Votran Passenger Count and Bus Arrival

Project Description: Votran project for passenger counting and bus arrival.

Project Status: Planned

Project Stakeholders:

• Votran

Project Service Packages:

• PT07: Transit Passenger Counting (Votran Passenger Count and Bus Arrival Project)
• PT08: Transit Traveler Information (Votran Passenger Count and Bus Arrival Project)

Project Information Flows:

Information Flow	Source Element	Destination Element	Status
transit schedule adherence information	Votran Transit Dispatch	Votran Website	Planned
transit vehicle loading data	Votran Transit Vehicles	Votran Transit Dispatch	Planned
transit vehicle location data	Votran Transit Vehicles	Votran Transit Dispatch	Planned
transit vehicle schedule performance	Votran Transit Vehicles	Votran Transit Dispatch	Planned

Project Functional Requirements (Element - Functional Object):

• Votran Transit Dispatch - Transit Center Information Services
• 3: The center shall exchange transit schedules, real-time arrival information, fare schedules, and general transit service information with other transit organizations to support transit traveler information systems.
• 4: The center shall provide transit service information to traveler information service providers including routes, schedules, schedule adherence, and fare information as well as transit service information during evacuation.


• Votran Transit Dispatch - Transit Center Passenger Counting
• 1: The center shall collect passenger count information from each transit vehicle.
• 2: The center shall calculate transit ridership data by route, route segment, transit stop, time of day, and day of week based on the collected passenger count information.
• 3: The center shall make the compiled ridership data available to the system operator.


• Votran Transit Vehicles - Transit Vehicle On-Board Information Services
• 1: The transit vehicle shall enable traffic and travel advisory information to be requested and output to the traveler. Such information may include transit routes, schedules, transfer options, fares, real-time schedule adherence, current incidents, weather conditions, and special events.
• 2: The transit vehicle shall broadcast advisories about the imminent arrival of the transit vehicle at the next stop via an on-board automated annunciation system.


• Votran Transit Vehicles - Transit Vehicle Passenger Counting
• 1: The transit vehicle shall count passengers boarding and alighting.
• 2: The passenger counts shall be related to location to support association of passenger counts with routes, route segments, or bus stops.
• 3: The passenger counts shall be timestamped so that ridership can be measured by time of day and day of week.
• 4: The transit vehicle shall send the collected passenger count information to the transit center.


• Votran Website - TIC Data Collection
• 2: The transportation information center shall select real-time information on the state of the regional transportation system including current traffic and road conditions, weather conditions, transit information, parking information, special event and incident information.
• 4: The center shall collect, process, and store transit routes and schedules, transit transfer options, transit fares, and real-time schedule adherence information.


• Votran Website - TIC Interactive Traveler Information
• 3: The center shall disseminate customized transit routes and schedules, transit transfer options, transit fares, and real-time schedule adherence information to travelers upon request.

Standards:

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

Project Operational Concepts:

Roles and Responsibilities

• Votran
• Provide passenger counts to the Votran Transit Dispatch.
• Provide transit schedule adherence information through the Votran Website.
• Provide transit traveler information to the VOTRAN Web site, local private sector traveler information services, and local agency traveler information systems, and make it available on all VOTRAN transit vehicles and at transit station kiosks.
• Track and evaluate schedule performance on all VOTRAN transit vehicles.