Personal Interactive Traveler Information Functional Area

Description

'Personal Interactive Traveler Information' provides traffic information, road conditions, transit information, yellow pages (traveler services) information, special event information, and other traveler information that is specifically tailored based on the traveler's request and/or previously submitted traveler profile information. It also supports interactive services that support enrollment, account management, and payments for transportation services. The interactive traveler information capability is provided by personal devices including personal computers and personal portable devices such as smart phones.

Included In

Traveler Personal Devices

Functional Requirements

IDRequirement
1The personal traveler interface shall receive traffic information from a center and present it to the traveler upon request.
10The personal traveler interface shall base requests from the traveler on the traveler's current location or a specific location identified by the traveler, and filter the provided information accordingly.
11The personal traveler interface shall support traveler input in audio or manual form.
12The personal traveler interface shall present interactive information to the traveler in audible or visual forms consistent with a personal device, and suitable for travelers with hearing and vision physical disabilities.
13The personal traveler interface shall store frequently requested or used data, including the traveler's identity, home and work locations, etc.
14The personal traveler interface shall receive travel alerts and present them to the traveler. Relevant alerts are provided based on pre–supplied trip characteristics and preferences.
15The personal traveler interface shall accept personal preferences, recurring trip characteristics, and traveler alert subscription information from the traveler and send this information to a center to support customized traveler information services.
16The personal traveler interface shall provide an interface to establish and manage user road pricing accounts, process road pricing payments, and access road pricing reports under user control
17The personal traveler interface shall receive traveler information including traffic and road conditions, advisories, incidents, payment information, transit services, parking information, weather information, and other travel–related data updates and confirmations.
18The personal traveler interface shall provide an interface to establish and manage user road pricing accounts, process road pricing payments, and access road pricing reports under user control.
19The personal traveler interface shall provide the ability for a traveler to set up and modify a user account for a regional electronic payment system.
2The personal traveler interface shall receive transit information from a center and present it to the traveler upon request.
20The personal traveler interface shall provide payment information for road use charges.
21The personal traveler interface shall provide payment information for use of a low emission zone.
22The personal traveler interface shall provide the ability for a traveler to select customized information about a disaster and evacuation routing.
23The personal traveler interface shall provide the ability for a traveler to select customized information on evacuation resources including self–evacuation options, anticipated pickup time and location if a transportation asset is to be deployed, destination shelter, and supporting information on what to bring.
24The personal traveler interface shall provide the ability for a traveler to select customized information on resources along evacuation routes based on inputs from other evacuees.
25The personal traveler interface shall provide the ability for a traveler to select customized information on estimated reentry date/times following a disaster.
26The personal device shall receive information on available parking including available spaces with associated information about parking restrictions and location for each available space.
27The personal traveler interface shall receive truck parking information from a center and present it to the commercial vehicle driver upon request
3The personal traveler interface shall receive traveler services information (such as lodging, restaurants, theaters, bicycle facilities, and other tourist activities) from a center and present it to the traveler upon request.
4The personal traveler interface shall receive event information from a center and present it to the traveler upon request.
5The personal traveler interface shall receive evacuation information from a center and present it to the traveler.
6The personal traveler interface shall receive wide–area alerts and present it to the traveler.
7The personal traveler interface shall accept reservations for confirmed trip plans.
8The personal traveler interface shall support payment for services, such as confirmed trip plans, tolls, transit fares, parking lot charges, map updates, and advanced payment for tolls.
9The personal traveler interface shall provide an interface through which credit identity, stored credit value, or traveler information may be collected from a traveler card being used by a traveler with a personal device.