Inventory
Each stakeholder agency, company, or group owns, operates, maintains or plans ITS systems in the region. The ITS Architecture inventory is a list of "elements" that represent all existing and planned ITS systems in a region as well as non–ITS systems that provide information to or get information from the ITS systems. The following is a summary table of elements and a description of its role in the region as it applies to the ITS architecture.
| Element | Description |
|---|---|
| Amber/Silver Alert – Media | This element represents the Nevada Broadcasters Association, which is the partnership responsible for distributing information for Amber/Silver Alerts (Amber Alert is existing, Silver Alert is in the future). Local law enforcement is responsible for the Alert declaration. Local law enforcement then notifies the Nevada Broadcasters Assn, who is in turn responsible for notifying NDOT and others to disseminate Alert information. Law enforcement frequently contacts NDOT directly but the official policy is that NDOT is contacted by Nevada Broadcasters Association. The Association is a partnership of three radio stations. |
| Amber/Silver Alert – NDOT | This element represents the statewide Amber/Silver Alert system which is the partnership responsible for distributing information for an Alert. Local law enforcement where the event occurs makes the call regarding Alert and they notify the Nevada Broadcasting Association and NDOT. NDOT is responsible for notifying the public by posting information on DMS signs and the media is responsible for broadcasting the information to the public. NDOT is working on getting the EAS equipment in each district so that they can hear the original amber alert info to get an early start on the warning. They are also getting encoders as well as decoders. |
| California TMC | This ITS element represents the systems, communications and interactions between Caltrans and NDOT (and other Nevada entities) for coordination of traffic, construction and maintenance as well as travel management. District 2 will share traveler information with TMCs regarding I–80. Districts 8 and 11 will share traveler information with TMCs regarding I–15. |
| Carson City Connected Vehicle Roadside Equipment | Field devices that are able to send information to and receive information from adjacent vehicles that are equipped with digital short–range communications (DSRC) or other wireless communications technologies. Communication to roadside equipment uses either the City's fiber optic system or microwave radio system. |
| Carson City EOC | Carson City Emergency Operations Center. This EOC communicates with the various EOCs across the state to clear incidents in a timely manner. |
| Carson City Field Equipment | This ITS element includes any existing or planned equipment distributed on and along the roadway that monitors and controls traffic and monitors and manages the roadway itself. Equipment includes traffic detectors, environmental sensors, traffic signals, dynamic message signs, CCTV cameras, license plate recognition, automated enforcement, and video image processing systems, etc. Includes operations and maintenance of portions of Douglas, Lyon, and Storey Counties infrastructure. Communication to field equipment uses either the City's fiber optic system or microwave radio system. |
| Carson City Fire Vehicles | This ITS element represents the Carson City fire trucks and emergency management vehicles that are dispatched via two–way radios by Carson City Public Safety Dispatch. Carson City is consolidated in that Fire, Sherrif, and MCO are all governed by one body. |
| Carson City MCO Vehicles | Carson City maintenance and construction (MCO) vehicles dispathced by Public Safety Dispatchvia two–way radios. Carson City is consolidated in that Fire, Sherrif, and MCO are all governed by one body. |
| Carson City Public Safety Dispatch | Consolidated dispatch serves Fire, sheriff, Public Works, Health and Human Services, and all other organizations within Carson City. Dispatch communicates with vehicles via two–way radios. Additionally serves as the 911 PSAP for Carson City. |
| Carson City Rail Wayside Equipment | This wayside equipment for rail ITS element provides for train interface equipment (usually) maintained and operated by the railroad and (usually) physically located at or near a grade crossing that relays HRI information for, or about, approaching trains and their crews. Communication to the equipment uses either the City's fiber optic system or microwave radio system. |
| Carson City Sheriff Vehicles | Carson City Sheriff Department vehicles are dispatched by Carson City Public Safety Dispatchvia two–way radios. Carson City is consolidated in that Fire, Sherrif, and MCO are all governed by one body. |
| Carson City TMC | Carson City's signal control and traffic operations services from the Traffic Management Center. |
| Carson City Website | This elements represents the Carson City website that will provide traveler information and transportation updates. |
| Commercial Vehicle Driver | This represents the drivers of commercial vehicles that receive traveler information that may affect their traveling route. |
