HOT Operations Center
Status:
Planned
Definition:
The HOT Operations Centers are responsible for operating the High Occupancy Toll (HOT) Lanes in Northern Virginia. These centers will be staffed and operated by private entities and will coordinate with VDOT Arlington TMC and VDOT PSTOC.
Stakeholder:
Systems Interconnected
with the HOT Operations Center
- Arlington County ECC
- Fairfax County Public Safety Communications Center - MPSTOC
- Federal Installations and Law Enforcement
- IEN (Information Exchange Network)
- Maryland Woodrow Wilson Bridge Operations Center
- MWAA Center
- Northern Region Local TOCs
- NRO Local Public Safety Centers
- RITIS
- VDOT Arlington SSP Vehicles
- VDOT ESS Weather Platform
- VDOT NOVA District Construction Management
- VDOT NOVA District Maintenance
- VDOT NRO MPSTOC - Signal Center
- VDOT NRO MPSTOC - TOC
- VDOT NRO TFO
- VDOT Smart-Tag EZ-Pass Customer Service Center
- Virginia Statewide 511
- VSP Center - MPSTOC
- WMATA Transit Police (MTPD) Control Center
Architecture Flow Diagrams
which include HOT Operations Center:
- HOT Operations Center Arlington County ECC
- HOT Operations Center Fairfax County Public Safety Communications Center - MPSTOC
- HOT Operations Center Federal Installations and Law Enforcement
- HOT Operations Center IEN (Information Exchange Network)
- HOT Operations Center Maryland Woodrow Wilson Bridge Operations Center
- HOT Operations Center MWAA Center
- HOT Operations Center Northern Region Local TOCs
- HOT Operations Center NRO Local Public Safety Centers
- HOT Operations Center RITIS
- HOT Operations Center VDOT Arlington SSP Vehicles
- HOT Operations Center VDOT ESS Weather Platform
- HOT Operations Center VDOT NOVA District Construction Management
- HOT Operations Center VDOT NOVA District Maintenance
- HOT Operations Center VDOT NRO MPSTOC - Signal Center
- HOT Operations Center VDOT NRO MPSTOC - TOC
- HOT Operations Center VDOT NRO TFO
- HOT Operations Center VDOT Smart-Tag EZ-Pass Customer Service Center
- HOT Operations Center Virginia Statewide 511
- HOT Operations Center VSP Center - MPSTOC
- HOT Operations Center WMATA Transit Police (MTPD) Control Center
Architecture Flows
to/from the HOT Operations Center:
HOT Operations Center Arlington County ECCNational ITS Architecture Subsystems
mapped to the HOT Operations Center:
- Archived Data Management Subsystem
- Emergency Management Subsystem
- Information Service Provider Subsystem
- Roadway Environment Terminator
- Surface Transportation Weather Service Terminator
- Toll Administration Subsystem
- Toll Collection Subsystem
- Traffic Management Subsystem
- Weather Service Terminator
National ITS Architecture Services
associated with HOT Operations Center:
National ITS Architecture Functional Requirements
associated with HOT Operations Center:
Toll Administration
- The center shall manage toll transactions, including maintaining a log of all transactions and toll pricing structure information.
- The center shall dynamically price tolls based on current traffic condition information.
- The center shall manage the details of toll payment violations based on vehicle information from the toll plaza, registration information from the Department of Motor Vehicles, invalid payment information from a Financial Institution, and previous violation information stored locally, and report such violations to appropriate law enforcement agencies.
- The center shall calculate traffic flow based on timestamped toll transactions for vehicle travel between successive toll plazas and send to other agencies.
- The center shall exchange data with other toll agencies to coordinate toll transactions and pricing.
- The center shall monitor, analyze, and store traffic sensor data (speed, volume, occupancy) collected from field elements under remote control of the center.