TMC Advanced Rail Crossing Management

Overview

'TMC Advanced Rail Crossing Management' monitors and controls rail crossing traffic control equipment at advanced crossings that provide additional information on approaching trains, detect and report obstructions on the grade crossing, and communicate directly with equipped vehicles approaching the crossing. It remotely monitors and reports the status of the rail crossing equipment and sends control plan updates to the equipment. It also provides enhanced coordination between rail operations and traffic management centers that supports forecast of closure times and durations that may be applied to advanced traffic control strategies or delivered as enhanced traveler information.

This functional object is included in the "Traffic Management Center" physical object.

This functional object is included in the following service packages:

• TM14: Advanced Railroad Grade Crossing
• TM15: Railroad Operations Coordination

This functional object is mapped to the following Functional View PSpecs:

• 1.2.4.4: Output Roadway Information Data
• 1.2.8: Collect Traffic Field Equipment Fault Data
• 1.6.2.1: Exchange Data with Rail Operations
• 1.6.2.2: Manage Alerts and Advisories
• 1.6.2.3: Manage Rail Traffic Control Data
• 1.6.4.1: Manage HRI Closures
• 1.6.4.2: Exchange Data with Traffic Management

Requirements

Information Flows

Standards

The following table lists the standards associated with the functional object itself (as opposed to standards associated with an interface).