ECAT Buses and Trolleys

Status: Existing

Description: Represents the ITS equipment installed on the transit vehicles that are owned and operated by Escambia County Area Transit. Capabilities may include passenger counting, transit scheduling, and fare management.

Stakeholder: Escambia County Area Transit

Architecture Flow Diagrams
which include ECAT Buses and Trolleys:

• ECAT Buses and Trolleys City of Gulf Breeze Field Equipment
• ECAT Buses and Trolleys City of Pensacola Field Equipment
• ECAT Buses and Trolleys ECAT Operations Center
• ECAT Buses and Trolleys Escambia County Field Equipment
• ECAT Buses and Trolleys Smart Card

Architecture Flows
to/from the ECAT Buses and Trolleys:

ECAT Buses and Trolleys City of Gulf Breeze Field Equipment

• local signal priority request

ECAT Buses and Trolleys City of Pensacola Field Equipment

• local signal priority request

ECAT Buses and Trolleys ECAT Operations Center

• alarm notification


• fare collection data


• onboard_surveillance_ud


• transit traveler request


• transit vehicle conditions


• transit vehicle loading data


• transit vehicle location data


• transit vehicle schedule performance

ECAT Buses and Trolleys Escambia County Field Equipment

• local signal priority request

ECAT Buses and Trolleys Smart Card

• request for payment

ECAT Operations CenterECAT Buses and Trolleys

• alarm acknowledge


• transit traveler information


• transit vehicle operator information

Smart CardECAT Buses and Trolleys

• actuate secure payment

National ITS Architecture Subsystems
mapped to the ECAT Buses and Trolleys:

• Transit Vehicle OBE Subsystem
• Vehicle Subsystem

National ITS Architecture Services
associated with ECAT Buses and Trolleys:

• PT01 - Transit Vehicle Tracking (Escambia County Area Transit) -- (Graphic)
• PT02 - Transit Fixed-Route Operations (Escambia County Area Transit) -- (Graphic)
• PT04 - Transit Fare Collection Management (Escambia County Area Transit) -- (Graphic)
• PT05 - Transit Security (Escambia County Area Transit) -- (Graphic)
• PT06 - Transit Fleet Management (StarMetro Transit and ECAT) -- (Graphic)
• PT07 - Transit Passenger Counting (ECAT) -- (Graphic)
• PT08 - Transit Traveler Information (ECAT) -- (Graphic)
• PT09 - Transit Signal Priority (ECAT) -- (Graphic)