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VPA Port Rail Operations Center

Status:

Existing

Definition:

This element represents the railway systems owned and operated by Virginia Port Authority in this region. The City of Suffolk TOC will share information with this element especially to know the direction and speed of rail traffic generated by port.

Stakeholder:

Virginia Port Authority

Architecture Flow Diagrams
which include VPA Port Rail Operations Center:

• VPA Port Rail Operations Center APM-Maersk Terminals Operations Center
• VPA Port Rail Operations Center City of Suffolk TOC
• VPA Port Rail Operations Center VPA Terminals Operations Center

Architecture Flows
to/from the VPA Port Rail Operations Center:

VPA Port Rail Operations Center APM-Maersk Terminals Operations Center

• intermodal freight traffic confirmation

VPA Port Rail Operations Center City of Suffolk TOC

• traffic information coordination

VPA Port Rail Operations Center VPA Terminals Operations Center

• intermodal freight traffic confirmation

APM-Maersk Terminals Operations CenterVPA Port Rail Operations Center

• intermodal freight event information

City of Suffolk TOCVPA Port Rail Operations Center

• traffic information coordination

VPA Terminals Operations CenterVPA Port Rail Operations Center

• intermodal freight event information

National ITS Architecture Subsystems
mapped to the VPA Port Rail Operations Center:

• Multimodal Transportation Service Provider Terminator
• Traffic Management Subsystem

National ITS Architecture Services
associated with VPA Port Rail Operations Center:

• ATMS07 - Regional Traffic Management -- (Graphic)
• ATMS08 - Traffic Incident Management System -- Graphic 1 2 3 4

National ITS Architecture Functional Requirements
associated with VPA Port Rail Operations Center:

TMC Freeway Management

1. The center shall remotely control systems to manage use of the freeways, including ramp meters, mainline metering, and lane controls.
2. The center shall collect operational status from ramp meters, mainline metering, and lane controls and compare against the control information sent by the center.
3. The center shall collect fault data from ramp meters, mainline metering, and lane controls.

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.
2. The center shall exchange traffic control information with other traffic management centers to support remote monitoring and control of traffic management devices (e.g. signs, sensors, signals, cameras, etc.).

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 exchange incident and threat information with emergency management centers as well as maintenance and construction centers; including notification of existence of incident and expected severity, location, time and nature of incident.
3. The center shall support requests from emergency management centers and border inspection systems to remotely control sensor and surveillance equipment located in the field.

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 exchange incident information with emergency management centers, maintenance and construction centers, transit centers, information service providers, and the media including description, location, traffic impact, status, expected duration, and response information.
4. The center shall coordinate information and controls with other traffic management centers.

Rail Operations Coordination

1. The center shall exchange highway-rail intersection (HRI) information with rail operations centers. This information may include event schedules, requests for information from the Rail Operators, incident notification based on rail operations messages, and priority messages like notifications of a HAZMAT spill, equipment failure, or an intersection blockage.
2. The center shall receive highway-rail intersection (HRI) maintenance schedules, train schedules, and incident notifications from rail operations centers.
3. The center shall use the rail operations information to develop forecast HRI closure times and durations which may be applied in advanced traffic control strategies or delivered as enhanced traveler information.