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Nor th F lor ida In tegra ted Data ExchangeA St ra teg ic V is ion fo r Transpor ta t ion Innovat ion

A p r i l 26, 2018

Not every innovation in transportation is going to come from government or even a large enterprise.

Anthony FoxxFORMER U.S. DOT SECRETARY

ENGAGEMENT CHALLENGEThe core of the North Florida Smart Region program is a data exchange to support the collection and distribution of data to improve safety, mobility and productivity.

The North Florida TPO would like to increase3rd party developer participation from thewider technology community to createinnovative applications and services thatleverages the availability of this comprehensive data.

The Objective

The Platform—Overview

We need the Data and APIs…

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Community Leadership has Embraced the Concept

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We are building the tools, APIs and infrastucture. We need the people to build and test in the Smart Region ecosystem.

What is a developerprogram?A developer program ensures thecommunity has the resources toinnovate. It acts as a connectionbetween product developmentgroups and developers.

Typical activities include:

+ Recruiting innovators anddevelopers to take advantageof the platform, and sharingtheir success stories

+  Supporting developmentactivities by providing tools anddocumentation

+  Growing the community ofdevelopers through hostedevents and online resources

Supportsdevelopment

activities

Rec ruitsinnovators

G rowscommunity

encourag ing

empathetic

unfettered

active

a ccessible

helpful

dependable  

credible

current

Innovation happens best incollaborative environments whereideas are shared and built upon.

Assistance that anticipatesdevelopers’ needs is critical totheir success.

Developers need to trust that whatthey are building on is worth theirinvestment of time and energy.

A d e v e l o p e r p r o g r a m is …

OP EN SUPPORTS CREATES  TRUST

A d e v e l o p e r p r o g r a m …

A d e v e l o p e r p r o g r a m …

IDE V IS ION + OB J E C T IVE SThe IDE is the open, trusted , supportive program thatenables the 3rd party developer community to createapplications and services that leverage transportationdata, services, and infrastructure.

The IDE will broaden the audience of developersengaging with the transportation technologyecosystem to include cloud, mobile, and automotive.

A lot ofpeople inthetechnolog yspace lovethe ideaof solv inga problem .Former U.S .D.O.T. S ecretaryAnthony F oxx

Innovation tomorrow…A dev e l oper p rogram wi th open data,services, and infrastructure will enable innovatorsand developers—from abroad range of unrelatedindustries—to explore new ways for connectedtransportation systems to benefit individuals,businesses and governments.

Current World

MarketNeedsReport

DOT FUNDED3RD PARTY

Create ConOps& System Reqs

Prototyping & Building

procurement

DOT FUNDED3RD PARTY

DOT FUNDED3RD PARTY

Tools, APIs, common code support, documentationCommon Infrastructure, Databases, common data libraries, etc., to build onFocus on commercial product

procurement

MISSING ELEMENTS

New WorldPu

blish

INFRASTRUCTURE Databases, common data libraries, etc., to build on

DEV PROGRAM Tools, APIs, common code support, documents information

PublishMarket Platform Needs

3RD PARTIES

N. FL IDE

Smart Region

Product Design & DevelopmentMarketNeedsReport

SMART REGION3RD PARTY

SELL

Example Parties:IBM, JTA, CoJ, JEA, FDOT, GE, CISCO, ARADA

SUMMARYNorth Florida Smart Region will usetechnology to improve safety, productivity, andmobility through research and development ofopen, supported, and trusted transportationdata, services and information.

The IDE program will support 3rd party developerswho help change peoples lives, create transportationinnovations and realize economic opportunities usingthe investments and infrastructure we deploy.

I think it ’sless R F Psand moreA P Is inthis idea.2U.S . Chief Technology OfficerMegan Smith

2 Hochmuth, C. (January 27, 2015). “Less RFPs and more APIs.” FCW, The Business of Federal Technology. January 27, 2015.http://fcw.com/articles/2015/01/27/less-rfps-and-more-apis.aspxt

THANK YO U

Greg Krueger, P.E.Director of Emerging TechnologiesHNTB Corporation517.897.5841gkrueger@hntb.com

Jeff SheffieldExecutive DirectorNorth Florida TPO904.306.7512jsheffield@northfloridatpo.com

Peter VegaTSM&O Program ManagerFlorida Department of Transportation904.360.5463Peter.Vega@dot.state.fl.us

Terry Shaw, P.E.HNTB Corporation904.596.7983tlshaw@hntb.com