ITS Element: School Buses

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Description: Represents the ITS equipment installed on school buses. General ITS capabilities are included here, omitting fare management capabilities, but with increased emphasis on the positive identification of students on the buses.
Status: Planned
Stakeholder: Regional School District
Mapping: Transit Vehicle Subsystem

Interfaces:

 School Bus Dispatch
Market Packages: APTS01 - Transit Vehicle Tracking - School Bus Operators
APTS02 - Transit Fixed-Route Operations - School Bus Operators
APTS05 - Transit Security - School Bus Operators
Functional Requirements:

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 vehicle mileage and fuel usage.
  • 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.

Last updated: 09-18-10