VDOT Central Office

Definition:

The VDOT Central Office in Richmond is responsible for statewide emergency transportation operations including TEOC, Asset Management and VaTraffic. It is also responsible for administering VDOT toll roads, public affairs and other non-operations systems as well as Statewide 511, RWIS, and ADMS programs.

Inventory Elements:

• VDOT ADMS
• VDOT Asset Management System
• VDOT Critical Infrastructure Security System
• VDOT ESS Weather Platform
• VDOT Public Affairs
• VDOT Smart-Tag EZ-Pass Customer Service Center
• VDOT TEOC
• VDOT VaTraffic
• Virginia Statewide 511

Roles and Responsibilities:

Archived Data Systems for Virginia CR ITS Architecture
• Collect probe data from vehicles using short range communications.

Commercial Vehicle Operations for Virginia CR ITS Architecture
• None defined

Electronic Toll Collection for Virginia CR ITS Architecture
• None defined

Emergency Management for Virginia CR ITS Architecture
• None defined

Freeway Management for Virginia CR ITS Architecture
• None defined

Incident Management for Virginia CR ITS Architecture
• None defined

Maintenance and Construction for Virginia CR ITS Architecture
• Collect weather information including temperature, wind, humidity, precipitation, and visibility from environmental sensors, surface and sub-surface.
• Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
• Plan strategically for emergency response.
• Coordinate incident response with all appropriate cooperating agencies.
• 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.
• Collect current and forecast road and weather information that is used to more effectively manage incidents.
• Collect road surface information including road surface temperature, moisture, ice formation, and salinity from environmental sensors, surface and sub-surface.

Surface Street Management for Virginia CR ITS Architecture
• Disseminate traffic-related data to other centers, the media, and travelers via the driver information systems (DMS, HAR).

Transit Services for Virginia CR ITS Architecture
• Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
• Plan strategically for emergency response.
• Analyze security sensor data and correlate with surveillance data and alerts from other agencies to detect potential threats.
• Operate and maintain security sensors in areas such as transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, on-board a transit vehicle, etc.
• Operate and maintain security surveillance devices and analysis of that data to detect potential threats such as at transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, on-board a transit vehicle, etc.
• Disseminate threat information to other agencies.

Traveler Information for Virginia CR ITS Architecture
• Provide personalized traffic, transit, maintenance and construction, multimodal, event, and weather information to traveler, upon request.
• Distribute traveler information and wide-area alerts to traveler telephone information systems such as 511, based on voice-based traveler requests.
• Disseminate traffic, transit, maintenance and construction, event, and weather information to travelers.