Equipment Package: TMC Probe Information Collection

Description: This equipment package collects, assimilates, and disseminates vehicle probe data collected from roadside short range communications equipment and centers controlling transit vehicles, toll collection points, and route-guided vehicles. It estimates traffic and road conditions based on the aggregated probe data and disseminates this information to other centers.
Included In: VTrans State TOC
Functional Requirements 1 - The center shall collect traffic probe data from vehicles via roadside field equipment.
2 - The center shall collect road condition data from probe-equipped transit vehicles via transit management centers; the data may be aggregated and preliminarily processed at the sending center.
3 - The center shall collect traffic data from traveler information centers based on data from their subscriber vehicles; the data may be aggregated and initial link time calculations performed at the sending center.
4 - The center shall collect traffic data from toll administrative centers containing travel times between toll collection points for those vehicles equipped for electronic toll collection; the data may be aggregated and processed at the sending center.
5 - The center shall assimilate current and forecast traffic conditions based on collected probe data and distribute to other centers for dissemination to travelers.
6 - The center shall collect operational status for the roadside probe data collection equipment.
7 - The center shall collect fault data for the roadside probe data collection equipment for repair.

Last updated: 07-01-08