TMC Work Zone Traffic Management Functional Area

Description

'TMC Work Zone Traffic Management' coordinates work plans with maintenance systems so that work zones are established that have minimum traffic impact. Traffic control strategies are implemented to further mitigate traffic impacts associated with work zones that are established, providing work zone information to driver information systems such as dynamic message signs.

Included In

TDOT Region 1 TMC – Knoxville
City of Johnson City TMC
City of Elizabethton TMC

Functional Requirements

IDRequirement
01The center shall receive work zone images from a maintenance center.
02The center shall analyze work zone images for indications of a possible incident.
03The center shall remotely control driver information systems (such as dynamic messages signs, highway advisory radios) to advise drivers of activity around a work zone.
04The center shall collect operational status for the driver information systems equipment in work zones.
05The center shall collect fault data for the driver information systems equipment in work zones for repair.
06The center shall receive proposed maintenance and construction work plans, analyze the activity as a possible traffic incident, and provide work plan feedback to the sending center.
07The center shall receive temporary facility restrictions that are imposed during maintenance and construction.