SmartCommunity Program (Part of ATTAIN Program)

Project Description: SmartCommunity is an integrated program that connects people to the places they need to go and the services they need to receive. Through a Mobility on Demand (MoD) framework, SmartCommunity leverages existing ridesharing and car–sharing products to offer residents access to cars when required. SmartCommunity's trip planning application, Transit AVL, and Transit Kiosks will provide real–time multimodal travel information to integrate trip planning with modal choice options. SmartCommunity Program is a part of the ATTAIN Central Florida Program under an Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment (ATCMTD) grant award.

Project Status: Planned

Project Stakeholders:

• LYNX
• Private Commercial Vehicle and Fleet Operators
• Regional Transit Management Agencies
• SunRail
• Travelers
• UCF

Project Service Packages:

• TI04: Trip Planning and Payment (SmartCommunity Program (Part of ATTAIN Program))
• PT01: Transit Vehicle Tracking (SmartCommunity Program (Part of ATTAIN Program))
• PT08: Transit Traveler Information (SmartCommunity Program (Part of ATTAIN Program))
• TI06: Shared Use Mobility and Dynamic Ridesharing (SmartCommunity Program (Part of ATTAIN Program))
• PT14: Multi-modal Coordination (SmartCommunity Program (Part of ATTAIN Program))
• PM02: Smart Park and Ride System (SmartCommunity Program (Part of ATTAIN Program))
• PM01: Parking Space Management (SmartCommunity Program (Part of ATTAIN Program))

Project Information Flows:

Information Flow	Source Element	Destination Element	Status
actuate secure payment	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Private Bike Share Equipment	Planned
actuate secure payment	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Transit Kiosks	Planned
alternate mode information	LYNX Transportation Center	LYNX Virtual Travel Planning Center	Planned
alternate mode information	LYNX Virtual Travel Planning Center	LYNX Website	Planned
alternate mode information	LYNX Website	LYNX Virtual Travel Planning Center	Planned
alternate mode information	SunRail Operations Control Center	SunRail Website	Planned
device identification	Transit Kiosks	Private Fleet Vehicle Dispatch Systems	Planned
fare collection data	SunRail Rail Vehicles	SunRail Operations Control Center	Planned
fare collection data	SunRail Transit Vehicles	SunRail Operations Control Center	Planned
fare management information	SunRail Operations Control Center	SunRail Rail Vehicles	Planned
interactive traveler information	LYNX Virtual Travel Planning Center	Transit Kiosks	Planned
interactive traveler information	UCF Parking	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Planned
parking area information	UCF Parking Equipment	UCF Parking	Planned
parking area management information	UCF Parking	UCF Parking Equipment	Planned
payment device update	Private Bike Share Equipment	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Planned
payment device update	Transit Kiosks	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Planned
permission application	Transit Kiosks	Private Fleet Vehicle Dispatch Systems	Planned
permission application receipt	Private Fleet Vehicle Dispatch Systems	Transit Kiosks	Planned
request for payment	Private Bike Share Equipment	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Planned
request for payment	Transit Kiosks	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Planned
shared use confirmation	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Private Fleet Vehicle Dispatch Systems	Planned
shared use confirmation	Transit Kiosks	LYNX Virtual Travel Planning Center	Planned
shared use request	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Private Fleet Vehicle Dispatch Systems	Planned
shared use request	Transit Kiosks	LYNX Virtual Travel Planning Center	Planned
shared use response	LYNX Virtual Travel Planning Center	Transit Kiosks	Planned
shared use response	Private Fleet Vehicle Dispatch Systems	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Planned
transit and fare schedules	SunRail Operations Control Center	LYNX Virtual Travel Planning Center	Planned
transit and fare schedules	SunRail Operations Control Center	SunRail Website	Planned
transit fare information	SunRail Operations Control Center	LYNX Virtual Travel Planning Center	Planned
transit fare information	SunRail Operations Control Center	SunRail Website	Planned
transit fare request	LYNX Virtual Travel Planning Center	SunRail Operations Control Center	Planned
transit fare request	SunRail Website	SunRail Operations Control Center	Planned
transit incident information	SunRail Operations Control Center	LYNX Virtual Travel Planning Center	Planned
transit incident information	SunRail Operations Control Center	SunRail Website	Planned
transit information user request	Transit Kiosks	SunRail Operations Control Center	Planned
transit schedule adherence information	LYNX Transportation Center	LYNX Virtual Travel Planning Center	Planned
transit schedule adherence information	SunRail Operations Control Center	LYNX Virtual Travel Planning Center	Planned
transit schedule information	LYNX Transportation Center	LYNX Transit Vehicles	Planned
transit schedule information	SunRail Operations Control Center	SunRail Rail Vehicles	Planned
transit service information	LYNX Transportation Center	LYNX Virtual Travel Planning Center	Planned
transit service information	LYNX Virtual Travel Planning Center	LYNX Transportation Center	Planned
transit service information	LYNX Virtual Travel Planning Center	LYNX Website	Planned
transit service information	LYNX Website	LYNX Virtual Travel Planning Center	Planned
transit traveler information	SunRail Operations Control Center	SunRail Transit Vehicles	Planned
transit traveler information	SunRail Operations Control Center	Transit Kiosks	Planned
transit traveler request	SunRail Transit Vehicles	SunRail Operations Control Center	Planned
transit trip plan	LYNX Transportation Center	LYNX Virtual Travel Planning Center	Planned
transit trip plan	SunRail Operations Control Center	LYNX Virtual Travel Planning Center	Planned
transit trip request	LYNX Virtual Travel Planning Center	LYNX Transportation Center	Planned
transit trip request	LYNX Virtual Travel Planning Center	SunRail Operations Control Center	Planned
transit vehicle loading data	LYNX Transit Vehicles	LYNX Transportation Center	Planned
transit vehicle location data	LYNX Transit Vehicles	LYNX Transportation Center	Planned
transit vehicle location data	LYNX Van Pool	LYNX Transportation Center	Planned
transit vehicle location data	SunRail Rail Vehicles	SunRail Operations Control Center	Planned
transit vehicle location data	SunRail Transit Vehicles	SunRail Operations Control Center	Planned
transit vehicle schedule performance	LYNX Transit Vehicles	LYNX Transportation Center	Planned
transit vehicle schedule performance	LYNX Van Pool	LYNX Transportation Center	Planned
transit vehicle schedule performance	SunRail Rail Vehicles	SunRail Operations Control Center	Planned
transit vehicle schedule performance	SunRail Transit Vehicles	SunRail Operations Control Center	Planned
traveler request	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	UCF Parking	Planned
traveler request	Transit Kiosks	LYNX Virtual Travel Planning Center	Planned
trip confirmation	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Private Fleet Vehicle Dispatch Systems	Planned
trip confirmation	Transit Kiosks	LYNX Virtual Travel Planning Center	Planned
trip plan	LYNX Virtual Travel Planning Center	Transit Kiosks	Planned
trip plan	Private Fleet Vehicle Dispatch Systems	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Planned
trip request	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Private Fleet Vehicle Dispatch Systems	Planned
trip request	Transit Kiosks	LYNX Virtual Travel Planning Center	Planned
user profile	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Private Fleet Vehicle Dispatch Systems	Planned

