Transit Center Paratransit Operations

Management of demand response transit services, including paratransit. Planning and scheduling of these services. Supports automated vehicle dispatch and automatically updates customer service operator systems.

1. The center shall process trip requests for demand responsive transit services, i.e. paratransit. Sources of the requests may include traveler information service providers.
2. The center shall monitor the operational status of the demand response vehicles including status of passenger pick-up and drop-off.
3. 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.
4. The center shall dispatch demand response (paratransit) transit vehicles.
5. The center shall exchange information with Maintenance and Construction Operations concerning work zones, roadway conditions, asset restrictions, work plans, etc.
6. The center shall disseminate up-to-date schedules and route information to other centers for demand responsive transit services (paratransit).
7. The center shall collect the log of passenger boardings and alightings from the paratransit vehicles.