City of Richmond Public Works

Definition:

The City of Richmond Public Works owns the City of Richmond Traffic Operations Center.

Inventory Elements:

• City of Richmond Traffic Operations Center
• City of Richmond Traffic Operations Center Field Equipment

Roles and Responsibilities:

Archived Data Systems for Virginia CR ITS Architecture
• None defined

Commercial Vehicle Operations for Virginia CR ITS Architecture
• Receive and respond to Mayday messages from vehicles and drivers.
• Respond to commercial vehicle and freight equipment related emergencies including incidents involving hazardous materials as well as the detection of non-permitted transport of security sensitive hazmat.

Electronic Toll Collection for Virginia CR ITS Architecture
• None defined

Emergency Management for Virginia CR ITS Architecture
• Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
• Provide incident notification to other ITS centers to notify the traveling public.
• Plan strategically for emergency response.
• Provide tactical decision support, resource coordination, and communications integration among public safety agencies for Incident Commands that are established by first responders to support local management of an incident.
• Dispatch emergency vehicles to incidents.
• Coordinate incident response with all appropriate cooperating agencies.
• Gather pertinent incident information and relay it the responding units.
• Disseminate traffic-related data to other centers, the media, and travelers via the driver information systems (DMS, HAR).
• Forward, when appropriate, emergency call information to the appropriate response agency.
• Track location and status of emergency vehicles.
• Plan and coordinate evacuation and reentry of a population in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency that poses a risk to public safety.
• Report identified incidents to operations personnel and other centers.
• Monitor traffic sensor and surveillance systems remotely to detect and verify incidents.
• Route public safety vehicles to facilitate the quickest/safest arrival either based on real-time traffic information and road conditions or request routes from the traffic management center.
• 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.
• Take emergency calls and collect information about the caller and the reported emergency.
• Monitors alerting and advisory systems, information collected by ITS surveillance and sensors, and reports from other agencies in order to identify potential, imminent, or in-progress major incidents or disasters.
• Control traffic signal controllers remotely to implement traffic management strategies at signalized intersections based on traffic conditions, incidents, emergency vehicle preemptions, pedestrian crossings, etc.

Freeway Management for Virginia CR ITS Architecture
• Collect current traffic conditions from sensors and surveillance equipment.
• Distribute current traffic conditions to other centers.
• Allow control of field equipment by other traffic management centers.
• Monitor and remotely diagnose field equipment issues including detecting failures, issuing problem reports, and tracking the repair or replacement of failed equipment.
• Share traffic information with other traffic management centers.
• Control ramp meters, interchange connector meters, lane control signals, mainline meters, and variable speed control systems remotely.
• 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).
• Monitor traffic sensors and surveillance (CCTV) equipment.

Incident Management for Virginia CR ITS Architecture
• Monitor traffic sensor and surveillance systems remotely to detect and verify incidents.
• 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.
• Provide tactical decision support, resource coordination, and communications integration among public safety agencies for Incident Commands that are established by first responders to support local management of an incident.
• Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
• Report identified incidents to operations personnel and other centers.
• Coordinate incident response with all appropriate cooperating agencies.
• Plan strategically for emergency response.
• Monitor external advisory and incident reporting systems, intermodal freight depots, and border crossings for incident information.

Maintenance and Construction for Virginia CR ITS Architecture
• Coordinate incident response with all appropriate cooperating agencies.
• Collect current and forecast road and weather information that is used to more effectively manage incidents.
• Plan strategically for emergency response.
• Tracks the location of maintenance and construction vehicles and other equipment remotely.
• Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
• Monitor and remotely diagnose field equipment issues including detecting failures, issuing problem reports, and tracking the repair or replacement of failed equipment.
• Send the location of the maintenance and construction vehicles and other equipment to the maintenance center operator.
• 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.

Surface Street Management for Virginia CR ITS Architecture
• Allow control of field equipment by other traffic management centers.
• Monitor and remotely diagnose field equipment issues including detecting failures, issuing problem reports, and tracking the repair or replacement of failed equipment.
• Distribute current traffic conditions to other centers.
• Collect current traffic conditions from sensors and surveillance equipment.
• Share traffic information with other traffic management centers.
• Monitor traffic sensors and surveillance (CCTV) equipment.
• Control traffic signal controllers remotely to implement traffic management strategies at signalized intersections based on traffic conditions, incidents, emergency vehicle preemptions, pedestrian crossings, etc.
• Control ramp meters, interchange connector meters, lane control signals, mainline meters, and variable speed control systems remotely.
• Monitor and control highway-rail intersection (HRI) equipment remotely including standard speed active warning systems and high speed systems which provide additional information on approaching trains and detect and report on obstructions in the HRI.
• 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
• Plan strategically for emergency response.
• 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.
• 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.
• Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
• 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 CR ITS Architecture
• None defined