PSTA Farebox Upgrade

Project Description: Project will update fare payment system for launch of smart cards that accept another form of payment.

Project Status: Planned

Project Stakeholders:

• Financial Institutions
• Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority
• Regional Transit Management Agencies
• Travelers

Project Service Packages:

• PT04: Transit Fare Collection Management (Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority)

Project Information Flows:

Information Flow	Source Element	Destination Element	Status
actuate secure payment	Regional Smart Card	PSTA Transit Vehicles	Planned
actuate secure payment	Regional Smart Card	Transit Kiosks	Planned
fare collection data	PSTA Transit Vehicles	PSTA Transit Management Center	Planned
fare collection data	Transit Kiosks	PSTA Transit Management Center	Planned
fare management information	PSTA Transit Management Center	PSTA Transit Vehicles	Planned
payment request	PSTA Transit Management Center	Financial Institutions	Planned
request for payment	PSTA Transit Vehicles	Regional Smart Card	Planned
request for payment	Transit Kiosks	Regional Smart Card	Planned
settlement	Financial Institutions	PSTA Transit Management Center	Planned

Project Functional Requirements (Element - Functional Object):

• PSTA Transit Management Center - Transit Center Fare Management
• 1: The center shall manage the actual value of transit fares for each segment of each regular transit route, including the transmission of the information to transit vehicles and transit stops or stations.
• 4: The center shall support the payment of transit fare transactions using data provided by the traveler cards / payment instruments.


• PSTA Transit Vehicles - Transit Vehicle On-Board Fare Management
• 1: The transit vehicle shall read data from the traveler card / payment instrument presented by boarding passengers.


• Transit Kiosks - Traveler Fare Management
• 1: The public interface for travelers shall accept and process current transit passenger fare collection information.
• 2: The public interface for travelers shall calculate a fare based on the origin and destination provided by the traveler, in conjunction with transit routing, transit fare category, and transit user history.
• 3: The public interface for travelers shall provide an interface to a transit user traveler card in support of payment for transit fares, tolls, and/or parking lot charges. The stored credit value data from the card shall be collected and updated based on the fare or other charges, or the credit identity shall be collected.

Standards:

• US: TCIP - Secure Internet (ITS)
• US: TCIP - Secure Wireless Internet (ITS)

Project Operational Concepts:

Roles and Responsibilities

• Travelers
• Load transportation services payment application on mobile device.


• Financial Institutions
• Support financial transactions for transit fare collection.


• Regional Transit Management Agencies
• Support a regional payment card used by a traveler to pay for transportation-related services (e.g., parking fees, transit fares, traveler services).


• Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority
• Provide transit passenger electronic fare payment capabilities on all PSTA vehicles.
• Provide transit passenger electronic fare payment capabilities using different fare payment applications.