Surface Street Management for Dallas Regional ITS Architecture Roles and Responsibilities

StakeholderRole and Responsibility
City of ArlingtonGrant signal preemption to requesting emergency vehicles.
Distribute current traffic conditions to other centers.
Allow control of field equipment by other traffic management centers.
Provide enroute travel information to drivers (via dynamic message signs and highway advisory radio).
Monitor and remotely diagnose field equipment issues including detecting failures, issuing problem reports, and tracking the repair or replacement of failed equipment.
Monitor traffic sensors and surveillance (CCTV) equipment.
Disseminate traffic–related data to other centers, the media, and travelers via the driver information systems (DMS, HAR).
Control traffic signal controllers remotely to implement traffic management strategies at signalized intersections based on traffic conditions, incidents, emergency vehicle preemptions, pedestrian crossings, etc.
Collect current traffic conditions from sensors and surveillance equipment.
Share traffic information with other traffic management centers.
City of DallasCollect current traffic conditions from sensors and surveillance equipment.
Monitor and control highway–rail intersection (HRI) equipment remotely including standard speed active warning systems and high speed systems which provide additional information on approaching trains and detect and report on obstructions in the HRI.
Share traffic information with other traffic management centers.
Grant signal preemption to requesting emergency vehicles.
Provide enroute travel information to drivers (via dynamic message signs and highway advisory radio).
Distribute current traffic conditions to other centers.
Monitor traffic sensors and surveillance (CCTV) equipment.
Control traffic signal controllers remotely to implement traffic management strategies at signalized intersections based on traffic conditions, incidents, emergency vehicle preemptions, pedestrian crossings, etc.
Allow control of field equipment by other traffic management centers.
Monitor and remotely diagnose field equipment issues including detecting failures, issuing problem reports, and tracking the repair or replacement of failed equipment.
City of Fort WorthDistribute current traffic conditions to other centers.
Share traffic information with other traffic management centers.
Collect current traffic conditions from sensors and surveillance equipment.
Control traffic signal controllers remotely to implement traffic management strategies at signalized intersections based on traffic conditions, incidents, emergency vehicle preemptions, pedestrian crossings, etc.
Monitor and remotely diagnose field equipment issues including detecting failures, issuing problem reports, and tracking the repair or replacement of failed equipment.
Allow control of field equipment by other traffic management centers.
Monitor traffic sensors and surveillance (CCTV) equipment.
City of PlanoCollect current traffic conditions from sensors and surveillance equipment.
Allow control of field equipment by other traffic management centers.
Monitor and remotely diagnose field equipment issues including detecting failures, issuing problem reports, and tracking the repair or replacement of failed equipment.
Monitor traffic sensors and surveillance (CCTV) equipment.
Share traffic information with other traffic management centers.
Distribute current traffic conditions to other centers.
Provide enroute travel information to drivers (via dynamic message signs and highway advisory radio).
Grant signal preemption to requesting emergency vehicles.
Distribute current traffic conditions to other centers.
Control traffic signal controllers remotely to implement traffic management strategies at signalized intersections based on traffic conditions, incidents, emergency vehicle preemptions, pedestrian crossings, etc.
Dallas Area Rapid TransitMonitor and control highway–rail intersection (HRI) equipment remotely including standard speed active warning systems and high speed systems which provide additional information on approaching trains and detect and report on obstructions in the HRI.
Grant signal preemption to requesting emergency vehicles.
Distribute current traffic conditions to other centers.
Share traffic information with other traffic management centers.
Monitor and remotely diagnose field equipment issues including detecting failures, issuing problem reports, and tracking the repair or replacement of failed equipment.
Control traffic signal controllers remotely to implement traffic management strategies at signalized intersections based on traffic conditions, incidents, emergency vehicle preemptions, pedestrian crossings, etc.
Collect current traffic conditions from sensors and surveillance equipment.
Monitor traffic sensors and surveillance (CCTV) equipment.
Provide enroute travel information to drivers (via dynamic message signs and highway advisory radio).
Dallas–Fort Worth International AirportCollect current traffic conditions from sensors and surveillance equipment.
Control traffic signal controllers remotely to implement traffic management strategies at signalized intersections based on traffic conditions, incidents, emergency vehicle preemptions, pedestrian crossings, etc.
Monitor and remotely diagnose field equipment issues including detecting failures, issuing problem reports, and tracking the repair or replacement of failed equipment.
Monitor traffic sensors and surveillance (CCTV) equipment.
Provide enroute travel information to drivers (via dynamic message signs and highway advisory radio).
Grant signal preemption to requesting emergency vehicles.
Local Traffic Management AgenciesMonitor and control highway–rail intersection (HRI) equipment remotely including standard speed active warning systems and high speed systems which provide additional information on approaching trains and detect and report on obstructions in the HRI.
Share traffic information with other traffic management centers.
Allow control of field equipment by other traffic management centers.
Provide enroute travel information to drivers (via dynamic message signs and highway advisory radio).
Operate and maintain field equipment that controls and sends data to other field equipment (such as environmental sensors that send data to a DMS or coordination between traffic controllers on adjacent intersections), without being controlled from a center.
Monitor and remotely diagnose field equipment issues including detecting failures, issuing problem reports, and tracking the repair or replacement of failed equipment.
Control traffic signal controllers remotely to implement traffic management strategies at signalized intersections based on traffic conditions, incidents, emergency vehicle preemptions, pedestrian crossings, etc.
Collect current traffic conditions from sensors and surveillance equipment.
Distribute current traffic conditions to other centers.
Grant signal preemption to requesting emergency vehicles.