Kansas Turnpike Authority Environmental Sensors Stations

Interconnects - Flows - Entities - Services - Functional Requirements

Definition:

Environmental Sensor Stations owned by KTA are used to collect road weather conditions along the turnpike.

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Systems Interconnected
with the Kansas Turnpike Authority Environmental Sensors Stations

Kansas Turnpike Authority Center

Interconnect Diagram

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Architecture Flow Diagrams
which include Kansas Turnpike Authority Environmental Sensors Stations:

• Kansas Turnpike Authority Environmental Sensors Stations Kansas Turnpike Authority Center

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Architecture Flows
to/from the Kansas Turnpike Authority Environmental Sensors Stations:

Kansas Turnpike Authority Environmental Sensors StationsKansas Turnpike Authority Center

• environmental conditions data


• vehicle probe data

Kansas Turnpike Authority CenterKansas Turnpike Authority Environmental Sensors Stations

• environmental sensors control


• roadway information system data

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National ITS Architecture Subsystems
mapped to the Kansas Turnpike Authority Environmental Sensors Stations:

• Roadway Subsystem

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National ITS Architecture Services
associated with Kansas Turnpike Authority Environmental Sensors Stations:

• MC03 - Road Weather Data Collection -- (Graphic)

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National ITS Architecture Functional Requirements
associated with Kansas Turnpike Authority Environmental Sensors Stations:

1. The field element shall include surface and sub-surface environmental sensors that measure road surface temperature, moisture, icing, salinity, and other measures.
2. The field element shall include environmental sensors that measure weather conditions including temperature, wind, humidity, precipitation, and visibility.
3. The field element's environmental sensors shall be remotely controlled by a maintenance center.
4. The field element's environmental sensors shall be remotely controlled by a traffic management center.
5. The field element's environmental sensors shall be remotely controlled by weather service providers such as the National Weather Service or value-added sector specific meteorological services.
6. The field element's environmental sensors shall be remotely controlled by a maintenance and construction vehicle.
7. The field element shall provide environmental sensor equipment operational status to the controlling center or maintenance vehicle.
8. The field element shall provide environmental sensor equipment fault indication to the controlling center or maintenance vehicle.
9. The field element shall remotely aggregate environmental sensor data with environmental data collected from maintenance and construction vehicles.
10. The field element shall provide weather and road surface condition data to centers.
11. The field element shall provide weather and road surface condition data to maintenance and construction vehicles.