NMDOT Regional Park and Ride Real Time Information System
Description
Real time information system for NM Park and Ride Busses. To be deployed shortly, improvements possible in future.
Status
Planned
Timeframe
Short
Geographic Scope
Statewide
Service Scope
Transit Management, Traveler Information
Stakeholders
NMDOT - New Mexico Department of Transportation
Inventory
NMDOT Park and Ride Shuttle Buses
NMDOT Regional Park and Ride Real Time Information System
Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices
Services
APTS01-5 - Transit Vehicle Tracking - NMDOT Park and Ride
APTS02-3 - Transit Fixed-Route Operations - NMDOT Park and Ride
APTS08-6 - Transit Traveler Information - NMDOT Park and Ride
Functional Areas
- The center shall disseminate transit routes and schedules, transit transfer options, transit fares, and real-time schedule adherence information to travelers.
- The center shall collect, process, and store transit routes and schedules, transit transfer options, transit fares, and real-time schedule adherence information.
On-board Transit Trip Monitoring
- The transit vehicle shall track the current location of the transit vehicle.
- The transit vehicle shall support the computation of the location of a transit vehicle using on-board sensors to augment the location determination function. This may include proximity to the transit stops or other known reference points as well as recording trip length.
- The transit vehicle shall record transit trip monitoring data including operational status information such as doors open/closed, running times, etc.
- The transit vehicle shall send the transit vehicle trip monitoring data to center-based trip monitoring functions.
Personal Interactive Information Reception
- The personal traveler interface shall receive transit information from a center and present it to the traveler upon request.
- The personal traveler interface shall receive travel alerts and present them to the traveler. Relevant alerts are provided based on pre-supplied trip characteristics and preferences.
Transit Center Fixed-Route Operations
- The center shall dispatch fixed route or flexible route transit vehicles
- The center shall manage large deviations of individual transit vehicles, deviations in rural areas, and deviations of large numbers of vehicles.
Transit Center Information Services
- The center shall provide travelers using public transportation with traffic and advisory information upon request. Such information may include transit routes, schedules, transfer options, fares, real-time schedule adherence, current incidents, weather conditions, and special events.
- The center shall provide transit information to the media including details of deviations from schedule of regular transit services.
- The center shall exchange transit schedules, real-time arrival information, fare schedules, and general transit service information with other transit organizations to support transit traveler information systems.
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.
- The center shall support an interface with a map update provider, or other appropriate data sources, through which updates of digitized map data can be obtained and used as a background for transit tracking and dispatch.
- The center shall provide transit operational data to traveler information service providers.
- The center shall provide collected transit probe data to traffic management centers and traveler information service providers for use in measuring current traffic conditions.
Interfaces
Standards
| SDO | Document ID | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| AASHTO/ITE/NEMA | View List | NTCIP Center-to-Center Standards Group | Group |
| ASTM/IEEE/SAE | View List | Dedicated Short Range Communication at 5.9 GHz Standards Group | Group |
| SAE | View List | Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS) General Use Standards Group | Group |
| SAE | View List | Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS) Bandwidth Limited Standards Group | Group |
| APTA | APTA TCIP-S-001 3.0.4 | Standard for Transit Communications Interface Profiles | Message/Data |
Operational Concepts
| Stakeholder | Roles and Responsibilities |
|---|---|
| NMDOT - New Mexico Department of Transportation | |
| Provide fixed route shuttle bus service for the agency defined service area. | |
| Provide real time transit traveler information to the agency website, private sector traveler information services, and NMRoads. | |
| Track vehicle location and evaluate schedule performance on all agency transit vehicles. |