Martin County Fixed-Route Transit Service

Project Description: This project will develop and initial fixed–route transit service for Martin County.

Project Status: Planned

Project Stakeholders:

• MARTY

Project Service Packages:

• PT02: Transit Fixed-Route Operations (Martin County Community Coach)

Project Information Flows:

Information Flow	Source Element	Destination Element	Status
transit schedule information	MARTY Systems	MARTY Vehicles	Planned
transit vehicle operator information	MARTY Systems	MARTY Vehicles	Planned

Project Functional Requirements (Element - Functional Object):

• MARTY Systems - 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, incident information, operational data on current routes and schedules, and digitized map data.
• 4: The center shall dispatch fixed route or flexible route transit vehicles.


• MARTY Systems - Transit Center Operator Assignment
• 1: The center shall maintain records of a transit vehicle operator's performance. This may be done utilizing standardized performance evaluation criteria set forth by governmental regulations and transit operating company policies, assessing the transit vehicle operator's driving history, and assessing comments from the transit vehicle operator's supervisor(s) as well as noting any moving violations or accidents, supervisor comments, government regulations, and company policies.


• MARTY Systems - Transit Center Vehicle Assignment
• 1: The center shall assign individual transit vehicles to transit blocks.


• MARTY Vehicles - Transit Vehicle Schedule Management
• 1: The transit vehicle shall receive a vehicle assignment including transit route information, transit service instructions, traffic information, road conditions, and other information for the operator.
• 2: The transit vehicle shall use the route information and its current location to determine the deviation from the predetermined schedule.
• 5: The transit vehicle shall provide the schedule deviations and instructions for schedule corrections to the transit vehicle operator if the deviation is small, or the transit vehicle is operating in an urban area.

Standards:

• US: GTFS static - Secure Wireless Internet (ITS)
• US: TCIP - Secure Wireless Internet (ITS)

Project Operational Concepts:

Roles and Responsibilities

• MARTY
• Operate and maintain fixed route transit services.