Interface: 511 IVR - Wide Area Alerting Systems
Information Flow Definitions
emergency traveler information (Existing)
Public notification of an emergency such as a natural or man–made disaster, civil emergency, or child abduction. This flow also includes evacuation information including evacuation instructions, evacuation zones, recommended evacuation times, tailored evacuation routes and destinations, traffic and road conditions along the evacuation routes, traveler services and shelter information, and reentry times and instructions.
voice-based alert notification (Existing)
Information to be distributed to the traveling public via voice regarding a major emergency such as a natural or man–made disaster, civil emergency, severe weather or child abduction. The flow may identify the alert originator, the nature of the emergency, the geographic area affected by the emergency, the effective time period, and information and instructions necessary for the public to respond to the alert. The content of this architecture flow may be specially formatted for voice–based traveler information.
voice-based traveler information (Planned)
Traveler information sent to the telecommunications systems for traveler information terminator. This flow may represent the bulk transfer of traveler information, including traffic conditions, incident information, transit information and weather and road condition information. It may be specially formatted for voice–based traveler information.
voice-based traveler request (Existing)
The electronic traveler information request from the telecommunications systems for traveler information terminator. It may be specifically formatted for voice–based traveler requests. The request can be a general subscription intended to initiate a continuous or regular data stream or a specific request intended to initiate a one–time response from the recipient.