Local Traffic Agencies

Description: Northern Virginia (NOVA) Traffic Agencies operate signal systems.

Stakeholder Group Members:

• Arlington Department of Environmental Services
• City of Alexandria Department of Transportation and Environmental Services
• City of Fairfax Department of Public Works
• City of Falls Church Department of Public Works
• City of Manassas Park Department of Public Works
• City of Manassas Traffic Controls Department
• Fairfax County Public Works and Environmental Services
• Loudoun County Office of Transportation Services
• Prince William County Department of Public Works
• Town of Herndon Department of Public Works
• Town of Leesburg Department of Public Works
• Town of Vienna Department of Public Works

Inventory Elements:

• Local Field Equipment
• Local TOCs

Projects:

• none

Roles and Responsibilities:

Emergency Management
• Supports the coordination of ecavuation plans among federal, state and local transportation, emergency and law enforcement agencies that may be involved in a large scale evacuation
• Develop, propose and implement emergency control strategies during major emergencies (all signals on blink, contraflow etc)

Incident Management
• Determine the expected traffic flow impact of each incident
• Propose and facilitate the appropriate control of traffic signals and other devices to reduce the traffic flow impact of an incident
• Provide status of all resources needed for incident resolution to those agencies responding to the incident

Surface Street Signal Management
• Receive signal priority and preemption requests where available
• Coordinate with other regional agencies during emergencies and evacuation for emergency traffic control
• Maintain field equipment including traffic signals, and vehicle detection equipment
• Manage regional traffic control efforts and assist in coordinating traffic across boundaries
• Monitor maintenance, construction, and winter road conditions along key arterials