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Service Package Description

This service package processes and distributes the environmental information collected from the Road Weather Data Collection service package. This service package uses the environmental data to detect environmental hazards such as icy road conditions, high winds, dense fog, etc. so system operators and decision support systems can make decision on corrective actions to take. The continuing updates of road condition information and current temperatures can be used by system operators to more effectively deploy road maintenance resources, issue general traveler advisories, issue location specific warnings to drivers using the Traffic Information Dissemination service package, and aid operators in scheduling work activity.

List of Elements on this Diagram
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Element Name Stakeholder
Local City and Municipal TMC Local Cities and Municipalities
Flood Control District of Maricopa County ALERT Flood Control District of Maricopa County
Local Dial-A-Ride Transit Dispatches Local Cities and Municipalities
Local Transit Providers Dispatch Local Transit Providers
Valley Metro OCC Valley Metro
Local EOCs Local Cities and Municipalities
Local Fire and EMS Dispatch Local Cities and Municipalities
Local Police Dispatch Local Cities and Municipalities
Local PIOs Local Cities and Municipalities


List of Stakeholder Elements and Roles on this Diagram
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Stakeholder Element Name Functional Area/Role Functional Area Description
Flood Control District of Maricopa County Flood Control District of Maricopa County ALERT MCM Environmental Information Processing This equipment package processes current and forecast weather data, road condition information, local environmental data, and uses internal models to develop specialized detailed forecasts of local weather and surface conditions. The processed environmental information products are presented to center personnel and disseminated to other centers.
Local Cities and Municipalities Local City and Municipal TMC TMC Environmental Monitoring This equipment package assimilates current and forecast road conditions and surface weather information using a combination of weather service provider information, information collected by other centers such as the Maintenance and Construction Management Subsystem, and data collected from environmental sensors deployed on and about the roadway. The collected environmental information is monitored and presented to the operator. This information can be used to issue general traveler advisories and support location specific warnings to drivers. Other equipment packages process the collected information and provide decision support.
Local Cities and Municipalities Local Dial-A-Ride Transit Dispatches Transit Environmental Monitoring This equipment package assimilates current and forecast road conditions and surface weather information from a variety of sources, including both weather service providers and vehicle probes. The collected environmental information is monitored and forwarded to other agencies to more effectively manage transit operations.
Local Cities and Municipalities Local EOCs Emergency Environmental Monitoring This equipment package collects current and forecast road conditions and surface weather information from a variety of sources. The collected environmental information is monitored and presented to the operator and used to more effectively manage incidents.
Local Cities and Municipalities Local Fire and EMS Dispatch Emergency Environmental Monitoring This equipment package collects current and forecast road conditions and surface weather information from a variety of sources. The collected environmental information is monitored and presented to the operator and used to more effectively manage incidents.
Local Cities and Municipalities Local PIOs ISP Traveler Data Collection This equipment package collects traveler-related data from other centers, performs data quality checks on the collected data and then consolidates, verifies, and refines the data and makes it available in a consistent format to applications that deliver traveler information. A broad range of traveler-related data is collected including traffic and road conditions, transit data, emergency information and advisories, weather data, special event information, traveler services, parking, multimodal data, and toll/pricing data. This equipment package also shares data with other information service providers.
Local Cities and Municipalities Local Police Dispatch Emergency Environmental Monitoring This equipment package collects current and forecast road conditions and surface weather information from a variety of sources. The collected environmental information is monitored and presented to the operator and used to more effectively manage incidents.
Local Transit Providers Local Transit Providers Dispatch Transit Environmental Monitoring This equipment package assimilates current and forecast road conditions and surface weather information from a variety of sources, including both weather service providers and vehicle probes. The collected environmental information is monitored and forwarded to other agencies to more effectively manage transit operations.
Valley Metro Valley Metro OCC Transit Environmental Monitoring This equipment package assimilates current and forecast road conditions and surface weather information from a variety of sources, including both weather service providers and vehicle probes. The collected environmental information is monitored and forwarded to other agencies to more effectively manage transit operations.


List of Flows on this Diagram
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Source Element Architecture Flow Destination Element
Flood Control District of Maricopa County ALERT road weather information Local Dial-A-Ride Transit Dispatches
Flood Control District of Maricopa County ALERT road weather information Local PIOs
Flood Control District of Maricopa County ALERT road weather information Valley Metro OCC
Flood Control District of Maricopa County ALERT road weather information Local Transit Providers Dispatch
Flood Control District of Maricopa County ALERT road weather information Local EOCs
Flood Control District of Maricopa County ALERT road weather information Local Police Dispatch
Flood Control District of Maricopa County ALERT road weather information Local Fire and EMS Dispatch
Flood Control District of Maricopa County ALERT road weather information Local City and Municipal TMC

Last updated: 06-24-13