Mohawk Valley Regional ITS Architecture

Routes 5/8/12 ITS Improvements

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Description

Deploy ITS devices along state roadway.

Status

Planned

Timeframe

Short Term

Geographic Scope

I-790 to Rte 840, Oneida County, City of Utica, Town of New Hartford.

Service Scope

Stakeholders

NYSDOT - New York State Department of Transportation

Inventory

NYSDOT CCTV

NYSDOT Motorist Information Systems

NYSDOT Region 2 TOC

NYSDOT Road Weather Information System (RWIS)

NYSDOT Traffic Count Stations

NYSDOT Traffic Signals

Services

AD1-2 - ITS Data Mart - NYSDOT Main Office Highway Data Services

ATMS01-1 - Network Surveillance - NYSDOT Region 2 / IEN

ATMS03-1 - Surface Street Control - NYSDOT Region 2

ATMS06-1 - Traffic Information Dissemination - NYSDOT Region 2 (1 of 3)

MC03-1 - Road Weather Data Collection - NYSDOT Region 2/NYSTA

Functional Areas

Collect Traffic Surveillance

• The center shall distribute road network conditions data (raw or processed) based on collected and analyzed traffic sensor and surveillance data to other centers.
• The center shall maintain a database of surveillance and sensors and the freeways, surface street and rural roadways, e.g. where they are located, to which part(s) of the network their data applies, the type of data, and the ownership of each link (that i
• The center shall monitor, analyze, and distribute traffic images from CCTV systems under remote control of the center.
• The center shall monitor, analyze, and store multimodal crossing and high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane sensor data under remote control of the center.
• The center shall monitor, analyze, and store traffic sensor data (speed, volume, occupancy) collected from field elements under remote control of the center.
• The center shall respond to control data from center personnel regarding sensor and surveillance data collection, analysis, storage, and distribution.
• The center shall support an interface with a map update provider, or other appropriate data sources, through which updates of digitized map data can be obtained and used as a background for traffic data.

Roadway Basic Surveillance

• The field element shall collect, digitize, and send multimodal crossing and high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane sensor data to the center for further analysis and storage.
• The field element shall collect, process, and send traffic images to the center for further analysis and distribution.
• 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.
• The field element shall return CCTV system fault data to the controlling center for repair.
• The field element shall return CCTV system operational status to the controlling center.
• The field element shall return sensor and CCTV system fault data to the controlling center for repair.
• The field element shall return sensor and CCTV system operational status to the controlling center.
• The field element shall return sensor and fault data to the controlling center for repair.
• The field element shall return sensor system operational status to the controlling center.

Roadway Data Collection

• The field element shall collect sensor status and sensor faults from roadside equipment and send it along with the recorded data to a center for archival.
• The field element shall collect traffic, road, and environmental conditions information.
• The field element shall include the sensors and supporting roadside devices that sense, collect, and send traffic, road, and environmental conditions information to a center for archival.

Roadway Environmental Monitoring

• The field element shall include environmental sensors that measure weather conditions including temperature, wind, humidity, precipitation, and visibility.
• 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 provide environmental sensor equipment fault indication to the controlling center or maintenance vehicle.
• The field element shall provide environmental sensor equipment operational status to the controlling center or maintenance vehicle.
• The field element shall provide weather and road surface condition data to centers.
• The field element shall provide weather and road surface condition data to maintenance and construction vehicles.
• The field element shall remotely aggregate environmental sensor data with environmental data collected from maintenance and construction vehicles.
• The field element's environmental sensors shall be remotely controlled by a maintenance and construction vehicle.
• 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.

