Farmington Field Devices - Roadway Functionality
Subsystem Description
The Roadway Subsystem (RS) includes the equipment distributed on and along the roadway that monitors and controls traffic and monitors and manages the roadway itself. Equipment includes traffic detectors, environmental sensors, traffic signals, highway advisory radios, dynamic message signs, CCTV cameras and video image processing systems, grade crossing warning systems, and freeway ramp metering systems. HOV lane management, reversible lane management functions, and barrier systems that control access to transportation infrastructure such as roadways, bridges and tunnels are also supported. This subsystem also provides the capability for environmental monitoring including sensors that measure road conditions, surface weather, and vehicle emissions. In adverse conditions, automated systems can be used to apply anti-icing materials, disperse fog, etc. Work zone systems including work zone surveillance, traffic control, driver warning, and work crew safety systems are also included. To enhance security, safeguard systems such as blast shields, exhaust systems and other automated and remotely controlled systems to protect transportation infrastructure is also provided. In advanced implementations, this subsystem supports automated vehicle safety systems by safely controlling access to and egress from an Automated Highway System through monitoring of, and communications with, AHS vehicles. Intersection collision avoidance functions are provided by determining the probability of a collision in the intersection and sending appropriate warnings and/or control actions to the approaching vehicles.
Functional Area: Field Management Stations Operation
Supports direct communications between field management stations and the local field equipment under their control.
| ID | Requirement | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The field management station shall accept configuration information from the center. | Planned |
| 2 | The filed management station shall pass data provided by the center to local field devices and report data from the field devices back to the center. | Planned |
Functional Area: Roadside Lighting System Control
Field equipment that controls lighting systems for transportation facilities including lighting device monitoring and control based on local conditions, timing plans, or remote center control.
| ID | Requirement | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The field element shall control lighting systems along the roadside under center control. | Planned |
| 2 | The field element shall return operational status for the lighting system equipment to the center. | Planned |
| 3 | The field element shall return lighting system equipment fault data to the center for repair. | Planned |
Functional Area: Roadway Basic Surveillance
Field elements that monitor traffic conditions using loop detectors and CCTV cameras.
| ID | Requirement | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The field element shall collect, process, digitize, and send traffic sensor data (speed, volume, and occupancy) to the center for further analysis and storage, under center control. | Planned |
| 2 | The field element shall collect, process, and send traffic images to the center for further analysis and distribution. | Planned |
| 4 | The field element shall return sensor and CCTV system operational status to the controlling center. | Planned |
Functional Area: Roadway Environmental Monitoring
Environmental sensors, surface and sub-surface, that collect weather and road surface information. Weather conditions measured include temperature, wind, humidity, precipitation, and visibility. Sensors measure road surface temperature, moisture, icing, salinity, etc.
| ID | Requirement | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The field element shall include surface and sub-surface environmental sensors that measure road surface temperature, moisture, icing, salinity, and other measures. | Planned |
| 2 | The field element shall include environmental sensors that measure weather conditions including temperature, wind, humidity, precipitation, and visibility. | Planned |
| 4 | The field element's environmental sensors shall be remotely controlled by a traffic management center. | Planned |
| 7 | The field element shall provide environmental sensor equipment operational status to the controlling center or maintenance vehicle. | Planned |
| 8 | The field element shall provide environmental sensor equipment fault indication to the controlling center or maintenance vehicle. | Planned |
Functional Area: Roadway Equipment Coordination
Field elements that control and send data to other field elements (such as environmental sensors that send data to a DMS or coordination between traffic controllers on adjacent intersections), without center control.
| ID | Requirement | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The field element shall include sensors that provide data and status information to other field element devices, without center control. | Planned |
Functional Area: Roadway Field Device Monitoring
Monitors field equipment operational status and detects and reports fault conditions. Device status, configuration, and fault information are provided to a remote center and a user interface provides information locally to field personnel.
| ID | Requirement | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The field element shall monitor the operational status (state of the device, configuration, and fault data) of connected sensors (such as traffic, infrastructure, environmental, security, speed) and devices (such as highway advisory radio, dynamic message signs, automated roadway treatment systems, barrier and safeguard systems, cameras, traffic signals, ramp meters, short range communications equipment, security surveillance equipment). | Planned |
| 2 | The field element shall send operational status of connected field equipment to the maintenance center. | Planned |
| 4 | The field element shall include a local interface that provides operational status and fault data for connected field equipment to field personnel. | Planned |
Functional Area: Roadway Incident Detection
Field elements that monitor traffic conditions to identify incidents. It includes traffic detectors that collect traffic flow information and identify unusual traffic conditions and advanced CCTV cameras with built-in incident detection algorithms.