Project Functional Requirements (Element - Functional Object):

• LYNX Transit Vehicles - Transit Vehicle On-Board Trip Monitoring
• 1: The transit vehicle shall track the current location of the transit vehicle.


• LYNX Transit Vehicles - Transit Vehicle Schedule Management
• 2: The transit vehicle shall use the route information and its current location to determine the deviation from the predetermined schedule.
• 3: The transit vehicle shall calculate the estimated times of arrival (ETA) at transit stops.
• 6: The transit vehicle shall send the schedule deviation and estimated arrival time information to the center.


• LYNX Transportation Center - TIC Data Collection
• 1: The center shall collect, process, and store traffic and highway condition information, including incident information, detours and road closures, event information, recommended routes, and current speeds on specific routes.
• 4: The center shall collect, process, and store transit routes and schedules, transit transfer options, transit fares, and real-time schedule adherence information.


• LYNX Transportation Center - TIC Interactive Traveler Information
• 12: The center shall accept requests for parking space information from travelers.
• 14: The center shall provide park and ride space information to travelers.


• LYNX Transportation Center - TIC Trip Planning
• 1: The center shall provide the capability to provide specific pre-trip and en route directions to travelers (and drivers), including costs, arrival times, and transfer points.
• 3: The center shall support on-line route guidance for travelers using personal devices (such as PDAs).
• 7: The center shall generate route plans based on transit services, including fares, schedules, and requirements for travelers with special needs.


• LYNX Transportation Center - TMC Multi-Modal Coordination
• 2: The center shall exchange information with transit management centers including details current transit routes, the level of service on each route, and the progress of individual vehicles along their routes.


• LYNX Van Pool - Transit Vehicle On-Board Trip Monitoring
• 1: The transit vehicle shall track the current location of the transit vehicle.


• LYNX Van Pool - Transit Vehicle Schedule Management
• 2: The transit vehicle shall use the route information and its current location to determine the deviation from the predetermined schedule.
• 3: The transit vehicle shall calculate the estimated times of arrival (ETA) at transit stops.
• 6: The transit vehicle shall send the schedule deviation and estimated arrival time information to the center.


