Inventory
Each stakeholder agency, company, or group owns, operates, maintains or plans ITS systems in the region. The Regional 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.
| Element | Description |
|---|---|
| Academic / Research Organizations | Represents a collection of academic organizations that access transportation data collected by transportation agencies in the region for the purposes of traffic and safety studies. |
| Basic Vehicle | Represents passenger vehicles traveling throughout the region. |
| BUS Dispatch Center | BUS Dispatch Center communicates with BUS transit vehicles supporting fixed route and demand response transit service in the region. It also supports emergency/disaster response, recovery and evacuation. |
| BUS Facility Surveillance Equipment | Represents surveillance and sensor equipment used to provide enhanced security and safety for BUS's non–public areas. (e.g. maintenance and transit yards). |
| BUS Transit Vehicle | Bluegrass Ultra–Transit Service (BUS) provides fixed–route services in Nicholasville (NichTran). It also has intercity services between Nicholasville, Danville, Frankfort, and Lexington. |
| BUS Transit Vehicle Operators | Represents operators of BUS transit vehicles that communicate with the BUS dispatch center. |
| BUS Transit Website | This website (http://www.bluegrasscommunityaction.org/Pages/bus.html) provides basic transit information to customers. |
| BUS Traveler Electronic Fare Cards | Represents electronic fare cards purchased by passengers and used on BUS transit vehicles for payment. |
| BUS Vehicle Maintenance Crew | Responsible for monitoring, controlling, and planning the schedules for the maintenance of transit fleets |
| Commercial Vehicle Fleet and Freight Management | Represents various commercial vehicle agencies throughout the region that operate and manage commercial vehicle fleets. |
| Commercial Vehicles | This ITS element represents commercial vehicles operating within the Lexington region that are equipped with two–way communications devices to facilitate communication with Motor Carrier Fleet and Freight Management systems. |
| Connected/Automated Vehicles | This element represents connected and automated vehicles that are owned and operated by the general public. |
| Driver | Represents drivers that operate vehicles on the roadway. |
| Event Promoters | Event Promoters represent agencies that have knowledge of events that may impact travel on roadways or other modal means. Examples of special event sponsors include sporting events, conventions, motorcades/parades, and public/political events. |
| Financial Institution | Represents organizations that handle electronic fund transfer requests to enable the transfer of funds from users of a transportation service (i.e. parking facility) to the provider of the service (LFCPA). |
| FTSB Transit Dispatch Centers | FTSB Dispatch Centers communicate with FTSB transit vehicles supporting fixed route and demand response transit service in the region. They also support emergency/disaster response, recovery and evacuation. |
| FTSB Transit Vehicle Operators | Represents operators of FTSB transit vehicles that communicate with FTSB dispatch centers. |
| FTSB Transit Vehicles | Represents the FTSB Intercity Bus Route that provides fixed route services to and from Lexington, KY, as well as Human Services Transportation that operates demand response transit service in part of Fayette County. |
| FTSB Transit Website | This website (http://www.ftsb.org/AboutUs.aspx) provides basic transit information to customers. |
| Jessamine County – 911 Emergency Services | Represents the Jessamine County 911 Center, answering 911 calls in Jessamine County including the cities of Nicholasville and Wilmore, and dispatching law enforcement, fire, EMS, and Emergency Management. |
| Jessamine County Emergency Vehicles | Represents all types of Jessamine County emergency vehicles, including sheriff's department responsible for roadway enforcement within Jessamine County, as well as emergency services vehicles in the county. |
| Jessamine County Road Department | The Jessamine County Road Department is responsible for maintaining all county roads, including pothole repairs, road sign replacement, and other road maintenance activities. |
| Jessamine County Road Department Personnel | Represents personnel working for the Jessamine County Road Department in central offices and field locations. |
| Jessamine County Road Department Vehicles | Represents maintenance vehicles operated by the Jessamine County Road Department. |
| Jessamine County Road Department Work Zone Safety Equipment | Represents Work Zone Safety Equipment deployed and maintained by the Jessamine County Road Department. |
| Jessamine County Roadside Equipment | Represents traffic signals and other roadside ITS equipment deployed and maintained by the Jessamine County Road Department. |
| Jessamine County Sheriff Department | Represents Jessamine County sheriff's department responsible for roadway enforcement within Jessamine County. |
| Kentucky Emergency Management | Kentucky Emergency Management is the state level agency charged with protecting life and property, public peace, health, safety and the environment of the Commonwealth of Kentucky through an all–hazards approach to mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery from disasters and emergencies which a local emergency response agency determines is beyond its capabilities. |
