RM3P Data Exchange Platform Roles and Responsibilities

This area includes all the roles and responsibilities that have been identified for the RM3P Data Exchange Platform project.

Service Packages

• TM06: Traffic Information Dissemination (DEP)
• TM09: Integrated Decision Support and Demand Management (DEP)
• PM01: Parking Space Management (DEP)
• PM04: Regional Parking Management (DEP)
• TI01: Broadcast Traveler Information (DEP)

Stakeholders

• VDOT Northern District Operations

Roles and Responsibilities

• Adjust signal timing in real-time from a centralized traffic signal control system.
• Collect and diseeminate traffic conditions, advisories, incident information, maintenance and construction information, winter road conditions, air quality and weather information to other agencies including adjacent TOCs, other regional traffic managemne
• Collect and process automated traffic data from traffic speed monitoring sites
• Continuously monitor the real-time signal status, collect traffic flow information using CCTV and loop detectors
• Coordinate with other regional agencies during emergencies and evacuation for emergency traffic control
• Determine and distribtue dynamic status of individual parking lots (full, open etc)
• Install and maintain detection (CCTV, Radar) and dissemination devices (DMS, HAR)
• Install, and maintains over 1400 traffic signals in the three counties - Fairfax, Prince William and Loudon. It also operates Fredericksburg Signal System.
• Manage and monitor traffic on freeway mainlines and on-off ramps using field equipment including cameras, inductive loops, and non-intrusive equipment
• Manage HOV lanes by coordinating freeway ramp gates and connector signals with HOV lane usage signs
• Manage parking reservations, parking lot use and revenue collection for VDOT park and ride services
• Manage regional traffic control efforts and assist in coordinating traffic across boundaries
• Monitor maintenance, construction, and winter road conditions along key arterials
• Monitor weather conditions along freeways
• Propose and facilitate the appropriate dissemination of incident related information to travelers and potential travelers
• Provide customer services including customer complaints, incident information and maintenace and construction information
• Provide the communications and roadside equipment to support ramp control, lane controls, and interchange control for freeways
• Provide the roadside elements of traffic information dissemination including DMS and HAR
• Recive signal priority and preemption requests where available
• Share traffic information with other traffic agencies like DDOT ITMS or CHART
• Support electronic payment of parking fees
• Use Surveillance technologies to detect and verify incidents
• Utilize current technology to optimize the flow of traffic on access controlled highways



• Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)

Roles and Responsibilities

• Determine and distribute the dynamic status of individual parking lots (full, open etc)
• Maintain and distribute static information about individual parkign facitlies including hours of operations, rates, lot locations, lot entrance locations, capacity, lot type (open, covered, parking) etc
• Manage parking reservations, parking lot use and revenue collection for parking facilities
• Support electronic payment of parking fees