Stakeholder |
Element Name |
Functional Area/Role |
Functional Area Description |
TxDOT |
TxDOT Eagle Pass Field Equipment |
Roadway Basic Surveillance |
This equipment package monitors traffic conditions using fixed equipment such as loop detectors and CCTV cameras. |
TxDOT |
TxDOT Eagle Pass Field Equipment |
Roadway Warning |
This equipment package includes the field equipment used to warn drivers approaching hazards on a roadway. Warnings may be generated in response to roadway weather conditions, road surface conditions, traffic conditions including queues, obstacles or animals in the roadway, and any other transient events that can be sensed. The equipment monitors traffic and roadway conditions and may send data to a traffic management center for processing or may process it to determine when a warning should be issued. When it is determined that a warning should be issued, the equipment is used to alert approaching drivers via dynamic warning signs, flashing lights, in-vehicle messages, etc. |
TxDOT |
TxDOT Eagle Pass Traffic Operations Center |
Traffic Equipment Maintenance |
This equipment package monitors the operational status of field equipment and detects failures. It presents field equipment status to Traffic Operations Personnel and reports failures to the Maintenance and Construction Management Subsystem. The equipment package tracks the repair or replacement of the failed equipment. The entire range of ITS field equipment may be monitored by this equipment package including sensors (traffic, infrastructure, environmental, security, speed, etc.) and devices (highway advisory radio, dynamic message signs, automated roadway treatment systems, barrier and safeguard systems, cameras, traffic signals and override equipment, ramp meters, beacons, security surveillance equipment, etc.). |
TxDOT |
TxDOT Eagle Pass Traffic Operations Center |
TMC Roadway Warning |
This equipment package remotely monitors and controls the systems used to warn drivers approaching hazards on a roadway. It monitors data on roadway conditions from sensors in the field and generates warnings in response to roadway weather conditions, road surface conditions, traffic conditions including queues, obstacles or animals in the roadway, and any other transient events that can be sensed. |
TxDOT |
TxDOT Eagle Pass Traffic Operations Center |
Collect Traffic Surveillance |
This equipment package remotely monitors and controls traffic sensors and surveillance (e.g., CCTV) equipment, and collects, processes and stores the collected traffic data. Current traffic information and other real-time transportation information is also collected from other centers. The collected information is provided to traffic operations personnel and made available to other centers. |