TxDOT Highway Conditions Reporting System Equipment Packages

 

The following equipment packages are associated with the "TxDOT Highway Conditions Reporting System" element.   Select the "Details" icon to see the detailed requirements associated with each equipment package, or consult the National ITS Architecture web site for more information.

 

Basic Information Broadcast

Collection, processing, storage, and broadcast dissemination of traffic, transit, maintenance and construction, event, and weather information to traveler interface systems and vehicles.

 

ISP Emergency Traveler Information

Collection and distribution of emergency information to the traveler public, including evacuation information and wide-area alerts.

 

MCM Work Activity Coordination

Disseminates work activity schedules to other agencies. Work schedules are coordinated, factoring in the needs and activities of other agencies and adjacent jurisdictions.

 

MCM Work Zone Management

Remotely monitors and supports work zone activities, controlling traffic through portable dynamic message signs (DMS) and informing other groups of activity (e.g., traveler information systems, traffic management centers, other maintenance and construction centers).

 

Traveler Telephone Information

Collection and distribution of traveler information and wide-area alerts to traveler telephone information systems such as 511, based on voice-based traveler requests.