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WMATA Regional Fare Payment System

Status:

Existing

Definition:

This element represents an existing back office environment for housing electronic fare payment information for the VA/DC/MD areas. Currently, this element represents the smart card clearinghouse for WMATA. However, plans exist to move towards a regional clearinghouse involving local transit agencies in Northern Virginia.

Stakeholder:

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)

Architecture Flow Diagrams
which include WMATA Regional Fare Payment System:

• WMATA Regional Fare Payment System Fredericksburg Regional Transit System
• WMATA Regional Fare Payment System NRO Local Transit Centers
• WMATA Regional Fare Payment System WMATA Operations Centers

Architecture Flows
to/from the WMATA Regional Fare Payment System:

WMATA Regional Fare Payment System Fredericksburg Regional Transit System

• settlement

WMATA Regional Fare Payment System NRO Local Transit Centers

• settlement

WMATA Regional Fare Payment System WMATA Operations Centers

• settlement

Fredericksburg Regional Transit SystemWMATA Regional Fare Payment System

• payment request

NRO Local Transit CentersWMATA Regional Fare Payment System

• payment request

WMATA Operations CentersWMATA Regional Fare Payment System

• payment request


• transit fare coordination

National ITS Architecture Subsystems
mapped to the WMATA Regional Fare Payment System:

• Financial Center Terminator
• Transit Management Center Subsystem

National ITS Architecture Services
associated with WMATA Regional Fare Payment System:

• PM03 - Parking Electronic Payment - VDOT NOVA District -- (Graphic)
• PM03 - Parking Electronic Payment - VDOT Fredericksburg District -- (Graphic)
• PM03 - Parking Electronic Payment - WMATA -- (Graphic)
• PT04 - Transit Fare Collection Management - Fredericksburg -- (Graphic)
• PT04 - Transit Fare Collection Management - NRO -- (Graphic)
• PT04 - Transit Fare Collection Management - WMATA -- (Graphic)

National ITS Architecture Functional Requirements
associated with WMATA Regional Fare Payment System:

Transit Center Fare Management

1. The center shall provide transit fare information to traveler information providers upon request.
2. The center shall process the financial requests from the transit vehicles or roadside and manage an interface to a Financial Institution.
3. The center shall exchange fare and load information with other transit management centers, including potential Centralized Payments facilities.
4. The center shall manage the actual value of transit fares for each segment of each regular transit route, including the transmission of the information to transit vehicles and transit stops or stations.

Transit Center Data Collection

1. The center shall collect transit management data such as transit fares and passenger use, transit services, paratransit operations, transit vehicle maintenance data, etc.