| Commercial Vehicles | Commercial vehicles include ITS equipment that supports safe and efficient commercial vehicle operations. This equipment monitors vehicle operation, provides the driver and motor carrier real–time information, and supports mainline electronic screening. |
| CVO Inspection Station | This element represents roadside commercial vehicle inspection, weighing, and checking of credentials. |
| CVO On–Board Equipment | This element represents the on–board equipment that interfaces with commercial vehicle state infrastructure such as weigh–in–motion stations. |
| CVO Pre–Pass | This element represents the systems utilized by the state to perform credentialing and roadside screening, as well as safety and fuel tax administration of commercial vehicles and commercial vehicle operators. |
| Division of Forestry | Much of the Northern NV region is rural forest land. While they do not operate their own ITS Elements, the Division of Forestry does have some electronic field devices in the immediate vicinity of some roadways, and they utilize NDOT's DMS signs for disseminating information to the public. They are identified in this architecture as an information service provider regarding fires and other emergency activation (evacuation, etc..) that may have an impact on the roadway and traveling public. |
| DPS – Highway Patrol Dispatch | This element represents emergency call–in and response functions for the Nevada Highway Patrol in Nevada. Actual dispatch happens through the IT offices of DPS for the North Command West, North Command East, and Southern Command Centers. DPS as a statewide agency is a part of the Statewide Traffic Incident Management (TIM) Coalition. |
| DPS – Highway Patrol Vehicles | This element represents Nevada Highway Patrol vehicles in Nevada. |
| Fiber Communications Network | This ITS element represents the existing and planned fiber communication throughout the state. Currently, along I–80 from the California border to the Utah border fiber communications is being implemented and their are plans to expand the network throughout the state. |
| Financial Institutions | Financial institutions are banks that provide access to the local transportation agencies to allow for fare debits on credit cards or directly from bank accounts. |
| HAZMAT Service | This element represents the HAZMAT services a private party provides to Districts office and Road Operation Centers through contracts. |
| JAC Assist Paratransit Dispatch | This element represents the Jump Around Carson (JAC) Assist dispatch function. JAC Assist operates a fleet of fully accessible paratransit vans providing pre–arranged door–to–door transportation for those who are ADA eligible. |
| JAC Assist Paratransit Vehicles | This element represents the fleet of fully accessible JAC Assist paratransit vans providing pre–arranged door–to–door transportation for those who are eligible for ADA transit. |
| JAC Transit Dispatch | This element represents the JAC Transit dispatch function. JAC Transit is a fixed route public transit service and serves the Carson City area. |
| JAC Transit Kiosks | This ITS element represents the Kiosks that will be places at transit centers and stops and will provide trip planning and other schedule information. |
| JAC Transit Pass | Payment card for JAC transit services payment. |
| JAC Transit Traveler Information Services | This elements represents a transit trip planner, which is beta testing a trip planning software that includes walking routes to transit stop / pick–up and drop locations. It provides an opportunity for users to identify their beginning address and their destination; In response the trip planner will give the traveler step by step information on where to walk and what transit bus and stop to take for their trip. |
| JAC Transit Vehicles | This element represents JAC Assist vehicles that serve the Carson City area. The busses have ITS devices (AVL) that support the safe and efficient movement of passengers. |
| Local/County Ambulance Dispatch | The Regional Emergency Medical Services Authority is referred to in the region as REMSA. Washoe County Sheriff Department is a major stakeholder in this Reno and Washoe County EM Center. |
| Local/County Ambulance Vehicle | Emergency vehicles include ITS equipment that provides the sensory, processing, storage, and communications functions necessary to support safe and efficient emergency response. |
| Local/County Connected Vehicle Roadside Equipment | Field devices that are able to send information to and receive information from adjacent vehicles that are equipped with digital short–range communications (DSRC) or other wireless communications technologies. |
| Local/County EOCs | The communication between various EOCs across the state to clear incidents in a timely manner. |
| Local/County Field Equipment | This element represents the existing traffic management field equipment (primarily traffic signal systems) owned and operated by local cities and counties in Nevada (e.g. detection (loops, video, etc.) signal controllers, CCTV, DMS, etc.). This could also include road weather information systems. |
