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Transit Center Fare Management
- 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.
- The center shall provide the capability for a system operator to manage the transit fares and control the exchange of transit fare information.
- The center shall process the financial requests from the transit vehicles or roadside and manage an interface to a Financial Institution.
- The center shall support the payment of transit fare transactions using data provided by the traveler cards / payment instruments.
- The center shall collect data on fare payment violations and send the data, including images of the violator, to the appropriate enforcement agency.
- The center shall process requests for transit fares to be paid in advance.
- The center shall process requests for the advanced payment of tolls and parking lot charges as well as other non-transportation services, e.g. yellow-pages services.
- The center shall be capable of establishing emergency fare structures to override all other fares during disasters, states of emergency, or evacuations.
- The center shall maintain a list of invalid traveler credit identities or bad tag lists that can be forwarded to transit vehicles and transit stops or stations.
- The center shall collect fare statistics data to implement variable and flexible fare structures.
- The center shall exchange fare and load information with other transit management centers, including potential Centralized Payments facilities.
- The center shall provide transit fare information to other centers, including traveler information providers upon request.
Transit Center Multi-Modal Coordination
- The center shall coordinate schedules and services between transit agencies, traffic management, maintenance and construction operations, parking management, and other surface or air transportation modes.
- The center shall share transfer cluster and transfer point information with multimodal transportation service providers, other transit agencies, and traveler information service providers. A transfer cluster is a collection of stop points, stations, or terminals where transfers can be made conveniently.
- The center shall accept requests from traffic management to change routes and schedules as part of the implementation of demand management strategies.
- The center shall provide transit operations personnel with the capability to control and monitor transit service coordination activities.
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