Brevard County Transit Upgrade

Project Description: Install AVL and APC systems to improve transit system.

Project Status: Planned

Project Stakeholders:

• SCAT - Space Coast Area Transit

Project Service Packages:

• PT01: Transit Vehicle Tracking (Brevard County Transit Upgrade Project)

Project Information Flows:

Information Flow	Source Element	Destination Element	Status
transit vehicle loading data	SCAT Transit Vehicles	SCAT Dispatch Center	Planned
transit vehicle location data	SCAT Transit Vehicles	SCAT Dispatch Center	Planned
transit vehicle schedule performance	SCAT Transit Vehicles	SCAT Dispatch Center	Planned

Project Functional Requirements (Element - Functional Object):

• SCAT Dispatch Center - Transit Center Passenger Counting
• 1: The center shall collect passenger count information from each transit vehicle.


• SCAT Dispatch Center - Transit Center Vehicle Tracking
• 1: The center shall monitor the locations of all transit vehicles within its network.
• 2: The center shall determine adherence of transit vehicles to their assigned schedule.


• SCAT 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.

Standards:

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

Project Operational Concepts:

Roles and Responsibilities

• SCAT - Space Coast Area Transit
• Count the number of passengers entering and exiting a transit vehicle.
• Track and evaluate schedule performance on all SCAT transit vehicles.