TMC Passive Surveillance Functional Area

Description

'TMC Passive Surveillance' collects time stamped vehicle identities from different detection zones, correlates the identities, and calculates link travel times and derives other traffic measures.

Included In

Caltrans D11 Intermodal TMC
SANDAG Virtual TMCs
Level 2 Cities Traffic Ops Center
San Diego Traffic Management Center
County TMC

Functional Requirements

IDRequirement
01The center shall collect time stamped vehicle identities from field equipment.
02The center shall correlate the time stamped vehicle identities in order to calculate link travel times and derive other traffic measures.
3The center shall collect traffic data from probe–equipped emergency vehicles via emergency management centers; the data may be aggregated and initial link time calculations performed at the sending center.