Operational Concepts: DDPW - District Department of Public Works
The following are the roles and responsibilities, by functional area or by project, for the DDPW - District Department of Public Works.| Functional Area or Project | Roles and Responsibilities | Status |
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Emergency Management for District of Columbia ITS Architecture |
Coordinate emergency plans and emergency responses with District EOC. Includes managing highways and arterials in response to and under the direction of the District EOC. | Existing |
| Coordinate evacuation and re-entry plans with the District EOC. | Existing | |
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Generic |
Not Planned | |
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Incident Management for District of Columbia ITS Architecture |
Coordinate incident response for incidents on or adjacent to highways and arterials with public safety agencies, and EOCs in surrounding counties and municipalities, including response for scheduled events. | Existing |
| Coordinate maintenance resources for incidents with other regional maintenance and construction operations. | Existing | |
| Provide maintenance resources in response to incidents on highways and arterials. | Existing | |
| Receive maintenance resource requests for incident response from District police/fire/EMS and 911 emergency call centers. | Existing | |
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Maintenance and Construction for District of Columbia ITS Architecture |
Collect environmental information from District field equipment, and from public and private weather service providers. | Existing |
| Collect road weather information from field sensors. | Existing | |
| Coordinate with District maintenance and construction systems, as well as the District maintenance and construction sections. | Existing | |
| Distribute environmental data to private weather providers, regional TOCs, regional emergency management agencies, regional transit agencies, and District and other municipal maintenance sections. | Existing | |
| Distribute work zone information to local transit agencies, local emergency management agencies, private rail operations, the media, and multimodal service providers. | Existing | |
| Manage work zones for all District maintenance and construction activities, and monitor work zone safety with District field devices and vehicles. | Existing | |
| Perform street cleaning on District streets. | Existing | |
| Provide automated maintenance status information for maintenance vehicles to the District maintenance dispatch and equipment repair facility. | Planned | |
| Provide environmental data to public and private weather service providers. | Existing | |
| Receive automatic vehicle location (AVL) information from District maintenance vehicles. | Existing | |
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Parking Management for District of Columbia ITS Architecture |
Establish relationships with financial institutions for smart card payments. | Planned |
| Provide regional smart card and transponder tag capabilities at facilities. | Planned | |