ITS Element: NMDOT RWIS

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Description: Road weather information systems that are owned and operated by NMDOT.
Status: Existing
Stakeholder: NMDOT - New Mexico Department of Transportation
Mapping: Roadway
Other Roadway

Interfaces:

NMDOT District 1 Maintenance Units Dispatch
NMDOT Statewide TMC
Private Weather Support Services System
Service Packages: MC03 - Road Weather Data Collection - NMDOT
MC07 - Roadway Maintenance and Construction - NMDOT (1 of 3)
Functional Requirements:

Roadway Environmental Monitoring

  • The field element shall include surface and sub-surface environmental sensors that measure road surface temperature, moisture, icing, salinity, and other measures.
  • The field element shall include environmental sensors that measure weather conditions including temperature, wind, humidity, precipitation, and visibility.
  • The field element's environmental sensors shall be remotely controlled by a maintenance center.
  • The field element's environmental sensors shall be remotely controlled by a traffic management center.
  • The field element's environmental sensors shall be remotely controlled by weather service providers such as the National Weather Service or value-added sector specific meteorological services.
  • The field element shall provide weather and road surface condition data to centers.

Roadway Field Device Monitoring

  • 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).
  • The field element shall send collected fault data to the maintenance center for repair.
  • The field element shall include a local interface that provides operational status and fault data for connected field equipment to field personnel.

Last updated: 08-08-14