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Functional Requirements: Transit Vehicle Assignment |
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| Description: |
This equipment package assigns individual transit vehicles to vehicle blocks and downloads this information to the transit vehicle. It also provides an exception handling process for the vehicle assignment function to generate new, supplemental vehicle assignments when required by changes during the operating day. It provides an inventory management function for the transit facility which stores functional attributes about each of the vehicles owned by the transit operator. These attributes permit the planning and assignment functions to match vehicles with routes based on suitability for the types of service required by the particular routes. |
| Functional Requirements: |
- The center shall assign individual transit vehicles to transit blocks.
- The center shall download vehicle assignments to the transit vehicle prior to the start of the day’s operations.
- The center shall provide an exception handling process for the vehicle assignment function. This process shall generate new supplemental vehicle assignments as required due to change events which occur during the operating day.
- The center shall provide an inventory management function for the transit facility that stores functional attributes about each vehicle owned by the transit operator. The functional attributes permit the planning and assignment functions to match vehicles with routes based on suitability for the types of service required by the particular routes.
- The center shall generate transit vehicle availability listings, current and forecast, to support transit vehicle assignment planning.
- The center shall provide transit operations personnel with the capability to update transit vehicle assignments and receive reports on transit vehicle inventory status.
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| Included In: |
TARC Fixed Route Dispatch Center
TARC3 Paratransit System
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