Roadway Signal Controls

• The field element shall collect pedestrian images and pedestrian sensor data, and respond to pedestrian crossing requests via display, audio signal, or other manner.
• The field element shall control traffic signals at intersections and on main highways for urban and rural areas, under center control.
• The field element shall monitor operation of traffic signal controllers and report to the center any instances in which the indicator response does not match that expected from known indicator preemptions.
• The field element shall monitor operation of traffic signal controllers and report to the center any instances in which the indicator response does not match that expected from the indicator control information.
• The field element shall provide the capability to notify the traffic management center that a pedestrian has requested right-of-way and when the request was or will be granted (request for right-of-way).
• The field element shall return traffic signal controller fault data to the maintenance center for repair.
• The field element shall return traffic signal controller operational status to the controlling center.

Roadway Traffic Information Dissemination

• 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. v
• 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).
• The field element shall provide fault data for the driver information systems equipment (DMS, HAR, etc.) to the center for repair.
• The field element shall provide operational status for the driver information systems equipment (DMS, HAR, etc.) to the center.

TMC Environmental Monitoring

• The center shall assimilate current and forecast road conditions and surface weather information using a combination of weather service provider information (such as the National Weather Service and value-added sector specific meteorological services), da
• The center shall provide weather and road condition information to weather service providers and center personnel.
• The center shall remotely control environmental sensors that measure road surface temperature, moisture, icing, salinity, and other measures.
• The center shall remotely control environmental sensors that measure weather conditions including temperature, wind, humidity, precipitation, and visibility.
• The center shall respond to control data from center personnel regarding environmental sensor control and weather data collection and processing.

TMC Signal Control

• The center shall accept notifications of right-of-way requests from pedestrians.
• The center shall collect traffic signal controller fault data from the field.
• The center shall collect traffic signal controller operational status and compare against the control information sent by the center.
• The center shall implement control plans to coordinate signalized intersections, under control of center personnel, based on data from sensors and surveillance monitoring traffic conditions, incidents, emergency vehicle preemptions, the passage of commerc
• The center shall remotely control traffic signal controllers.

TMC Traffic Information Dissemination

• The center shall collect fault data for the driver information systems equipment (DMS, HAR, etc.) for repair.
• The center shall collect operational status for the driver information systems equipment (DMS, HAR, etc.).
• The center shall distribute traffic data to maintenance and construction centers, transit centers, emergency management centers, and traveler information providers.
• The center shall distribute traffic data to the media; the capability to provide the information in both data stream and graphical display shall be supported.
• The center shall provide the capability for center personnel to control the nature of the data that is available to non-traffic operations centers and the media.
• The center shall remotely control driver information systems that communicate directly from a center to the vehicle radio (such as Highway Advisory Radios) for dissemination of traffic and other information to drivers.
• The center shall remotely control dynamic messages signs for dissemination of traffic and other information to drivers.
• The center shall retrieve locally stored traffic information, including current and forecasted traffic information, road and weather conditions, traffic incident information, information on diversions and alternate routes, closures, and special traffic re

Traffic Data Collection

• The center shall assign quality control metrics and meta-data to be stored along with the data. Meta-data may include attributes that describe the source and quality of the data and the conditions surrounding the collection of the data.
• The center shall be able to produce sample products of the data available.
• The center shall collect traffic management data such as operational data, event logs, etc.
• The center shall receive and respond to requests from ITS Archives for either a catalog of the traffic data or for the data itself.

Traffic Maintenance

• The center shall collect and store CCTV surveillance system (traffic, pedestrian) fault data send to the maintenance center for repair.
• The center shall collect and store CCTV surveillance system (traffic, pedestrian) operational status.
• The center shall collect and store sensor (traffic, pedestrian, multimodal crossing) fault data and send to the maintenance center for repair.
• The center shall collect and store sensor (traffic, pedestrian, multimodal crossing) operational status.
• The center shall collect environmental sensor equipment fault data and send to the maintenance center for repair.
• The center shall collect environmental sensor operational status.
• The center shall exchange data with maintenance centers concerning the reporting of faulty equipment and the schedule/status of their repair. Information exchanged includes details of new equipment faults, and clearances when the faults are cleared.
• The center shall support an interface with a map update provider, or other appropriate data sources, through which updates of digitized map data can be obtained and used as a background for traffic maintenance data.

