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Basic Information Broadcast
- The center shall disseminate transit routes and schedules, transit transfer options, transit fares, and real-time schedule adherence information to travelers.
- The center shall disseminate event information to travelers.
- The center shall provide the capability for a system operator to control the type and update frequency of broadcast traveler information.
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 include bicycle routes, walkways, skyways, and multi-use trails in the pre-trip and enroute directions it provides to travelers.
- The center shall support on-line route guidance for travelers using personal devices (such as PDAs).
- The center shall support on-line route guidance for drivers in vehicles.
- The center shall support on-line route guidance for specialty vehicles, such as commercial vehicles.
- The center shall generate route plans based on current and/or predicted conditions of the road network, scheduled maintenance and construction work activities, and work zone activities.
- 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 current asset restrictions, such as height and weight restrictions on tunnels or bridges.
- The center shall generate route plans based on current or forecasted weather.
- The center shall generate route plans based on ferry, rail, air, or other multimodal transportation data.
- The center shall log route plans, particularly for special vehicles such as those containing hazardous materials, over-sized vehicles, or motorcades, with a traffic center.
- The center shall provide the capability for center personnel to control route calculation parameters.
Interactive Infrastructure Information
- The center shall disseminate customized transit routes and schedules, transit transfer options, transit fares, and real-time schedule adherence information to travelers upon request.
- The center shall disseminate customized air quality information to travelers upon request.
- The center shall provide all traveler information based on the traveler's current location or a specific location identified by the traveler, and filter or customize the provided information accordingly.
- The center shall accept traveler profiles for determining the type of personalized data to send to the traveler.
- The center shall provide the capability to exchange information with another traveler information service provider current or predicted data for road links that are outside the area served by the local supplier.
- The center shall provide the capability for a system operator to control the type and update frequency of traveler information.
ISP Traveler Data Collection
- The center shall collect, process, and store transit routes and schedules, transit transfer options, transit fares, and real-time schedule adherence information.
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