iFlorida: Making Florida's Transportation System Smarter, Safer and More Secure

摘要

When attendees of the ITE 2004 Annual Meeting and Exhibit arrive in the Orlando, FL, USA, area in early August, they should see several signs of an important and highly visible project in the midst of implementation, In 2003, the Federal Highway Administration awarded an intelligent transportation system "model deployment" grant to the state of Florida to demonstrate the value of transportation system conditions information.The Florida Departmento fTransportation (FDOT) competed against 16 other states in winning the highly innovative intelligent transportation system (ITS) model deployment grant, offficially titled the "Surface Transportation Security and Reliability Information System Model Deployment" FDOT proposed a $21milion profect called iFlorida. Theis feature provides an overiew of iFlorida, WHICH, BY May 2005, Will be serving users of Florida's transportation system by providing safer and more reliable travel.