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Transit Garage Operations Equipment Package

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Description:

 This Equipment package automates and supports the assignment of transit vehicles and drivers to enhance the daily operation of a transit service. It provides the capability to assign drivers to routes or service areas in a fair manner while minimizing labor and overtime services, considering driver preferences and qualifications, and automatically tracking and validating the number of work hours performed by each individual driver.

 

Included in:

 BUS Transit Dispatch
Independent School District Dispatch
Lower RGV Development Council Transit Dispatch
Rainbow Lines Transit Dispatch
The Wave Transit Dispatch

Processes:
4.5.1Assess Transit Driver Performance
4.5.2Assess Transit Driver Availability
4.5.3Access Transit Driver Cost Effectiveness
4.5.4Assess Transit Driver Eligibility
4.5.5Generate Transit Driver Route Assignments
4.5.6Update Transit Driver Information
4.5.7Report Transit Driver Information
4.5.8Provide Transit Driver Information Store Interface
  

User Service Requirements (fully or partially addressed):

2.0PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
2.1.0ITS shall include a Public Transportation Management (PTM) function.
2.1.3PTM shall include a Personnel Management (PM) function to facilitate the management of both driver and maintenance personnel.
2.1.3.2PM shall include a Driver Personnel Management (DPM) function.
2.1.3.2.1DPM shall automatically generate assignments of individual drivers to route, runs and individual vehicles.
2.1.3.2.2DPM shall assign drivers to routes and runs in a fair manner while minimizing labor and overtime costs.
2.1.3.2.3In generating fair driver assignments DPM shall include factors relating to drivers preferences and qualifications to include, but not be limited to, the following:
2.1.3.2.3(a)Seniority.
2.1.3.2.3(c)Garage assignment.
2.1.3.2.3(d)Vehicle qualification.
2.1.3.2.4DPM shall automatically track and validate the number of work hours performed by each individual driver.
2.3.4The PPT shall include an Information Processing function.
2.3.4.3Information Processing shall provide the capability to automate the assignment of drivers to vehicles.
3.1.3.2EPP shall include the capability for transit operators to utilize a single medium to charge for both transit related charges and parking charges.
  
The detailed process and user service requirement traceability information on this page was extracted from the National ITS Architecture. Consult the National ITS Architecture web site for more information.

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