Physical Object: Traffic Management Center

TMC Traffic Information Dissemination

Overview

'TMC Traffic Information Dissemination' 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.

This functional object is included in the "Traffic Management Center" physical object.

This functional object is included in the following service packages:

This functional object is mapped to the following Functional View PSpecs:

Requirements

# Requirement
01 The center shall remotely control dynamic messages signs for dissemination of traffic and other information to drivers.
02 The center shall remotely control driver information systems that communicate directly from a center to the vehicle radio (such as Highway Advisory Radios) for dissemination of traffic and other information to drivers.
03 The center shall collect operational status for the driver information systems equipment (DMS, HAR, etc.).
04 The center shall collect fault data for the driver information systems equipment (DMS, HAR, etc.) for repair.
05 The center shall retrieve locally stored traffic information, including current and forecasted traffic information, road and weather conditions, traffic incident information, information on diversions and alternate routes, closures, and special traffic restrictions (lane/shoulder use, weight restrictions, width restrictions, HOV requirements), and the definition of the road network itself.
06 The center shall distribute traffic data to maintenance and construction centers, transit centers, emergency management centers, parking facilities, and traveler information providers.
07 The center shall distribute traffic data to the media.
08 The center shall provide the capability for center personnel to control the nature of the data that is available to non-traffic operations centers and the media.
09 The center shall collect current lane configurations status for the driver information systems equipment (DMS, HAR, etc.).
10 The center shall provide traffic information in both data stream and graphical display.
11 The center shall provide drivers low emission zone restriction or fees information.
12 The center shall receive alert notification of a major emergency such as a natural or man-made disaster, civil emergency, or child abduction for distribution to the public from emergency management.
13 The center shall receive low emission zone information from emission management.
14 The center shall provide operators information on the state of transportation system operations within the low emissions zone.
15 The center shall coordinate information dissemination with other traffic management centers.
16 The center shall collect the current location, speed, acceleration, and heading of the vehicles to identify if a vehicle has been traveling in the wrong direction wrong way entry.
17 The center shall provide the capability for center personnel to detect the wrong way entry by using the nature of the data that is available to them.
18 The center shall distribute wrong way entry data to emergency management centers and traveler information providers.
19 The center shall collect general parking information and status, including current parking availability, parking pricing, and parking space availability information.

Information Flows

Source Flow Destination
Emissions Management Center low emissions zone coordination Traffic Management Center
Emissions Management Center low emissions zone operations information Traffic Management Center
Event Promoter System event plans Traffic Management Center
ITS Roadway Equipment roadway advisory radio status Traffic Management Center
ITS Roadway Equipment roadway dynamic signage status Traffic Management Center
ITS Roadway Equipment traffic image meta data Traffic Management Center
ITS Roadway Equipment traffic images Traffic Management Center
Other Traffic Management Centers traffic image meta data Traffic Management Center
Other Traffic Management Centers traffic images Traffic Management Center
Parking Management Center parking information Traffic Management Center
Traffic Management Center low emissions zone coordination Emissions Management Center
Traffic Management Center parking traffic information Parking Management Center
Traffic Management Center road network conditions Commercial Vehicle Administration Center
Traffic Management Center road network conditions Emergency Management Center
Traffic Management Center road network conditions Emissions Management Center
Traffic Management Center road network conditions Fleet and Freight Management Center
Traffic Management Center road network conditions Maint and Constr Management Center
Traffic Management Center road network conditions Other Traffic Management Centers
Traffic Management Center road network conditions Transit Management Center
Traffic Management Center road network conditions Transportation Information Center
Traffic Management Center roadway advisory radio data ITS Roadway Equipment
Traffic Management Center roadway dynamic signage data ITS Roadway Equipment
Traffic Management Center traffic control information Transportation Information Center
Traffic Management Center traffic image meta data Border Inspection System
Traffic Management Center traffic image meta data Emergency Management Center
Traffic Management Center traffic image meta data Maint and Constr Management Center
Traffic Management Center traffic image meta data Media
Traffic Management Center traffic image meta data Other Traffic Management Centers
Traffic Management Center traffic image meta data Transit Management Center
Traffic Management Center traffic image meta data Transportation Information Center
Traffic Management Center traffic images Border Inspection System
Traffic Management Center traffic images Emergency Management Center
Traffic Management Center traffic images Maint and Constr Management Center
Traffic Management Center traffic images Media
Traffic Management Center traffic images Other Traffic Management Centers
Traffic Management Center traffic images Transit Management Center
Traffic Management Center traffic images Transportation Information Center
Traffic Management Center traffic information for media Media
Traffic Management Center traffic operator data Traffic Operations Personnel
Traffic Operations Personnel traffic operator input Traffic Management Center

Standards

The following table lists the standards associated with the functional object itself (as opposed to standards associated with an interface).

Name Title
NEMA TS 8 Cyber and Physical Security Cyber and Physical Security for Intelligent Transportation Systems