ITS Element: NMDOT Statewide Public Information Office

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Description: The office that provides the official interface between NMDOT traffic and maintenance departments and interests outside the departments such as the media.
Status: Existing
Stakeholder: NMDOT - New Mexico Department of Transportation
Mapping: Information Service Provider
Other ISP

Interfaces:

Local Print and Broadcast Media
New Mexico Statewide Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
NMDOT District Public Information System
NMRoads
Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices
Service Packages: ATIS01 - Broadcast Traveler Information - NMDOT District Public Information System (Outputs)
EM05 - Transportation Infrastructure Protection - NMDOT (2 of 2)
EM10 - Disaster Traveler Information - NMDOT Statewide Public Information Office
MC04 - Weather Information Processing and Distribution - NMDOT (2 of 3)
MC10 - Maintenance and Construction Activity Coordination - Activity Coordination - NMDOT (2 of 3)
Functional Requirements:

Basic Information Broadcast

  • The center shall disseminate traffic and highway condition information to travelers, including incident information, detours and road closures, event information, recommended routes, and current speeds on specific routes.
  • The center shall disseminate maintenance and construction information to travelers, including scheduled maintenance and construction work activities and work zone activities.
  • The center shall disseminate event information to travelers.

ISP Emergency Traveler Information

  • The center shall disseminate emergency evacuation information to the traveler interface systems, including evacuation zones, shelter information, available transportation modes, road closures and detours, changes to transit services, and traffic and road conditions at the origin, destination, and along the evacuation routes.
  • The center shall provide evacuation information to shelter providers.
  • The center shall disseminate wide-area alert information to the traveler interface systems, including major emergencies such as a natural or man-made disaster, civil emergency, child abductions, severe weather watches and warnings, military activities, and law enforcement warnings.
  • The center shall provide the capability for a system operator to control the type and update frequency of emergency and wide-area alert information distributed to travelers.

ISP Traveler Data Collection

  • The center shall collect, process, and store traffic and highway condition information, including incident information, detours and road closures, event information, recommended routes, and current speeds on specific routes.
  • The center shall collect, process, and store maintenance and construction information, including scheduled maintenance and construction work activities and work zone activities.
  • The center shall collect, process, and store event information.

Last updated: 10-10-12