ODOT Highway Advisory Radio Signs
Description
Drivers would be warned by flashing beacons to tune their radio to a specific frequency to hear important messages. Recent advances in HAR systems allow adjacent radio transmitters to be synched to avoid interference and broadcast consistent messages.
Status
Planned
Timeframe
Medium-Term Priority
Geographic Scope
Service Scope
Costs - $50,000; Operations & Maintenance Costs (per year) - $1,000.
Stakeholders
Inventory
ODOT District 12 Freeway Management Center
ODOT District 12 Maintenance Garages
ODOT District 3 Maintenance Garages
ODOT Portable Freeway Management System
Services
ATMS06-2 - Traffic Information Dissemination - ODOT District 12 (1 of 2)
ATMS06-4 - Traffic Information Dissemination - ODOT District 3 (1 of 2)
MC07-3 - Roadway Maintenance and Construction - ODOT District 12 Maintenance Garages
MC07-4 - Roadway Maintenance and Construction - ODOT District 3 Maintenance Garages
MC08-07 - Work Zone Management - ODOT Portable Freeway Management System
Functional Areas
MCM Roadway Maintenance and Construction
- The center shall collect the status and fault data from roadside equipment, such as traffic, infrastructure, and environmental sensors, highway advisory radio and dynamic message signs, automated roadway treatment systems, barrier and safeguard systems, c
Roadway Traffic Information Dissemination
- The field element shall include driver information systems that communicate directly from a center to the vehicle radio (such as Highway Advisory Radios) for dissemination of traffic and other information to drivers, under center control.
- The field element shall provide fault data for the driver information systems equipment (DMS, HAR, etc.) to the center for repair.
- The field element shall provide operational status for the driver information systems equipment (DMS, HAR, etc.) to the center.
TMC Traffic Information Dissemination
- The center shall collect fault data for the driver information systems equipment (DMS, HAR, etc.) for repair.
- The center shall collect operational status for the driver information systems equipment (DMS, HAR, etc.).
- The center shall remotely control driver information systems that communicate directly from a center to the vehicle radio (such as Highway Advisory Radios) for dissemination of traffic and other information to drivers.
TMC Work Zone Traffic Management
- The center shall collect fault data for the driver information systems equipment in work zones for repair.
- The center shall collect operational status for the driver information systems equipment in work zones.
- The center shall remotely control driver information systems (such as dynamic messages signs, highway advisory radios) to advise drivers of activity around a work zone.
Interfaces
Standards
| SDO | Document ID | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| AASHTO/ITE/NEMA | View List | NTCIP Center-to-Field Standards Group | Group |
| AASHTO/ITE/NEMA | NTCIP 1201 | Global Object Definitions | Message/Data |
| AASHTO/ITE/NEMA | NTCIP 1203 | Object Definitions for Dynamic Message Signs (DMS) | Message/Data |
Operational Concepts
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