Physical Object: Transit Management Center

Transit Center Paratransit Operations

Overview

'Transit Center Paratransit Operations' manages demand responsive transit services, including paratransit services. It supports planning and scheduling of these services, allowing paratransit and other demand response transit services to plan efficient routes and better estimate arrival times. It also supports automated dispatch of paratransit vehicles and tracks passenger pick-ups and drop-offs. Customer service operator systems are updated with the most current schedule information.

This functional object is included in the "Transit Management Center" 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 center shall process trip requests for demand responsive transit services, i.e. paratransit. Sources of the requests may include traveler information service providers.
02 The center shall monitor the operational status of the demand response vehicles including status of passenger pick-up and drop-off.
03 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 location of vehicles, the relevance of any fixed transit routes and schedules, road network information, and incident information.
04 The center shall dispatch demand response (paratransit) transit vehicles.
05 The center shall exchange information with Maintenance and Construction Operations concerning work zones, roadway conditions, asset restrictions, work plans, etc., that affect paratransit operations
06 The center shall disseminate up-to-date schedules and route information to other centers for demand responsive transit services (paratransit).
07 The center shall collect the log of passenger boardings and alightings from the paratransit vehicles.
08 The center shall monitor real time location of demand response vehicles.
09 The center shall receive information from Traffic Operations concerning road network conditions, incidents, and other impacts to the road network used by paratransit operations.

Information Flows

Source Flow Destination
Emergency Management Center incident information Transit Management Center
Maint and Constr Management Center current infrastructure restrictions Transit Management Center
Maint and Constr Management Center roadway maintenance status Transit Management Center
Maint and Constr Management Center work zone information Transit Management Center
Personal Information Device trip confirmation Transit Management Center
Shared Use Transportation Center shared use status Transit Management Center
Traffic Management Center incident information Transit Management Center
Traffic Management Center road network conditions Transit Management Center
Traffic Management Center traffic image meta data Transit Management Center
Traffic Management Center traffic images Transit Management Center
Transit Management Center transit and fare schedules Emissions Management Center
Transit Management Center transit schedule adherence information Parking Management Center
Transit Management Center transit operations status Transit Operations Personnel
Transit Management Center transit vehicle operator information Transit Vehicle OBE
Transit Management Center demand responsive transit plan Transportation Information Center
Transit Management Center transit and fare schedules Transportation Information Center
Transit Management Center transit schedule adherence information Transportation Information Center
Transit Operations Personnel transit operations personnel input Transit Management Center
Transit Vehicle OBE demand response passenger and use data Transit Management Center
Transportation Information Center demand responsive transit request Transit Management Center
Transportation Information Center trip confirmation Transit Management Center

Standards

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