| Local/County MCO Dispatch | This element represents existing maintenance and construction management systems owned and operated by Local Cities and Counties to better manage construction and maintenance activities on local roads. |
| Local/County MCO Vehicles | This element represents existing maintenance and construction management fleet vehicles owned and operated by Local Cities and Counties to better manage construction and maintenance activities on local roads. |
| Local/County Public Safety Dispatch | This element generically represents local city, county and other (state and federal) law enforcement agencies in rural areas of Nevada. This element represents the dispatch function performed by those agencies. |
| Local/County Public Safety Vehicles | This element generically represents local city, county and other (state and federal) law enforcement agencies in rural areas of Nevada. This element represents the vehicles operated by those agencies. |
| Local/County TOC/Public Works | This represents local/county traffic operations offices/center that manage the ITS and traffic signal infrastructure that may be existing in the local/county jurisdiction. This element encompasses the rural locations in the state as one category that can be applied to numerous individual cities/towns/counties in Nevada. |
| Local/County Transit Dispatch | This element generically represents the numerous transit agencies that provide transit and paratransit services throughout Nevada that have not already been identified individually in the Northwestern or Southern Regional ITS Architectures. This element represents the dispatch function operated by those agencies. |
| Local/County Transit Vehicles | This element generically represents the numerous transit agencies that provide transit and paratransit services throughout Nevada that have not already been identified individually in the Northwestern or Southern Regional ITS Architectures. This element represents the dispatch function operated by those agencies. |
| Media | Broadcast using various media to local cities and counties traveler information through TV and radio stations. |
| National Weather Service | National Weather Service provides detailed weather information in real–time and in forecasted form to NDOT to use to make decisions on impacts to travelers, roads, and maintenance/construction activities. |
| NDEM | Nevada Division of Emergency Management assists local and tribe authorities in emergency responses and staff the State Emergency Operations Center when there is a major disaster. |
| NDOT CVO Traveler Information Field Equipment | NDOT–owned traveler information field equipment such as weigh–in–motion signs, message signs providing wait times or travel times, or other equipment that provides traveler information the commercial vehicles or the traveling public at ports of entry or check stations. |
| NDOT District 1 Connected Vehicle Roadside Equipment | Field devices that are able to send information to and receive information from adjacent vehicles that are equipped with digital short–range communications (DSRC) or other wireless communications technologies. |
| NDOT District 1 Road Operations Center | NDOT has other traffic management activity in the more rural and less urban areas of northern NV. This traffic management element covers services provided by NDOT in those outer lying areas. |
| NDOT District 2 Connected Vehicle Roadside Eqiupment | Field devices that are able to send information to and receive information from adjacent vehicles that are equipped with digital short–range communications (DSRC) or other wireless communications technologies. |
| NDOT District 2 MCO Dispatch | This element represents the dispatch function for District 2 Maintenance and Construction Operations (MCO). |
| NDOT District 2 Road Operations Center | This element represents the traffic center for NDOT District 2 located in the City of Sparks. The center coordinates with other NDOT Districts and states to manage traffic and incidents, and exchange road weather and other traveler information. This element also includes an archive data administration and ISP function. |
| NDOT District 3 Connected Vehicle Roadside Equipment | Field devices that are able to send information to and receive information from adjacent vehicles that are equipped with digital short–range communications (DSRC) or other wireless communications technologies. |
| NDOT District 3 Field Equipment | This element represents the field equipment distributed on and along the roadway that monitors and controls traffic including detectors, CCTVs, DMS, automated enforcement, etc. There are a number of software systems that provide information to the NDOT NDEX, including but not limited to NDOT's CSS software for ITS field equipment and FLIR camera software for camera images. |
| NDOT District 3 MCO Dispatch | This element represents the dispatch function for District 3 Maintenance and Construction Operations (MCO). |
| NDOT District 3 MCO Field Equipment | This element represents the field devices for District 3 Maintenance and Construction Operations (MCO). District 3 MCO Field Devices include automated de–icing systems on select bridges and other maintenance field equipment used for maintenance and construction operations. |