| Kentucky State Police Post 12 | This represents the central dispatch operations that communicate with patrol cars operating within Kentucky State Police Post 12 that covers Fayette County. |
| Kentucky State Police Post 12 Patrol Car | This element represents the Kentucky State Police (KSP) patrol cars dispatched from Post 12 (covering Fayette County) to respond to emergencies within jurisdiction of the Kentucky State Police. Emergency response is coordinated with LFUCG as necessary. |
| Kentucky State Police Post 7 | This represents the central dispatch operations that communicate with patrol cars operating within Kentucky State Police Post 7 that covers Jessamine County. |
| Kentucky State Police Post 7 Patrol Car | This element represents the Kentucky State Police (KSP) patrol cars dispatched from Post 7 (covering Jessamine County) to respond to emergencies within jurisdiction of the Kentucky State Police. Emergency response is coordinated with Jessamine County Emergency Services as necessary. |
| KYTC District 7 CCTV Cameras | Represents CCTV cameras installed along I–75 within the region. Cameras are accessible via the internet through Kentucky 511 webpage. The video is not recorded or saved in any way. The cameras are used only to monitor traffic conditions. |
| KYTC District 7 Dynamic Message Signs | Represents portable and permanent DMS utilized by KYTC for traffic operations and work zone operations. |
| KYTC District 7 Highway Advisory Radio | Represents Highway Advisory Radio (HAR) equipment controlled by KYTC District 7. |
| KYTC District 7 Maintenance and Construction Center Personnel | Represents the KYTC maintenance and construction personnel that operate from dispatch offices to vehicles and field locations throughout KYTC District 7. |
| KYTC District 7 Maintenance and Construction Field Personnel | Represents the people that perform maintenance and construction field activities including vehicle and equipment operators, field supervisory personnel, field crews, and work zone safety personnel. |
| KYTC District 7 Maintenance and Construction Offices | Represents the offices that dispatch and communicate with KYTC Maintenance and Construction Vehicles in the field. |
| KYTC District 7 Maintenance and Construction Vehicles | Vehicles perform roadway maintenance operations and snow plow operations on state level roads within the region. AVL equipment is installed on a number of snow plows and will be expanded to additional vehicles to communicate vehicle location information back to KYTC Maintenance and Construction Offices. |
| KYTC District 7 Office | The Kentucky Department of Highways District Seven office oversees the construction and maintenance of highways in twelve central Kentucky counties. District staff coordinate all aspects of road building, from planning, design, and right–of–way purchasing to administering construction contracts and ensuring the highways are maintained for travelers including pothole patching and mowing to snow removal. |
| KYTC District 7 Overheight Vehicle Sensors | Represents roadside equipment that detects overheight vehicles and provides a warning to vehicles of low clearance ahead. |
| KYTC District 7 Ramp Meters | This element represents future ramp meters on I–75. |
| KYTC District 7 Roadside Traffic Detection Equipment | Represents loop detector equipment installed along Interstates within the region and monitored by the KYTC District 7 Office for the purpose of gathering traffic volume and speed data and disseminating traffic speeds via KYTC 511 website. |
| KYTC District 7 RWIS Stations | Represents RWIS Stations located on or near the roadway that communicate road and weather information data to KYTC Maintenance and Construction offices. |
| KYTC District 7 Safe Patrol Vehicles | The Safety Assistance for Freeway Emergencies (Safe) Patrol is designed to aid motorists and assist with incident management. Patrol operates within the region on Interstate 75 and 64 from 6:00 AM to 10:00 PM, 7 days a week. As part of the Kentucky Office of Highway Safety Division of Incident Management, it is part of a comprehensive incident management initiative to improve safety and reduce delay caused by nonrecurring congestion and improve operations of the freeway system. |
| KYTC District 7 Traffic Signals | Represents traffic signals in the region that are owned by KYTC Traffic Operations Center. All signals within Fayette County are operated and maintained by the LFUCG. |
| KYTC District 7 Work Zone Safety Equipment | Represents Work Zone Safety Equipment deployed by District 7 KYTC maintenance personnel. ITS equipment may include work zone travel times detection and information dissemination, work zone queue detection, work zone speed enforcement, errant vehicle detection in work zones, and other systems that can improve worker safety in the work zone. |
| KYTC District 7 Wrong Way Vehicle Detection System | This element represents KYTC's wrong way vehicle detection and warning system on interstate exit ramps. |
| KYTC GoKY | Represents the Kentucky 511 website that provides traffic information on Interstate 75 and 64 crossing through Fayette County. |
| KYTC MDSS | MDSS is a server– and client–side hardware and software package that provides winter maintenance support. MDSS offers visualizations of the real time maintenance data integrated from many sources (weather forecasts, RWIS, plow positions, materials, spread rates, etc.) and reports actual road conditions to establish appropriate maintenance treatments. It enables weather and roadway conditions predictions and identifies an optimal maintenance plan given user–configurable resources. MDSS also communicates recommendations to the maintenance personnel. |
