Traveler Vehicle Equipment Packages

 

The following National ITS Architecture equipment packages are associated with the "Traveler Vehicle" element.   Select the "Details" icon to see the detailed process specifications that support each equipment package, or consult the National ITS Architecture web site for more information.

 

Basic Vehicle Reception

This Equipment package shall provide the capability for drivers to interface with the ISP Subsystem Basic Information Broadcast Equipment package and receive formatted traffic advisories including accurate traveling information concerning available travel options and their availability, and congestion information in their vehicle. These capabilities shall be based upon the reception of infrastructure information using in-vehicle devices such as an in-vehicle AM/FM radio with data Subcarrier connected with the existing audio system and a dash-mounted LCD.

 

Interactive Vehicle Reception

This Equipment package shall provide the capability for drivers to interface with the ISP Subsystem Infrastructure Equipment packages including the Interactive Infrastructure Information Equipment package, the Infrastructure Provided Route Selection, Yellow Pages and Reservation, and Dynamic Ridesharing Equipment packages. These capabilities shall be provided using the Vehicle Subsystem equipment.

 

Vehicle Location Determination

This equipment package determines current location information and provides this information to other equipment packages that use the location information to provide various ITS services.

 

Vehicle Mayday I/F

This Equipment package shall provide the capability for an in-vehicle manually initiated distress signal with cancel a prior issued manual request for help feature. This capability shall include automatically identifying that a collision had occurred using equipment such as collision detection sensors with interface to mayday type equipment that would automatically detect vehicle problems and for some cases, automatically send appropriate distress signals to the Emergency Management Subsystem.

 

Vehicle Probe Support

This Equipment package includes capabilities for the probe vehicle to identify its location, measure traffic conditions such as link travel time and speed and possibly environmental hazards such as icy road conditions, and transmit these data to either the ISP or TMC.

 

Vehicle Toll/Parking Interface

This Equipment package shall provide the capability for vehicle operators to pay toll without stopping their vehicles and pay for parking without the use of cash. These capabilities shall be provided through the use of equipment such as an active tag interface and debit/credit card interface.