Private Transit Routing Service Provider
Status: Existing
Description
Third party routing service, such as Google Transit, that uses transit route and schedule information to provide personalized transit trip planning.
Stakeholders
Physical Objects
Functional Objects
| Functional Object | Description | User Defined |
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| Personal Interactive Traveler Information | 'Personal Interactive Traveler Information' provides traffic information, road conditions, transit information, yellow pages (traveler services) information, special event information, and other traveler information that is specifically tailored based on the traveler's request and/or previously submitted traveler profile information. It also supports interactive services that support enrollment, account management, and payments for transportation services. The interactive traveler information capability is provided by personal devices including personal computers and personal portable devices such as smart phones. | False |
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| Personal Trip Planning and Route Guidance | 'Personal Trip Planning and Route Guidance' provides a personalized trip plan to the traveler. The trip plan is calculated based on preferences and constraints supplied by the traveler and provided to the traveler for confirmation. Coordination may continue during the trip so that the route plan can be modified to account for new information. Many equipment configurations are possible including systems that provide a basic trip plan to the traveler as well as more sophisticated systems that can provide transition by transition guidance to the traveler along a multi–modal route with transfers. Devices represented by this functional object include desktop computers at home, work, or at major trip generation sites, plus personal devices such as tablets and smart phones. | False |
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| Transit Stop Information Services | 'Transit Stop Information Services' furnishes transit users with real–time travel–related information at transit stops, multi–modal transfer points, and other public transportation areas. It provides transit users with information on transit routes, schedules, transfer options, available services, fares, and real–time schedule adherence. In addition to tailored information for individual transit users, it supports general annunciation and/or display of imminent arrival information and other information of general interest to transit users. | False |
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| Traveler Fare Management | 'Traveler Fare Management' provides the capability for the traveler to access and use a common fare medium for transit fares, tolls, shared use, and/or parking lot charges using a public device at or near the point of service. It accepts a service request and means of payment or smart card, verifies eligibility, calculates the amount due, collects payment (or deducts balance if smart card), manages allow/block lists, performs token validation, and identifies payment problems. It may be implemented using a card reader/dispenser in a point of sale device that includes a communications interface to the financial infrastructure to support payment collection and reconciliation. | False |
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| Traveler Information Reception | 'Traveler Information Reception' receives formatted traffic advisories, road conditions, transit information, broadcast alerts, and other general traveler information broadcasts and presents the information to the traveler with a public traveler interface. It includes the receiver and public display device such as a large display monitor or other public display. | False |
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