ITS Element: WMATA Bus Operations Control Center

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Description: The WMATA operations center that controls all of the WMATA buses operating in the district. BOCC provides dispatch function, incident management and tracking for bus operators.
Status: Existing
Stakeholder: WMATA - Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Mapping: Transit Management
Other Transit Management

Interfaces:

DDOT PTSA
DDOT PTSA DC Circulator Bus
DDOT TMC
District Traveler Information System
HSEMA Center
MATOC
MDSHA CHART Centers
VDOT NRO MPSTOC
WMATA Transit Vehicles
Market Packages: APTS07 - Multi-modal Coordination - Regional Transit / Multimodal Terminals
APTS09 - Transit Signal Priority - DDOT / WMATA
ATIS01 - Broadcast Traveler Information - District Public Traveler Information System- Inputs
ATMS02 - Traffic Probe Surveillance - DDOT
ATMS06 - Traffic Information Dissemination - DDOT (3 of 3)
ATMS07 - Regional Traffic Management - MATOC Regional Information Exchange Network
ATMS09 - Traffic Decision Support and Demand Management - Metropolitan Region
EM06 - Wide-Area Alert - HSEMA to DDOT Traffic, Maintenance, and Transit
EM06 - Wide-Area Alert - HSEMA Center
EM07 - Early Warning System - MATOC / DDOT Traffic, Maintenance, and Transit
EM07 - Early Warning System - HSEMA Center
EM08 - Disaster Response and Recovery - HSEMA Center – Transit and Maintenance
EM09 - Evacuation and Reentry Management - HSEMA Center – Transit and Maintenance
MC04 - Weather Information Processing and Distribution - DDOT (2 of 2)
Functional Requirements:

Transit Center Information Services

Transit Center Multi-Modal Coordination

Transit Center Security

Transit Environmental Monitoring

Transit Evacuation Support

Transit Center Signal Priority

  • The center shall analyze transit vehicle schedule performance to determine the need for priority along certain routes or at certain intersections.
  • The center shall send requests for priority along routes or at intersections to traffic management.
  • The center shall define business rules that govern use of transit vehicle signal priority, communicate these rules to the transit vehicle, and monitor transit vehicle requests for priority at signalized intersections.
  • The center shall provide transit operations personnel with the capability to control and monitor transit signal priority operations.

Last updated: 06-10-11