| KYTC Truck Parking Management System | This element represents KYTC's real–time parking availability information system for commercial drivers in order to improve the safety and efficiency of the region's freight network. KYTC has partnered with seven other states to launch a real–time parking availability information system for commercial drivers in order to improve the safety and efficiency of the region's freight network. The Mid America Association of State Transportation Officials (MAASTO) regional Truck Parking Information Management System (TPIMS) will display information to truckers on high–volume roadways – including Interstates 65, 71 and 75 in Kentucky – through dynamic roadside signs. KYTC has implemented such a system in locations outside of the Lexington area. |
| KYTC Truck Parking Website | This element represents the KYTC truck parking availability website at http://www.trimarc.org/site/pages/TruckParking.html. |
| Lextran Bus Vehicle Maintenance Crew | Responsible for monitoring, controlling, and planning the schedules for the maintenance of transit fleets |
| Lextran Facility Surveillance Equipment | Represents the surveillance and sensor equipment used to provide enhanced security and safety for Lextran's non–public areas. (e.g. maintenance and transit yards). |
| Lextran Next Bus Arrival Display | This includes next bus arrival information to travelers at Lextran stations or transit stops. Real–time information is provided to passengers via electronic signs / audio announcements at transit stops and stations. |
| Lextran Operations Personnel | Represents center office personnel responsible for dispatching and communicating with Lextran transit vehicles and operators. |
| Lextran Transit Center Security Cameras | This element supports security and safety monitoring of public areas, specifically the Lextran Transit Center. |
| Lextran Transit Operations Center | Represents the operations center for the Lexington Transit Authority that houses the transit dispatch functions for fixed route and demand response transit services in the region. Lextran and the operations center also support emergency/disaster response, recovery and evacuation. |
| Lextran Transit Vehicle | This represents Lextran transit vehicles traveling throughout the region. Vehicles support fixed–route transit services and contain Automated Vehicle Locator (AVL) equipment for monitoring vehicle location in the region. Vehicles also include security monitoring equipment and provide audible announcements to passengers of upcoming stops along fixed routes. Vehicles also include electronic fare payment systems to facilitate quick payments by passengers of transit vehicles. Transit signal priority technology has been considered for deployment in the coming years. |
| Lextran Transit Vehicle Operator | Represents operators that communicate with the Lextran Transit Operations Center. |
| Lextran Traveler Electronic Fare Cards | Represents electronic fare cards purchased by passengers and used on Lextran transit vehicles for payment. |
| Lextran Web Site | This website (http://www.lextran.com/) provides transit information to customers and provides trip planning functions. |
| Lextran WHEELS Transit Vehicle | WHEELS is a para–transit service operated by Lextran in cooperation with American Red Cross, Bluegrass Area Chapter. |
| LFCPA Lexpark Website | This element represents the LFCPA Lexpark Website (lexpark.org). The LEXPARK.org website serves as a resource for residents, businesses, and visitors who want to know more about Lexington's parking facilities, future plans, ordinances, and procedures. It also allows users to reserve garage parking spaces. |
| LFCPA Parking Management System | Represents the central offices that communicate with parking equipment installed at LFCPA parking facilities in Lexington and Fayette County. LFCPA plans to expand the amount of facilities that can track parking availability and occupancy within the facilities using loop detectors at entrances. It is planned to make the parking availability data available to the general public and other agencies. Real–time parking occupancy signage is also planned at existing parking facilities. |
| LFUCG 911/Emergency Communications Center | Also known as Lexington 911, this center provides dispatching and centralized communications for the Lexington Division of Police and Lexington Division of Fire and Emergency Services, serving more than 300,000 residents. Agency responsible for operating and managing portable dynamic message signs deployed for special events to disseminate traffic information. It is planned to merge the fire and police communications into a central dispatch center to improve communications between agencies. Potential exists for smart street light technology that can be controlled by the combined 911 center to communicate different types of alerts in a specific area by changing the coloring of the streetlights visible to emergency responders and residents in that area. This would require coordination with local agencies responsible for street light operations within their own jurisdictions. |
| LFUCG CCTV Cameras | Represents CCTV cameras for monitoring roadways. The video is not recorded or saved in any way. The cameras are used only to monitor traffic conditions. |
