Toll Operator Alert (Equipment Packages*)

This equipment package provides wide-area alerts (safety/security broadcasts, child abductions, etc.) to toll operators. It provides the capability to monitor for active alerts and presents these alerts to administrative staff (the "Toll Administrator") and forwards these alerts to toll operators at the toll plazas/toll collection facilities. The Toll Administrator determines which alerts should be forwarded to toll operators and can inject alerts that are identified through other means.

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Functionality:

    Functional Requirements*:
    1. The center shall receive wide-area alerts and advisories from emergency management centers for emergency situations such as severe weather events, civil emergencies, child abduction (AMBER alert system), military activities, and other situations that pose a threat to life and property.
    2. The center shall provide an interface with the toll administration center personnel to present wide-area alert notifications and to allow the center personnel to acknowledge the input and control the dissemination of the information.
    3. The center shall distribute wide-area alert notifications to toll plazas to keep toll operators informed of identified threats that may impact toll operations or public safety on a toll facility.
    4. The center shall return status back to the emergency management center that initiated the wide-area alert with information indicating the status of the alert from the toll operators including the information systems that are being used to provide the alert notification.

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Inputs/Outputs (Included Architecture Flows)

Source Architecture Flow Destination
Emergency Management alert notification Payment Administration
Payment Administration alert status Emergency Management
Payment Administration payment information presentation Payment Administrator
Payment Administration toll advisories Roadway Payment
Payment Administrator payment administration requests Payment Administration

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