TMC Regional Traffic Management Functional Area

Description

'TMC Regional Traffic Management' supports coordination between Traffic Management Centers in order to share traffic information between centers as well as control of traffic management field equipment. This coordination supports wide area optimization and regional coordination that spans jurisdictional boundaries; for example, coordinated signal control in a metropolitan area or coordination between freeway operations and arterial signal control within a corridor.

Included In

City of Arlington Traffic Management Center
City of Dallas Traffic Management Center
City of Fort Worth Traffic Management Center
City of Plano Traffic Management Center
DART Transit Management Center
Local Traffic Management Center
TxDOT – Dallas District Traffic Management Center (DalTrans)

Functional Requirements

IDRequirement
1The center shall exchange traffic information with other traffic management centers including incident information, congestion data, traffic data, signal timing plans, and real–time signal control information.
2The center shall exchange traffic control information with other traffic management centers to support remote monitoring and control of traffic management devices (e.g. signs, sensors, signals, cameras, etc.).