Driving the Future of Mobility-

CASE VEHICLES, SMART CITIES AND THE FUTURE

Highlights of Orlando’s Smart City Involvements by

Charles A. Ramdatt, P.E., AICPApril 1, 2019

SMART ORLANDO PROGRAM

• City of Orlando’s Executive Leadership Direction– Use Affordable & Emerging Technologies on a

Continuing Basis to be -• A Great Place to Visit, Live, Work, Play, Raise a Family, Ensure

Good Environmental Stewardship, Attract the Creative Class and Promote Economic Development

– Earn & Retain “Smart City” Branding– Lead by Example– Share Business Cases– Pursue Regional Partnerships– Facilitate a Growing Tech Ecosystem

SMART ORLANDOFOCUS AREAS

• Stakeholder Engagement

• Information CommunicationTechnology

• Public Safety• Transportation

• Energy & Utilities

• Built Environment

• Water & Wastewater

• Solid Waste Management

• Collaborative• Community

focused• Equitable &

Inclusive

• Responsible • Transparent• Sustainable &

Resilient

SMART ORLANDOGUIDING PRINCIPLES

Central Florida Automated Vehicle Partnership (CFAVP)

• UCF & FPU– Research, Simulation & Emulation

• FAMU & FSU– Review of Work Performed by Primary University Partners– Allow for Minority Institutions’ Participation & Mentoring

• FTE & FPU– Development of Test Track– Closed Environment Testing

• NASA-KSC– Testing of sensors for extreme environments– Closed Environment Testing

• CFX & FDOT– Freight Vehicle, Infrastructure & Sensor Testing in More Open

Environments• City of Orlando, UCF & Lynx

– Automobile, Freight, Transit & Bike-Ped Vehicle, Infrastructure & Sensor Testing in Open Environments

• UCF School of Public Administration, FAMU & FSU Law Schools

– Public Engagement– Policy Development– Legislative Coordination

Regional Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies

Deployment (ATCMTD)

• $12 Million for Fall 2017 thru Fall 2020– Used numerous completed, ongoing

and planned local and regional projects as leverage in application

• Extensive Testing of Technologies on Main UCF Campus

• Eventual Deployments in the City of Orlando and Throughout the Metropolitan Area

• Areas of Focus– Intermodal Safety– Public Transit– Bicycles & Pedestrians– Parking– Autonomous Vehicles– Connected Vehicles

Accelerated Innovation Deployment (AID) for Safety & Efficiency

Deployments/Improvements in Downtown Orlando

• Phase 1 Bluetooth Readers (Existing/Match)

• Phase 2 On Street Parking Sensors (Existing/Match)

• Phase 3 Garage Entry Exit Sensors (Being Deployed)

• Phase 4 Connected Vehicle Technology – (2019-2020)

• Phase 5 Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures- (2019-2020)

• Phase 6 Roadway improvements (Under Construction)

Smart Energy: 400KW Solar PV array

Smart Electric Vehicles

• EV’s for City Hall motor pool

• Testing EV buses for LYNX and LYMMO

• Purchasing EV Motorcycles for OPD

• Deploying 150+ EV charging stations around City

Exploring Floatovoltaics (FPV)

• Testing floating solar arrays on Lakes and Retention Ponds with OUC

• 35 KW grid-tied system

• Performing research with UCF Biology to understand habitat and water body impacts

• Identified 9,000+ ponds as potential sites in Orange County and Osceola County

Shared Vehicle Programs

• Bike Share Options– In Activity Centers– At UCF

• Car Share• Facilitating Uber & Lyft

– First & Last Mile– Set Stations for Service to/from Downtown

Partner Tavistock/Lake Nona/MedicalCity

• Gigabit Community• Smart Homes & Institutional Buildings

– FTTX– Solar Energy Harnessing– Solar Energy Sharing

• Smart Mobility– Beep Autonomous

Partner UCF

• Decades-long Collaboration• New Downtown “SmartCampus”• Metrolab Partnership• Future City Program

– Ongoing Lecture Series– Formal Graduate Study Program

• Several Sustainability Initiatives

Next Steps• Smart City RFP

– Master Plan– Road Map

• Ensuring Continuity– City Land Development Code– City Policy & Procedures– Capital Programming

• Local Tech Ecosystem

Questions & Comments Following All

Presentations, Please

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