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Roadway Environmental Monitoring Equipment Package
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Description:
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Environmental sensors, surface and sub-surface, that collect weather and road surface information. Weather conditions measured include temperature, wind, humidity, precipitation, and visibility. Sensors measure road surface temperature, moisture, icing, salinity, etc.
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Included in:
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City of Victoria ITS Field Equipment
TxDOT Yoakum District Flood Sensors
TxDOT Yoakum District RWIS
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Functional Requirements:
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| 1 | The field element shall include surface and sub-surface environmental sensors that measure road surface temperature, moisture, icing, salinity, and other measures. |
| 2 | The field element shall include environmental sensors that measure weather conditions including temperature, wind, humidity, precipitation, and visibility. |
| 3 | The field element's environmental sensors shall be remotely controlled by a maintenance center. |
| 4 | The field element's environmental sensors shall be remotely controlled by a traffic management center. |
| 5 | The field element's environmental sensors shall be remotely controlled by weather service providers such as the National Weather Service or value-added sector specific meteorological services. |
| 6 | The field element's environmental sensors shall be remotely controlled by a maintenance and construction vehicle. |
| 7 | The field element shall provide environmental sensor equipment operational status to the controlling center or maintenance vehicle. |
| 8 | The field element shall provide environmental sensor equipment fault indication to the controlling center or maintenance vehicle. |
| 9 | The field element shall remotely aggregate environmental sensor data with environmental data collected from maintenance and construction vehicles. |
| 10 | The field element shall provide weather and road surface condition data to centers. |
| 11 | The field element shall provide weather and road surface condition data to maintenance and construction vehicles. |
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User Service Requirements (fully or partially addressed):
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| 1.0 | TRAVEL AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT |
| 1.2 | EN-ROUTE DRIVER INFORMATION |
| 1.2.3 | DI shall provide an In-vehicle Signing capability. |
| 1.2.3.2 | The DI In-vehicle Signing function shall include a long term capability to serve more of the traveler's needs. |
| 1.2.3.2.3 | The In-vehicle Signing function shall provide the capability to utilize data from roadside environmental sensors as inputs to warning messages. |
| 1.7 | INCIDENT MANAGEMENT |
| 1.7.1 | Incident Management shall provide an Incident Identification function to identify incidents. |
| 1.7.1.1 | The Incident Identification function shall include the capability to identify predicted incidents. |
| 1.7.1.1.1 | The Incident Identification function shall use information from the following types of sources, where available, to identify predicted incidents: |
| 1.7.1.1.1(a) | Traffic flow sensors. |
| 1.7.1.1.1(b) | Environmental sensors. |
| 1.7.1.1.1(g) | Sponsors of special events. |
| 1.7.1.2 | The Incident Identification function shall include the capability to identify existing (both planned and unplanned) incidents. |
| 1.7.1.2.1 | The Incident Identification function shall use information from the following types of sources, where available, to identify existing incidents: |
| 1.7.1.2.1(b) | Environmental sensors. |
| 1.8.2 | TDM shall include a processing function. |
| 1.8.2.1 | The processing function shall provide the capability to generate management and control strategies that facilitate the implementation of policies and regulations designed to address the following: |
| 1.8.2.1(e) | Air pollution/emission information and detection. |
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The detailed process and user service requirement traceability information on this page was extracted from the National ITS Architecture.
Consult the National
ITS Architecture web site for more information.
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