Regional ITS Architecture Dec2022-Update

Transit Services for Dallas Regional ITS Architecture Roles and Responsibilities

Stakeholder	Role and Responsibility
City of Arlington	Manage traffic signal controllers to accept and process transit signal priority requests from transit vehicles.
City of Dallas	Manage traffic signal controllers to accept and process transit signal priority requests from transit vehicles.
City of Fort Worth	Manage traffic signal controllers to accept and process transit signal priority requests from transit vehicles.
City of Plano	Manage traffic signal controllers to accept and process transit signal priority requests from transit vehicles.
Dallas Area Rapid Transit	Allow a traveler to pay for transit fares, tolls, and/or parking lot charges using a travel card, to calculate the amount due and identify payment problems from a public traveler device, such as a kiosk.
	Send collected fare data from the transit vehicle to the transit center.
	Request signal priority through short range communication from a transit vehicle directly to traffic control equipment on the roadway (intersections, ramps, interchanges, etc.)
	Operate and maintain transit fleet with automatic vehicle location (AVL).
	Monitor silent alarms activated by transit user or vehicle operator on a transit vehicle.
	Monitor on–board video/audio surveillance systems, threat sensors, and object detection sensors to enhance security and safety on–board a transit vehicle.
	Manage demand response transit services, including paratransit including planning and scheduling of these services, providing automated vehicle dispatch and automatic updates to customer service operator systems.
	Collect fares on–board from a travelers card.
	Collect data for schedule generation and adjustment on–board a transit vehicle.
	Coordinate schedules with other agencies and modes, including transit transfer cluster and transfer point information.
	Allow communication between the vehicle, operator, and center.
	Manage fixed route transit operations including planning, scheduling, and dispatching associated with fixed and flexible route transit services, updating customer service operator systems, and providing current vehicle schedule adherence and optimum scenarios for schedule adjustment.
	Operate and maintain security surveillance devices and analysis of that data to detect potential threats such as at transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, on–board a transit vehicle, etc.
	Operate and maintain security sensors in areas such as transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, on–board a transit vehicle, etc.
	Disseminate threat information to other agencies.
	Analyze security sensor data and correlate with surveillance data and alerts from other agencies to detect potential threats.
	Assign transit operators to runs in a fair manner while minimizing labor and overtime services, considering operator preferences, qualifications, accumulated work hours, and other information about each operator.
	Furnish users with real–time transit schedule information.
Dallas–Fort Worth International Airport	Assign transit operators to runs in a fair manner while minimizing labor and overtime services, considering operator preferences, qualifications, accumulated work hours, and other information about each operator.
	Manage fixed route transit operations including planning, scheduling, and dispatching associated with fixed and flexible route transit services, updating customer service operator systems, and providing current vehicle schedule adherence and optimum scenarios for schedule adjustment.
	Monitor transit vehicle locations via interactions with on–board systems.
	Operate and maintain transit fleet with automatic vehicle location (AVL).
	Request signal priority through short range communication from a transit vehicle directly to traffic control equipment on the roadway (intersections, ramps, interchanges, etc.)
	Allow communication between the vehicle, operator, and center.
Denton County Transportation Authority	Request signal priority through short range communication from a transit vehicle directly to traffic control equipment on the roadway (intersections, ramps, interchanges, etc.)
	Manage fixed route transit operations including planning, scheduling, and dispatching associated with fixed and flexible route transit services, updating customer service operator systems, and providing current vehicle schedule adherence and optimum scenarios for schedule adjustment.
	Monitor on–board video/audio surveillance systems, threat sensors, and object detection sensors to enhance security and safety on–board a transit vehicle.
	Monitor silent alarms activated by transit user or vehicle operator on a transit vehicle.
	Monitor transit vehicle locations via interactions with on–board systems.
	Manage demand response transit services, including paratransit including planning and scheduling of these services, providing automated vehicle dispatch and automatic updates to customer service operator systems.
	Operate and maintain transit fleet with automatic vehicle location (AVL).
	Collect data for schedule generation and adjustment on–board a transit vehicle.
	Operate and maintain security surveillance devices and analysis of that data to detect potential threats such as at transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, on–board a transit vehicle, etc.
	Furnish users with real–time transit schedule information.
