Border Wait Time System

Status: Existing

Description

Blufax is a system which used a combination of Bluetooth, Wi–Fi, and License Plate readers to monitor border wait times and isseminates this information to various systems and parties.

Stakeholders

StakeholderRoleRole Status
CBSA/USCBPOwnsExisting

Physical Objects

Transportation Information Center

Functional Objects

Functional ObjectDescriptionUser Defined
TIC Data Collection'TIC Data Collection' collects transportation–related data from other centers, performs data quality checks on the collected data and then consolidates, verifies, and refines the data and makes it available in a consistent format to applications that support operational data sharing between centers and deliver traveler information to end–users. A broad range of data is collected including traffic and road conditions, transit data, emergency information and advisories, weather data, special event information, traveler services, parking, multimodal data, and toll/pricing data. It also shares data with other transportation information centers.False
TIC Operations Data Collection'TIC Operations Data Collection' collects and stores information that is collected about the transportation information service including data on the number of clients serviced and the services that were provided. This data can be used directly by operations personnel or it can be made available to other data users and archives in the region.False
TIC Situation Data Management'TIC Situation Data Management' manages connected vehicle situation data collection, quality controls, filtering, aggregation, and storage. Through this process, raw data reported by connected vehicles are transformed into information products that can be accessed and used to support transportation operations and traveler information. The distribution of the connected vehicle–derived information products is handled by other functional objects.False

Interfaces To

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CBSA Inspection Sensors and Systems
E–ZPass Reader
Local Emergency Dispatch
NFBC Operations Center
NFTA Equipped Bus Fleet
NITTEC Traffic Operations Center (Crossroads/AllRoads)
NYSDOT Service Patrol Vehicles
NYSDOT STICC
NYSTA Thruway Statewide Operations Center (TSOC)
PBA Operations Center
Private Tow Dispatch Center
USCBP Inspection Sensors and Systems
Winter Operations Vehicles