Physical Object: Transit Vehicle OBE

Transit Vehicle On-Board Information Services

Overview

'Transit Vehicle On-board Information Services' furnishes en route transit users with real-time travel-related information on-board a transit vehicle. Current information that can be provided to transit users includes transit routes, schedules, transfer options, fares, real-time schedule adherence, current incidents, weather conditions, non-motorized transportation services, and special events are provided. In addition to tailored information for individual transit users, it also supports general annunciation and/or display of general schedule information, imminent arrival information, and other information of general interest to transit users.

This functional object is included in the "Transit Vehicle OBE" physical object.

This functional object is included in the following service packages:

This functional object is mapped to the following Functional View PSpecs:

Requirements

# Requirement
01 The transit vehicle shall enable traffic and travel advisory information to be requested and output to the traveler. Such information may include transit routes, schedules, transfer options, fares, real-time schedule adherence, current incidents, weather conditions, and special events.
02 The transit vehicle shall broadcast advisories about the imminent arrival of the transit vehicle at the next station/stop via an on-board automated annunciation system.
03 The transit vehicle shall support input and output forms that are suitable for travelers with physical disabilities.
04 The transit vehicle shall gather transit advisory data, including alerts and advisories pertaining to major emergencies, or man made disasters.
05 The transit vehicle shall tailor the output of the request traveler information based on the current location of the transit vehicle.
06 The transit vehicle shall provide to the transit vehicle operator transit stop requests received from travelers or from the transit center.

Standards

Currently, there are no standards associated with the functional object itself though the interfaces may have standards associated with them.