Local Transit or Rail Operators Systems - Transit Management Functionality
Subsystem Description
The Transit Management Subsystem manages transit vehicle fleets and coordinates with other modes and transportation services. It provides operations, maintenance, customer information, planning and management functions for the transit property. It spans distinct central dispatch and garage management systems and supports the spectrum of fixed route, flexible route, paratransit services, transit rail, and bus rapid transit (BRT) service. The subsystem's interfaces allow for communication between transit departments and with other operating entities such as emergency response services and traffic management systems. This subsystem receives special event and real-time incident data from the traffic management subsystem. It provides current transit operations data to other center subsystems. It interfaces with the Emergency Management Subsystem to allow coordinated use of transit vehicles to facilitate response to major emergencies or evacuations. The Transit Management Subsystem collects and stores accurate ridership levels and implements fare structures for use in electronic fare collection. It collects operational and maintenance data from transit vehicles, manages vehicle service histories, and assigns vehicle operators and maintenance personnel to vehicles and routes. The Transit Management Subsystem also provides the capability for automated planning and scheduling of public transit operations. The scheduling capability includes schedule writing, block building and runcutting. The subsystem furnishes travelers with real-time travel information, continuously updated schedules, schedule adherence information, transfer options, and transit routes and fares. In addition, the subsystem supports transit security features. This includes monitoring silent alarms, both passenger and operator initiated, on-board transit vehicles. It also includes the capability to support transit vehicle operator authentication and the capability to remotely disable a transit vehicle. The subsystem includes the capability to monitor for a transit vehicle being off the assigned route. The subsystem also includes the capability to alert operators and police to potential incidents identified by these security features.
Functional Area: Transit Center Fare Management
Management of fare collection at the center - includes setting and distributing fare information, central processing of fares for transit as well as other ITS services, links to financial institutions and enforcement agencies.
| ID | Requirement | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The center shall manage the actual value of transit fares for each segment of each regular transit route, including the transmission of the information to transit vehicles and transit stops or stations. | Planned |
| 2 | The center shall provide the capability for a system operator to manage the transit fares and control the exchange of transit fare information. | Planned |
| 3 | The center shall process the financial requests from the transit vehicles or roadside and manage an interface to a Financial Institution. | Planned |
| 4 | The center shall support the payment of transit fare transactions using data provided by the traveler cards / payment instruments. | Planned |
| 5 | The center shall collect data on fare payment violations and send the data, including images of the violator, to the appropriate enforcement agency. | Planned |
| 6 | The center shall process requests for transit fares to be paid in advance. | Planned |
| 7 | The center shall process requests for the advanced payment of tolls and parking lot charges as well as other non-transportation services, e.g. yellow-pages services. | Planned |
| 8 | The center shall be capable of establishing emergency fare structures to override all other fares during disasters, states of emergency, or evacuations. | Planned |
| 9 | The center shall maintain a list of invalid traveler credit identities or bad tag lists that can be forwarded to transit vehicles and transit stops or stations. | Planned |
| 10 | The center shall collect fare statistics data to implement variable and flexible fare structures. | Planned |
| 11 | The center shall exchange fare and load information with other transit management centers, including potential Centralized Payments facilities. | Planned |
| 12 | The center shall provide transit fare information to other centers, including traveler information providers upon request. | Planned |
Functional Area: Transit Center Multi-Modal Coordination
Coordinate schedules with other agencies and modes, including transit transfer cluster and transfer point information.
| ID | Requirement | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The center shall coordinate schedules and services between transit agencies, traffic management, maintenance and construction operations, parking management, and other surface or air transportation modes. | Planned |
| 2 | The center shall share transfer cluster and transfer point information with multimodal transportation service providers, other transit agencies, and traveler information service providers. A transfer cluster is a collection of stop points, stations, or terminals where transfers can be made conveniently. | Planned |
| 3 | The center shall accept requests from traffic management to change routes and schedules as part of the implementation of demand management strategies. | Planned |
| 5 | The center shall provide transit operations personnel with the capability to control and monitor transit service coordination activities. | Planned |