Equipment Package: MCV Environmental Monitoring

Send Your Comments
Description: This on-board equipment package collects current road and surface weather conditions from sensors on-board the maintenance and construction vehicle or by querying fixed sensors on or near the roadway. Environmental information including road surface temperature, air temperature, and wind speed is measured and spatially located and time stamped, and reported back to a center.
Included In: Local DPW Maintenance and Construction Vehicles
Local Police/Sheriffs Vehicles
Local Transit Vehicles
NYSDOT Maintenance Vehicles
Functional Requirements 1 - The maintenance and construction vehicle shall collect environmental data from on-board sensors, including air temperature, wind speed, surface temperature, traction conditions, etc.
2 - The maintenance and construction vehicle shall transmit environmental sensor data to the center. The sensor data includes location and timestamp information.
3 - The maintenance and construction vehicle shall provide environmental sensor equipment operational status to the center.
4 - The maintenance and construction vehicle shall provide environmental sensor equipment fault indication to the center for repair.
5 - The maintenance and construction vehicle shall collect environmental data from sensors located at the roadway but are monitored on-board a maintenance and construction vehicle.
6 - The maintenance and construction vehicle shall be capable of accepting sensor control data from the center.
7 - The maintenance and construction vehicle shall provide control signals to environmental sensors located at the roadway.
8 - The maintenance and construction vehicle shall transmit environmental sensor data to roadside equipment. The sensor data includes location and timestamp information.

Last updated: 12-31-08