KDOT KanRoad

Status

Existing

Description

KanRoad is internet–based software that allows multiple users, primarily KDOT and KTA personnel, to enter information about construction work zones, maintenance work zones, detours, weather–related road conditions and other hazards into a reporting system. Data gathered by the KanRoad is then provided to the KDOT Internet website (KanDrive.org) and the 511 phone system for public use.

Stakeholders

StakeholderRoleRole Status
Kansas DOTOwnsExisting

Physical Objects

Transportation Information Center
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

Interfaces To

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KDOT District 1 Office
KDOT District 2 Office
KDOT KanDrive Website and 511 Phone Traveler Information System
KDOT RWIS Central Server
KDOT Statewide TOC
National Weather Service
Personal Computing Devices