Stakeholder |
Element Name |
Functional Area/Role |
Functional Area Description |
Kentucky Justice Cabinet |
Kentucky State Police Communications Center |
Emergency Early Warning System |
This equipment package monitors alerting and advisory systems, information collected by ITS surveillance and sensors, and reports from other agencies and uses this information to identify potential, imminent, or in-progress major incidents or disasters. Notification is provided to other equipment packages that provide the emergency response, including public notification using ITS traveler information systems, where appropriate. |
Louisville Metro Emergency Services |
MetroSafe911 |
Emergency Early Warning System |
This equipment package monitors alerting and advisory systems, information collected by ITS surveillance and sensors, and reports from other agencies and uses this information to identify potential, imminent, or in-progress major incidents or disasters. Notification is provided to other equipment packages that provide the emergency response, including public notification using ITS traveler information systems, where appropriate. |
Travelers |
Traveler Information Device |
Personal Basic Information Reception |
This equipment package receives formatted traffic advisories, road conditions, transit information, broadcast alerts, and other general traveler information broadcasts and presents the information to the traveler. The traveler information broadcasts are received by personal devices including personal computers and personal portable devices such as personal digital assistants (PDAs) and pagers. |
TRIMARC |
TRIMARC DMS and HAR |
Roadway Traffic Information Dissemination |
This equipment package includes field elements that provides information to drivers, including dynamic message signs and highway advisory radio. |
TRIMARC |
TRIMARC Traffic Management Center |
TMC Traffic Information Dissemination |
This equipment package disseminates traffic and road conditions, closure and detour information, incident information, driver advisories, and other traffic-related data to other centers, the media, and driver information systems. It monitors and controls driver information system field equipment including dynamic message signs and highway advisory radio, managing dissemination of driver information through these systems. |
TRIMARC |
TRIMARC Traffic Management Center |
TMC Incident Dispatch Coordination/Communication |
This equipment package formulates and manages an incident response that takes into account the incident potential, incident impacts, and resources required for incident management. It supports dispatch of emergency response and service vehicles as well as coordination with other cooperating agencies. It provides access to traffic management resources that provide surveillance of the incident, traffic control in the surrounding area, and support for the incident response. It monitors the incident response and collects performance measures such as incident response and clearance times. |