ITS Element: Buckeye Traffic Website

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Description: Represents ODOT's website that provides transportation information.
Status: Existing
Stakeholder: ODOT
Mapping: Information Service Provider
Maintenance and Construction Management

Interfaces:

Mahoning County 9-1-1 Center
Mahoning County Website
NiTTS Demand Response Dispatch
ODOT Central Office
ODOT District 4 Maintenance Garages
ODOT District 4 Signal Control System
ODOT Regional Traffic Operations Center
ODOT Rest Area Traveler Information Centers
Ohio State Highway Patrol Posts
OTC Central Dispatch
Other County Public Safety
Private Information Service Providers Systems
Railroad Operations Center
School District Dispatch
Social Networking Sites
Traveler Information Device
Traveler Vehicles
Trumbull County 9-1-1 Center
Trumbull County Emergency Management Website
Trumbull County Website
TV and Radio Stations
WRTA Fixed Route Dispatch
WRTA Special Service Transportation (SST) Dispatch
Market Packages: ATIS01 - Broadcast Traveler Information - Turnbull County EM Website
ATIS01 - Broadcast Traveler Information - Trumbull County Website
ATIS01 - Broadcast Traveler Information - Mahoning County Website
ATIS01 - Broadcast Traveler Information - ODOT
ATMS01 - Network Surveillance - ODOT District 4
ATMS06 - Traffic Information Dissemination - ODOT Regional Traffic Operations
MC04 - Weather Information Processing and Distribution - ODOT District 4
MC04 - Weather Information Processing and Distribution - ODOT District 4
MC06 - Winter Maintenance - ODOT District 4
MC08 - Work Zone Management - ODOT District 4
MC10 - Maintenance and Construction Activity Coordination - Ohio Turnpike
MC10 - Maintenance and Construction Activity Coordination - ODOT District 4
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 transit routes and schedules, transit transfer options, transit fares, and real-time schedule adherence information to travelers.
  • The center shall disseminate parking information to travelers, including location, availability, and fees.
  • The center shall disseminate toll fee information to travelers.
  • The center shall disseminate weather information to travelers.
  • The center shall disseminate event information to travelers.
  • The center shall disseminate air quality information to travelers.
  • The center shall provide the capability to support requests from the media for traffic and incident data.
  • The center shall provide the capability for a system operator to control the type and update frequency of broadcast traveler information.

MCM Environmental Information Processing

  • The center shall respond to control data from center personnel regarding environmental sensor control and weather data collection and processing.
  • 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) and local environmental sensor data.
  • The center shall use the various data inputs of environmental sensors and road weather data to develop a view of current and predicted road weather and road conditions.
  • The center shall disseminate current and forecasted road weather and road condition information to weather service providers (such as the National Weather Service and value-added sector specific meteorological services) as well as other agencies including traffic, emergency, and transit management, traveler information providers, rail operations centers, media, and other maintenance management centers.
  • The center shall provide value-added sector specific meteorological services with information on basic road facility and treatment information that supports forecasts for road conditions.

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 transit routes and schedules, transit transfer options, transit fares, and real-time schedule adherence information.
  • The center shall collect, process, and store parking information, including location, availability, and fees.
  • The center shall collect, process, and store toll fee information.
  • The center shall collect, process, and store current and forecast road conditions and surface weather conditions.
  • The center shall collect, process, and store event information.
  • The center shall collect, process, and store air quality information.
  • The center shall collect, process, and store border crossing information.

ISP Traveler Information Alerts

  • The center shall accept traveler profiles that establish recurring trip characteristics including route, mode, and timeframe information.
  • The center shall accept traveler profiles that define alert thresholds that establish the severity and types of alerts that are provided to each traveler.
  • The center shall disseminate personalized traffic alerts reporting congestion, incidents, delays, detours and road closures that may impact a current or planned trip.
  • The center shall disseminate personalized transit alerts reporting transit delays and service interruptions.
  • The center shall disseminate personalized parking alerts reporting parking availability and closures.
  • The center shall disseminate personalized road weather alerts reporting adverse road and weather conditions.
  • The center shall disseminate personalized multimodal transportation service alerts including ferry and air travel delays, port closures, and service interruptions.
  • The center shall disseminate personalized event alerts reporting special event impacts on the transportation system.
  • The center shall provide an operator interface that supports monitoring and management of subscribers and the content and format of alert messages.

Last updated: 01-30-14