	Provide real–time travel–related information at transit stops and multi–modal transfer points, including general annunciation, display of imminent arrival information, the latest available information on transit routes, schedules, transfer options, available services, fares, and real–time schedule adherence.
	Collect fares on–board from a travelers card.
	Send collected fare data from the transit vehicle to the transit center.
	Collect and process transit vehicle maintenance data from on–board systems including mileage and vehicle operating conditions for use in scheduling future vehicle maintenance.
	Assign transit operators to runs in a fair manner while minimizing labor and overtime services, considering operator preferences, qualifications, accumulated work hours, and other information about each operator.
	Analyze security sensor data and correlate with surveillance data and alerts from other agencies to detect potential threats.
	Allow communication between the vehicle, operator, and center.
	Allow a traveler to pay for transit fares, tolls, and/or parking lot charges using a travel card, to calculate the amount due and identify payment problems from a public traveler device, such as a kiosk.
	Alert operators, travelers, and police to potential incidents identified by these security features.
	Collect passenger data using on–board systems and send it to the transit center.
Fort Worth Transportation Authority	Monitor transit vehicle operator or traveler activated alarms.
	Monitor on–board video/audio surveillance systems, threat sensors, and object detection sensors to enhance security and safety on–board a transit vehicle.
	Manage fixed route transit operations including planning, scheduling, and dispatching associated with fixed and flexible route transit services, updating customer service operator systems, and providing current vehicle schedule adherence and optimum scenarios for schedule adjustment.
	Manage demand response transit services, including paratransit including planning and scheduling of these services, providing automated vehicle dispatch and automatic updates to customer service operator systems.
	Furnish users with real–time transit schedule information.
	Collect fares on–board from a travelers card.
	Collect data for schedule generation and adjustment on–board a transit vehicle.
	Assign transit operators to runs in a fair manner while minimizing labor and overtime services, considering operator preferences, qualifications, accumulated work hours, and other information about each operator.
	Analyze security sensor data and correlate with surveillance data and alerts from other agencies to detect potential threats.
	Allow communication between the vehicle, operator, and center.
	Allow a traveler to pay for transit fares, tolls, and/or parking lot charges using a travel card, to calculate the amount due and identify payment problems from a public traveler device, such as a kiosk.
	Monitor transit vehicle locations via interactions with on–board systems.
	Operate and maintain security surveillance devices and analysis of that data to detect potential threats such as at transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, on–board a transit vehicle, etc.
	Provide paratransit and flexible–route dispatch information, including multi–stop runs, to the transit vehicle operator using on–board systems.
	Request signal priority through short range communication from a transit vehicle directly to traffic control equipment on the roadway (intersections, ramps, interchanges, etc.)
	Monitor silent alarms activated by transit user or vehicle operator on a transit vehicle.
	Send collected fare data from the transit vehicle to the transit center.
	Operate and maintain transit fleet with automatic vehicle location (AVL).
	Alert operators, travelers, and police to potential incidents identified by these security features.
Google	Disseminate transit information to the public.
Local Traffic Management Agencies	Manage traffic signal controllers to accept and process transit signal priority requests from transit vehicles.
Public / Private Transit Providers	Manage demand response transit services, including paratransit including planning and scheduling of these services, providing automated vehicle dispatch and automatic updates to customer service operator systems.
	Plan strategically for emergency response.
	Disseminate threat information to other agencies.
	Allow communication between the vehicle, operator, and center.
	Manage fixed route transit operations including planning, scheduling, and dispatching associated with fixed and flexible route transit services, updating customer service operator systems, and providing current vehicle schedule adherence and optimum scenarios for schedule adjustment.
	Monitor silent alarms activated by transit user or vehicle operator on a transit vehicle.
	Request signal priority through short range communication from a transit vehicle directly to traffic control equipment on the roadway (intersections, ramps, interchanges, etc.)
	Use vehicle location and performance data in planning and reporting.
	Disseminate static sand real–time service information to the public and information service providers.
	Operate and maintain transit fleet with automatic vehicle location (AVL).
	Operate and maintain security surveillance devices and analysis of that data to detect potential threats such as at transit stops, transit stations, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities, on–board a transit vehicle, etc.
	Collect data for schedule generation and adjustment on–board a transit vehicle.