SCAT - Space Coast Area Transit

Description: Transit provider in Brevard County

Inventory Elements:

• SCAT Dispatch Center
• SCAT Transit Vehicles
• SCAT Website

Projects:

• Brevard County ITS - Evacuation Route
• Brevard County Transit Upgrade
• FDOT District 5 Multi-Modal Trip-Planning Application Engine

Roles and Responsibilities:

Brevard County ITS - Evacuation Route Roles and Responsibilities
• Coordinate emergency plans with county EOCs, and provide emergency transit services for evacuations, fires, and disasters, including reentry services.

Brevard County Transit Upgrade Roles and Responsibilities
• Count the number of passengers entering and exiting a transit vehicle.
• Track and evaluate schedule performance on all SCAT transit vehicles.

FDOT District 5 Multi-Modal Trip-Planning Application Engine Roles and Responsibilities
• Provide transit schedule and fare information to FDOT District 5 Multi-Modal Trip-Planning Application engine.

Transit Management
• Provide a demand-responsive transit plan to users and travelers using local agency traveler information systems.
• Coordinate a transit security breach with local police and the county sheriff.
• Provide fixed-route bus service and paratransit/demand-responsive transit service for Brevard County.
• Coordinate emergency plans with county EOCs, and provide emergency transit services for evacuations, fires, and disasters, including reentry services.
• Provide operator instructions and receive schedule performance information from transit vehicles while in service.
• Coordinate multimodal connections for fixed-route transit vehicles with other regional transit agencies and multimodal service providers.
• Provide transit schedule and fare information to the central Florida traveler information system, local agency traveler information systems, and the SCAT Web site.
• Provide transit security on all transit vehicles using silent alarms.
• Provide transit traveler information to the SCAT Web site, local private sector traveler information services, and local agency traveler information systems, and make it available on all SCAT transit vehicles and at transit station kiosks.
• Receive road network conditions from regional traffic management agencies.
• Receive work zone information and road network status from regional maintenance and construction agencies.
• Track and evaluate schedule performance on all SCAT transit vehicles.