Other modes LYNX (Orlando Bus Transit System) Orlando International Airport Orlando-Sanford International Airport Port Canaveral iFlorida Emergency Ops Enhancements 511 Service

22. 22 Introduction of statewide service Covers all roads in the Florida Intrastate Highway System Controlled access routes Turnpikes and expressway limited access routes Interstate limited access routes 59 roads, 74 roadway reporting segments Focus on exception reporting Construction Major incidents Weather alerts Allows call transfers to Southeast Florida and Tampa Bay services iFlorida Emergency Ops Enhancements 511 Service

23. 23 Brevard to Orlando evacuation Establish situational awareness on SR 528 and SR 520 – parallel evacuation routes Provides SR 528 contra flow support and monitoring Assist in determining contra flow need Provide traveler information tailored to evacuees leaving from and returning to Brevard County iFlorida Emergency Ops Enhancements SR 528 Corridor Monitoring System

24. 24 Deploys 30 sensor stations along FIHS roadways (I- 10, I-75, I-95 and Florida’s Turnpike) Sensor sites collect data/video in real-time Uses FDOT’s existing microwave tower network to bring data to the CRS at the RTMC 54 Telemetered Traffic Monitoring Sites (TTMS) sites around the state supplement this data for emergency operations purposes Not all sites can provide data in real time Some only hourly or daily iFlorida Emergency Ops Enhancements Statewide Corridor Monitoring System

25. 25 Provide real time, critical weather and roadway travel conditions Focused on Central Florida 10 RWIS sites on I-95, I-4, SR 528 and the Florida’s Turnpike 4 wind monitors on Coastal bridges Integration of iFlorida and National Weather Service (NWS) data Expanded RWIS sensor coverage in order to achieve a larger coverage area and a finer, more precise level of weather information Data from RWIS and NWS will be used to support development of weather prediction model for current conditions and forecasts for each road segment defined in the Conditions Reporting System iFlorida Emergency Ops Enhancements Weather Related Projects

26. 26 Daytona International Speedway Evacuation Planning Goal Develop emergency evacuation plan with Daytona International Speedway Review the plan with other regional these event venues to identify recommended practices for emergency evacuations for types of venues Lessons Learned to date: No fire hydrants on Daytona Beach Raceway property Raceway fire staff assume that Daytona Beach F.D. had tanker truck to support emergencies iFlorida Emergency Ops Enhancements Man-Made Disasters

27. 27 Planning effort has helped improve coordination and resulted in development of plan to cover emergencies/evacuations Need to provide route information to attendees – e.g., provide route information on back of ticket Use of speedway equivalent of DMS used for advertising can be converted to provide evacuation/other information Plans for installation of cameras at other key intersections around the raceway based on lessons learned Plans developed to use floodgate 511 if evacuation becomes necessary iFlorida Emergency Ops Enhancements Man-Made Disasters

28. 28 Contact Information Jerry Woods, FDOT District 5 E-mail: Jerry.Woods@dot.state.fl.us Phone: 386-943-5311