Stakeholder: VDOT NWRO Region

VDOT NWRO Region

Definition:

The VDOT NWRO Region operates and manages the VDOT roadways and facilities in the Northwestern Regional Operations area defined by the VDOT Staunton District and the VDOT Culpeper District. The NWRO Region operates the Traffic Operations Center, the Traffic Signal System, and the safety service patrol.

Inventory Elements:

Roles and Responsibilities:

Archived Data Systems for Virginia NWR ITS Architecture

Select and format data residing in an ITS archive to facilitate local, state, and federal government data reporting requirements.
Collects and archives traffic and environmental information directly from the roadside for use in off-line planning, research, and analysis.

Commercial Vehicle Operations for Virginia NWR ITS Architecture

None defined

Emergency Management for Virginia NWR ITS Architecture

Provide enroute travel information to drivers (via dynamic message signs and highway advisory radio).
Share incident notifications, manage incident response resources and coordinate overall incident situation and response among allied response organizations.
Gather pertinent incident information and relay it the responding units.
Support coordinated response to incidents.
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.
Disseminate threat information to other agencies.
Monitor traffic sensor and surveillance systems remotely to detect and verify incidents.
Plan strategically for emergency response.
Coordinate incident response with all appropriate cooperating agencies.
Track location and status of emergency vehicles.
Dispatch emergency vehicles to incidents.
Monitor external advisory and incident reporting systems, intermodal freight depots, and border crossings for incident information.
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.
Develop, coordinate with emergency management and other traffic management centers, and execute special traffic management strategies during evacuation and subsequent reentry of a population in the vicinity of a disaster or major emergency.
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.
Manage and support routine maintenance on the roadway or right-of-way including landscape maintenance, hazard removal (roadway debris, dead animals), routine maintenance activities (roadway cleaning, grass cutting), and repair and maintenance of both ITS and non-ITS 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.
Analyze security sensor data and correlate with surveillance data and alerts from other agencies to detect potential threats.
Provide incident notification to other ITS centers to notify the traveling public.
Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
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.
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.
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.
Collect current and forecast road and weather information that is used to more effectively manage incidents.
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.
Distribute emergency information to the traveling public, including evacuation information and wide-area alerts.
Report identified incidents to operations personnel and other centers.

Freeway Management for Virginia NWR 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.
Disseminate traffic-related data to other centers, the media, and travelers via the driver information systems (DMS, HAR).
Allow control of field equipment by other traffic management centers.
Operate and maintain field equipment that controls and sends data to other field equipment (such as environmental sensors that send data to a DMS or coordination between traffic controllers on adjacent intersections), without being controlled from a center.
Monitor and remotely diagnose field equipment issues including detecting failures, issuing problem reports, and tracking the repair or replacement of failed equipment.
Provide enroute travel information to drivers (via dynamic message signs and highway advisory radio).
Collect current traffic conditions from sensors and surveillance equipment.
Share traffic information with other traffic management centers.
Monitor traffic sensors and surveillance (CCTV) equipment.
Distribute current traffic conditions to other centers.
Monitor traffic conditions using field equipment (i.e. loop detectors and CCTV cameras).

Incident Management for Virginia NWR ITS Architecture

Monitor traffic conditions to identify incidents.
Operate and maintain field equipment that controls and sends data to other field equipment (such as environmental sensors that send data to a DMS or coordination between traffic controllers on adjacent intersections), without being controlled from a center.
Monitor external advisory and incident reporting systems, intermodal freight depots, and border crossings for incident information.
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.
Support coordinated response to incidents.
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.
Plan strategically for emergency response.
Report identified incidents to operations personnel and other centers.
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.
Monitor traffic sensor and surveillance systems remotely to detect and verify incidents.
Share incident notifications, manage incident response resources and coordinate overall incident situation and response among allied response organizations.

