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NWR Local Transit Agencies

Definition:

This stakeholder group includes local transit agencies responsible for managing transit services in Northwestern Region Operations Area. These include, Charlottesville Transit Service, University Transit Service, JAUNT, Town of Orange Transit, AftonExpress, and Greene County Transit.

Inventory Elements:

• NWR Local Transit Centers
• NWR Local Transit Vehicles

Roles and Responsibilities:

Archived Data Systems for Virginia NWR ITS Architecture
• Collect and store transit management data for use by operations personnel or data archives in the region.

Commercial Vehicle Operations for Virginia NWR ITS Architecture
• None defined

Emergency Management for Virginia NWR ITS Architecture
• Support evacuation and subsequent reentry of a population in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency.
• Provide interactive traveler information including routes, schedules, transfer options, fares, real-time schedule adherence, current incidents, weather conditions, yellow pages, and special events to travelers (on-board transit vehicles, at stops/stations, using personal devices), traveler information service providers, media, and other transit organizations.
• Monitor transit vehicle operator or traveler activated alarms.
• Authenticate transit vehicle operators.
• Alert operators, travelers, and police to potential incidents identified by these security features.
• Coordinate regional evacuation plans and resources including transit and school bus fleets.
• Disable a transit vehicle remotely when required.

Freeway Management for Virginia NWR ITS Architecture
• Coordinate schedules with other agencies and modes, including transit transfer cluster and transfer point information.

Incident Management for Virginia NWR ITS Architecture
• None defined

Maintenance and Construction for Virginia NWR ITS Architecture
• Coordinate schedules with other agencies and modes, including transit transfer cluster and transfer point information.

Surface Street Management for Virginia NWR ITS Architecture
• None defined

Transit Services for Virginia NWR ITS Architecture
• Furnish users with real-time transit schedule information.
• 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.
• Authenticate transit vehicle operators.
• 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.
• Collect operational and maintenance data from transit vehicles.
• Maintain interface with digital map providers.
• Monitor transit vehicle locations via interactions with on-board systems.
• Alert operators, travelers, and police to potential incidents identified by these security features.
• Disable a transit vehicle remotely when required.
• Monitor transit vehicle operator or traveler activated alarms.
• 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 preventative maintenance schedules for transit vehicles automatically.
• Manage transit vehicle service histories.
• Provide interactive traveler information including routes, schedules, transfer options, fares, real-time schedule adherence, current incidents, weather conditions, yellow pages, and special events to travelers (on-board transit vehicles, at stops/stations, using personal devices), traveler information service providers, media, and other transit organizations.
• Coordinate schedules with other agencies and modes, including transit transfer cluster and transfer point information.

Traveler Information for Virginia NWR ITS Architecture
• None defined