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Transportation Infrastructure Protection

Service Package Graphic

Description

This service package includes the monitoring of transportation infrastructure (e.g., bridges, tunnels and management centres) for potential threats using sensors and surveillance equipment and barrier and safeguard systems to control access, preclude an incident, and mitigate the impact of an incident if it occurs. Threats can result from acts of nature (e.g., hurricanes, earthquakes), terrorist attacks or other incidents causing damage to the infrastructure (e.g., stray barge hitting a bridge support). Infrastructure may be monitored with acoustic, environmental threat (such as nuclear, biological, chemical, and explosives), infrastructure condition and integrity, motion and object sensors and video and audio surveillance equipment. Data from such sensors and surveillance equipment may be processed in the field or sent to a centre for processing. The data enables operators at the centre to detect and verify threats. When a threat is detected, agencies are notified. Detected threats or advisories received from other agencies result in an increased level of system preparedness. In response to threats, barrier and safeguard systems may be activated by Traffic Management Subsystems to deter an incident, control access to an area or mitigate the impact of an incident. Barrier systems include gates, barriers and other automated and remotely controlled systems that manage entry to transportation infrastructure. Safeguard systems include blast shields, exhaust systems and other automated and remotely controlled systems that mitigate impact of an incident.

Includes Equipment Packages and Subsystems

Equipment Package	Subsystem
Centre Secure Area Surveillance	Emergency Management
Centre Secure Area Sensor Management	Emergency Management
On-board EV Barrier System Control	Emergency Vehicle Subsystem
Traveller Secure Area Surveillance	Remote Traveller Support
Traveller Secure Area Sensor Monitoring	Remote Traveller Support
Field Safeguard System Control	Roadway Subsystem
Field Barrier System Control	Roadway Subsystem
Field Secure Area Surveillance	Security Monitoring Subsystem
Field Secure Area Sensor Monitoring	Security Monitoring Subsystem
TMC Incident Dispatch Coordination/Communication	Traffic Management
Safeguard System Management	Traffic Management
Barrier System Management	Traffic Management
Vehicle Secure Area Access System	Vehicle

Includes Architecture Flows

Source	Architecture Flow	Destination	In Graphic
Alerting and Advisory Systems	alerts and advisories	Emergency Management	Yes
Alerting and Advisory Systems	threat support data	Emergency Management	Yes
Driver	driver inputs	Vehicle	Yes
Emergency Management	threat data for analysis	Alerting and Advisory Systems	Yes
Emergency Management	threat information	Alerting and Advisory Systems	Yes
Emergency Management	emergency operations status	Emergency System Operator	No
Emergency Management	security field equipment status	Maintenance and Construction Management	Yes
Emergency Management	threat information	Maintenance and Construction Management	Yes
Emergency Management	transportation system status	Maintenance and Construction Management	Yes
Emergency Management	incident report	Other Emergency Management	Yes
Emergency Management	threat information coordination	Other Emergency Management	Yes
Emergency Management	threat information	Rail Operations	Yes
Emergency Management	secure area sensor control	Remote Traveller Support	Yes
Emergency Management	secure area surveillance control	Remote Traveller Support	Yes
Emergency Management	infrastructure monitoring sensor control	Security Monitoring Subsystem	Yes
Emergency Management	secure area sensor control	Security Monitoring Subsystem	Yes
Emergency Management	secure area surveillance control	Security Monitoring Subsystem	Yes
Emergency Management	emergency traffic control request	Traffic Management	Yes
Emergency Management	threat information	Traffic Management	Yes
Emergency Management	transportation system status	Traffic Management	Yes
Emergency Management	threat information	Transit Management	Yes
Emergency Management	transportation system status	Transit Management	Yes
Emergency System Operator	emergency operations inputs	Emergency Management	No
Emergency Vehicle Subsystem	barrier system control	Roadway Subsystem	Yes
Maintenance and Construction Management	security equipment maintenance status	Emergency Management	Yes
Other Emergency Management	incident report	Emergency Management	Yes
Other Emergency Management	threat information coordination	Emergency Management	Yes
Remote Traveller Support	secure area sensor data	Emergency Management	Yes
Remote Traveller Support	secure area surveillance data	Emergency Management	Yes
Roadway Subsystem	barrier system status	Emergency Vehicle Subsystem	Yes
Roadway Subsystem	barrier system status	Traffic Management	Yes
Roadway Subsystem	safeguard system status	Traffic Management	Yes
Roadway Subsystem	access permission	Vehicle	Yes
Secure Area Environment	secure area characteristics	Remote Traveller Support	Yes
Secure Area Environment	secure area characteristics	Security Monitoring Subsystem	Yes
Security Monitoring Subsystem	infrastructure monitoring sensor data	Emergency Management	Yes
Security Monitoring Subsystem	secure area sensor data	Emergency Management	Yes
Security Monitoring Subsystem	secure area surveillance data	Emergency Management	Yes
Traffic Management	emergency traffic control information	Emergency Management	Yes
Traffic Management	barrier system control	Roadway Subsystem	Yes
Traffic Management	safeguard system control	Roadway Subsystem	Yes
Traffic Management	traffic operator data	Traffic Operations Personnel	No
Traffic Operations Personnel	traffic operator inputs	Traffic Management	No
Vehicle	driver updates	Driver	Yes
Vehicle	access request	Roadway Subsystem	Yes