County Paratransit

Description: Represents county–operated paratransit systems.

Inventory Elements:

• County Paratransit Systems
• County Paratransit Vehicles

Projects:

• none

Roles and Responsibilities:

Transit Management for Western Florida Regional ITS Architecture - FDOT District 3
• Provide operator instructions and receive schedule performance from transit vehicles while in service.
• Provide paratransit/demand responsive transit service for the FDOT District 3 region.
• Coordinate emergency plans with county EOCs, and provide emergency transit services for evacuations, fires, and disasters, including reentry services.
• Provide transit passenger electronic fare payment on all demand response transit vehicles, including the ability to obtain a fare payment card at agency-owned transit kiosks or other kiosks. Provide the ability to have service agencies pay a portion of th
• Provide transit schedule and fare information to local agency traveler information services, the FDOT statewide ATIS, and private ISPs.
• Receive a demand responsive transit request from a traveler through local agency Web sites or private sector traveler information systems.
• Receive road network conditions from regional traffic management agencies.
• Receive work zone information and road network status from county and city roadway maintenance and construction agencies.
• Track and evaluate schedule performance on all county paratransit vehicles.
• Provide automated transit maintenance scheduling for all county paratransit vehicles using automated vehicle conditions reporting.