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

Cook County TMC
DuPage County TMC
IDOT District 1 Bureau of Traffic – Arterial Signal Operations
IDOT District 1 ComCenter
IDOT District 1 Traffic Systems Center (TSC)
Gateway Traveler Information System GTIS
Illinois Tollway TMC (TIMS)
Kane County TMC
Lake County PASSAGE TMC
McHenry County TMC
Municipal TMCs
Will County 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 incident, and provide work plan feedback to the sending center.
07The center shall receive temporary facility restrictions that are imposed during maintenance and construction.