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NOVA ITS Architecture

Stakeholders

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