VDOT Richmond District Operations
Description: The VDOT Richmond District operates and manages the VDOT roadways and facilities in the area defined by the VDOT Richmond District..
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Archived Data Systems for Virginia Richmond District ITS Architecture
- Collect and store information supporting the operations of traveler information service providers for use by operations personnel or data archives in the region.
- Collect traffic, road, and environmental conditions information from field equipment for use in transportation planning, research, and other off-line applications.
- Collect and store traffic management data for use by operations personnel or data archives in the region.
Commercial Vehicle Operations for Virginia Richmond District ITS Architecture
- Share traffic information with other traffic management centers.
Electronic Toll Collection for Virginia Richmond District ITS Architecture
Emergency Management for Virginia Richmond District ITS Architecture
- Operate barrier systems remotely such as gates and other systems that manage entry to roadways, transportation facilities and infrastructure.
- Operate and maintain barrier systems such as gates and other systems that manage entry to roadways, transportation facilities and infrastructure.
- Provide enroute travel information to drivers (via dynamic message signs and highway advisory radio).
- Monitor traffic sensor and surveillance systems remotely to detect and verify incidents.
- Monitor external advisory and incident reporting systems, intermodal freight depots, and border crossings for incident information.
- Report identified incidents to operations personnel and other centers.
- Formulate an incident response that takes into account the incident potential, incident impacts, and/or resources required for incident management including proposing and facilitating the dispatch of emergency response and service vehicles.
- Coordinate incident response with all appropriate cooperating agencies.
- Control traffic signal controllers remotely to implement traffic management strategies at signalized intersections based on traffic conditions, incidents, emergency vehicle preemptions, pedestrian crossings, etc.
- Disseminate traffic-related data to other centers, the media, and travelers via the driver information systems (DMS, HAR).
Freeway Management for Virginia Richmond District ITS Architecture
- Monitor traffic sensors and surveillance (CCTV) equipment.
- Collect current traffic conditions from sensors and surveillance equipment.
- Distribute current traffic conditions to other centers.
- Operate and maintain field equipment that controls and sends data to other field equipment (such as environmental sensors that send data to a DMS or coordination between traffic controllers on adjacent intersections), without being controlled from a center.
- Operate and maintain vehicle speed sensors that detect excessive vehicle speeds, informing drivers, centers and/or enforcement agencies of speed violations.
- Monitor traffic conditions using field equipment (i.e. loop detectors and CCTV cameras).
- Provide enroute travel information to drivers (via dynamic message signs and highway advisory radio).
- Control ramp meters, interchange connector meters, lane control signals, mainline meters, and variable speed control systems remotely.
- Share traffic information with other traffic management centers.
- Allow control of field equipment by other traffic management centers.
- Control traffic signal controllers remotely to implement traffic management strategies at signalized intersections based on traffic conditions, incidents, emergency vehicle preemptions, pedestrian crossings, etc.
- Disseminate traffic-related data to other centers, the media, and travelers via the driver information systems (DMS, HAR).
Incident Management for Virginia Richmond District ITS Architecture
- Operate and maintain field equipment that controls and sends data to other field equipment (such as environmental sensors that send data to a DMS or coordination between traffic controllers on adjacent intersections), without being controlled from a center.
- Monitor traffic conditions to identify incidents.
- Monitor traffic sensor and surveillance systems remotely to detect and verify incidents.
- Monitor external advisory and incident reporting systems, intermodal freight depots, and border crossings for incident information.
- Report identified incidents to operations personnel and other centers.
- Formulate an incident response that takes into account the incident potential, incident impacts, and/or resources required for incident management including proposing and facilitating the dispatch of emergency response and service vehicles.
- Coordinate incident response with all appropriate cooperating agencies.
Maintenance and Construction for Virginia Richmond District ITS Architecture
- Operate and maintain field equipment that controls and sends data to other field equipment (such as environmental sensors that send data to a DMS or coordination between traffic controllers on adjacent intersections), without being controlled from a center.
- Monitor and control traffic and provide information directly to drivers in maintenance and construction areas using field equipment including CCTV cameras, driver information systems (such as DMS), and gates/barriers.
- Provide enroute travel information to drivers (via dynamic message signs and highway advisory radio).
- Formulate an incident response that takes into account the incident potential, incident impacts, and/or resources required for incident management including proposing and facilitating the dispatch of emergency response and service vehicles.
- Coordinate incident response with all appropriate cooperating agencies.
- Operate and maintain environmental sensors.
- Assimilate collected environmental data with other current and forecast road conditions and surface weather information from weather service providers and roadway maintenance operations.
Surface Street Management for Virginia Richmond District ITS Architecture
- Monitor traffic sensors and surveillance (CCTV) equipment.
- Collect current traffic conditions from sensors and surveillance equipment.
- Distribute current traffic conditions to other centers.
- Operate and maintain field equipment that controls and sends data to other field equipment (such as environmental sensors that send data to a DMS or coordination between traffic controllers on adjacent intersections), without being controlled from a center.
- Monitor traffic conditions using field equipment (i.e. loop detectors and CCTV cameras).
- Provide enroute travel information to drivers (via dynamic message signs and highway advisory radio).
- Control ramp meters, interchange connector meters, lane control signals, mainline meters, and variable speed control systems remotely.
- Share traffic information with other traffic management centers.
- Allow control of field equipment by other traffic management centers.
- Control traffic signal controllers remotely to implement traffic management strategies at signalized intersections based on traffic conditions, incidents, emergency vehicle preemptions, pedestrian crossings, etc.
- Disseminate traffic-related data to other centers, the media, and travelers via the driver information systems (DMS, HAR).
Transit Services for Virginia Richmond District ITS Architecture
- Control traffic signal controllers remotely to implement traffic management strategies at signalized intersections based on traffic conditions, incidents, emergency vehicle preemptions, pedestrian crossings, etc.
Traveler Information for Virginia Richmond District ITS Architecture
- Disseminate traffic, transit, maintenance and construction, event, and weather information to travelers.
- Operate and maintain field equipment that controls and sends data to other field equipment (such as environmental sensors that send data to a DMS or coordination between traffic controllers on adjacent intersections), without being controlled from a center.
- Provide personalized traffic, transit, maintenance and construction, multimodal, event, and weather information to traveler, upon request.
- Provide travel information to in-vehicle equipment from field equipment.
Last Updated 9/8/2025
