Element

 

 

Wichita Transit Operations Center

Interconnects - Flows - Entities - Services - Functional Requirements

Status:

Near Term

Definition:

This element is responsible for managing their transit fleet for the study area. Wichita Transit also leases their vehicles to social service agencies and allows them to use the scheduling capabilities of the CAD system.

Stakeholder:

Wichita Transit

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Systems Interconnected
with the Wichita Transit Operations Center

Interconnect

Diagram

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Architecture Flow Diagrams
which include Wichita Transit Operations Center:

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Architecture Flows
to/from the Wichita Transit Operations Center:

Wichita Transit Operations Centerflows intoKansas Highway Patrol Dispatch Wichita Transit Operations Centerflows intoKansas Turnpike Authority Center Wichita Transit Operations Centerflows intoMedia Wichita Transit Operations Centerflows intoSedgwick County 911 Wichita Transit Operations Centerflows intoSedgwick County Maintenance and Construction System Wichita Transit Operations Centerflows intoSedgwick County Transportation Brokerage System Wichita Transit Operations Centerflows intoSuburban Emergency Dispatch Centers Wichita Transit Operations Centerflows intoWichita Construction and Maintenance System Wichita Transit Operations Centerflows intoWichita Government Data Repository Wichita Transit Operations Centerflows intoWichita Mid-Continent Airport Wichita Transit Operations Centerflows intoWichita Traffic Operations Center Wichita Transit Operations Centerflows intoWichita Transit Customer Information System (CIS) Wichita Transit Operations Centerflows intoWichita Transit Kiosk Wichita Transit Operations Centerflows intoWichita Transit Vehicles Kansas Highway Patrol Dispatchflows intoWichita Transit Operations Center Kansas Turnpike Authority Centerflows intoWichita Transit Operations Center Sedgwick County 911flows intoWichita Transit Operations Center Sedgwick County Maintenance and Construction Systemflows intoWichita Transit Operations Center Sedgwick County Transportation Brokerage Systemflows intoWichita Transit Operations Center Suburban Emergency Dispatch Centersflows intoWichita Transit Operations Center Wichita Construction and Maintenance Systemflows intoWichita Transit Operations Center Wichita Government Data Repositoryflows intoWichita Transit Operations Center Wichita Mid-Continent Airportflows intoWichita Transit Operations Center Wichita Traffic Operations Centerflows intoWichita Transit Operations Center Wichita Transit Customer Information System (CIS)flows intoWichita Transit Operations Center Wichita Transit Kioskflows intoWichita Transit Operations Center Wichita Transit Vehiclesflows intoWichita Transit Operations Center

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National ITS Architecture Subsystems
mapped to the Wichita Transit Operations Center:

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National ITS Architecture Services
associated with Wichita Transit Operations Center:

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National ITS Architecture Functional Requirements
associated with Wichita Transit Operations Center:

