ITS Element: South Central RTD Transit Vehicles

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Description: Demand response transit vehicles owned and operated by the South Central RTD. They serve the rural areas in South Central New Mexico.
Status: Planned
Stakeholder: South Central Regional Transit District
Mapping: Transit Vehicle

Interfaces:

Regional Smart Card
South Central RTD Operations Center
Service Packages: APTS01 - Transit Vehicle Tracking - Regional Transit Providers
APTS02 - Transit Fixed-Route Operations - South Central RTD Operations
APTS03 - Demand Response Transit Operations - South Central RTD Operations
APTS04 - Transit Fare Collection Management - South Central RTD Operations
APTS05 - Transit Security - South Central RTD Operations
APTS06 - Transit Fleet Management - South Central RTD
APTS07 - Multi-modal Coordination - South Central RTD Operations
Functional Requirements:

On-board Schedule Management

  • The transit vehicle shall receive a vehicle assignment including transit route information, transit service instructions, traffic information, road conditions, and other information for the operator.
  • The transit vehicle shall calculate the estimated times of arrival (ETA) at transit stops.

On-board Maintenance

  • The transit vehicle shall collect and process vehicle mileage data available to sensors on-board.
  • The transit vehicle shall collect and process the transit vehicle's operating conditions such as engine temperature, oil pressure, brake wear, internal lighting, environmental controls, etc.
  • The transit vehicle shall transmit vehicle maintenance data to the center to be used for scheduling future vehicle maintenance.

On-board Paratransit Operations

  • 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.
  • 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 provide the transit vehicle operator instructions about the demand responsive or flexible-route transit schedule that has been confirmed from the center.

On-board Transit Fare Management

  • The transit vehicle shall read data from the traveler card / payment instrument presented by boarding passengers.
  • The transit vehicle shall calculate the traveler's fare based on the origin and destination provided by the traveler as well as factors such as the transit routing, transit fare category, traveler history, and route-specific information.
  • The transit vehicle shall provide a transit fare payment interface that is suitable for travelers with physical disabilities.
  • The transit vehicle shall include a database on-board the transit vehicle for use in fare processing from which the fares for all possible trips within the transit operational network can be determined.

On-board Transit Security

  • The transit vehicle shall perform video and audio surveillance inside of transit vehicles and output raw video or audio data for either local monitoring (for processing or direct output to the transit vehicle operator), remote monitoring or for local storage (e.g., in an event recorder).
  • The transit vehicle shall perform local monitoring of video or audio surveillance data collected inside of transit vehicles, and identify potential incidents or threats based on received processing parameters.
  • The transit vehicle shall accept emergency inputs from either the transit vehicle operator or a traveler through such interfaces as panic buttons, silent or audible alarms, etc.
  • The transit vehicle shall receive acknowledgments of the emergency request from the center and output this acknowledgment to the transit vehicle operator or to the travelers.

On-board Transit Signal Priority

On-board Transit Trip Monitoring

  • The transit vehicle shall track the current location of the transit vehicle.

Last updated: 08-08-14