| NDOT District 3 MCO Vehicles | This element represents Maintenance and Construction Operations (MCO) fleet vehicles for NDOT District 3; sweepers, snow plows and other maintenance vehicles. |
| NDOT District 3 Rail Wayside Equipment | This wayside equipment for rail ITS element provides for train interface equipment (usually) maintained and operated by the railroad and (usually) physically located at or near a grade crossing that relays HRI information for approaching trains and their crews. |
| NDOT District 3 Road Operations Center | This element represents NDOT District 3 traffic center located in Elko, Nevada. The center coordinates with other NDOT Districts and states to manage traffic and incidents, and exchange road weather and other traveler information. This element also includes an archive data administration and ISP function. |
| NDOT District 3 Security Surveillance Equipment | NDOT District 3 has installed security surveillance devices throughout the Carlin Tunnel located in Elko County, NV. The security surveillance devices monitor activity within the Tunnel. |
| NDOT HAR | The HAR (Highway Advisory Radio) presents traveler information through broadcasts that are recorded through NDOT Headquarters. |
| NDOT Headquarters | This element represents the Nevada Department of Transportation Headquarters that oversees ITS and transportation projects throughout the state. The NDOT Headquarters manages and monitors transportation operations, maintenance of highway and bridges throughout the state, and commercial vehicle operations. The over–dimensional permitting office manages over–dimensional commercial vehicles and the coordination with local agencies throughout the state. |
| NDOT Headquarters Connected Vehicle Roadside Equipment | Field devices that are able to send information to and receive information from adjacent vehicles that are equipped with digital short–range communications (DSRC) or other wireless communications technologies. |
| NDOT ITS Credentials Management System | The 'Cooperative ITS Credentials Management System' (CCMS) is a high–level aggregate representation of the interconnected systems that enable trusted communications between mobile devices and other mobile devices, roadside devices, and centers and protect data they handle from unauthorized access. Representing the different interconnected systems that make up a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), this physical object represents an end user view of the credentials management system with focus on the exchanges between the CCMS and user devices that support the secure distribution, use, and revocation of trust credentials. |
| NDOT NDEX | The State has a repository called the Nevada Data Exchange (NDEX) that includes D1 / FAST, D2, and D3 and is the State's Data Warehouse for all traffic, incident, and weather related data that can be used for real–time information dissemination, planning and forecasting. |
| NDOT RWIS ISP/Website | The Road Weather Information System (RWIS) collects weather information from NDOT RWIS sensors deployed throughout the state and provides the collected information to the travelers through the website. The information relayed consists of wind speed, wind direction, gust speed, gust direction, air temperature, humidity, dew point, rate of rate falling per hour. |
| NDOT RWIS Sensors | The RWIS sensors with an automated system collect information regarding the roadway environment throughout the state to relay to various travelers. |
| NDOT Service Monitor System | Service monitor system that oversees the center and field support assets for NDOT and also provides map updates to provide updated map and communications interfaces to the statewide connected vehicle environment. NDOT currently provides real time (GPS Timing) at the switch level for all devices connected to the road side cabinets. Redundant timing is provided by three GPS clocks one located at Carson City, Elko, and Las Vegas. |
| NDOT Statewide Field Equipment | This ITS element represents the field equipments deployed throughout the state in rural areas. NDOT has field equipment (road weather, detection, DMS, rain/flood sensors, solar feedback signs, adaptive roadside lighting, automated chain control signs, detection warning system for curve warnin and super elevation, and CVO field equipment at ports of entry or weigh stations, etc.). There are a number of software systems that provide information to the NDOT NDEX, including but not limited to NDOT's CSS software for ITS field equipment and FLIR camera software for camera images. |
| NDOT Statewide Parking Infrastructure | This ITS element represents plans to manage truck and commercial vehicle parking availability along interstates to inform truck drivers. This could be implemented through a public and private partnership. |
