Equipment Package: TMC Probe Information Collection |
| Description: |
This equipment package provides the capability to accept and process probe vehicle information. This capability shall be provided through the use of additional hardware and probe vehicle control and tracking software. |
| Included In: |
Central Access Traffic Signal Control
MTO Burlington TOC
MTO Downsview TOC
NFTA/Metro Bus and Rail Operations Control Center
NITTEC Traffic Operations Center
NYSDOT Statewide IEN - Data Distribution
NYSDOT Statewide Information Centers (511)
NYSTA Division Traffic Office
NYSTA Statewide Operations Center
TRANSCOM RA Servers
TRANSMIT Servers
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| General Functional Requirements |
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The center shall collect probe data including traffic and road conditions from vehicles via roadside beacon field elements; the data may be aggregated and initial link time calculations performed in the field.
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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.
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The center shall collect traffic data from probe-equipped emergency vehicles via emergency management centers; the data may be aggregated and initial link time calculations performed at the sending center.
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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.
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The center shall collect traffic data from toll administrative centers containing journey times between toll collection points for those vehicles equipped for electronic toll collection; the data may be aggregated and processed at the sending center.
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The center shall assimilate current and forecast traffic and road conditions based on collected probe data and distribute to other centers for dissemination to travelers.
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The center shall collect operational status for the roadside probe data collection equipment.
8 -
The center shall collect fault data for the roadside probe data collection equipment for repair.
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