Project Name:

Project Details: La Grange Local Transit Expansion

Description:

This project will expand local transit within La Grange.

Status:

Planned

Timeframe:

Geographic Scope:

La Grange County

Service Scope

Stakeholders:

Service Packages:

Project Inventory:

Basic Information Broadcast

• The center shall disseminate transit routes and schedules, transit transfer options, transit fares, and real-time schedule adherence information to travelers.

Interactive Infrastructure Information

• The center shall manage payment for transit services,
• The center shall disseminate customized transit routes and schedules, transit transfer options, transit fares, and real-time schedule adherence information to travelers upon request.

On-board Paratransit Operations

• The transit vehicle shall provide the capability to log passenger boardings and alightings and make passenger use data available to the transit center.
• The transit vehicle shall provide the transit vehicle operator instructions about the demand responsive or flexible-route transit schedule that has been confirmed from the center.
• The transit vehicle shall receive the status of demand responsive or flexible-route transit schedules and passenger loading from the transit vehicle operator.
• The transit vehicle shall manage data input to sensor(s) on-board a transit vehicle to determine the vehicle's availability for use in demand responsive and flexible-route transit services based on identity, type, and passenger capacity.

Transit Center Paratransit Operations

• The center shall collect the log of passenger boardings and alightings from the paratransit vehicles.
• The center shall disseminate up-to-date schedules and route information to other centers for demand responsive transit services (paratransit).
• The center shall exchange information with Maintenance and Construction Operations concerning work zones, roadway conditions, asset restrictions, work plans, etc.
• The center shall generate demand response transit (including paratransit) routes and schedules based on such factors as parameters input by the system operator, what other demand responsive transit schedules have been planned, the availability and location of vehicles, the relevance of any fixed transit routes and schedules, road network information, and incident information.
• The center shall monitor the operational status of the demand response vehicles including status of passenger pick-up and drop-off.
• The center shall process trip requests for demand responsive transit services, i.e. paratransit. Sources of the requests may include traveler information service providers.