Hartford Area ITS Architecture Update

Functional Requirements: On-board Passenger Counting

Description: This on-board equipment package collects transit vehicle loading data and makes it available to the center. It provides two-way communication between the transit vehicle and center.
Functional Requirements:
  1. The transit vehicle shall count passengers boarding and alighting.
  2. The passenger counts shall be related to location to support association of passenger counts with routes, route segments, or bus stops.
  3. The passenger counts shall be timestamped so that ridership can be measured by time of day and day of week.
  4. The transit vehicle shall send the collected passenger count information to the transit center.
Included In: CTfastrak Vehicles
CTtransit Vehicles