Interfaces

Source	Architecture Flows	Destination
NYSDOT CCTV	traffic images	NYSDOT Region 2 TOC
NYSDOT Main Office Highway Data Services	data collection and monitoring control	NYSDOT Traffic Count Stations
NYSDOT Motorist Information Systems	roadway information system status	NYSDOT Region 2 TOC
NYSDOT Region 2 Maintenance	environmental sensors control	NYSDOT Road Weather Information System (RWIS)
NYSDOT Region 2 TOC	video surveillance control	NYSDOT CCTV
NYSDOT Region 2 TOC	roadway information system data	NYSDOT Motorist Information Systems
NYSDOT Region 2 TOC	hri control data	NYSDOT Traffic Signals
NYSDOT Region 2 TOC	hri request	NYSDOT Traffic Signals
NYSDOT Region 2 TOC	traffic sensor control	NYSDOT Traffic Signals
NYSDOT Region 2 TOC	signal control data	NYSDOT Traffic Signals
NYSDOT Road Weather Information System (RWIS)	environmental probe data	NYSDOT Region 2 Maintenance
NYSDOT Road Weather Information System (RWIS)	environmental sensor data	NYSDOT Region 2 Maintenance
NYSDOT Traffic Count Stations	roadside archive data	NYSDOT Main Office Highway Data Services
NYSDOT Traffic Signals	hri status	NYSDOT Region 2 TOC
NYSDOT Traffic Signals	request for right-of-way	NYSDOT Region 2 TOC
NYSDOT Traffic Signals	signal control status	NYSDOT Region 2 TOC
NYSDOT Traffic Signals	traffic flow	NYSDOT Region 2 TOC

Standards

SDO	Document ID	Title	Type
AASHTO/ITE/NEMA	View List	NTCIP Center-to-Center Standards Group	Group
AASHTO/ITE/NEMA	View List	NTCIP Center-to-Field Standards Group	Group
ASTM/IEEE/SAE	View List	Dedicated Short Range Communication at 5.9 GHz Standards Group	Group
AASHTO/ITE/NEMA	NTCIP 1201	Global Object Definitions	Message/Data
AASHTO/ITE/NEMA	NTCIP 1202	Object Definitions for Actuated Traffic Signal Controller (ASC) Units	Message/Data
AASHTO/ITE/NEMA	NTCIP 1203	Object Definitions for Dynamic Message Signs (DMS)	Message/Data
AASHTO/ITE/NEMA	NTCIP 1204	Object Definitions for Environmental Sensor Stations (ESS)	Message/Data
AASHTO/ITE/NEMA	NTCIP 1205	Object Definitions for Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Camera Control	Message/Data
AASHTO/ITE/NEMA	NTCIP 1206	Object Definitions for Data Collection and Monitoring (DCM) Devices	Message/Data
AASHTO/ITE/NEMA	NTCIP 1208	Object Definitions for Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Switching	Message/Data
AASHTO/ITE/NEMA	NTCIP 1209	Data Element Definitions for Transportation Sensor Systems (TSS)	Message/Data
AASHTO/ITE/NEMA	NTCIP 1210	Field Management Stations (FMS) - Part 1: Object Definitions for Signal System Masters	Message/Data
AASHTO/ITE/NEMA	NTCIP 1211	Object Definitions for Signal Control and Prioritization (SCP)	Message/Data
SAE	SAE J2735	Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) Message Set Dictionary	Message/Data

Operational Concepts

Stakeholder	Roles and Responsibilities
NYSDOT - New York State Department of Transportation
	Adjust signal timing patterns in response to incidents.
	Collect road weather information from field sensors.
	Collect traffic data from the traffic signal system sensors.
	Monitor surveillance cameras on state arterials.
	Monitor traffic sensors on state arterials.
	Operate state arterial traffic information devices (e.g., DMS and HAR equipment)
	Operate traffic signal systems on state, county-owned and/or municipal arterials.
	Receive road weather information from field equipment.