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Equipment Package: Remote Interactive Information Reception

Description: This equipment package shall provide the capability for travelers to interface with the ISP Subsystem Infrastructure equipment packages including the Interactive Infrastructure Information equipment package, the Infrastructure Provided Route Selection, Yellow Pages and Reservation, and Dynamic Ridesharing equipment packages. These capabilities shall be provided using the Remote Traveler Support Subsystem equipment such as kiosks and other interactive displays.
Included In: Buffalo-Niagara International Airport Kiosks
NFTA Kiosks
NYSDOT Kiosks
NYSTA Service Plaza Kiosks
General Functional Requirements 1 - The public interface for travelers shall receive traffic information from a center and present it to the traveler upon request.
2 - The public interface for travelers shall receive transit information from a center and present it to the traveler upon request.
3 - The public interface for travelers shall receive yellow pages information (such as lodging, restaurants, theaters, bicycle facilities, and other tourist activities) from a center and present it to the traveler upon request.
4 - The public interface for travelers shall receive event information from a center and present it to the traveler upon request.
5 - The public interface for travelers shall receive evacuation information from a center and present it to the traveler.
6 - The public interface for travelers shall receive wide-area alerts and present it to the traveler.
7 - The public interface for travelers shall accept reservations for confirmed trip plans.
8 - The public interface for travelers shall support payment for services, such as confirmed trip plans, confirmed yellow pages services, tolls, transit fares, parking lot charges, and advanced payment for tolls.
9 - The public interface for travelers shall provide an interface through which credit identities and stored credit values may be collected from tags, traveler cards, or payment instruments used by travelers.
10 - The public interface for travelers shall base requests from the traveler on the traveler's current location or a specific location identified by the traveler, and filter the provided information accordingly.
11 - The public interface for travelers shall provide digitized map data to act as the background to the information presented to the traveler.
12 - The public interface for travelers shall support traveler input in audio or manual form.
13 - The public interface for travelers shall present information to the traveler in audible or visual forms consistent with a kiosk, including those that are suitable for travelers with hearing or vision physical disabilities.
14 - The public interface for travelers shall be able to store frequently requested data.

Last updated: 11-18-05