TIC Trip Planning

Overview

'TIC Trip Planning' provides pre-trip and en route trip planning services for travelers. It receives origin, destination, constraints, and preferences and returns trip plan(s) that meet the supplied criteria. Trip plans may be based on current traffic and road conditions, transit schedule information, and other real-time traveler information. Candidate trip plans are multimodal and may include vehicle, transit, and alternate mode segments (e.g., rail, ferry, bicycle routes, and walkways) based on traveler preferences. It also confirms the trip plan for the traveler and supports reservations and advanced payment for portions of the trip. The trip plan includes specific routing information and instructions for each segment of the trip and may also include information and reservations for additional services (e.g., parking) along the route.

This functional object is included in the "Transportation Information Center" physical object.

This functional object is included in the following service packages:

• PM05: Parking Reservations
• PT03: Dynamic Transit Operations
• TI03: En-Route Guidance
• TI04: Trip Planning and Payment
• TI06: Shared Use Mobility and Dynamic Ridesharing
• TM09: Integrated Decision Support and Demand Management
• TM10: Electronic Toll Collection

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

• 6.1.1: Provide Trip Planning Information to Traveler
• 6.1.2: Confirm Traveler's Trip Plan
• 6.1.3: Provide Operator Interface for Trip Planning Parameters
• 6.10: Manage Traveler Profiles
• 6.2.1: Collect Misc Traveler Information
• 6.2.2: Collect Traffic Data
• 6.5.4: Process Travel Services Provider Data
• 6.5.9: Provide Traveler Alert Interface
• 6.6.1: Provide Multimodal Route Selection
• 6.6.2.1: Calculate Vehicle Route
• 6.6.2.2: Provide Vehicle Route Calculation Data
• 6.6.3: Provide Operator Interface for Route Parameters
• 6.6.4: Select Transit Route
• 6.6.5: Select Other Routes
• 7.1.6: Distribute Advanced Charges and Fares
• 7.2.4: Distribute Advanced Tolls and Fares
• 7.3.2: Distribute Advanced Tolls and Parking Lot Charges
• 7.4.1.3: Process Driver Map Update Payments
• 7.4.1.4: Process Traveler Map Update Payments
• 7.4.1.6: Process Traveler Trip and Other Services Payments
• 7.4.3: Route Traveler Advanced Payments

Requirements

Information Flows

Standards

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