NOACA Regional ITS Architecture

Laketran Advanced Para-Transit Scheduling and Dispatch System

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Description

Implement an advanced para-transit scheduling and dispatch system at Laketran coordinated with GCRTA.

Status

Planned

Timeframe

Short-Term Priority

Geographic Scope

Service Scope

Costs - $750,000; Operations and maintenance costs (per year) - $35,000.

Stakeholders

Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA)

Laketran

Inventory

GCRTA Communications Center

Laketran Operations Center

Laketran Vehicles

Services

APTS03-3 - Demand Response Transit Operations - Laketran

APTS07-2 - Multi-modal Coordination - Geauga County / Laketran

Functional Areas

On-board Paratransit Operations

• The transit vehicle shall manage data input to sensor(s) on-board a transit vehicle to determine the vehicle's availability for use in demand responsive and flexible-route transit services based on identity, type, and passenger capacity.
• The transit vehicle shall provide the capability to log passenger boardings and alightings and make passenger use data available to the transit center.
• The transit vehicle shall provide the transit vehicle operator instructions about the demand responsive or flexible-route transit schedule that has been confirmed from the center.
• The transit vehicle shall receive the status of demand responsive or flexible-route transit schedules and passenger loading from the transit vehicle operator.

Transit Center Multi-Modal Coordination

• The center shall coordinate schedules and services between transit agencies, traffic management, maintenance and construction operations, parking management, and other surface or air transportation modes.
• The center shall coordinate transit services for special events, planning services for the event and managing transit services on the day of the event.
• The center shall provide transit operations personnel with the capability to control and monitor transit service coordination activities.
• The center shall share transfer cluster and transfer point information with multimodal transportation service providers, other transit agencies, and traveler information service providers. A transfer cluster is a collection of stop points, stations, or t

Transit Center Paratransit Operations

• The center shall collect the log of passenger boardings and alightings from the paratransit vehicles.
• The center shall dispatch demand response (paratransit) transit vehicles.
• The center shall disseminate up-to-date schedules and route information to other centers for demand responsive transit services (paratransit).
• The center shall exchange information with Maintenance and Construction Operations concerning work zones, roadway conditions, asset restrictions, work plans, etc.
• The center shall generate demand response transit (including paratransit) routes and schedules based on such factors as parameters input by the system operator, what other demand responsive transit schedules have been planned, the availability and locatio
• The center shall monitor the operational status of the demand response vehicles including status of passenger pick-up and drop-off.
• The center shall process trip requests for demand responsive transit services, i.e. paratransit. Sources of the requests may include traveler information service providers.

Transit Vehicle Operator Assignment

• The center shall assess the transit vehicle operator's availability based on previous work assignments, accumulated hours, plus health and vacation commitments.
• The center shall assign transit vehicle operators to transit schedules based on their eligibility, route preferences, seniority, and transit vehicle availability.
• The center shall generate supplemental vehicle operator assignments as required due to change events that occur during the operating day.
• The center shall maintain records of a transit vehicle operator's performance. This may be done utilizing standardized performance evaluation criteria set forth by governmental regulations and transit operating company policies, assessing the transit veh
• The center shall provide an interface through which the transit vehicle operator information can be maintained - either from the transit vehicle operator, center personnel, or other functions.

Interfaces

Source	Architecture Flows	Destination
GCRTA Communications Center	transit service coordination	Laketran Operations Center
Laketran Operations Center	transit service coordination	GCRTA Communications Center
Laketran Operations Center	transit vehicle operator information	Laketran Vehicles
Laketran Operations Center	request for vehicle measures	Laketran Vehicles
Laketran Operations Center	alarm acknowledge	Laketran Vehicles
Laketran Vehicles	transit vehicle conditions	Laketran Operations Center
Laketran Vehicles	transit vehicle location data	Laketran Operations Center
Laketran Vehicles	transit vehicle schedule performance	Laketran Operations Center
Laketran Vehicles	alarm notification	Laketran Operations Center
Laketran Vehicles	demand response passenger and use data	Laketran Operations Center
Laketran Vehicles	transit vehicle loading data	Laketran Operations Center

Standards

SDO	Document ID	Title	Type
AASHTO/ITE/NEMA	View List	NTCIP Center-to-Center Standards Group	Group
APTA	APTA TCIP-S-001 3.0.0	Standard for Transit Communications Interface Profiles	Message/Data

Operational Concepts

Stakeholder	Roles and Responsibilities