ITS Element: Municipal Public Information Office

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Description: The office provides the official interface between municipality traffic and maintenance departments and interests outside the departments such as the media.
Status: Planned
Stakeholder: Municipal Government
Mapping: Information Service Provider
Other ISP

Interfaces:

 Local Print and Broadcast Media
Municipal EOC
Municipal Public Safety Dispatch
Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices
Market Packages: EM10 - Disaster Traveler Information - Municipal Public Information Office
Functional Requirements:

Basic Information Broadcast

  • The center shall disseminate 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 disseminate maintenance and construction information, including scheduled maintenance and construction work activities and work zone activities.
  • The center shall disseminate event information to travelers.

ISP Emergency Traveler Information

  • The center shall disseminate emergency evacuation information to the traveler interface systems, including evacuation zones, shelter information, available transportation modes, road closures and detours, changes to transit services, and traffic and road conditions at the origin, destination, and along the evacuation routes.
  • The center shall provide evacuation information to shelter providers.
  • The center shall disseminate wide-area alert information to the traveler interface systems, including major emergencies such as a natural or man-made disaster, civil emergency, child abductions, severe weather watches and warnings, military activities, and law enforcement warnings.
  • The center shall provide the capability for a system operator to control the type and update frequency of emergency and wide-area alert information distributed to travelers.

Last updated: 12-29-11