TMC Probe Information Collection (Equipment Packages*)

This equipment package collects, assimilates, and disseminates vehicle probe data collected from roadside short range communications equipment and centers controlling transit vehicles, toll collection points, and route-guided vehicles. It estimates traffic and road conditions based on the aggregated probe data and disseminates this information to other centers.

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Functionality:

    Functional Requirements*:
    1. The center shall collect traffic probe data from vehicles via roadside field equipment.
    2. The center shall collect road condition data from probe-equipped transit vehicles via transit management centers; the data may be aggregated and preliminarily processed at the sending center.
    3. The center shall collect traffic data from traveler information centers based on data from their subscriber vehicles; the data may be aggregated and initial link time calculations performed at the sending center.
    4. The center shall collect traffic data from toll administrative centers containing travel times between toll collection points for those vehicles equipped for electronic toll collection; the data may be aggregated and processed at the sending center.
    5. The center shall assimilate current and forecast traffic conditions based on collected probe data and distribute to other centers for dissemination to travelers.
    6. The center shall collect operational status for the roadside probe data collection equipment.
    7. The center shall collect fault data for the roadside probe data collection equipment for repair.

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Inputs/Outputs (Included Architecture Flows)

Source Architecture Flow Destination
Information Service Provider road network traffic probe data Traffic Management
Payment Administration toll probe data this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Traffic Management
Roadway traffic probe data this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Traffic Management
Traffic Management road network conditions this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Information Service Provider
Transit Management transit probe data Traffic Management

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