Votran

Description: Volusia County's primary transit agency, providing fixed route and paratransit operations.

Inventory Elements:

• Votran Transit Dispatch
• Votran Transit Vehicles
• Votran Website

Projects:

• FDOT District 5 Multi-Modal Trip-Planning Application Engine
• FDOT I-4 BtU Segments 3/4
• SunRail
• Votran Passenger Count and Bus Arrival
• Votran Transit Priority

Roles and Responsibilities:

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.

Information Dissemination (Votran Passenger Count and Bus Arrival)
• Provide transit schedule adherence information through the Votran Website.

SunRail Roles and Responsibilities
• Coordinate multimodal connections for fixed-route transit vehicles with other regional transit agencies and multimodal service providers.

Transit Management
• Track and evaluate schedule performance on all VOTRAN transit vehicles.
• Provide a demand-responsive transit plan to users and travelers on the VOTRAN Web site.
• Provide automated transit maintenance scheduling for all VOTRAN transit vehicles using automated vehicle conditions reporting.
• Coordinate a transit security breach with local police and the county sheriff.
• Provide fixed-route bus service and paratransit/demand-responsive transit service for Volusia County.
• Coordinate emergency plans with the 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 passenger electronic fare payment on all fixed-route or demand-response transit vehicles.
• Provide transit schedule and fare information to the central Florida traveler information system, local agency traveler information system, and the VOTRAN transit Web site.
• Provide transit security on all transit vehicles, in transit terminals, and at transit stops using silent alarms and surveillance systems.
• 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.
• Obtain traffic signal priority from Volusia County and the City of Daytona Beach using the respective roadside field equipment for all VOTRAN transit vehicles.
• Receive road network conditions from regional traffic management agencies.
• Receive work zone information and road network status from regional maintenance and construction agencies.

Transit Management (Votran Passenger Count and Bus Arrival)
• Track and evaluate schedule performance on all VOTRAN transit vehicles.
• Provide passenger counts to the Votran Transit Dispatch.
• 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.

Transit Services for Votran Transit Priority
• Request signal priority for Volusia County traffic signals.