Research and Data Collection Centers

Status: Existing

Description: These centers collect transportation data for research and operational analysis. Examples of these centers are the FHWA Turner Fairbanks Research Center, George Mason University, Virginia Transportation Research Council (VTRC), University of Maryland, and UVA–Virginia Tech Falls Church Campus.

Stakeholder: Local Universities and Research Facilities

Architecture Flow Diagrams
which include Research and Data Collection Centers:

• Research and Data Collection Centers Regional Transit Clearinghouse
• Research and Data Collection Centers VDOT NOVA MPSTOC - TOC/ATMS

Architecture Flows
to/from the Research and Data Collection Centers:

Research and Data Collection Centers Regional Transit Clearinghouse

• archive coordination

Research and Data Collection Centers VDOT NOVA MPSTOC - TOC/ATMS

• archive status


• archived data products

Regional Transit ClearinghouseResearch and Data Collection Centers

• archive coordination

VDOT NOVA MPSTOC - TOC/ATMSResearch and Data Collection Centers

• archived data product requests


• emergency archive data


• traffic archive data

National ITS Architecture Subsystems
mapped to the Research and Data Collection Centers:

• Archived Data System Subsystem

National ITS Architecture Services
associated with Research and Data Collection Centers:

• none