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:
- 4.1.4: Collect and Process Transit Vehicle Data
- 4.1.6.1: Process Demand Responsive Transit Trip Request
- 4.1.6.2: Compute Demand Responsive Transit Vehicle Availability
- 4.1.6.3: Generate Demand Responsive Transit Schedule and Routes
- 4.1.6.4: Confirm Demand Responsive Transit Schedule and Route
- 4.1.8: Manage Individual Service Requests
- 4.2.1.3: Produce Transit Service Data for External Use
- 4.5.1: Assess Transit Vehicle Operator Performance
- 4.5.2: Assess Transit Vehicle Operator Availability
- 4.5.3: Access Transit Vehicle Operator Cost Effectiveness
- 4.5.4: Assess Transit Vehicle Operator Eligibility
- 4.5.5: Generate Transit Vehicle Operator Route Assignments
- 4.5.6: Report Transit Vehicle Operator Information
- 4.5.7: Provide Transit Vehicle Operator Information Store Interface
Requirements
# | Requirement |
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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
Standards
Currently, there are no standards associated with the functional object itself though the interfaces may have standards associated with them.