Eagle Pass Regional ITS Architecture (Final)

Element Expanded Functional Requirements: US CBP Electronic Clearance System

Functional Area: Citation and Accident Electronic Recording
  1. The roadside check facility equipment shall record the results of roadside inspections carried using an inspector's hand held terminal interface.
  2. The roadside check facility equipment shall provide an interface for an inspector to add comments to the inspection results.
  3. The roadside check facility equipment shall forward results of the roadside inspections to the commercial vehicle administration center either as needed or on a periodic basis. These reports include accident reports, violation notifications, citations, and daily site activity logs.
  4. The roadside check facility equipment shall receive driver records from the commercial vehicle administration center to support driver identification and collection of driver credentials and history information.
  5. The roadside check facility equipment shall collect safety data from the commercial vehicle and its freight equipment to help characterize the circumstances surrounding an accident.
  6. The roadside check facility equipment shall read the driver identification card provided by the commercial vehicle driver and support cross-check of the identification data with driver records.
Functional Area: International Border Crossing
  1. The roadside check facility equipment at a border crossing shall receive the border agency clearance results, transportation border clearance assessments, and trip declaration identifiers from the commercial vehicle administration center to be used to screen the incoming commercial vehicles.
  2. The roadside check facility equipment at a border crossing shall receive the inspection results from the border inspection system to be used to screen the incoming commercial vehicles once they have cleared the border agency’s inspection area.
  3. The roadside check facility equipment at a border crossing shall request and input the tag data from approaching commercial vehicles to determine the identity of the vehicle along with its carrier, driver, and a trip identity.
  4. The roadside check facility equipment at a border crossing shall request and input the border clearance data from approaching commercial vehicles to compare against the data received from the center concerning compliance with import/export and immigration regulations.
  5. The roadside check facility equipment at a border crossing shall request and input the electronic cargo lock data from approaching commercial vehicles to compare against the data received from the center.
  6. The roadside check facility equipment at a border crossing shall send clearance event data regarding action taken at border to the commercial vehicle administration center and to the commercial vehicle. This may include a date/time stamped acceptance or override of system decisions whether to allow release of the vehicle and its cargo.
Functional Area: Roadside Electronic Screening
  1. The roadside check facility equipment shall detect the presence of commercial vehicles and freight equipment approaching a facility. Sensors can differentiate between different types of vehicles and determine the number of axles, gross vehicle weight, and the identification of the vehicle and its cargo.
  2. The roadside check facility equipment shall receive the credential and credentials status information (e.g. snapshots) from the commercial vehicle administration center to maintain an up to date list of which vehicles have been cleared (enrolled) to potentially pass through without stopping.
  3. The roadside check facility equipment shall receive commercial vehicle violation records and carriers, vehicles, and drivers of interest from appropriate law enforcement agencies.
  4. The roadside check facility equipment shall provide an interface to inspectors in the field to allow them to monitor and if necessary override the pull-in decisions made by the system.
  5. The roadside check facility equipment shall request and input electronic screening data from the commercial vehicle's electronic tag data.
  6. The roadside check facility equipment shall collect safety data from the commercial vehicle and its freight equipment.
  7. The roadside check facility equipment shall send a pass/pull-in notification to the commercial vehicle and its driver based on the information received from the vehicle, the administration center, enforcement agencies, and the inspector. The message may be sent to the on-board equipment in the commercial vehicle or transmitted to the driver using equipment such as dynamic message signs, red-green lights, flashing signs, etc.
  8. The roadside check facility equipment shall verify that pull-in requests are heeded by drivers, notifying the facility operator if a vehicle fails to pull in as requested.
  9. The roadside check facility equipment shall monitor alerting and advisory systems for security alerts and advisories.
  10. The roadside check facility equipment shall send a record of daily activities at the facility including summaries of screening events and inspections to the commercial vehicle administration center.