IBWC Operations Center

Status

Existing

Description

Operations center that manages IBWC and US BCBP ITS equipment and traffic on the Bridge of the Americas.

Stakeholders

Stakeholder Role Role Status
IBWC Owns Future

Physical Objects

Traffic Management Center

Functional Objects

Functional Object Description User Defined
TMC Basic Surveillance 'TMC Basic Surveillance' remotely monitors and controls traffic sensor systems and surveillance (e.g., CCTV) equipment, and collects, processes and stores the collected traffic data. Current traffic information and other real–time transportation information is also collected from other centers. The collected information is provided to traffic operations personnel and made available to other centers. False
TMC Passive Surveillance '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. False
TMC Regional Traffic Management 'TMC Regional Traffic Management' supports coordination between Traffic Management Centers in order to share traffic information between centers as well as control of traffic management field equipment. This coordination supports wide area optimization and regional coordination that spans jurisdictional boundaries; for example, coordinated signal control in a metropolitan area or coordination between freeway operations and arterial signal control within a corridor. False

Physical Standards

SDO Document # Title User Defined
NEMA NEMA TS 8 Cyber and Physical Security for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) False

Interfaces To

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City of El Paso Traffic Management Center
IBWC BOTA Field Equipment
TransVista
TransVista Web Site