Stakeholder: VDOT SWRO Region

VDOT SWRO Region

Definition:

The VDOT SWRO Region operates and manages the VDOT roadways and facilities in the Southwestern Regional Operations area defined by the VDOT Bristol District, VDOT Salem District and VDOT Lynchburg District. The SWRO Region operates the Traffic Operations Center and the Traffic Signal System, operates snow plows and the safety service patrol.

Inventory Elements:

Roles and Responsibilities:

Archived Data Systems for Virginia SWR ITS Architecture

Collect and maintain data and data catalogs from one or more data sources.
Perform quality checks, error notification, and archive coordination.

Commercial Vehicle Operations for Virginia SWR ITS Architecture

None defined

Emergency Management for Virginia SWR ITS Architecture

Plan strategically for emergency response.
Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
Gather dispatch and routing information from an emergency vehicle using on-board equipment for vehicle tracking and communications with care facilities.
Request signal preemption via short range communication directly from the emergency vehicle to the traffic control equipment on the roadside.
Support coordinated response to incidents.
Transmit incident information from on-scene public safety to the public safety center via on-board vehicle systems.
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.
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.
Provide incident information to dispatched public safety personnel via on-board vehicle systems.
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.
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.
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.
Share incident notifications, manage incident response resources and coordinate overall incident situation and response among allied response organizations.
Coordinate incident response with all appropriate cooperating agencies.
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.
Monitor external advisory and incident reporting systems, intermodal freight depots, and border crossings for incident information.
Distribute emergency information to the traveling public, including evacuation information and wide-area alerts.
Control traffic signal controllers remotely to implement traffic management strategies at signalized intersections based on traffic conditions, incidents, emergency vehicle preemptions, pedestrian crossings, etc.
Provide incident notification to other ITS centers to notify the traveling public.
Analyze security sensor data and correlate with surveillance data and alerts from other agencies to detect potential threats.
Disseminate threat information to other 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.
Provide enroute travel information to drivers (via dynamic message signs and highway advisory radio).
Collect current and forecast road and weather information that is used to more effectively manage incidents.

Freeway Management for Virginia SWR ITS Architecture

Provide enroute travel information to drivers (via dynamic message signs and highway advisory radio).
Allow control of field equipment by other traffic management centers.
Share traffic information with other traffic management centers.
Operate and maintain freeway control equipment including ramp meters, mainline metering, and lane control equipment which controls traffic on freeways, including indicators to drivers.
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.
Distribute current traffic conditions to other centers.
Collect current traffic conditions from sensors and surveillance equipment.
Control ramp meters, interchange connector meters, lane control signals, mainline meters, and variable speed control systems remotely.
Disseminate traffic-related data to other centers, the media, and travelers via the driver information systems (DMS, HAR).
Monitor traffic conditions using field equipment (i.e. loop detectors and CCTV cameras).
Monitor traffic sensors and surveillance (CCTV) equipment.

Incident Management for Virginia SWR ITS Architecture

Provide incident information to dispatched public safety personnel via on-board vehicle systems.
Support coordinated response to incidents.
Monitor external advisory and incident reporting systems, intermodal freight depots, and border crossings for incident information.
Share incident notifications, manage incident response resources and coordinate overall incident situation and response among allied response organizations.
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.
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 traffic conditions to identify incidents.
Transmit incident information from on-scene public safety to the public safety center via on-board vehicle systems.
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.
Coordinate incident response with all appropriate cooperating agencies.

Maintenance and Construction for Virginia SWR ITS Architecture

Coordinate incident response with all appropriate cooperating agencies.
Send the location of the maintenance and construction vehicles and other equipment to the maintenance center operator.
Collect current and forecast road and weather information that is used to more effectively manage incidents.
Tracks the location of maintenance and construction vehicles and other equipment remotely.
Collect weather information including temperature, wind, humidity, precipitation, and visibility from environmental sensors, surface and sub-surface.
Assimilate collected environmental data with other current and forecast road conditions and surface weather information from weather service providers and roadway maintenance operations.
Tracks vehicle maintenance history.
Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
Manage winter road maintenance, tracking and controlling snow plow operations, roadway treatment (e.g., salt spraying and other material applications) based on weather information.
Monitor vehicle and equipment condition.
Provide enroute travel information to drivers (via dynamic message signs and highway advisory radio).
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.
Operate and maintain environmental sensors.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Collect road surface information including road surface temperature, moisture, ice formation, and salinity from environmental sensors, surface and sub-surface.
Coordinate work schedules, factoring in the needs and activities of other agencies and adjacent jurisdictions.
Plan strategically for emergency response.
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).
Disseminate work activity schedules and current asset restrictions to other agencies.
Distribute work plans so that work zones are established that have minimum traffic impact.
Disseminate road weather information to other agencies and 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.
Coordinate with maintenance systems using work zone images and traveler information systems (such as DMS).
Schedules routine and corrective maintenance.

Parking Management for Virginia SWR ITS Architecture

None defined

Surface Street Management for Virginia SWR ITS Architecture

Share traffic information with other traffic management centers.
Allow control of field equipment by other traffic management centers.
Disseminate traffic-related data to other centers, the media, and travelers via the driver information systems (DMS, HAR).
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 traffic conditions using field equipment (i.e. loop detectors and CCTV cameras).
Distribute current traffic conditions to other centers.
Collect current traffic conditions from sensors and surveillance equipment.
Control ramp meters, interchange connector meters, lane control signals, mainline meters, and variable speed control systems remotely.
Control traffic signal controllers remotely to implement traffic management strategies at signalized intersections based on traffic conditions, incidents, emergency vehicle preemptions, pedestrian crossings, etc.
Monitor traffic sensors and surveillance (CCTV) equipment.
Provide enroute travel information to drivers (via dynamic message signs and highway advisory radio).

Transit Services for Virginia SWR ITS Architecture

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.
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.

Traveler Information for Virginia SWR ITS Architecture

Disseminate traffic, transit, maintenance and construction, event, and weather information to travelers.