ODOT Central Office - Information Service Provider Functionality
Subsystem Description
This subsystem collects, processes, stores, and disseminates transportation information to system operators and the traveling public. The subsystem can play several different roles in an integrated ITS. In one role, the ISP provides a data collection, fusing, and repackaging function, collecting information from transportation system operators and redistributing this information to other system operators in the region and other ISPs. In this information redistribution role, the ISP provides a bridge between the various transportation systems that produce the information and the other ISPs and their subscribers that use the information. The second role of an ISP is focused on delivery of traveler information to subscribers and the public at large. Information provided includes basic advisories, traffic and road conditions, transit schedule information, yellow pages information, ridematching information, and parking information. The subsystem also provides the capability to provide specific directions to travelers by receiving origin and destination requests from travelers, generating route plans, and returning the calculated plans to the users. In addition to general route planning for travelers, the ISP also supports specialized route planning for vehicle fleets. In this third role, the ISP function may be dedicated to, or even embedded within, the dispatch system. Reservation services are also provided in advanced implementations. The information is provided to the traveler through the Personal Information Access Subsystem, Remote Traveler Support Subsystem, and the Vehicle Subsystem through available communications links. Both basic one-way (broadcast) and personalized two-way information provision are supported. The ISP is most commonly implemented as an Internet web site, but it represents any traveler information distribution service including systems that broadcast digital transportation data (e.g., satellite radio networks) and systems that support distribution through Field-Vehicle Communications networks. The ISP accomplishes these roles using constantly evolving technologies like the Internet (World Wide Web pages), direct broadcast communications (email alerts, pagers, satellite radio network data broadcasts), communications through Field-Vehicle Communications networks, etc.
Functional Area: Basic Information Broadcast
Broadcast dissemination of traffic, transit, maintenance and construction, event, and weather information to traveler interface systems and vehicles.
| ID | Requirement | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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. | Planned |
| 2 | The center shall disseminate maintenance and construction information to travelers, including scheduled maintenance and construction work activities and work zone activities. | Planned |
| 3 | The center shall disseminate transit routes and schedules, transit transfer options, transit fares, and real-time schedule adherence information to travelers. | Planned |
| 4 | The center shall disseminate parking information to travelers, including location, availability, and fees. | Planned |
| 5 | The center shall disseminate toll fee information to travelers. | Planned |
| 6 | The center shall disseminate weather information to travelers. | Planned |
| 7 | The center shall disseminate event information to travelers. | Planned |
| 8 | The center shall disseminate air quality information to travelers. | Planned |
| 9 | The center shall provide the capability to support requests from the media for traffic and incident data. | Planned |
| 10 | The center shall provide the capability for a system operator to control the type and update frequency of broadcast traveler information. | Planned |
Functional Area: Interactive Infrastructure Information
Personalized dissemination of traffic, transit, maintenance and construction, multimodal, event, and weather information to traveler interface systems and vehicles, upon request.
| ID | Requirement | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The center shall disseminate customized traffic and highway condition information to travelers, including incident information, detours and road closures, recommended routes, and current speeds on specific routes upon request. | Planned |
| 2 | The center shall disseminate customized maintenance and construction information to travelers, including scheduled maintenance and construction work activities and work zone activities upon request. | Planned |
| 3 | The center shall disseminate customized transit routes and schedules, transit transfer options, transit fares, and real-time schedule adherence information to travelers upon request. | Planned |
| 4 | The center shall disseminate customized parking information to travelers, including location, availability, and fees upon request. | Planned |
| 5 | The center shall disseminate customized toll fee information to travelers upon request. | Planned |
| 6 | The center shall disseminate customized weather information to travelers upon request. | Planned |
| 7 | The center shall disseminate customized multimodal transportation service information (for example, from ferry and airline operators), including transfer points and other information, to travelers upon request. | Planned |
| 8 | The center shall disseminate customized event information to travelers upon request. | Planned |
| 9 | The center shall disseminate customized air quality information to travelers upon request. | Planned |
| 10 | The center shall provide all traveler information based on the traveler's current location or a specific location identified by the traveler, and filter or customize the provided information accordingly. | Planned |
| 11 | The center shall accept traveler profiles for determining the type of personalized data to send to the traveler. | Planned |
| 12 | The center shall manage payment for services, such as tolls, transit fares, parking lot charges, map updates, and advanced payment for tolls, and provide transaction success or failure details. | Planned |
| 13 | The center shall support requests for traveler information and advanced payment for traveler services from commercial fleet operators. | Planned |
| 14 | The center shall provide the capability to exchange information with another traveler information service provider current or predicted data for road links that are outside the area served by the local supplier. | Planned |
| 15 | The center shall manage updates of digitized map data and provide updates to traveler interface systems upon request. | Planned |
| 16 | The center shall provide the capability to support requests from the media for traffic and incident data. | Planned |
| 17 | The center shall provide the capability for a system operator to control the type and update frequency of traveler information. | Planned |
Functional Area: ISP Traveler Data Collection
Collects traveler information from other centers, consolidates and refines the collected data, and makes this data available to traveler information applications.
| ID | Requirement | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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. | Planned |
| 2 | The center shall collect, process, and store maintenance and construction information, including scheduled maintenance and construction work activities and work zone activities. | Planned |
| 3 | The center shall collect, process, and store transit routes and schedules, transit transfer options, transit fares, and real-time schedule adherence information. | Planned |
| 4 | The center shall collect, process, and store parking information, including location, availability, and fees. | Planned |
| 5 | The center shall collect, process, and store toll fee information. | Planned |
| 6 | The center shall collect, process, and store current and forecast road conditions and surface weather conditions. | Planned |
| 7 | The center shall collect, process, and store event information. | Planned |
| 8 | The center shall collect, process, and store air quality information. | Planned |
| 9 | The center shall collect, process, and store border crossing information. | Planned |
Functional Area: ISP VII Traveler Information Distribution
Collection, processing, storage, and dissemination of traffic, transit, maintenance and construction, event, and weather information to short range communications transceivers at the roadside.
| ID | Requirement | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The center shall select traveler information for distribution including traffic and road conditions, incident information, maintenance and construction information, event information, transit information, parking information, and weather information. | Planned |
| 2 | The center shall distribute location relevant traveler information to short range communications equipment at the roadside. | Planned |
| 3 | The center shall provide the capability for a system operator to monitor VII system operation and control the type and update frequency of traveler information that is distributed. | Planned |
| 4 | The center shall monitor the operational status of the VII roadside equipment. | Planned |
| 5 | The center shall collect fault data from the roadside equipment and send to the maintenance center for repair. | Planned |
| 6 | The center shall monitor maintenance status of the roadside equipment. | Planned |