TIC Operations Data Collection Functional Area

Description

'TIC Operations Data Collection' collects and stores information that is collected about the transportation information service including data on the number of clients serviced and the services that were provided. This data can be used directly by operations personnel or it can be made available to other data users and archives in the region.

Included In

BCTA Transit Management Center
Western Region Traffic Management Center (PennDOT)
PennDOT Statewide TMC
Regional Transit Agency Offices
Regional Travel Information System
PTC Traffic Operations Center (PTC Ops Center)
Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center – SmartCities Initiative

Functional Requirements

IDRequirement
1The center shall collect traveler information data, such as parking lot data, rideshare data, road network use data, vehicle probe data, and other data from traveler information system operations.
2The center shall collect traveler requests, confirmations, and payment transaction data for traveler services provided.
3The transportation information center shall assign quality control metrics and meta–data to be stored along with the data. Meta–data may include attributes that describe the source and quality of the data and the conditions surrounding the collection of the data.
4The center shall receive and respond to requests from ITS Archives for either a catalog of the traveler information data or for the data itself.
5The transportation information center shall produce sample products of the data available.