Operational Concepts: Ohio Turnpike Commission
The following are the roles and responsibilities, by functional area or by project, for the Ohio Turnpike Commission.| Functional Area or Project | Roles and Responsibilities | Status |
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Cuyuhoga County Evacuation Plan Updates |
Coordinate emergency plans and emergency responses with county EOCs. Includes managing highways and state arterials in response to and under the direction of the county EOC. | Existing |
| Coordinate evacuation and re-entry plans with the county EOC. | Existing | |
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Electronic Toll Collection for Cleveland Regional Architecture |
Coordinate with the department of motor vehicles and county courts to collect tolls from violators. | Existing |
| Operate a customer service center to process toll transactions and handle violations processing. | Existing | |
| Operate toll collection equipment on toll roads | Existing | |
| Provide customer account information using a Web site. | Existing | |
| Provide electronic fare payment capabilities with other regional agencies. | Planned | |
| Provide smart card fare capabilities and coordinate with other regional agencies. | Planned | |
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Emergency Management for Cleveland Regional Architecture |
Coordinate emergency plans and emergency responses with county EOCs. Includes managing highways and state arterials in response to and under the direction of the county EOC. | Existing |
| Coordinate evacuation and re-entry plans with the county EOC. | Existing | |
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Freeway Management for Cleveland Regional Architecture |
Close roadways via automatic or remotely controlled gates or barriers to vehicular traffic when driving conditions are unsafe, maintenance must be performed, or access to the roadway must be prohibited. | Existing |
| Collect road weather information from field sensors. | Existing | |
| Monitor and control highway traffic with traffic sensors, ramp meters and lane control signals. | Existing | |
| Monitor and control traffic information devices of other traffic management agencies, such as dynamic message signs, during certain agreed upon conditions, such as specific hours or during specific emergencies. | Existing | |
| Operate traffic information devices, such as dynamic message signs and highway advisory radios. | Existing | |
| Provide traffic information in a coordinated effort to the state traveler information system, Buckeye Traffic website and other traffic management agencies. | Existing | |
| Provide traffic information reports to other traffic management agencies. | Existing | |
| Provide traffic information to travelers via traffic information devices on state-owned roadways (e.g., DMS and HAR equipment), and through local ISPs and web sites. | Existing | |
| Provide traffic information, such as road network conditions, information to transit agencies. | Existing | |
| Provide traffic information, such as road network conditions, to information service providers. | Existing | |
| Provide traffic information, such as road network conditions, to maintenance and construction agencies. | Existing | |
| Provide traffic information, such as road network conditions, to public safety agencies. | Existing | |
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Incident Management for Cleveland Regional Architecture |
Coordinate incident response for incidents on or adjacent to highways and state-operated roads with public safety agencies, and EOCs in surrounding counties and municipalities, including response for scheduled events. | Existing |
| Coordinate maintenance resources for incidents with other regional maintenance and construction operations, and other ODOT maintenance and construction districts. | Existing | |
| Provide incident information to other traffic management and public safety agencies. | Existing | |
| Provide maintenance resources in response to incidents on highways and state-operated arterials. | Existing | |
| Receive maintenance resource requests for incident response from county fire/EMS/sheriff, local police/fire/EMS, the state highway patrol, and 911 emergency call centers. | Existing | |
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Maintenance and Construction for Cleveland Regional Architecture |
Collect environmental information from ODOT field equipment, and from public and private weather service providers. | Existing |
| Coordinate with municipal and county maintenance and construction systems, as well as the ODOT maintenance and construction sections. | Existing | |
| Distribute work zone information to local transit agencies, local emergency management agencies, private rail operations, the media, and multimodal service providers. | Existing | |
| Maintenance vehicles provide automated maintenance status information to the ODOT maintenance dispatch and equipment repair facility. | Planned | |
| Manage work zones for all ODOT maintenance and construction activities, and monitor work zone safety with ODOT field devices and vehicles. | Existing | |
| Perform maintenance for ITS field equipment owned by the ODOT. | Existing | |
| Provide environmental data to public and private weather service providers. | Existing | |
| Provide maintenance and construction information to ODOT maintenance and construction operations; regional maintenance and construction operations; and the traveling public through portable DMS devices. | Existing | |
| Receive automatic vehicle location (AVL) information from ODOT maintenance vehicles. | Existing | |
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Regional ODOT Freeway Management System |
Provide traffic information reports to other traffic management agencies. | Existing |