SWR Local Transit Agencies

Definition:

This stakeholder represents local transit agencies that are responsible for managing transit operations in the Southwestern Region Operations area.

Inventory Elements:

• SWR Local Transit Center
• SWR Local Transit Vehicles

Roles and Responsibilities:

Archived Data Systems for Virginia SWR ITS Architecture
• Collect data for schedule generation and adjustment on-board a transit vehicle.

Commercial Vehicle Operations for Virginia SWR ITS Architecture
• None defined

Emergency Management for Virginia SWR ITS Architecture
• Allow communication between the vehicle, operator, and center.

Freeway Management for Virginia SWR ITS Architecture
• None defined

Incident Management for Virginia SWR ITS Architecture
• None defined

Maintenance and Construction for Virginia SWR ITS Architecture
• None defined

Surface Street Management for Virginia SWR ITS Architecture
• None defined

Transit Services for Virginia SWR ITS Architecture
• Collect and process transit vehicle maintenance data from on-board systems including mileage and vehicle operating conditions for use in scheduling future vehicle maintenance.
• Allow communication between the vehicle, operator, and center.
• Collect data for schedule generation and adjustment on-board a transit vehicle.
• 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.
• Send collected fare data from the transit vehicle to the transit center.
• 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.
• Collect fares on-board from a travelers card.
• 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.
• 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 SWR ITS Architecture
• Provide personalized traffic, transit, maintenance and construction, multimodal, event, and weather information to traveler, upon request.