Louisiana 511

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Louisiana 511

• February 28, 2005

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Overview of 511 Travel Information
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History

• FCC Designated 511 as National Travel Information
  number
• 5 Year Evaluation Period
• Will Assess After 5 Years

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Current Use

• Available to over 54 million callers
• Over 20 million 511 calls have been made
• Over 1.8 million calls in Jan 04800,000 calls
  in September
• Call volumes vary greatly with weather !!

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National Level

• National 511 Coalition
• Guidelines Document, targeting
• Consistency
• Suggested Content Levels
• Consistent Experiences by Callers from State to
  State

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Introduction to the CARS-511 Model
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CARS

• Condition Acquisition and Reporting System
• Graphical/Map-based reporting system for event
  entry and management
• Uses national ITS standards
• Internet-based
• Owned by states
• Communicates event data to other systems for
  automated dissemination to public

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Public Switched Telephone Network
http Request (www or LAN) Returns
program document
with dynamic data
VoicePlatformSoftware
5-1-1 Caller
Condition Reporting System
Manual Data Entry
LAN or www XML data
Potential AutomatedIngest
Database
5-1-1 Application Servers
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CARS Dissemination
CARS
Data from DOT, Police, and others
XML
XML
DMS Central Software
511 Central Software
Web Page Software
HAR / LPFM Software
NTCIP
AM/FM
www
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Initial Use
Roadwork Information
Road Condition Information
Event Information
CARS
Accident Information
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Longer Vision

• Increased Automated Entry
• Increased Data Content

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Automated Ingest of R/WIS Data

• Generate automatic CARS situations from R/WIS
  data
• Actual Example from Alaska

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State Patrol CAD

• Automated Ingest of CAD Data

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Road Condition Information
Transit / Rail Information
Roadwork Information
State Patrol CAD
Event Information
Traffic Travel Time Information
CARS
Amber Alerts
R/WIS Road Conditions
Accidents
Vision Manual and Automated Entry
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CARS Amber Additions
Amber entry

• Messenger
• Fax
• Email
• Pager

CARS
DATA (from DOT, Police, and others)
XML communication
DMS Central Software
511 Central Software
Web Page Software
HAR / LPFM Software
NTCIP
AM/FM
www