Transportation Data and Analytics Office

Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT)’s Roadway Characteristics Inventory (RCI) Handbook has been developed as a guide for personnel responsible for performing business functions that maintain the strategic development and planning of transportation data for the Department and the system of record commonly referred to as RCI. This resource covers the following:

describes how RCI supports the business data requirements and users of the system

documents the processes for establishing and managing the location of roadway assets and multimodal travel ways

describes how to collect data and the related features and characteristics of those roadway assets and multimodal travel ways;

establishes data governance for RCI features and characteristics data collection; and

provides the data quality management processes that maintain the integrity of the data management system.

 

The Transportation Data and Analytics (TDA) Office is responsible for the maintenance of this handbook and coordinates changes with other offices.  This handbook is used by FDOT personnel in the District and Central Offices who perform data collection in the field and in the office. 

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If you have any questions, comments or suggestions regarding the RCI Handbook, please send an email to: co-rci@dot.state.fl.us. 

2021 RCI Handbook

Access the complete 2021 RCI Handbook.

 

RCI Handbook (by RCI Chapter):

Chapter	Chapter Title	Description
1	Executive Summary
2	Introduction to RCI	An overview of what is RCI; who uses RCI; and an introduction to terms used in the RCI process.
3	RCI Fundamentals	Basic information to assist the reader in understanding the structure and terms found in the handbook.
4	Data Collection Process	Guidance for the general processes used to conduct roadway inventory for the various inventory types.
5	RCI Procedures	Detailed guidance that focuses on the life cycle of a Roadway ID and the many aspects of data collection procedures. Describes unique data collection situations that may be encountered during field inventory or data input.
6	Linear Referencing System	Information on FDOT’s Linear Reference System (LRS) and Transportation Data and Analytics (TDA) GIS applications.
7	RCI Features and Characteristics	Detailed information on each RCI feature and characteristic.
8	RCI and DART Reports	Overview of the various RCI reports.
9	RCI and DART Reports	Key information on the DART Application and a description of its edits.
Appendices