RoadRUNNER Real Time Bus Information Application Development
Description
Development of mobile apps that would allow travelers to have real time information on RoadRUNNNER buses
Status
Planned
Timeframe
Short
Geographic Scope
Las Cruces Area
Service Scope
Traveler Information
Stakeholders
Inventory
Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices
Services
APTS08-2 - Transit Traveler Information - RoadRUNNER Paratransit Operations
Functional Areas
- The center shall disseminate transit routes and schedules, transit transfer options, transit fares, and real-time schedule adherence information to travelers.
Infrastructure Provided Trip Planning
- The center shall provide the capability to provide specific pre-trip and enroute directions to travelers (and drivers), including costs, arrival times, and transfer points.
- The center shall support on-line route guidance for travelers using personal devices (such as PDAs).
- The center shall generate route plans based on transit services, including fares, schedules, and requirements for travelers with special needs.
- The center shall generate route plans based on ferry, rail, air, or other multimodal transportation data.
- The center shall generate trips based on the use of more than one mode of transport.
- 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 to determine vehicle and non-vehicle routes, trip planning, and on-line vehicle guidance.
Personal Basic Information Reception
- The personal traveler interface shall receive transit information from a center and present it to the traveler.
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.
Interfaces
Standards
SDO | Document ID | Title | Type |
---|---|---|---|
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 |
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RoadRUNNER Transit | |
Provide demand response (paratransit) bus service for the agency defined service area, with the ability to coordinate demand response transit services from the agency's transit information center. | |
Provide fixed route bus service for the City of Las Cruces and outlying areas (on agreement). | |
Provide transit schedule and fare information to the agency's transit information center, New Mexico Park and Ride Real Time Information System, NMRoads, and private sector traveler information service providers. | |
Provide transit traveler information to the agency website, private sector traveler information services, New Mexico Park and Ride Real Time Information System, and NMRoads, as well as making it available on all transit information kiosks and monitors at the Intermodal Center. | |
Track vehicle location and evaluate schedule performance on all agency transit vehicles. |