Physical Object: Transportation Information Center
TIC Travel Services Information and Reservation
Overview
'TIC Travel Services Information' disseminates information about traveler services such as lodging, restaurants, electric vehicle charging, and service stations. Tailored traveler service information is provided on request that meets the constraints and preferences specified by the traveler. This application also supports reservations and advanced payment for traveler services including parking and loading zone use.
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
- PM06: Loading Zone Management
- ST05: Electric Charging Stations Management
- TI09: Travel Services Information and Reservation
This functional object is mapped to the following Functional View PSpecs:
Requirements
| # | Requirement |
|---|---|
| 01 | The center shall disseminate yellow pages information (such as lodging, restaurants, theaters, bicycle facilities, and other tourist activities) to travelers upon request. |
| 02 | The center shall support yellow pages service information and reservation requests from a vehicle. |
| 03 | The center shall support yellow pages service information and reservation requests from a traveler on-board a transit vehicle. |
| 04 | The center shall provide all yellow pages information based on the traveler's current location and filter the provided information accordingly. |
| 05 | The center shall manage registration of yellow pages service providers, store provider details, and transact payments for the provider's registration. |
| 06 | The center shall manage reservations and payment for yellow pages services and provide transaction success or failure details. |
| 07 | The center shall provide electric charging station information identifying the location, operating hours, current availability, charging capacity and standards supported, access restrictions, and rates/fee structure for each station to travelers. |
| 09 | The center shall provide charging station information to electric vehicles in order to balance the supply and demand of charging facilities. |
| 10 | The center shall support yellow pages service information and reservation requests from a kiosk. |
| 11 | The center shall support yellow pages service information and reservation requests from a personal device. |
Information Flows
Standards
Currently, there are no standards associated with the functional object itself though the interfaces may have standards associated with them.