Operational Concepts: Laketran
The following are the roles and responsibilities, by functional area or by project, for the Laketran.| Functional Area or Project | Roles and Responsibilities | Status |
|---|---|---|
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Cuyuhoga County Evacuation Plan Updates |
Coordinate emergency plans, emergency transit schedules, and the status of emergency transit systems with county EOCs. | Existing |
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Emergency Management for Cleveland Regional Architecture |
Coordinate emergency plans, emergency transit schedules, and the status of emergency transit systems with county EOCs. | Existing |
| Provide emergency transit services for evacuations, fires, and disasters, including re-entry services. | Existing | |
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Freeway Management for Cleveland Regional Architecture |
Collect vehicle probe information (e.g., highway travel times) from transit vehicles and provide to traffic operations centers. | Existing |
| Collect vehicle probe information from transit vehicles (e.g., travel times) and provide to information service providers. | Existing | |
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Generic |
Coordinate a maintenance or construction request from the local TOC. | Not Planned |
| Coordinate incident response for incidents on or adjacent to roadways with public safety agencies, and EOCs in surrounding counties and municipalities, including response for scheduled events. | Not Planned | |
| Coordinate maintenance resources for incidents with other municipal and county maintenance and construction systems as well as ODOT maintenance and construction operations. | Not Planned | |
| Coordinate with other municipal and county maintenance and construction systems, as well as the ODOT maintenance and construction sections. | Not Planned | |
| Distribute work zone information to local transit agencies, local emergency management agencies, private rail operations, the media, and multimodal service providers. | Not Planned | |
| Maintenance vehicles provide automated maintenance status information to the local maintenance dispatch and equipment repair facility. | Not Planned | |
| Manage work zones for all local maintenance and construction activities, and monitor work zone safety with local field devices and vehicles. | Not Planned | |
| Perform maintenance for ITS field equipment owned by the agency. | Not Planned | |
| Provide incident information to other traffic management and public safety agencies. | Not Planned | |
| Provide maintenance and construction information to ODOT maintenance and construction operations; regional maintenance and construction operations; and the traveling public through portable DMS devices. | Not Planned | |
| Provide maintenance resources in response to incidents on arterials. | Not Planned | |
| Receive automatic vehicle location (AVL) information from maintenance and construction vehicles. | Not Planned | |
| Receive maintenance resource requests for incident response from county fire/EMS/sheriff, local police/fire/EMS, the state highway patrol, and 911 emergency call centers. | Not Planned | |
| Receive maintenance resource requests for incident response from the traffic operations center. | Not Planned | |
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Transit Services for Cleveland Regional Architecture |
Coordinate fixed-route transit schedules with other local transit agencies, particularly for transit connections at transit transfer points. | Existing |
| Coordinate paratransit schedules with other local transit agencies, particularly for transit connections at transit transfer points. | Planned | |
| Coordinate transit security incidents with local police and the county sheriff. | Existing | |
| Coordinate with multimodal transportation agencies, including airports, commuter rails, and heavy rail. | Planned | |
| Coordinate with the local traffic operations centers for traffic signal priority. | Planned | |
| Count the number of passengers entering and exiting a transit vehicle using sensors mounted on the vehicle and communicate the collected passenger data back to the operations center. | Planned | |
| Monitor transit facilities for safety and security purposes through transit user activated alarms. | Planned | |
| Monitor transit facilities for safety and security purposes using video surveillance. | Existing | |
| Provide a demand-responsive transit plan to users/travelers via customer information systems. | Planned | |
| Provide automated dispatch and scheduling for the demand-responsive or paratransit system. Provide operator instructions and receive schedule performance information from transit vehicles while in service. | Existing | |
| Provide automated dispatch and scheduling for the fixed-route system. Provide operator instructions and receive schedule performance information from transit vehicles while in service. | Planned | |
| Provide automated transit maintenance scheduling through automated vehicle condition. | Planned | |
| Provide transit passenger electronic fare payment capabilities on all transit vehicles and include smart card fare coordination with other regional transit agencies. | Planned | |
| Provide transit schedule and fare information to private sector traveler information systems. | Planned | |
| Provide transit security on all transit vehicles through silent alarms and on-board video surveillance. | Existing | |
| Provide transit traveler information on private sector traveler information services. | Planned | |
| Provide transit traveler information on the agency's traveler information systems, as well as making it available on all vehicles. | Existing | |
| Track and evaluate schedule performance on all fixed-route transit vehicles. | Existing | |
| Track the location of fixed-route transit vehicles. | Planned | |
| Track the location of paratransit vehicles. | Existing | |