This equipment package provides center monitoring and control of freeway traffic control systems including ramp control, interchange control, and mainline lane control systems. Approaches covered include ramp metering, interchange connector metering, overhead lane control signals, freeway mainline metering, and variable speed control systems.
Included In:
Alamo RMA Operations Center
Other TxDOT District TMCs
San Antonio CDA Concessionaire Operations Center
TransGuide Operations Center
TxDOT Austin District TMC (CTECC)
TxDOT Corpus Christi District TMC
TxDOT Laredo District TMC (STRATIS)
Functional Requirements
1 -
The center shall remotely control systems to manage use of the freeways, including ramp meters, mainline metering, and lane controls. 2 -
The center shall collect operational status from ramp meters, mainline metering, and lane controls and compare against the control information sent by the center. 3 -
The center shall collect fault data from ramp meters, mainline metering, and lane controls. 4 -
The center shall implement control strategies, under control of center personnel, on some or all of the freeway network devices (e.g. ramp meters, mainline metering, and lane controls), based on data from sensors monitoring traffic conditions upstream, downstream, and queue data on the ramps themselves.