• LYNX Virtual Travel Planning Center - Shared Use Operations
• 1: The center shall accept requests for shared use transportation.
• 2: The center shall provide the traveler with a shared use transportation option.


• LYNX Virtual Travel Planning Center - TIC Data Collection
• 4: The center shall collect, process, and store transit routes and schedules, transit transfer options, transit fares, and real-time schedule adherence information.


• LYNX Virtual Travel Planning Center - TIC Dynamic Ridesharing
• 1: The center shall accept requests from traveler interface systems for ridesharing as part of a trip plan request.
• 2: The center shall provide a rideshare match based on origin and destination of the traveler's proposed trip, any routing constraints, preferences specified by the traveler, compatibility of this rideshare with rideshares confirmed by other travelers, the requesting traveler's eligibility data, and traffic data.


• LYNX Virtual Travel Planning Center - TIC Interactive Traveler Information
• 14: The center shall provide park and ride space information to travelers.
• 22: The center shall collect general parking information and status, including current parking availability, parking pricing, and parking space availability 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.
• 4: The center shall disseminate customized parking information to travelers, including location, availability, and fees upon request.


• LYNX Virtual Travel Planning Center - TIC Trip Planning
• 1: The center shall provide the capability to provide specific pre-trip and en route directions to travelers (and drivers), including costs, arrival times, and transfer points.


• LYNX Website - TIC Data Collection
• 4: The center shall collect, process, and store transit routes and schedules, transit transfer options, transit fares, and real-time schedule adherence information.


• LYNX Website - TIC Dynamic Ridesharing
• 1: The center shall accept requests from traveler interface systems for ridesharing as part of a trip plan request.


• LYNX 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.


• LYNX Website - TIC Trip Planning
• 1: The center shall provide the capability to provide specific pre-trip and en route directions to travelers (and drivers), including costs, arrival times, and transfer points.


• Private Bike Share Equipment - Transit Stop Information Services
• 1: The public interface for travelers shall collect and provide real-time travel-related information at transit stops, multi-modal transfer points, and other public transportation areas.


• Private Bike Share Equipment - Traveler Trip Planning
• 1: The public interface for travelers shall receive traffic information from a center and present it to the traveler to support trip planning.


• Private Fleet Vehicle Dispatch Systems - TIC Trip Planning
• 1: The center shall provide the capability to provide specific pre-trip and en route directions to travelers (and drivers), including costs, arrival times, and transfer points.
• 13: The center shall provide the capability for the traveler to confirm the proposed trip plan.
• 3: The center shall support on-line route guidance for travelers using personal devices (such as PDAs).


• Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices - Personal Interactive Traveler Information
• 8: The personal traveler interface shall support payment for services, such as confirmed trip plans, tolls, transit fares, parking lot charges, map updates, and advanced payment for tolls.


• Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices - Personal Shared Use Planning
• 1: The personal traveler device shall allow the traveler to make a request for a shared use transportation.
• 2: The personal traveler device shall allow the traveler to confirm a shared use transportation trip.


• Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices - Personal Trip Planning and Route Guidance
• 3: The personal traveler interface shall forward user preferences, background information, constraints, and payment information to the supplying traveler information center.


• SunRail Operations Control Center - Transit Center Data Collection
• 1: The center shall collect transit management data such as transit fares and passenger use, transit services, paratransit operations, transit vehicle maintenance data, etc.


• SunRail Operations Control Center - Transit Center Fare Management
• 10: The center shall provide transit fare information to traveler information providers upon request.
• 9: The center shall exchange fare and load information with other transit management centers, including potential Centralized Payments facilities.


• SunRail Operations Control Center - 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.


• SunRail Operations Control Center - Transit Center Multi-Modal Coordination
• 2: The center shall share transfer cluster and transfer point information with other transit centers. A transfer cluster is a collection of stop points, stations, or terminals where transfers can be made conveniently.


• SunRail Operations Control Center - Transit Center Park and Ride Operations
• 2: The center shall provide dynamic transit schedule adherence and transit vehicle location information to traveler information providers.
• 3: The center shall provide transit information including the transit schedule and actual arrival times at the park and ride facility to nearby parking operations.


• SunRail Operations Control Center - Transit Center Vehicle Tracking
• 2: The center shall determine adherence of transit vehicles to their assigned schedule.


• SunRail Rail Vehicles - Transit Vehicle On-Board Fare Management
• 4: The transit vehicle shall calculate the traveler's fare based on the origin and destination provided by the traveler as well as factors such as the transit routing, transit fare category, traveler history, and route-specific information.