Maintenance and Construction for Virginia NWR ITS Architecture

Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
Monitor and control traffic and provide information directly to drivers in maintenance and construction areas using field equipment including CCTV cameras, driver information systems (such as DMS), and gates/barriers.
Schedules routine and corrective maintenance.
Monitor and support work zone activities remotely, controlling traffic through dynamic message signs (DMS), highway advisory radio, gates and barriers, and informing other groups of activity (e.g., traveler information systems, traffic management centers, other maintenance and construction centers).
Monitor vehicle and equipment condition.
Distribute work plans so that work zones are established that have minimum traffic impact.
Operate and maintain field equipment that controls and sends data to other field equipment (such as environmental sensors that send data to a DMS or coordination between traffic controllers on adjacent intersections), without being controlled from a center.
Coordinate incident response with all appropriate cooperating agencies.
Process current and forecast weather data, road condition information and local environmental data, and use internal models to develop specialized detailed forecasts of local weather and surface conditions.
Plan strategically for emergency response.
Coordinate work schedules, factoring in the needs and activities of other agencies and adjacent jurisdictions.
Recommend courses of action including dispatch instructions based on current and forecast environmental and road conditions (filtered and fused for specific time horizons) and additional application specific information using Maintenance Decision Support Systems.
Monitor and remotely diagnose field equipment issues including detecting failures, issuing problem reports, and tracking the repair or replacement of failed equipment.
Disseminate road weather information to other agencies and centers.
Assimilate collected environmental data with other current and forecast road conditions and surface weather information from weather service providers and roadway maintenance operations.
Operate and maintain environmental sensors.
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.
Provide enroute travel information to drivers (via dynamic message signs and highway advisory radio).
Tracks vehicle maintenance history.
Collect road surface information including road surface temperature, moisture, ice formation, and salinity from environmental sensors, surface and sub-surface.
Collect weather information including temperature, wind, humidity, precipitation, and visibility from environmental sensors, surface and sub-surface.
Tracks the location of maintenance and construction vehicles and other equipment remotely.
Disseminate work activity schedules and current asset restrictions to other agencies.
Collect current and forecast road and weather information that is used to more effectively manage incidents.
Coordinate with maintenance systems using work zone images and traveler information systems (such as DMS).
Manage and support routine maintenance on the roadway or right-of-way including landscape maintenance, hazard removal (roadway debris, dead animals), routine maintenance activities (roadway cleaning, grass cutting), and repair and maintenance of both ITS and non-ITS equipment.
Send the location of the maintenance and construction vehicles and other equipment to the maintenance center operator.
Manage winter road maintenance, tracking and controlling snow plow operations, roadway treatment (e.g., salt spraying and other material applications) based on weather information.

Parking Management for Virginia NWR ITS Architecture

None defined

Surface Street Management for Virginia NWR 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.
Allow control of field equipment by other traffic management centers.
Share traffic information with other traffic management centers.
Provide enroute travel information to drivers (via dynamic message signs and highway advisory radio).
Operate and maintain field equipment that controls and sends data to other field equipment (such as environmental sensors that send data to a DMS or coordination between traffic controllers on adjacent intersections), without being controlled from a center.
Control traffic signal controllers remotely to implement traffic management strategies at signalized intersections based on traffic conditions, incidents, emergency vehicle preemptions, pedestrian crossings, etc.
Collect current traffic conditions from sensors and surveillance equipment.
Distribute current traffic conditions to other centers.
Monitor traffic conditions using field equipment (i.e. loop detectors and CCTV cameras).

Transit Services for Virginia NWR ITS Architecture

Analyze security sensor data and correlate with surveillance data and alerts from other agencies to detect potential threats.
Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
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.
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.
Plan strategically for emergency response.
Disseminate threat information to other agencies.

Traveler Information for Virginia NWR ITS Architecture

Disseminate traffic, transit, maintenance and construction, event, and weather information to travelers.
Provide personalized traffic, transit, maintenance and construction, multimodal, event, and weather information to traveler, upon request.