The following are the roles and responsibilities, by functional area or by project, for Capitol Region TOC.
Functional Area or Project |
Roles and Responsibilities |
Status |
Freeway Management |
Receive incident information, incident response status, and resource requests from the EOCs/warning points and from the Hartford EOC. |
Planned |
Provide traffic information reports to other traffic management agencies, including the City of Hartford. |
Planned |
Provide incident information to travelers using traffic information devices on freeways, such as dynamic message sign (DMS) devices and highway advisory radio (HAR) broadcasts. |
Planned |
Provide incident information to travelers using local information service providers (ISPs) and Web sites. |
Planned |
Perform network surveillance for incident detection and verification on freeways, and send traffic/incident information and traffic images to regional fire/EMS/police agencies, the Connecticut State Police, CTDOT CHAMP and the Hartford EOC. |
Planned |
Dispatch CTDOT CHAMP vehicles to incidents in the region. |
Planned |
Coordinate maintenance resources for incident response with CTDOT District 1 maintenance system and city PWDs. |
Planned |
Control and coordinate highway traffic, with ramp meters and high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes on freeways. |
Planned |
Incident Management |
Provide maintenance resources in response to incidents on municipally operated arterials. |
Planned |
Adjust signal-timing patterns in response to incidents. |
Planned |
Provide maintenance resources in response to incidents on state-operated roadways. |
Planned |
Provide incident information to travelers using traffic information devices on state-owned roadways, such as DMS devices and HAR broadcasts. |
Planned |
Provide incident information to travelers through local ISPs and Web sites. |
Planned |
Provide incident information to other traffic management and public safety agencies. |
Planned |
Perform network surveillance for incident detection and verification, and send traffic/incident information and traffic images to public safety agencies and EOCs. |
Planned |
Operate and dispatch CTDOT CHAMP vehicles. |
Planned |
Coordinate maintenance resources in response to incidents with the CSP and regional public safety agencies. |
Planned |
Coordinate maintenance resource responses to incidents on state-owned roadways with the CSP and local public safety agencies. |
Planned |
Coordinate incident response with local PWDs, including responses during scheduled events. |
Planned |
Coordinate incident response for incidents on or adjacent to state-owned roadways with public safety agencies in surrounding counties and municipalities, including local EOCs, and the Hartford EOC. |
Planned |
Surface Street Management |
Provide transit signal priority with roadside devices for CTtransit, MTD, and other public transportation providers. |
Planned |
Provide interconnection between railroad equipment and traffic signal systems to update signal timing when highway-rail intersections (HRI) are blocked by trains. |
Planned |
Operate regional traffic signal systems. |
Planned |
Coordinate emergency traffic signal preemption with regional fire and PWD vehicles. |
Planned |