FDOT's ITS Program General Consultant

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) General Consultant project web site is a forum for the dissemination of ITS-related materials of statewide significance and information about projects undertaken by the ITS General Consultant, Atkins. The information provided in this web site includes various FDOT and Atkins materials posted for dissemination and review. FDOT ITS Program information is also available at http://www.dot.state.fl.us/trafficoperations/ITS/ITS.shtm.

For questions regarding FDOT's ITS Program, please see Contacts.

Although Florida’s history dates back more than 12,000 years when the first Native Americans began to inhabit the peninsula, written history began with the arrival of Europeans to Florida—beginning with the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León in 1513. Ponce de León was seeking the mythical “Fountain of Youth” when he discovered the land he named La Florida (Land of Flowers) and claimed it for Spain. Since then, Spain and England have held Florida at different times, until Spain finally sold it to the United States in 1819.

This year, 500 years later, Florida is celebrating its diverse cultural heritage through a statewide initiative—Viva Florida 500—led by the Florida Department of State. Viva Florida 500 includes more than 200 events statewide throughout 2013. The goal is to promote 500 years of Florida’s history – its people, places, and cultural achievements – and this important milestone in American and Florida history.

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