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NOVA District Local Transit Vehicles

Status:

Existing

Definition:

Transit vehicles owned and operated by various local transit agencies in the region

Stakeholder:

NRO Local Transit Agencies

Architecture Flow Diagrams
which include NOVA District Local Transit Vehicles:

• NOVA District Local Transit Vehicles NOVA District Local Field Equipment
• NOVA District Local Transit Vehicles NRO Local Transit Centers
• NOVA District Local Transit Vehicles VDOT NRO MPSTOC - Signal Center Field Equipment
• NOVA District Local Transit Vehicles WMATA Smart Trip Card

Architecture Flows
to/from the NOVA District Local Transit Vehicles:

NOVA District Local Transit Vehicles NOVA District Local Field Equipment

• local signal priority request

NOVA District Local Transit Vehicles NRO Local Transit Centers

• alarm notification


• transit vehicle conditions


• transit vehicle location data


• transit vehicle schedule performance

NOVA District Local Transit Vehicles VDOT NRO MPSTOC - Signal Center Field Equipment

• local signal priority request

NOVA District Local Transit Vehicles WMATA Smart Trip Card

• request for payment

NRO Local Transit CentersNOVA District Local Transit Vehicles

• alarm acknowledge


• request for vehicle measures


• transit vehicle operator information

WMATA Smart Trip CardNOVA District Local Transit Vehicles

• payment

National ITS Architecture Subsystems
mapped to the NOVA District Local Transit Vehicles:

• Transit Vehicle Subsystem

National ITS Architecture Services
associated with NOVA District Local Transit Vehicles:

• APTS01 - Transit Vehicle Tracking - NOVA District -- (Graphic)
• APTS02 - Transit Fixed-Route Operations - NOVA District -- (Graphic)
• APTS03 - Demand Response Transit Operations - NOVA District -- (Graphic)
• APTS05 - Transit Security - NOVA District -- (Graphic)
• APTS06 - Transit Fleet Management - NOVA District -- (Graphic)
• APTS09 - Transit Signal Priority - NOVA District -- (Graphic)

National ITS Architecture Functional Requirements
associated with NOVA District Local Transit Vehicles:

On-board Schedule Management

1. The transit vehicle shall receive a vehicle assignment including transit route information, transit service instructions, traffic information, road conditions, and other information for the operator.

On-board Transit Security

1. The transit vehicle shall accept emergency inputs from either the transit vehicle operator or a traveler through such interfaces as panic buttons, silent or audible alarms, etc.
2. The transit vehicle shall be capable of receiving an emergency message for broadcast to the travelers or to the transit vehicle operator.

On-board Transit Signal Priority

1. The transit vehicle shall send priority requests to traffic signal controllers at intersections, pedestrian crossings, and multimodal crossings on the roads (surface streets) and freeway (ramp controls) network that enable a transit vehicle schedule deviation to be corrected.