| LFUCG Connected Vehicle Roadside Equipment | This element represents the future roadside equipment (RSE) in the Lexington area to support connected vehicle operations. |
| LFUCG Curve Speed Warning System | This element represents a planned curve speed warning system that will assists drivers in avoiding crashes. The system includes roadside speed detection and warning devices to present warnings to drivers. When the speeds of approaching vehicles are above a certain threshold, the system provides alerts to drivers who are approaching a curve at an unsafe speed. Alerts are based on the location of the vehicle within the curve and the vehicle speed and may also include pavement conditions as a factor in assessing when to provide alerts for unsafe speeds. |
| LFUCG Division of Fire and Emergency Services | The LFUCG Department of Public Safety consists of four divisions: Police, Fire & Emergency Services, Emergency Management/911, and Community Corrections. This element represents the Fire & Emergency Services Division of the LFUCG. |
| LFUCG Division of Police | The LFUCG Department of Public Safety consists of four divisions: Police, Fire & Emergency Services, Emergency Management/911, and Community Corrections. This element represents the Police Division. Patrol operates under a chief of police and patrols three sectors of the region (east, central, and west). Additional units of police are trained in various areas, such as hazardous material removal. |
| LFUCG Dynamic Message Signs | Represents portable dynamic message signs managed by LFUCG Police for the purpose of disseminating traffic information in the region. |
| LFUCG Emergency Operations Center | Represents the central location for emergency operations staff that utilize public safety communications and other technologies to manage emergency operations in the Lexington region. The EOC has capability to communicate remotely with dynamic message signs installed in the Lexington area and can view CCTV cameras installed at locations in the city as well. Backup location is currently established at the E–911 center. |
| LFUCG Emergency Vehicles | Represents police and fire vehicles, ambulances, and other EMS vehicles in the LFUCG region that are dispatched by the 911/Emergency Communications Center. Equipment in the emergency vehicles includes MDC, GPS, and AVL. Signal pre–emption is being considered. Police Division also performs commercial vehicle inspections in the region at select locations. |
| LFUCG Maintenance and Construction Personnel | LFUCG Maintenance and Construction Field Personnel represents the people that perform maintenance and construction field activities including vehicle and equipment operators, field supervisory personnel, field crews, and work zone safety personnel. |
| LFUCG Maintenance and Construction Vehicles | Vehicles support highway maintenance and construction and communicate with dispatchers at LFUCG Streets & Roads Office. Vehicle communicate current location and status information. A wide range of operational status is monitored, measured, and made available, depending on the specific type of vehicle or equipment. |
| LFUCG Multimodal Vehicle Detection System | This represents the current and future multimodal vehicle detection systems at roadway intersections in Lexington. System is able to detect vehicles as well as bicycles, scooters, and pedestrians that enter the range of detection. A video–based detection system has been installed at selected intersections in Lexington. Future system deployments will use the most appropriate technology for vehicle detection in the given conditions. This technology could include video, radar, lidar, thermal, or other forms of detection. |
| LFUCG Queue Detection and Warning System | This element represents the queue detection and warning system that are installed along exit ramps from mainline roads to reduce the potential of traffic backup on mainline roads. Queue detection has been installed at two exit ramp locations and will be expanded as needed. |
| LFUCG Regional Data Management / Analytics System | This element represents a regional data management / analytics system that is capable of storing, managing and analyzing large data sets from various regional agencies. The system will have tools for regional analysis, including data analytics tools allowing agencies to analyze transportation system performance, identify patterns and trends, and predict the system performance and impacts of events such as incidents. |
| LFUCG Reversible Lanes Field Equipment | Represents field equipment associated with the reversible lanes along US 27 (Nicholasville Road) that are operated centrally by the LFUCG Traffic Management Center. The reversible lanes are operated by a time–of–day and day–of week schedule and for special events. Lane signals are controlled and monitored through MaxView central traffic control software. |
| LFUCG Roadside Traffic Detection Equipment | Represents loop detector equipment installed and monitored by the LFUCG Traffic Management Center for the purpose of gathering traffic volume and speed data. |
| LFUCG RWIS Stations | Represents RWIS Stations located on or near the roadway that communicate road and weather information data to LFUCG Streets and Roads office. |
| LFUCG Streets and Roads | Represents the office that dispatches and communicates with LFUCG Maintenance and Construction Vehicles in the field |
