Toledo Regional ITS Architecture Update (Final)

Project Details: TARTA Payment System Upgrade

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Project Name:

Project Details: TARTA Payment System Upgrade

Description:

This project will upgrade payment systems to include smartcards and/or mobile payment instruments.

Status:

Planned

Timeframe:

Long

Geographic Scope:

Regionwide

Service Scope

Stakeholders:

 Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority (TARTA)

Service Packages:

 APTS04-1 - Transit Fare Collection Management - TARTA

Project Inventory:

 TARTA Dispatch
TARTA Fixed Route Vehicles
TARTA Kiosks and Information Displays

FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS

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On-board Transit Fare and Load Management

  • The transit vehicle shall read data from the traveler card / payment instrument presented by boarding passengers.

Remote Transit Fare Management

  • The public interface for travelers shall accept and process current transit passenger fare collection information.

Transit Center Fare and Load Management

  • The center shall process the financial requests from the transit vehicles or roadside and manage an interface to a Financial Institution.

INTERFACES

Source Architecture Flows Destination
TARTA Dispatch payment request Financial Institutions
TARTA Dispatch bad tag list TARTA Fixed Route Vehicles
TARTA Dispatch fare management information TARTA Fixed Route Vehicles
TARTA Dispatch transit fare information TARTA Kiosks and Information Displays
TARTA Dispatch transit fare information_ud Traveler Information Device
TARTA Fixed Route Vehicles request for payment Regional Smart Card
TARTA Fixed Route Vehicles fare collection data TARTA Dispatch
TARTA Fixed Route Vehicles payment request_ud Traveler Information Device
TARTA Kiosks and Information Displays request for payment Regional Smart Card
TARTA Kiosks and Information Displays transit fare and passenger status TARTA Dispatch

ITS STANDARDS

SDODocument IDTitleType
SAE View List Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS) General Use Standards Group Group
APTA APTA TCIP-S-001 3.0.4 Standard for Transit Communications Interface Profiles Message/Data

OPERATIONAL CONCEPTS

Stakeholder Roles and Responsibilities
Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority (TARTA)
Operate electronic fare payment systems on TARTA vehicles.