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Equipment Package: Basic Information Broadcast

Description: This equipment package provides the capabilities to collect, process, store, bill, and disseminate traveler information including traveler, transit, ride matching, traffic, and parking information. The traveler information shall include maintaining a database of local area services available to travelers with up-to-the-minute information and providing an interactive connectivity between, sponsors, and providers of services. The transit information shall include the latest available information on transit routes and schedules, transit transfer options, transit fares, and real-time schedule adherence. The traffic information shall include latest available information on traffic and highway conditions, and current situation information in real-time including incidents, road construction, recommended routes, current speeds on specific routes, current parking conditions in key areas, schedules for any current or soon to start events, and current weather situations. This equipment package shall also provide users with real-time travel related information while they are traveling, and disseminate to assist the travelers in making decisions about transfers and modification of trips. These capabilities shall be provided using equipment such as a fixed facility with a communications system such as a data Subcarrier multiplexing device.
Included In: 511 System - Canada
COMPASS Web Page
Local Public Information Office
MTO RoadInfo
MTO TRIS/TRIP
NFTA Traffic Central for Radio and TV
NFTA Web Page
Niagara Parks Tourist Services
NITTEC Web Page
NYS Travel Information Gateway
NYSDOT CARS
NYSDOT Public Information Office System
NYSDOT Statewide Information Centers (511)
NYSDOT TRIPS System
NYSDOT Web Page
NYSTA Traveler Services System
NYSTA Web Page
NYSTA Winter Traveler Information System
Peace Bridge Web Page
Private Sector Traveler Information Services
General Functional Requirements 1 - The center shall collect, process, store, and disseminate traffic and highway condition information to travelers, including incident information, detours and road closures, event information, recommended routes, and current speeds on specific routes.
2 - The center shall collect, process, store, and disseminate maintenance and construction information to travelers, including scheduled maintenance and construction work activities and work zone activities.
3 - The center shall collect, process, store, and disseminate transit routes and schedules, transit transfer options, transit fares, and real-time schedule adherence information to travelers.
4 - The center shall collect, process, store, and disseminate parking information to travelers, including location, availability, and fees.
5 - The center shall collect, process, store, and disseminate toll fee information to travelers.
6 - The center shall collect, process, store, and disseminate weather information to travelers.
7 - The center shall collect, process, store, and disseminate event information to travelers.
8 - The center shall collect, process, store, and disseminate air quality information to travelers.
9 - The center shall provide the capability to support requests from the media for traffic and incident data.
10 - The center shall provide the capability for a system operator to control the type and update frequency of broadcast traveler information.

Last updated: 11-18-05