ITS Element: NMDOT Traffic Signals

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Description: Traffic signal systems owned and operated by NMDOT.
Status: Existing
Stakeholder: NMDOT - New Mexico Department of Transportation
Mapping: Roadway
Other Roadway

Interfaces:

City of Las Cruces Fire Vehicles
Dona Ana County Fire and EMS Vehicles
NMDOT District 1 Maintenance Units Dispatch
NMDOT Signal Lab
Rail Operators Wayside Equipment
Service Packages: ATMS03 - Traffic Signal Control - NMDOT
ATMS13 - Standard Railroad Grade Crossing - NMDOT
EM02 - Emergency Routing - NMDOT District 1
MC07 - Roadway Maintenance and Construction - NMDOT (1 of 3)
Functional Requirements:

Roadway Signal Priority

  • The field element shall respond to signal priority requests from transit vehicles.

Roadway Signal Controls

  • The field element shall control traffic signals under center control.
  • The field element shall respond to pedestrian crossing requests by accommodating the pedestrian crossing.
  • The field element shall provide the capability to notify the traffic management center of pedestrian calls and pedestrian accommodations.
  • The field element shall report the current signal control information to the center.
  • The field element shall report current preemption status to the center.
  • The field element shall return traffic signal controller operational status to the center.
  • The field element shall return traffic signal controller fault data to the center.

Standard Rail Crossing

  • The field element shall collect and process, traffic sensor data in the vicinity of a highway-rail intersection (HRI).
  • The field element shall monitor the status of the highway-rail intersection (HRI) equipment, including both the current state and mode of operation and the current equipment condition, to be forwarded on to the traffic management center.
  • The field element shall monitor the status of the highway-rail intersection (HRI) equipment, including both the current state and mode of operation and the current equipment condition, to be forwarded on to the rail wayside equipment.
  • The field element shall receive track status from the rail wayside equipment that can be passed on to the traffic management center. This may include the current status of the tracks and whether a train is approaching.
  • The field element shall forward rail traffic advisories received from the Wayside Equipment to the traffic management center.

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.

Roadway Signal Preemption

  • The field element shall respond to signal preemption requests from emergency vehicles.

Last updated: 08-08-14