| NDOT Traveler Information Displays | NDOT owned and managed traveler information displays that provide 511 and other information to travelers via interactive display kiosks, monitors or other dynamic message signing technologies at welcome centers, rest areas, freight stops, long–haul parking locations, recreation areas, and other traveler–based locations to support access to traveler information during travel. |
| Nevada 511 CRS | Nevada 511 system is a statewide system that provides traveler information, road closure and other important information throughout the state. This Condition Reporting System (CRS) system allows local agencies to manually enter in event information into the 511 center–to–center system. |
| Nevada 511 IVR | This element represents the ability for a caller to interface with voice processing (voice recognition/synthesis) that supports voice enabled traveler telephone information systems. It provides wireline and wireless caller access to 511 systems and other telephone access mechanisms like 7 or 10 digit local access numbers. This system is planned to gather traveler info, alerts and advisories from ISPs but the early implementation requires NDOT to have staff put the information into the system. 511 then uses this info to support voice–based interactions with a traveler. 511 also has a website component that allows travelers to access travel information from the website. |
| Nevada 511 Website/Mobile Application | This element represents the NDOT 511 website component that allows travelers to access travel information from the website. |
| Northern Nevada Regional Road Operations Center (NNROC) | The Northern Nevada Regional Road Operations Center (NNROC) is a planned traffic center for the northwest Nevada region. The center will be a traffic management center that will coordinate with local, metropolitan, and regional traffic centers to support traffic and incident operations and other traveler information in the region. |
| Oregon TMC | This ITS element represents the systems, communications and interactions between Oregon and NDOT (and other Nevada entities) for coordination of traffic, construction and maintenance as well as travel management. |
| Passenger and Freight Rail Operations Systems | Monitoring and controlling Freight and Rail operations and equipment. |
| Personal Communication Devices | Personal Communication Devices refers to equipment an individual owns and can personalize with their choices for information about transportation networks. An Internet–connected PC is an example. |
| Private Data Providers | Private data providers will provide their data (incident, traffic, etc.) to public agencies to for traffic management and to relay information to travelers. |
| Private Information Service Providers | Private companies that provide aggregation of available data and provide transportation information in a similar manner that a Transportation Information Center would such as Waycare, Waze, Google, etc. |
| Radio Communications Network | This ITS element represents the planned radio communication throughout the state that will serve as a redundancy for the existing fiber communications network. Recently, the Nevada Shared Radio System (NSRS) was upgraded to the P25 system throughout the state to support critical voice communications for emergency and incident responders. |
| RTC of Southern Nevada | The RTC of Southern Nevada is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Agency (MPO) for Clark County. RTC of Southern Nevada is the transit authority and transportation–planning agency for the southern Nevada region. FAST TMC budget and management fall under this agency. Freeway and Arterial Management System for the Las Vegas region. RTC FAST manages hundreds of signals on arterial and a freeway management system. |
| RTC Washoe County | The Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) of Washoe County is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the Washoe County / Reno / Sparks Metropolitan area. RTC Washoe County is also the primary transit operator for the Washoe County area, providing fixed route service and paratransit service, as well as some intercounty and interregional services. |
| Statewide Electric Charging Stations | Electric charging stations for the City of Las Vegas and Carson City. |
| Statewide EOC | The Statewide Emergency Operations Center is within the Department of Public Safety. The SEOC provides a emergency management center at a central location for all coordinating authorities and dissemination of official information during emergency coordination and disasters. The SEOC is operated by NDEM staff members and utilizes the National Incident Management Systems (NIMS) structure. |
| Traveling Public – Mobile Devices/Vehicles | This represents travelers and vehicles that have access to the various services provided in the regional architecture. |
| Utah TMC | This ITS element represents the systems, communications and interactions between the Utah TMC and NDOT (and other Nevada entities) for coordination of traffic, construction and maintenance as well as travel management. |
| Wyoming TMC | This ITS element represents the systems, communications and interactions between the Wyoming TMC and NDOT (and other Nevada entities) for coordination of traffic, construction and maintenance as well as travel management. |