ITS Element: Las Cruces Public School District Dispatch

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Description: Dispatch function for Las Cruces Public Schools. Includes radio communication with school buses. In the future it will include an automated dispatch function, CAD, etc.
Status: Existing
Stakeholder: Las Cruces Public School District
Mapping: Emergency Management
Transit Management
Other Emergency Management
Other Transit Management

Interfaces:

 City of Las Cruces Maintenance Dispatch
City of Las Cruces Public Information System
City of Las Cruces Traffic Management Center
Dona Ana County Engineering Services Dispatch
Dona Ana County Flood Commission Water Level Monitoring Systems
Dona Ana County Traffic Operations Center
Dona Ana County/City of Las Cruces Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
Gadsden Ind/Hatch Valley Municipal School District Buses
Las Cruces Public School District Buses
MVRDA Communications Center
NM DPS District 4 Dispatch Center
NMDOT District 1 Maintenance Units Dispatch
NMDOT NMRoads Admin
Service Packages: APTS01 - Transit Vehicle Tracking - Independent School Districts
APTS02 - Transit Fixed-Route Operations - Las Cruces Public School District
APTS05 - Transit Security - Las Cruces Public School District
APTS05 - Transit Security - Las Cruces Public School District
APTS05 - Transit Security - Gadsden Ind/Hatch Valley Municipal School Districts
APTS06 - Transit Fleet Management - Independent School Districts
EM06 - Wide-Area Alert - General Wide Area Alerts
EM06 - Wide-Area Alert - Amber / Silver Alert (2 of 3)
EM07 - Early Warning System - Dona Ana County Flood Commission Water Level Monitoring
EM09 - Evacuation and Reentry Management - Dona Ana County EOC (2 of 2)
MC04 - Weather Information Processing and Distribution - NMDOT (2 of 2)
MC10 - Maintenance and Construction Activity Coordination - City of Las Cruces (2 of 2)
Functional Requirements:

Transit Center Fixed-Route Operations

  • The center shall dispatch fixed route or flexible route transit vehicles
  • The center shall collect transit operational data for use in the generation of routes and schedules.

Transit Center Multi-Modal Coordination

  • 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.

Transit Center Security

  • The center shall monitor transit vehicle operational data to determine if the transit vehicle is off-route and assess whether a security incident is occurring.
  • The center shall receive reports of emergencies on-board transit vehicles entered directly be the transit vehicle operator or from a traveler through interfaces such as panic buttons or alarm switches.
  • The center shall receive information pertaining to a wide-area alert such as weather alerts, disaster situations, or child abductions. This information may come from Emergency Management or from other Alerting and Advisory Systems.
  • The center shall coordinate the response to security incidents involving transit with other agencies including Emergency Management, other transit agencies, media, traffic management, and traveler information service providers.

Transit Center Vehicle Tracking

  • The center shall monitor the locations of all transit vehicles within its network.
  • The center shall determine adherence of transit vehicles to their assigned schedule.

Center Secure Area Surveillance

  • The center shall remotely monitor video images and audio surveillance data collected on-board transit vehicles. The data may be raw or pre-processed in the field.
  • The center shall remotely control security surveillance devices on-board transit vehicles.

Last updated: 08-08-14