• SunRail Rail Vehicles - Transit Vehicle Schedule Management
• 6: The transit vehicle shall send the schedule deviation and estimated arrival time information to the center.


• SunRail Transit Vehicles - Transit Vehicle On-Board Trip Monitoring
• 1: The transit vehicle shall track the current location of the transit vehicle.


• SunRail Transit Vehicles - Transit Vehicle Schedule Management
• 3: The transit vehicle shall calculate the estimated times of arrival (ETA) at transit stops.
• 6: The transit vehicle shall send the schedule deviation and estimated arrival time information to the center.


• SunRail Website - Shared Use Operations
• 2: The center shall provide the traveler with a shared use transportation option.


• SunRail Website - TIC Data Collection
• 4: The center shall collect, process, and store transit routes and schedules, transit transfer options, transit fares, and real-time schedule adherence information.


• SunRail Website - TIC Dynamic Ridesharing
• 1: The center shall accept requests from traveler interface systems for ridesharing as part of a trip plan request.


• SunRail Website - TIC Trip Planning
• 1: The center shall provide the capability to provide specific pre-trip and en route directions to travelers (and drivers), including costs, arrival times, and transfer points.


• Transit Kiosks - Traveler Trip Planning
• 1: The public interface for travelers shall receive traffic information from a center and present it to the traveler to support trip planning.
• 2: The public interface for transit shall receive traffic information from a center and present it to the traveler to support trip planning.


• UCF Parking - Parking Coordination
• 5: The parking element shall distribute parking lot information upon request to traveler information providers to support travel planning.
• 7: The parking facility shall determine availability of parking spaces.


• UCF Parking - Parking Management
• 1: The center shall monitor parking area current operational status including current parking occupancy and rates.


• UCF Parking Equipment - Parking Area Management
• 3: The parking element shall determine and maintain the number and availability of parking spaces.
• 8: The parking element shall provide precise parking space location information to Centers.

Standards:

• (None-Data) - Secure Internet (ITS)
• (None-Data) - Secure Wireless Internet (ITS)
• US: ATIS - Secure Internet (ITS)
• US: ATIS - Secure Wireless Internet (ITS)
• US: GTFS - Secure Internet (ITS)
• US: GTFS - Secure Wireless Internet (ITS)
• US: GTFS real-time - Secure Internet (ITS)
• US: GTFS real-time - Secure Wireless Internet (ITS)
• US: GTFS static - Secure Internet (ITS)
• US: GTFS static - Secure Wireless Internet (ITS)
• US: TCIP - Secure Internet (ITS)
• US: TCIP - Secure Wireless Internet (ITS)

Project Operational Concepts:

Roles and Responsibilities

• Travelers
• Load transit application on mobile device.


• Private Commercial Vehicle and Fleet Operators
• Operate microtransit services in central Florida.


• Regional Transit Management Agencies
• Provide transit passenger electronic fare payment on all fixed-route and agency demand-response vehicles, including the ability to obtain a fare payment card through agency-owned transit kiosks or other kiosks.


• LYNX
• (Inputs) Receive incident information, traffic information, weather information, and transit information from regional agencies.
• (Outputs) Provide real-time trip planning capabilities for transit riders based on real-time travel conditions and transit availability.
• Coordinate multimodal connections for fixed-route transit vehicles with other regional transit agencies and multimodal service providers.
• Provide a demand-responsive transit plan to users and travelers on the LYNX Web site.
• Provide fixed-route and paratransit/demand-responsive transit services for the central Florida region.
• Provide operator instructions and receive schedule performance data from transit vehicles while in service.
• Provide transit schedule and fare information to the central Florida traveler information system, local agency traveler information systems, the LYNX transit Web site, and the LYNX virtual planning center.
• Provide transit traveler information on the LYNX Web site to local private sector traveler information services, the central Florida traveler information system, and the virtual travel planning center, as well as making it available on all demand-response
• Track and evaluate schedule performance on all LYNX fixed-route transit and ACCESS LYNX paratransit vehicles.


• SunRail
• (Inputs) Receive incident information, traffic information, weather information, and transit information from regional agencies.
• (Outputs) Provide real-time trip planning capabilities for transit riders based on real-time travel conditions and transit availability.
• Coordinate multimodal connections for fixed-route transit vehicles with other regional transit agencies and multimodal service providers.
• Provide a demand-responsive transit plan to users and travelers on the SunRail Web site.
• Provide transit traveler information on the SunRail Web site to local private sector traveler information services, the central Florida traveler information system, and the virtual travel planning center, as well as making it available on all demand-respo


• UCF
• Operate and manage UCF parking management system.
• Operate and manage UCF transit shuttle.