Eligibility Certification Management System --> Payment Administration Center:
traveler eligibility

Definitions

traveler eligibility (Information Flow): Statement of a traveler's eligibility for discounted transportation

Eligibility Certification Management System (Source Physical Object): The 'Eligibility Certification Management System' verifies that an individual traveler is eligible for discounted transportation or special services (e.g., paratransit, specialized carpools) as a result of local or national policy, and provides the necessary token, crypto-material and/or device for that individual to use the relevant transportation methods at a discounted rate. This object is ostensibly subject to audit policies and procedures, and while that need has been defined in supporting materials, it is outside the scope of ARC-IT.

Payment Administration Center (Destination Physical Object): The 'Payment Administration Center' provides general payment administration capabilities and supports the electronic transfer of funds from the customer to the transportation system operator or other service provider. Charges can be recorded for tolls, vehicle-mileage charging, congestion charging, or other goods and services. It supports traveler enrollment and collection of both pre-payment and post-payment transportation fees in coordination with the financial infrastructure supporting electronic payment transactions. The system may establish and administer escrow accounts depending on the clearinghouse scheme and the type of payments involved. It may post a transaction to the customer account, generate a bill (for post-payment accounts), debit an escrow account, or interface to a financial infrastructure to debit a customer designated account. It supports communications with the ITS Roadway Payment Equipment to support fee collection operations. As an alternative, a wide-area wireless interface can be used to communicate directly with vehicle equipment. It also sets and administers the pricing structures and may implement road pricing policies in coordination with the Traffic Management Center.

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Communication Solutions

No communications solutions identified.

Characteristics

Characteristic Value
Time Context Recent
Spatial Context Regional
Acknowledgement True
Cardinality Unicast
Initiator Source
Authenticable True
Encrypt True


Interoperability Description
Regional Interoperability throughout the geopolitical region is highly desirable, but if implemented differently in different transportation management jurisdictions, significant benefits will still accrue in each jurisdiction. Regardless, this Information Flow Triple should be implemented consistently within a transportation jurisdiction (i.e., the scope of a regional architecture).

Security

Information Flow Security
  Confidentiality Integrity Availability
Rating Moderate Moderate Moderate
Basis Might include PII, at the very least a pseudonym or other proxy, so should be protected for privacy purposes. Must be correct and available so the traveler has access to transport services at the proper fare; if not available might be proxied and in any event will likely affect a subset of travelers, thus LOW availability might be viable. Must be correct and available so the traveler has access to transport services at the proper fare; if not available might be proxied and in any event will likely affect a subset of travelers, thus LOW availability might be viable.


Security Characteristics Value
Authenticable True
Encrypt True