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Florida Department of

TRANSPORTATION

PAUL SATCHFIELDProgram Management Administrator & SunTrax Program Manager

Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise

Accelerating the Future of Transportation

The Future of Transportation

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The Future is . . .

Automated

Electric

Shared

Connected

Benefits of CAV . . .

Remaining Obstacles

• Technology Maturity

• Public Acceptance

• Regulatory Consistency

• Resistance from Existing Industries

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It all revolves around SAFETY.

SunTrax Phase 1 | Tolls Testing Facilities

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Project Location

45 miles to Tampa 46 miles to Orlando

Total boundary: 475 acres

Infield: Phase 2

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SunTrax Phase 1 | Construction Progress

December 2017

June 2017

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February 2018

May 2018

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Main Access & Building

Facilities

Sensor Test Chamber

Roadway Geometry Track

High-Speed Oval

Loop Track

Pick-Up/Drop-Off

Urban

Complex Suburban

Ring Track

Dynamic Test Pad10

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Test FeaturesDesign Principles

Highly Reconfigurable

Diverse Scenarios

Varied Environments

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18Landscaping and Signage

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Landscaping and Signage

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SunTrax Project Timeline

2016

Begin High-Speed

Oval Construction

CFAVP

Designated as

USDOT AV

Proving Ground

June 2017

Dec. 2016

2017

Facility Operator

Acquired

Fall 2018 Spring 2021

Complete Final

Infield Design

May 2019

2018 2019 2021

Infield Open

for Testing

Sign MOU with

Florida Polytechnic

University

Dec. 2016

Publish RFP

for a Facility

Operator

July 2018

Begin Infield

Construction

July 2019

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2020

Begin Final

Design Infield

Design

Nov. 2017

High-Speed

Oval Open

for Testing

April 2019

USDOT’s Ten AV Proving Ground Designees 21

Contra Costa Transportation Authority

(CCTA) & Go Mentum Station

Iowa City Area Development Group

North Carolina Turnpike Authority

San Diego Association

of Governments

Texas AV Proving Grounds Partnership

University of Wisconsin-Madison

U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center

City of Pittsburgh and the Thomas D. Larson

Pennsylvania Transportation Institute

American Center for Mobility

(ACM) at Willow Run

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Central Florida AV Partnership

Controlled Environments

Simulation

Open Environments

FLORIDA POLYTECHNIC

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FDOT Connected Vehicle Projects

1. University of Florida (UF) Accelerated Innovation

Deployment (AID) Demonstration

2. Implementing Solutions from Transportation Research

and Evaluation of Emerging Technologies (I-Street)

3. Gainesville Signal Phase and Timing (SPaT)

Trapezium

4. Central Florida Autonomous Vehicle (AV) Proving

Ground

5. Driver Assistive Truck Platooning (DATP) Pilot

Planning

1. I-75 Florida’s Regional Advanced Mobility

Elements (FRAME) Gainesville

2. I-75 Florida’s Regional Advanced Mobility

Elements (FRAME) Ocala

3. Gainesville Autonomous Transit Shuttle (GAToRS)

4. Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise (FTE) SunTrax

5. Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority (THEA)

Connected Vehicle Pilot

6. City of Orlando Greenway/Pedestrian Safety

7. SR 434 Connected Vehicle Deployment

8. Downtown Tampa Autonomous Transit

9. Orlando Smart Community 2017 ATCMTD

Design / Implementation

1. US 90 SPaT Tallahassee

2. Osceola County Connected Vehicle Signals

Operational

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• 16 CV Projects in deployment and planned statewide, to date

• Signal phase and timing (SPaT)

• Dedicated short-range communication (DSRC)

• Pedestrian safety systems

When Will the Future Arrive?

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• Up to 15% of all new vehicles sold in 2030 could be fully autonomous.—McKinsey

• 30% of new vehicle sales to be autonomous by 2030.—Deloitte

• SAEVs will be 25% of all miles driven in the U.S. by 2030.—Boston Consulting Group

PAUL SATCHFIELDProgram Management Administrator & SunTrax Program Manager

Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise

Paul.Satchfield@dot.state.fl.us

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