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VDOT Public Affairs

Status:

Existing

Definition:

This office is responsible for providing transportation information to the public once obtained from VDOT agencies.

Stakeholder:

VDOT Central Office

Architecture Flow Diagrams
which include VDOT Public Affairs:

• VDOT Public Affairs VDOT ERO TOC/ATMS

Architecture Flows
to/from the VDOT Public Affairs:

VDOT Public Affairs VDOT ERO TOC/ATMS

• alert status

VDOT ERO TOC/ATMSVDOT Public Affairs

• evacuation information


• road network conditions


• transportation system status

National ITS Architecture Subsystems
mapped to the VDOT Public Affairs:

• Data Distribution System Subsystem
• Transportation Information Center Subsystem

National ITS Architecture Services
associated with VDOT Public Affairs:

• MC08 - Maintenance and Construction Activity Coordination -- (Graphic)
• PS13 - Evacuation and Reentry Management -- (Graphic)
• PS14 - Disaster Traveler Information -- (Graphic)

National ITS Architecture Functional Requirements
associated with VDOT Public Affairs:

TIC Data Collection

1. The center shall collect, process, and store current and forecast road conditions and surface weather conditions.
2. The center shall collect, process, and store event information.
3. The center shall collect, process, and store toll fee information.
4. The center shall collect, process, and store maintenance and construction information, including scheduled maintenance and construction work activities and work zone activities.
5. The center shall collect, process, and store traffic and highway condition information, including incident information, detours and road closures, event information, recommended routes, and current speeds on specific routes.

TIC Emergency Traveler Information

1. The center shall disseminate wide-area alert information to the traveler interface systems, including major emergencies such as a natural or man-made disaster, civil emergency, child abductions, severe weather watches and warnings, military activities, and law enforcement warnings.
2. The center shall provide evacuation information to shelter providers.
3. The center shall provide the capability for a system operator to control the type and update frequency of emergency and wide-area alert information distributed to travelers.
4. The center shall disseminate emergency evacuation information to the traveler interface systems, including evacuation zones, shelter information, available transportation modes, road closures and detours, changes to transit services, and traffic and road conditions at the origin, destination, and along the evacuation routes.