Understanding the stakeholders who are going to be interacting within the NOVA region is very important to developing and integrating an effective system. It is also important to know which stakeholders are involved in order to establish agreements among the stakeholders who will be exchanging data.
Table 1 lists the stakeholders that have been identified as participants in the NOVA ITS Architecture. The stakeholders identified are responsible for systems or services, listed in column 2 of the table, that interact or exchange information with VDOT within the NOVA region.
Table 1 - NOVA Stakeholder List
Stakeholder Name |
NOVA ITS Architecture System Responsibility |
Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Districts |
Adjacent VDOT Smart Traffic Centers (STC) |
Capital Area Wireless Information Network (CAPWIN) |
Baltimore-Washington High-Intensity Drug Traffic Area (HIDTA) |
Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) |
Commercial Vehicle Management System |
District of Columbia Public Safety Agencies |
District of Columbia (DC) Emergency Preparedness Center |
District of Columbia Department of Transportation (DC DOT) |
DC Integrated Transportation Management System (ITMS) |
Federal Agencies |
Federal Installations
Federal Law Enforcement |
Dulles Greenway |
Greenway Center |
I-95 Corridor Coalition |
Information Exchange Network (IEN) |
VDOT Maintenance Division |
Integrated Maintenance Management Program (IMMP) |
Regional Information Service Providers (ISP) |
ISP Centers |
VDOT |
Laptop Computers
Unified Command
VDOT Northern Virginia (NOVA) Dulles Toll Road
VDOT NOVA Parking Management
VDOT Public Affairs |
Maryland State Highway Administration |
Maryland Coordinated Highways Action Response Team (CHART) |
Media |
Media Centers |
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG) |
Metropolitan Washington COG Center |
Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority (MWAA) |
MWAA Center |
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) |
National Advisory Warning System |
District of Columbia (DC) / Virginia (VA) / Maryland (MD) |
National Park Services
Regional Transit Electronic Clearinghouse |
NOVA Local Public Safety Agencies |
NOVA Local Public Safety Centers
Arlington County Police and Fire
Herndon Police Department
Fairfax County Police and Fire
Leesburg Police Department
Loudoun County Fire and Rescue
Manassas Police Department
Prince William County Police and Fire
Fairfax City Police and Fire
Falls Church Police and Fire
City of Alexandria Police and Fire
Loudoun Sheriff
Vienna Police Department |
NOVA Local Signal Agencies |
NOVA Local Signal Centers
City of Alexandria
City of Fairfax
City of Falls Church
City of Manassas
City of Manassas Park
Arlington County
Town of Herndon
Town of Leesburg
Town of Vienna |
NOVA Local Transit Agencies |
NOVA Local Transit Centers
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)
Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission (PRTC)
City of Alexandria (DASH)
City of Fairfax (CUE)
Fairfax County (Fairfax Connector Transit)
Arlington County (ART and STAR)
Loudoun (LCTA and Express Bus)
Springfield (TAGS Metro Springfield Circulator)
Falls Church Bus |
VDOT NOVA District |
NOVA Sections
VDOT NOVA Geographic Information System (GIS)
VDOT NOVA Maintenance & Construction Operations
VDOT NOVA Safety Service Patrol
VDOT NOVA Smart Traffic Center (STC)
VDOT NOVA Snow Operations
VDOT NOVA Snow Plow Vehicles
VDOT NOVA STC Field Equipment
VDOT NOVA Smart Traffic Signal System (STSS)
VDOT NOVA STSS Field Equipment
VDOT NOVA Transportation Communications Center (TCC) |
Northern Virginia Transportation Commission (NVTC) |
NVTC Center |
Parking Management Agencies |
Other Parking Management |
Rail Operators |
Rail Operations |
Local Universities and Research Facilities |
Research and Data Collection Centers |
Electronic Payment Smart Tag Clearinghouse |
Smart Tag Center |
University of Virginia |
Smart Travel Lab |
Event Promoters |
Special Event Promoters |
Partners in Motion |
Transportation Information Clearinghouse |
VDOT Traffic Engineering Division |
VDOT Mobility Data Store |
VDOT Central Office |
VDOT Transportation Emergency Operations Center (TEOC)
Road Weather Information System (RWIS) |
Virginia State Police |
Virginia State Police Center |
Virginia Smart Travel Program |
Virginia Statewide Advanced Traveler Information System (ATIS) Clearinghouse |
Virginia Toll Facilities |
Virginia Toll Facility Centers |
Virginia Railway Express (VRE) |
VRE Center |