RoadRUNNER Payment System Upgrade
Description
Upgrade of payment system to use smart cards or mobile device payment application.
Status
Planned
Timeframe
Medium
Geographic Scope
Las Cruces Area
Service Scope
Transit Management
Stakeholders
Inventory
RoadRUNNER Fixed Route Dispatch System
RoadRUNNER Fixed Route Transit Vehicles
RoadRUNNER Transit Payment Card
Services
APTS04-1 - Transit Fare Collection Management - RoadRUNNER – Fixed Route Transit
Functional Areas
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 have access to the complete range of transit services (routes and schedules) that are available to the traveler.
- 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.
- The transit vehicle shall provide fare statistics data to the center.
Transit Center Fare Management
- The center shall manage the actual value of transit fares for each segment of each regular transit route, including the transmission of the information to transit vehicles and transit stops or stations.
- The center shall provide the capability for a system operator to manage the transit fares and control the exchange of transit fare information.
- The center shall process the financial requests from the transit vehicles or roadside and manage an interface to a Financial Institution.
- The center shall support the payment of transit fare transactions using data provided by the traveler cards / payment instruments.
- The center shall process requests for transit fares to be paid in advance.
Interfaces
Standards
SDO | Document ID | Title | Type |
---|---|---|---|
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 passenger electronic fare payment on all agency fixed route and paratransit vehicles. | |
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. |