ITS Element: OTC Website

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Description: Web site and information portal (including account information) for E-ZPass customers.
Status: Planned
Stakeholder: Ohio Turnpike Commission
Mapping: Information Service Provider
Other ISP

Interfaces:

OTC Central Dispatch
OTC Maintenance Dispatch
OTC Toll Administration
Private Fleet and Freight Operators
Market Packages: ATMS06 - Traffic Information Dissemination - Ohio Turnpike Commission
ATMS10 - Electronic Toll Collection - Ohio Turnpike Commission
MC08 - Work Zone Management - Ohio Turnpike Commission
Functional Requirements:

Infrastructure Provided Trip Planning

  • The center shall exchange route segment information with other centers outside the area served by the local center.
  • The center shall generate route plans based on current and/or predicted conditions of the road network, scheduled maintenance and construction work activities, and work zone activities.
  • The center shall generate route plans based on current asset restrictions, such as height and weight restrictions on tunnels or bridges.
  • The center shall generate route plans based on current or forecasted weather.
  • The center shall include bicycle routes, walkways, skyways, and multi-use trails in the pre-trip and enroute directions it provides to travelers.
  • The center shall log route plans, particularly for special vehicles such as those containing hazardous materials, over-sized vehicles, or motorcades, with a traffic center.
  • The center shall provide the capability for center personnel to control route calculation parameters.
  • The center shall provide the capability for the traveler to confirm the proposed trip plan.
  • The center shall provide the capability to provide specific pre-trip and enroute directions to travelers (and drivers), including costs, arrival times, and transfer points.
  • 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 to determine vehicle and non-vehicle routes, trip planning, and on-line vehicle guida
  • The center shall support on-line route guidance for drivers in vehicles.
  • The center shall support on-line route guidance for specialty vehicles, such as commercial vehicles.
  • The center shall support on-line route guidance for travelers using personal devices (such as PDAs).

ISP Traveler Data Collection

  • The center shall collect, process, and store air quality 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 maintenance and construction information, including scheduled maintenance and construction work activities and work zone activities.
  • The center shall collect, process, and store toll fee information.
  • 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.

Last updated: 03-17-10