Equipment Package: Vehicle Traffic Probe Support
| Description: |
This equipment package includes capabilities for the probe vehicle to identify its location, measure traffic conditions such as link travel time and speed, and transmit these data to a center or roadside equipment. |
| Included In: |
MBTA Buses
Private Traveler Information Service Providers Probe Vehicles
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| Functional Requirements |
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The vehicle shall respond to requests from short range communications equipment for identification information that can be used to collect basic probe information; the field equipment will remove identification information to ensure anonymity.
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The vehicle shall track its current vehicle position, speed, and heading and record snapshots of events (e.g., starts and stops, link travel times) that can be used to determine current traffic conditions.
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The vehicle shall record vehicle trip information (e.g., travel times, origin and destination information for vehicles that opt in) that can be used to support transportation planning.
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The vehicle shall transmit collected probe data to the center.
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The vehicle shall transmit collected probe data to field equipment located along the roadway.
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The vehicle shall report the number of vehicle occupants to field equipment located along the roadway.
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