MC03-Road Weather Data Collection (Market Package*)

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Description

This market package collects current road and weather conditions using data collected from environmental sensors deployed on and about the roadway (or guideway in the case of transit related rail systems). In addition to fixed sensor stations at the roadside, sensing of the roadway environment can also occur from sensor systems located on Maintenance and Construction Vehicles. The collected environmental data is used by the Weather Information Processing and Distribution Market Package to process the information and make decisions on operations. The collected environmental data may be aggregated, combined with data attributes and sent to meteorological systems for data qualification and further data consolidation. The market package may also request and receive qualified data sets from meteorological systems.

Includes Equipment Packages and Subsystems:

Includes Architecture Flows:

Source Architecture Flow Destination In Graphic
Maintenance and Construction Center Personnel maint and constr center personnel inputs Maintenance and Construction Management No
Maintenance and Construction Field Personnel maint and constr field personnel inputs Maintenance and Construction Vehicle No
Maintenance and Construction Management maint and constr operations information presentation Maintenance and Construction Center Personnel No
Maintenance and Construction Management environmental sensors control Indicates that the associated architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Maintenance and Construction Vehicle Yes
Maintenance and Construction Management environmental sensors control Indicates that the associated architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Roadway Subsystem Yes
Maintenance and Construction Management environmental conditions data Indicates that the associated architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Surface Transportation Weather Service Yes
Maintenance and Construction Management environmental conditions data Indicates that the associated architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Weather Service Yes
Maintenance and Construction Vehicle maint and constr field personnel information presentation Maintenance and Construction Field Personnel No
Maintenance and Construction Vehicle environmental sensor data Indicates that the associated architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Maintenance and Construction Management Yes
Maintenance and Construction Vehicle environmental sensor data Indicates that the associated architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Roadway Subsystem Yes
Maintenance and Construction Vehicle environmental sensors control Indicates that the associated architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Roadway Subsystem Yes
Roadway Environment environmental conditions Maintenance and Construction Vehicle Yes
Roadway Environment environmental conditions Roadway Subsystem Yes
Roadway Subsystem environmental sensor data Indicates that the associated architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Maintenance and Construction Management Yes
Roadway Subsystem environmental sensor data Indicates that the associated architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Maintenance and Construction Vehicle Yes
Roadway Subsystem environmental sensor data Indicates that the associated architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Surface Transportation Weather Service Yes
Roadway Subsystem environmental sensor data Indicates that the associated architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Traffic Management Yes
Roadway Subsystem environmental sensor data Indicates that the associated architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Weather Service Yes
Surface Transportation Weather Service environmental conditions data Indicates that the associated architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Maintenance and Construction Management Yes
Surface Transportation Weather Service environmental sensors control Indicates that the associated architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Roadway Subsystem Yes
Surface Transportation Weather Service environmental conditions data Indicates that the associated architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Traffic Management Yes
Traffic Management environmental sensors control Indicates that the associated architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Roadway Subsystem Yes
Traffic Management environmental conditions data Indicates that the associated architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Surface Transportation Weather Service Yes
Traffic Management environmental conditions data Indicates that the associated architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Weather Service Yes
Weather Service qualified environmental conditions data Information Service Provider No
Weather Service environmental conditions data status Maintenance and Construction Management Yes
Weather Service qualified environmental conditions data Maintenance and Construction Management Yes
Weather Service environmental sensors control Indicates that the associated architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Roadway Subsystem Yes
Weather Service environmental conditions data status Traffic Management Yes
Weather Service qualified environmental conditions data Traffic Management Yes
    - This icon indicates that the associated architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards. Select the architecture flow for more information on relevant standards activities.

Early Deployment

This market package has been identified as an early deployment due to a promising combination of low risk implementation characteristics, developing public or private markets for the package, and tangible system or user benefits. This Market Package collects environmental data regarding the roadway pavement conditions to be used by various centers and decision supports centers. This package already exists and is typically deployed through road weather information systems.

Rural Development

For the Surface Transportation and Weather Rural Development Track, this market package is highly applicable to rural user needs and suitable for the rural environment. It addresses the needs of the broad rural development track by the following: Systems that collects and monitors current and forecast road and weather conditions using a combination of weather service information and data collected from environmental sensors deployed on and about the roadway.

For the Operations and Maintenance Rural Development Track, this market package is highly applicable to rural user needs and suitable for the rural environment. It addresses the needs of the broad rural development track by the following: Systems that collects the information from environmental sensors and weather providers as inputs for decision support systems.

For the Crash Prevention and Security Rural Development Track, this market package is applicable to a significant number of rural user needs, may require some augmentation for the rural environment. It addresses the needs of the broad rural development track by the following: Systems that collects environmental information to support the forecasting of road conditions based on environmental factors (e.g., X inches of rain on this slope produces a given probability of mudslides.) System includes elements to monitor and detect weather conditions that affect driver safety.

ITS Goals Supported

    ITS Goal Satisfaction Level
    Increase Transportation System Efficiency and Capacity * *
    Enhance Mobility *
    Improve Safety * * *
    Increase Economic Productivity * *
    Create an Environment for an ITS Market *
    * Features that marginally satisfy the goals
    * * Features that almost satisfy every aspect of the goals
    * * * Features completely satisfy every aspect of the goals

User Services related to this Market Package:

Problem / Solution Pairs this Market Package Addresses

Hypertext Architecture Version 6.1 generated on 1/7/2009 from the following databases
Physical Architecture dated 12/15/2008,
Logical Architecture dated 12/2/2008,
Market Packages dated 12/14/2008,
Security dated 11/13/2008,
User Services dated 4/9/2007,
Theory of Operations dated 12/14/2008,
AppMap dated 12/19/2008 and the
SDOMAP dated 12/12/2008