Transit Center Vehicle Tracking
  1. The center shall monitor the locations of all transit vehicles within its network.
  2. The center shall determine adherence of transit vehicles to their assigned schedule.
  3. The center shall provide transit operational data to traveler information service providers.
  4. The center shall collect trip monitoring data from on-board systems including transit vehicle mileage, fuel usage, passenger loading, availability, etc.
Transit Center Fixed-Route Operations
  1. The center shall generate transit routes and schedules based on such factors as parameters input by the system operator, road network conditions, operational data on current routes and schedules, and digitized map data.
  2. The center shall provide the interface to the system operator to control the generation of new routes and schedules (transit services) including the ability to review and update the parameters used by the routes and schedules generation processes and to initiate these processes
  3. The center shall be able to generate special routes and schedules to support an incident, disaster, evacuation, or other emergency.
  4. The center shall collect transit operational data for use in the generation of routes and schedules.
  5. The center shall manage large deviations of individual transit vehicles, deviations in rural areas, and deviations of large numbers of vehicles.
  6. The center shall generate the necessary corrective actions which may involve more than the vehicles concerned and more far reaching action, such as, the introduction of extra vehicles, wide area signal priority by traffic management, the premature termination of some services, etc.
  7. The center shall exchange information with Maintenance and Construction Operations concerning work zones, roadway conditions, asset restrictions, work plans, etc.
  8. The center shall disseminate up-to-date schedules and route information to other centers for fixed and flexible route services.
Transit Center Paratransit Operations
  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, and road network information.
  4. The center shall exchange information with Maintenance and Construction Operations concerning work zones, roadway conditions, asset restrictions, work plans, etc.
  5. The center shall disseminate up-to-date schedules and route information to other centers for demand responsive transit services (paratransit).
Transit Center Fare and Load Management
  1. 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.
  2. The center shall provide the capability for a system operator to manage the transit fares and control the exchange of transit fare information.
  3. The center shall process the financial requests from the transit vehicles or roadside and manage an interface to a Financial Institution.
  4. The center shall support the payment of transit fare transactions using data provided by the traveler cards / payment instruments.
  5. The center shall collect data on fare payment violations and send the data, including images of the violator, to the appropriate enforcement agency.
  6. The center shall process requests for transit fares to be paid in advance.
  7. The center shall be capable of establishing emergency fare structures to override all other fares during disasters, states of emergency, or evacuations.
  8. The center shall maintain a list of invalid traveler credit identities, or bad tag lists that can be forwarded to transit vehicles and transit stops or stations.
  9. The center shall collect passenger loading and fare statistics data to implement variable and flexible fare structures.
  10. The center shall provide transit fare information to other centers, including traveler information providers upon request.
Transit Center Security
  1. The center shall monitor transit vehicle operational data to determine if the transit vehicle is off-route and assess whether a security incident is occurring.
  2. The center shall receive reports of emergencies on-board transit vehicles entered directly be the transit vehicle operator or from a traveler through interfaces such as panic buttons or alarm switches.
  3. The center shall exchange transit incident information along with other service data with other transit agencies.
  4. The center shall receive information pertaining to a wide-area alert such as weather alerts, disaster situations, or child abductions. This information may come from Emergency Management or from other Alerting and Advisory Systems.
  5. The center shall send wide-area alert information to travelers (on-board transit vehicles or at stations/stops) and transit vehicle operators.
  6. The center shall receive threat information and status on the integrity of the transit infrastructure.
Transit Vehicle Operator Scheduling
  1. The center shall assign transit vehicle operators to transit schedules based on their eligibility, route preferences, seniority, and transit vehicle availability.
  2. The center shall assign transit vehicle operators to transit schedules based on their eligibility, route preferences, seniority, and transit vehicle availability.
Transit Center Information Services
  1. The center shall provide travelers using public transportation with traffic and advisory information upon request. Such information may include transit routes, schedules, transfer options, fares, real-time schedule adherence, current incidents, weather conditions, and special events.
  2. The center shall provide transit information to the media including details of deviations from schedule of regular transit services.
  3. The center shall exchange transit schedules, real-time arrival information, fare schedules, and general transit service information with other transit organizations to support transit traveler information systems.
  4. The center shall provide transit service information to traveler information service providers including routes, schedules, schedule adherence, and fare information as well as transit service information during evacuation.
  5. The center shall broadcast transit advisory data, including alerts and advisories pertaining to major emergencies, or man made disasters.
Transit Environmental Monitoring
  1. The center shall collect current and forecast road and weather information from weather service providers and vehicle probes.
Transit Center Multi-Modal Coordination
  1. The center shall analyze transit vehicle schedule performance to determine the need for priority along certain routes or at certain intersections.
  2. The center shall send requests for priority along routes or at intersections to traffic management.
  3. The center shall coordinate schedules and services between transit agencies, traffic management, maintenance and construction operations, parking management, and other surface or air transportation modes.
  4. The center shall share transfer cluster and transfer point information with multimodal transportation service providers, other transit agencies, and traveler information service providers. A transfer cluster is a collection of stops, stations, or terminals where transfers can be made conveniently.
  5. The center shall accept requests from traffic management to change routes and schedules as part of the implementation of demand management strategies.
Transit Evacuation Support
  1. The center shall manage the use of transit resources to support evacuation and subsequent reentry of a population in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency.
  2. The center shall coordinate regional evacuation plans with Emergency Management - identifying the transit role in an evacuation and the transit resources that would be used.
  3. The center shall coordinate the use of transit and school bus fleets during an evacuation, supporting evacuation of those with special needs and the general population.
  4. The center shall adjust and update transit service and fare schedules and provide that information to other agencies as they coordinate evacuations.
Transit 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.
  2. The center shall be able to produce sample products of the data available.

Date modified: 11/17/2006