Intelligent Transportation Systems - City of Oakland

In addition to the traffic management and emergency management subsystems, the City
of Oakland could also develop parking management and ISP subsystems. These two
efforts, if implemented, would most likely be managed by the City’s Transportation
Services Division and would tie into the City’s ATMS.
Two California State agencies, Caltrans District 4 and CHP are an important part of the
high-level architecture. Although it is not currently planned, representatives from these
agencies could be located in the Oakland TMC during planned events and major
incidents. Since Caltrans District 4 operates the freeway system in the City of Oakland,
it will be important to have a link to Caltrans. This will be accomplished through the
SMART Corridors Program, which will have a direct connection and workstation located
in the Caltrans District 4 TMC. This will allow the City of Oakland to share data with
Caltrans through the SMART Corridors ATMS.
There are other Cities and agencies that should be part of the City of Oakland’s ITS data
exchange network. A number of agencies will already be connected to the City of
Oakland via the East Bay SMART Corridors Program. The neighboring agencies that
will be connected to the SMART Corridor system include City of San Leandro, City of
Emeryville, City of Berkeley, Alameda County, AC Transit and Caltrans. The Port of
Oakland has also expressed an interest in sharing information related to traffic
management around the Airport so they should also be part of the City’s data exchange
network (DEN). In addition, other Cities’ emergency management subsystems could be
coordinated with the City of Oakland’s emergency management subsystems to facilitate
better sharing of information during joint incident response. Also, AC Transit, which
serves the transit management function for the Oakland area, is an important part of the
high-level architecture since AC Transit will need real-time traffic data from the City to
better manage their fleet.
There are also regional agencies that are part of high-level architecture. The City of
Oakland ITS program should coordinate with the MTC 511/TravInfo ® program on major
events or incidents as discussed in Section 4. The 511/TravInfo ® system is the San
Francisco Bay regional ISP managed by the MTC. The 511/TravInfo ® system will
assimilate data gathered from the SMART Corridor (and several other sources
throughout the Bay Area) and disseminate traveler information through a variety of
media such as a web site, telephone services, cable television, and potentially in-vehicle
devices. Information obtained from other centers in the Bay Area that could affect
operations in the East Bay can be accessed through either the 511/TravInfo ® phone line
or web site. MetroNetworks and other private ISPs also could obtain the travel
information and repackage it for distribution through various outlets that they may offer.
BART is another regional agency that would be included in the City’s DEN if the City
decides to develop its own web site. BART information including schedule changes or
delays would be accessible through a link to the 511/TravInfo ® system.
Finally, one subsystem that wasn’t addressed in the workshop but should be considered
for the City’s high-level architecture is the planning subsystem. The City of Oakland’s
ITS data could be made available to the California PATH program in Berkeley or other
universities in the area. PATH and these other universities could conduct research
using the real-time data form the Oakland system.
City of Oakland ITS Strategic Plan
60 September, 2003