Des Moines Area Regional ITS

Ankeny Public Works Vehicles - Snow Plows

Status: Existing

Description

Ankeny Public Works Vehicles – Snow Plows are labelled as "Emergency Vehicle OBE" for ITS Architecture purposes only to include signal preemption capabilities.

Stakeholders

Stakeholder	Role	Role Status
City of Ankeny Public Works	Owns	Existing

Physical Objects

Maint and Constr Vehicle OBE
Emergency Vehicle OBE

Functional Objects

Functional Object	Description	User Defined
EV On–Board En Route Support	'EV On–Board En Route Support' provides communications functions to responding emergency vehicles that reduce response times and improve safety of responding public safety personnel and the general public. It supports traffic signal preemption via short range communication directly with signal control equipment and sends alert messages to surrounding vehicles.	False
MCV Environmental Monitoring	'MCV Environmental Monitoring' collects current road and surface weather conditions from sensors on–board the maintenance and construction vehicle or by querying fixed sensors on or near the roadway. Environmental information including road surface temperature, air temperature, and wind speed is measured and spatially located and time stamped, and reported back to a center.	False
MCV Winter Maintenance	'MCV Winter Maintenance' supports snow plow operations and other roadway treatments (e.g., salt spraying and other material applications). It supports communications with the center to receive information and instructions that are provided to the vehicle operator and also supports remote control of on–board systems. It tracks operational status of snow and ice control operations and provides this information back to the center.	False

Interfaces To

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Ankeny ITS Roadway Equipment – Traffic Signals, Controllers, and Associated Equipment
Ankeny Public Works Department
Ankeny Public Works Operations Personnel