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Transit Centre Information Services

This equipment package collects the latest available information for a transit service and makes it available to transit customers and to Information Service Providers for further distribution. Customers are provided information at transit stops and other public transportation areas before they embark and on-board the transit vehicle once they are enroute. Information provided can include the latest available information on transit routes, schedules, transfer options, fares, real-time schedule adherence, current incidents, weather conditions, business directory service, and special events. In addition to general service information, tailored information (e.g., itineraries) are provided to individual transit users.

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Service Packages:

Functionality:

Functional Requirements:
  1. The centre shall provide travellers using public transportation with traffic and advisory information upon request. Such information may include transit routes, schedules, transfer options, fares, real-time schedule adherence, current incidents, weather conditions, and special events.
  2. The centre shall provide transit information to the media including details of deviations from schedule of regular transit services.
  3. The centre shall exchange transit schedules, real-time arrival information, fare schedules, and general transit service information with other transit organizations to support transit traveller information systems.
  4. The centre shall provide transit service information to traveller information service providers including routes, schedules, schedule adherence, and fare information as well as transit service information during evacuation.
  5. The centre shall enable business directory (including non-motorized transportation) information to be output to the traveller.
  6. The centre shall broadcast transit advisory data, including alerts and advisories pertaining to major emergencies, or man made disasters.
PSpecs:

Inputs/Outputs (Included Architecture Flows)

Source Architecture Flow Destination
Information Service Provider transit information request this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Transit Management
Information Service Provider transit trip request Transit Management
Multimodal Transportation Service Provider service response this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Transit Management
Other Transit Management transit traveller information coordination this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Transit Management
Personal Information Access transit information user request this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Transit Management
Personal Information Access trip confirmation Transit Management
Remote Traveller Support transit information user request this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Transit Management
Remote Traveller Support trip confirmation Transit Management
Transit Management transit and fare schedules this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Information Service Provider
Transit Management transit schedule adherence information this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Information Service Provider
Transit Management transit trip plan Information Service Provider
Transit Management transit information for media this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Media
Transit Management transit traveller information coordination this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Other Transit Management
Transit Management personal transit information this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Personal Information Access
Transit Management trip plan Personal Information Access
Transit Management transit traveller information this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Remote Traveller Support
Transit Management trip plan Remote Traveller Support
Transit Management transit traveller information this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Transit Vehicle Subsystem
Transit Vehicle Subsystem transit traveller request this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Transit Management

- This icon indicates that the associated architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards. Select the architecture flow for more information on relevant standards activities.
Date Modified: 2010-11-05

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