| LFUCG Traffic Incident Detection System | This represents roadside equipment that detects traffic incidents, combined with a software package that analyzes the incident detection and generates alerts to the LFUCG TMC operators. TMC operators can implement appropriate traffic control strategies and inform incident responders and emergency management agencies for proper and timely responses. |
| LFUCG Traffic Information Website | Represents the Lexington TMC website for traffic conditions available at www.lexingtonky.gov. |
| LFUCG Traffic Management Center | LFUCG Traffic Management Center (TMC) monitors and controls traffic and the road network in the Lexington region. MaxView is utilized as a traffic management software package to communicate with traffic signals in the region that are connected through fiber–optic cable. The TMC has access to local police and fire communications. Adaptive signal systems are implemented on some traffic arterials. The TMC implements traffic signal plans during special events in the area and in response to traffic incidents that re–route traffic along arterials. Bluetooth travel time data collection is also performed on arterials to estimate travel times in the region. The TMC also monitors and controls CCTV cameras along roadways. Transit signal priority and emergency vehicle pre–emption technology has been considered. |
| LFUCG Traffic Management Center Operators | Represents the personnel that operate from the LFUCG Traffic Management Center. Personnel perform a variety of functions, from data administration to traffic information dissemination to other traffic operations at the facility. |
| LFUCG Traffic Signals | Traffic signal system within Fayette County. Will include adaptive traffic signal capabilities (i.e. InSync, SCOOT / SCATS). Future projects that have been considered also include signal pre–emption for fire and police, and signal priority for Lextran transit vehicles. |
| LFUCG Variable Speed Limit Signs | Variable speed limit signs |
| LFUCG Work Zone Intrusion Devices | Represents work zone intrusion warning devices managed by LFUCG for work zone safety monitoring |
| Media | Media represents the information systems that provide traffic reports, travel conditions, and other transportation–related news services to the traveling public through radio, TV, and other media. |
| Neighboring County/City 911 Centers | Represent 911 centers in the neighboring cities and counties. |
| NOAA National Weather Service | The National Weather Service provides forecast and weather information to local agencies during dispatch and maintenance operations, including several agencies under the LFUCG and the KYTC. |
| Other States TPIMS | Truck Parking Information Management Systems of other states participated in the MAASTO TPIMS Initiative. |
| Pedestrians and Bike/Scooter Riders | Represents travelers crossing streets at signalized intersections throughout the region. |
| Private Transportation Information Systems | This element represents the private traveler information providers serving the region. This element includes companies such as WAZE, INRIX, HERE, etc. that can provide information on traffic speeds, traffic incidents, road surface conditions, etc. by on vehicle location information gather from smartphones, vehicle–based sensors, and citizen reports. |
| Rail Operations | Rail Operations represents the operations center for freight railroad operations and maintenance activities. Staff at the operations center coordinate rail operations with traffic management and maintenance operations. Operations center also exchanges incident, incident response, disaster, and / or evacuation information with Emergency Management agencies in the region. |
| Surface Transportation Weather Service | Represents Surface Transportation Weather Services that are utilized by KYTC Maintenance and Construction Offices in dispatching and managing snow plow operations. |
| Towing and Recovery Dispatch Operations Center | Represents towing and recovery dispatch operations centers that communicate the need for towing and recovery operations throughout the region, such as Roberts Heavy Duty Towing Inc. |
| Towing and Recovery Emergency Vehicles | Represents towing and recovery vehicles operated by various providers. Vehicles are used during emergency evacuations as needed and they support disaster response and recovery operations. Vehicles have communications equipment that include GPS and radio communications devices to support two–way communications with dispatch operations centers. |
| TPIMS Central Data Repository | This element represents the central data repository for the multi–state truck parking information management systems (TPIMS). |
| Traveler | Represents travelers using various modes of transportation in the region. |
| User Personal Computing Devices | The capability for travelers to receive formatted traffic advisories from their homes, place of work, major trip generation sites, personal portable devices, over multiple types of electronic media. |
| Vehicle | Represents vehicle–based equipment that would be installed to communicate information to and/or receive information from the planned LFUCG Intersection Warning System. Potential Vehicle–to–Intersection (V–2–I) applications include Intersection Safety Warnings and Intersection Collision Avoidance. |
| Wayside Equipment | Wayside Equipment represents train interface equipment maintained and operated by the railroad and physically located at or near a grade crossing. |