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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 Backup Traffic Operations Center
• 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
• Control traffic signal controllers remotely to implement traffic management strategies at signalized intersections based on traffic conditions, incidents, emergency vehicle preemptions, pedestrian crossings, etc.
• Take emergency calls and collect information about the caller and the reported emergency.
• Forward, when appropriate, emergency call information to the appropriate response agency.
• Provide incident notification to other ITS centers to notify the traveling public.
• Coordinate incident response with all appropriate cooperating agencies.
• 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.
• Track location and status of emergency vehicles.
• 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.
• 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.
• Report identified incidents to operations personnel and other centers.
• Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
• Gather pertinent incident information and relay it the responding units.
• Dispatch emergency vehicles to incidents.
• 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.
• Disseminate traffic-related data to other centers, the media, and travelers via the driver information systems (DMS, HAR).
• Monitor traffic sensor and surveillance systems remotely to detect and verify incidents.

Freeway Management for Virginia CR ITS Architecture
• Control ramp meters, interchange connector meters, lane control signals, mainline meters, and variable speed control systems remotely.
• Distribute current traffic conditions to other centers.
• Disseminate traffic-related data to other centers, the media, and travelers via the driver information systems (DMS, HAR).
• Control traffic signal controllers remotely to implement traffic management strategies at signalized intersections based on traffic conditions, incidents, emergency vehicle preemptions, pedestrian crossings, etc.
• Share traffic information with other traffic management centers.
• Collect current traffic conditions from sensors and surveillance equipment.
• Monitor and remotely diagnose field equipment issues including detecting failures, issuing problem reports, and tracking the repair or replacement of failed equipment.
• Monitor traffic sensors and surveillance (CCTV) equipment.
• Allow control of field equipment by other traffic management centers.

Incident Management for Virginia CR ITS Architecture
• 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.
• Coordinate incident response with all appropriate cooperating agencies.
• Plan strategically for emergency response.
• Monitor traffic sensor and surveillance systems remotely to detect and verify incidents.
• Report identified incidents to operations personnel and other centers.
• 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.
• Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
• Monitor external advisory and incident reporting systems, intermodal freight depots, and border crossings for incident information.

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

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

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.
• 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.
• Control traffic signal controllers remotely to implement traffic management strategies at signalized intersections based on traffic conditions, incidents, emergency vehicle preemptions, pedestrian crossings, 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.
• Analyze security sensor data and correlate with surveillance data and alerts from other agencies to detect potential threats.
• Plan strategically for emergency response.
• Disseminate threat information to other agencies.

Traveler Information for Virginia CR ITS Architecture
• None defined