Roadway Emissions Monitoring Functional Area

Description

Emissions and air quality sensors that collect vehicular emissions and area-wide air quality data.

Included In

TCEQ Field Emissions Monitors
City of Austin Emissions Monitoring Field Equipment

Functional Requirements

IDRequirement
1The field element shall include emissions sensors that detect levels of emissions from individual vehicles, under center control.
2The field element shall include air quality sensors, often distributed geographically, that detect area-wide levels of pollution, under center control.
3The field element shall analyze collected vehicle emissions data against reference data to determine whether or not a vehicle is violating the acceptable levels of emissions, and shall return this analysis to a center for possible enforcement action.
4If the emissions level detected by the emissions sensor indicates a vehicle is violating the acceptable levels of emissions, the field element shall provide the capability to display summary emissions information or warnings to passing drivers via a driver information system (such as portable messages signs, field to vehicle communications to in-vehicle signing systems, etc.).
5The field element shall provide emissions sensor equipment operational status to the center.
6The field element shall provide emissions sensor equipment fault indication to the center for repair.
7The field element shall provide area-wide pollution sensor equipment operational status to the center.
8The field element shall provide area-wide pollution sensor equipment fault indication to the center for repair.