Monitor transit vehicle locations via interactions with on-board systems.
Furnish users with real-time transit schedule information.
Maintain interface with digital map providers.
Assign transit operators to runs in a fair manner while minimizing labor and overtime services, considering operator preferences, qualifications, accumulated work hours, and other information about each operator.
Collect data for schedule generation and adjustment on-board a transit vehicle.
Allow communication between the vehicle, operator, and center.
Provide paratransit and flexible-route dispatch information, including multi-stop runs, to the transit vehicle operator using on-board systems.
Collect passenger data using on-board systems and send it to the transit center.
Collect fares on-board from a travelers card.
Send collected fare data from the transit vehicle to the transit center.
Request signal priority through short range communication from a transit vehicle directly to traffic control equipment on the roadway (intersections, ramps, interchanges, etc.)
Operate and maintain transit fleet with automatic vehicle location (AVL).
Operate and maintain transit fleet with automated mileage and fuel reporting and auditing.
Receive and process transit vehicle loading data using two-way communications from equipped transit vehicles.
Collect transit vehicle loading data and make it available to the transit center.
Manage fare collection from the transit center - includes setting and distributing fare information, central processing of fares for transit as well as other ITS services, links to financial institutions and enforcement agencies.
Monitor transit service schedule performance.
Manage fixed route transit operations including planning, scheduling, and dispatching associated with fixed and flexible route transit services, updating customer service operator systems, and providing current vehicle schedule adherence and optimum scenarios for schedule adjustment.
Generate requests for transit priority on routes and at certain intersections.
Manage demand response transit services, including paratransit including planning and scheduling of these services, providing automated vehicle dispatch and automatic updates to customer service operator systems.

Traveler Information for Virginia Hampton Roads ITS Architecture

Disseminate traffic, transit, maintenance and construction, event, and weather information to travelers.

Last Updated 7/31/2025