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City of Richmond Traffic Operations Center

Status:

Existing

Definition:

This element represents the Traffic Operations Center of City of Richmond.

Stakeholder:

City of Richmond Public Works

Systems Interconnected
with the City of Richmond Traffic Operations Center


Architecture Flow Diagrams
which include City of Richmond Traffic Operations Center:

Architecture Flows
to/from the City of Richmond Traffic Operations Center:

City of Richmond Traffic Operations Center flows into icon City of Richmond Traffic Operations Center Field Equipment City of Richmond Traffic Operations Center flows into icon GRTC Transit Operations Center City of Richmond Traffic Operations Center flows into icon Richmond District Local Public Safety Centers City of Richmond Traffic Operations Center flows into icon Richmond District Local Public Safety Mobile Centers City of Richmond Traffic Operations Center flows into icon Richmond District Local Signal Centers City of Richmond Traffic Operations Center flows into icon Special Event Promoters City of Richmond Traffic Operations Center flows into icon VDOT Richmond District Maintenance and Construction Residencies City of Richmond Traffic Operations Center flows into icon VDOT Richmond District Public Information Office City of Richmond Traffic Operations Center flows into icon VDOT Richmond TOC City of Richmond Traffic Operations Center flows into icon VDOT Video Clearinghouses City of Richmond Traffic Operations Center flows into icon VSP Center City of Richmond Traffic Operations Center Field Equipmentflows into iconCity of Richmond Traffic Operations Center GRTC Transit Operations Centerflows into iconCity of Richmond Traffic Operations Center Media Outletsflows into iconCity of Richmond Traffic Operations Center National Weather Serviceflows into iconCity of Richmond Traffic Operations Center Richmond District Local Public Safety Centersflows into iconCity of Richmond Traffic Operations Center Richmond District Local Public Safety Mobile Centersflows into iconCity of Richmond Traffic Operations Center Richmond District Local Signal Centersflows into iconCity of Richmond Traffic Operations Center Special Event Promotersflows into iconCity of Richmond Traffic Operations Center VDOT Richmond District Maintenance and Construction Residenciesflows into iconCity of Richmond Traffic Operations Center VDOT Richmond TOCflows into iconCity of Richmond Traffic Operations Center VSP Centerflows into iconCity of Richmond Traffic Operations Center

National ITS Architecture Subsystems
mapped to the City of Richmond Traffic Operations Center:

National ITS Architecture Services
associated with City of Richmond Traffic Operations Center:

National ITS Architecture Functional Requirements
associated with City of Richmond Traffic Operations Center:

Collect Traffic Surveillance
  1. The center shall monitor, analyze, and store traffic sensor data (speed, volume, occupancy) collected from field elements under remote control of the center.
  2. The center shall maintain a database of surveillance and sensors and the freeways, surface street and rural roadways, e.g. where they are located, to which part(s) of the network their data applies, the type of data, and the ownership of each link (that is, the agency or entity responsible for collecting and storing surveillance of the link) in the network.
TMC Signal Control
  1. The center shall remotely control traffic signal controllers.
  2. The center shall collect traffic signal controller operational status and compare against the control information sent by the center.
  3. The center shall collect traffic signal controller fault data from the field.
  4. The center shall implement control plans to coordinate signalized intersections, under control of center personnel, based on data from sensors and surveillance monitoring traffic conditions, incidents, emergency vehicle preemptions, the passage of commercial vehicles with unusual loads, equipment faults, pedestrian crossings, etc.
TMC Regional Traffic Management
  1. The center shall exchange traffic information with other traffic management centers including incident information, congestion data, traffic data, signal timing plans, and real-time signal control information.
TMC Incident Detection
  1. The center shall receive inputs from the Alerting and Advisory System concerning the possibility or occurrence of severe weather, terrorist activity, or other major emergency, including information provided by the Emergency Alert System.
  2. The center shall receive inputs concerning upcoming events that would effect the traffic network from event promoters, traveler information service providers, border crossings, and intermodal freight depots.
TMC Incident Dispatch Coordination/Communication
  1. The center shall exchange alert information and status with emergency management centers. The information includes notification of a major emergency such as a natural or man-made disaster, civil emergency, or child abduction for distribution to the public. The information may include the alert originator, the nature of the emergency, the geographic area affected by the emergency, the effective time period, and information and instructions necessary for the public to respond to the alert. This may also identify specific information that should not be released to the public.
  2. The center shall coordinate planning for incidents with emergency management centers - including pre-planning activities for disaster response, evacuation, and recovery operations.
  3. The center shall coordinate information and controls with other traffic management centers.
HRI Traffic Management
  1. The center shall accept collect highway-rail intersection (HRI) advisory or alert data from rail operations centers.
  2. The center shall implement control plans to coordinate signalized intersections around highway-rail intersections (HRI), under control of center personnel, based on data from sensors and surveillance monitoring traffic conditions, incidents, equipment faults, pedestrian crossings, etc.
Traffic Maintenance
  1. The center shall collect and store sensor (traffic, pedestrian, multimodal crossing) operational status.
  2. The center shall collect and store sensor (traffic, pedestrian, multimodal crossing) fault data and send to the maintenance center for repair.