| ID | Requirement | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The field element shall collect, process, and send traffic images to the center for further analysis and distribution. | Planned |
| 2 | The field element shall remotely process video data and provide an indication of potential incidents to the traffic management center. | Planned |
Functional Area: Roadway Probe Data Communications
Field elements that collect probe data from vehicles using short range communications.
| ID | Requirement | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The field element shall communicate with passing vehicles for traffic data link time calculations and send collected data to the controlling center; identification will be removed to ensure anonymity. | Planned |
Functional Area: Roadway Short Range Traveler Information Communications
Field elements that distribute information to in-vehicle equipment. The information provided may be determined locally or under the control of a center.
| ID | Requirement | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The field element shall distribute traveler information including traffic and road conditions to passing vehicles using short range communications, under center control. | Planned |
| 2 | The field element shall distribute advisory information, such as evacuation information, wide-area alerts, incident information, work zone intrusion information, and other special information to passing vehicles using short range communications, under center control. | Planned |
Functional Area: Roadway Signal Controls
Field elements including traffic signal controllers for use at signalized intersections; also supports pedestrian crossings.
| ID | Requirement | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The field element shall control traffic signals under center control. | Planned |
| 2 | The field element shall respond to pedestrian crossing requests by accommodating the pedestrian crossing. | Planned |
| 3 | The field element shall provide the capability to notify the traffic management center of pedestrian calls and pedestrian accommodations. | Planned |
| 6 | The field element shall return traffic signal controller operational status to the center. | Planned |
Functional Area: Roadway Traffic Information Dissemination
Driver information systems, such as dynamic message signs and Highway Advisory Radio (HAR).
| ID | Requirement | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The field element shall include dynamic messages signs for dissemination of traffic and other information to drivers, under center control; the DMS may be either those that display variable text messages, or those that have fixed format display(s) (e.g. vehicle restrictions, or lane open/close). | Planned |
| 3 | The field element shall include pedestrian information systems under center control (e.g. warning pedestrians of a potential hazard, or providing mandatory instructions as to the availability of pedestrian access). | Planned |
| 4 | The field element shall provide operational status for the driver information systems equipment (DMS, HAR, etc.) to the center. | Planned |
Functional Area: Roadway Variable Speed Limits
Field elements including physical overhead lane signs and associated monitoring, communications, and control electronics that are used to manage and control variable speed limits systems.
| ID | Requirement | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The field element shall monitor traffic and environmental conditions along the roadway. | Planned |
| 2 | The field element shall autonomously calculate and set variable speed limits based on current conditions by lane. | Planned |
| 3 | The field element shall receive commands from the controlling center that establish speed limits by lane. | Planned |
Functional Area: Roadway Work Zone Safety
Work zone intrusion detection devices (to detect vehicle intrusion upon a work zone or crew worker movement across a work zone boundary) and intrusion alerting devices that provide alerts to crew and drivers.
| ID | Requirement | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The field element shall include work zone intrusion detection devices that detect when a vehicle has intruded upon the boundary of a work zone, under center control. | Planned |
| 5 | The field element shall include work zone intrusion alerting devices that alert drivers that they have intruded upon the perimeter of the work zone, or are about to do so; may provide alerts to drivers directly or via in-vehicle signing. | Planned |
| 6 | The field element shall provide operational status for the work zone intrusion detection devices to the maintenance center. | Planned |
| 8 | The field element shall provide operational status for the work zone intrusion alerting devices to the maintenance center. | Planned |
Functional Area: Roadway Work Zone Traffic Control
Field elements in maintenance and construction areas including CCTV cameras, driver information systems (such as DMS), and gates/barriers that monitor and control traffic and provide information directly to drivers in affected areas.
| ID | Requirement | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The field element shall collect, process, and send work zone images to the center for further analysis and distribution, under center control. | Planned |
| 2 | Under traffic and maintenance center control, the field element shall include driver information systems (such as dynamic messages signs and highway advisory radios) that advise drivers of activity around the work zone through which they are currently passing. | Planned |