South Central RTD Website - Information Service Provider Functionality
Subsystem Description
The Information Service Provider Subsystem (ISPS) collects, processes, stores, and disseminates transportation information to system operators and the traveling public. The subsystem can play several different roles in an integrated ITS. In one role, the ISP provides a data collection, fusing, and repackaging function, collecting information from transportation system operators and redistributing this information to other system operators in the region and other ISPs. In this information redistribution role, the ISP provides a bridge between the various transportation systems that produce the information and the other ISPs and their subscribers that use the information. The second role of an ISP is focused on delivery of traveler information to subscribers and the public at large. Information provided includes basic advisories, traffic and road conditions, transit schedule information, yellow pages information, ridematching information, and parking information. The subsystem also provides the capability to provide specific directions to travelers by receiving origin and destination requests from travelers, generating route plans, and returning the calculated plans to the users. In addition to general route planning for travelers, the ISP also supports specialized route planning for vehicle fleets. In this third role, the ISP function may be dedicated to, or even embedded within, the dispatch system. Reservation services are also provided in advanced implementations. The information is provided to the traveler through the Personal Information Access Subsystem, Remote Traveler Support Subsystem, and the Vehicle Subsystem through available communications links. Both basic one-way (broadcast) and personalized two-way information provision are supported. The ISP is most commonly implemented as an Internet web site, but it represents any traveler information distribution service including systems that broadcast digital transportation data (e.g., satellite radio networks) and systems that support distribution through Field-Vehicle Communications networks. The ISP accomplishes these roles using constantly evolving technologies like the Internet (World Wide Web pages), direct broadcast communications (email alerts, pagers, satellite radio network data broadcasts), communications through Field-Vehicle Communications networks, etc.
Functional Area: Basic Information Broadcast
Broadcast dissemination of traffic, transit, maintenance and construction, event, and weather information to traveler interface systems and vehicles.
| ID | Requirement | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | The center shall disseminate transit routes and schedules, transit transfer options, transit fares, and real-time schedule adherence information to travelers. | Planned |
| 7 | The center shall disseminate event information to travelers. | Planned |
| 10 | The center shall provide the capability for a system operator to control the type and update frequency of broadcast traveler information. | Planned |
Functional Area: Infrastructure Provided Trip Planning
Generation of pre-trip and enroute trip plans for travelers (and vehicles) based on current traffic conditions, work zones, weather, and travelers constraints and preferences. Includes end-to-end trips using multiple modes, such as bicycle, transit, etc.
| ID | Requirement | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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. | Planned |
| 2 | The center shall include bicycle routes, walkways, skyways, and multi-use trails in the pre-trip and enroute directions it provides to travelers. | Planned |
| 3 | The center shall support on-line route guidance for travelers using personal devices (such as PDAs). | Planned |
| 4 | The center shall support on-line route guidance for drivers in vehicles. | Planned |
| 5 | The center shall support on-line route guidance for specialty vehicles, such as commercial vehicles. | Planned |
| 6 | 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. | Planned |
| 7 | The center shall generate route plans based on transit services, including fares, schedules, and requirements for travelers with special needs. | Planned |
| 8 | The center shall generate route plans based on current asset restrictions, such as height and weight restrictions on tunnels or bridges. | Planned |
| 9 | The center shall generate route plans based on current or forecasted weather. | Planned |
| 10 | The center shall generate route plans based on ferry, rail, air, or other multimodal transportation data. | Planned |
| 15 | 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. | Planned |
| 17 | The center shall provide the capability for center personnel to control route calculation parameters. | Planned |
Functional Area: Interactive Infrastructure Information
Personalized dissemination of traffic, transit, maintenance and construction, multimodal, event, and weather information to traveler interface systems and vehicles, upon request.
| ID | Requirement | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | The center shall disseminate customized transit routes and schedules, transit transfer options, transit fares, and real-time schedule adherence information to travelers upon request. | Planned |
| 9 | The center shall disseminate customized air quality information to travelers upon request. | Planned |
| 10 | 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. | Planned |
| 11 | The center shall accept traveler profiles for determining the type of personalized data to send to the traveler. | Planned |
| 14 | 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. | Planned |
| 17 | The center shall provide the capability for a system operator to control the type and update frequency of traveler information. | Planned |
Functional Area: ISP Traveler Data Collection
Collects traveler information from other centers, consolidates and refines the collected data, and makes this data available to traveler information applications.
| ID | Requirement | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | The center shall collect, process, and store transit routes and schedules, transit transfer options, transit fares, and real-time schedule adherence information. | Planned |