New York Sub-Regional ITS Architecture

Element Expanded Functional Requirements: Private Travelers Vehicles

Functional Area: Basic Vehicle Reception
  1. The vehicle shall receive formatted traffic information from a center and present it to the driver.
  2. The vehicle shall receive transit information from a center and present it to the driver.
  3. The vehicle shall receive event information from a center and present it to the driver.
  4. The vehicle shall receive evacuation information from a center and present it to the driver.
  5. The vehicle shall receive wide-area alerts and present it to the driver.
  6. The vehicle shall provide data from the vehicle itself to the driver. This vehicle data may include vehicle conditions, environmental conditions, safety or position warnings.
  7. The vehicle shall prioritize safety and warning messages to supersede advisory and broadcast messages.
  8. The vehicle shall support driver input in audio or manual form.
  9. The vehicle shall present information to the driver in audible or visual forms without impairing the driver's ability to control the vehicle in a safe manner.
Functional Area: Interactive Vehicle Reception
  1. The vehicle shall receive formatted traffic and travel advisories from a center and present them to the driver upon request.
  2. The vehicle shall receive travel alerts from a center and present them to the driver. Relevant alerts are provided based on pre-supplied trip characteristics and preferences.
  3. The vehicle shall receive yellow pages information (such as lodging, restaurants, theaters, and other tourist activities) from a center and present it to the driver upon request.
  4. The vehicle shall receive event information from a center and present it to the driver upon request.
  5. The vehicle shall collect vehicle data and present it to the driver (including vehicle conditions, environmental conditions, safety and position warnings, and enhanced vision images) upon request.
  6. The vehicle shall provide the capability of translating signage for presentation to the driver, including fixed signage, situational messages, or work zone intrusion messages.
  7. The vehicle shall accept reservations for yellow pages services, non-motorized transportation information and event information.
  8. The vehicle shall prioritize safety and warning messages to supersede advisory and broadcast messages.
  9. The vehicle shall base requests from the driver on the vehicle's current location, and filter the provided information accordingly.
  10. The vehicle shall accept personal preferences, recurring trip characteristics, and traveler alert subscription information from the driver and send this information to a center to support customized traveler information services.
  11. The vehicle shall support driver input in audio or manual form.
  12. The vehicle shall present information to the driver in audible or visual forms without impairing the driver's ability to control the vehicle in a safe manner.
Functional Area: Vehicle Traffic Probe Support
  1. The vehicle shall respond to requests from short range communications equipment for identification information that can be used to collect basic probe information; the field equipment will remove identification information to ensure anonymity.
  2. The vehicle shall track its current vehicle position, speed, and heading and record snapshots of events (e.g., starts and stops, link travel times) that can be used to determine current traffic conditions.
  3. The vehicle shall record vehicle trip information (e.g., travel times, origin and destination information for vehicles that opt in) that can be used to support transportation planning.
  4. The vehicle shall transmit collected probe data to the center.
  5. The vehicle shall transmit collected probe data to field equipment located along the roadway.
  6. The vehicle shall report the number of vehicle occupants to field equipment located along the roadway.
Functional Area: Vehicle Toll/Parking Interface
  1. The vehicle shall respond to requests from toll collection equipment for credit identity, stored value card cash, etc.
  2. The vehicle shall respond to request from parking field equipment for credit identity, stored value card cash, etc.
  3. The vehicle shall provide an interface to the driver to make requests for advance payments of tolls, parking, and transit fares and present the status of electronic payment transactions.
  4. The vehicle shall provide an interface with the traveler card / payment instrument carried on-board the vehicle - to exchange identity information and payment transactions.
  5. The vehicle shall present information to the driver in audible or visual forms without impairing the driver's ability to control the vehicle in a safe manner.
Functional Area: Vehicle Location Determination
  1. The vehicle shall provide the vehicle's current location to other in-vehicle functions.
  2. The vehicle shall calculate the location from one or more data sources including positioning systems such as GPS, sensors that track vehicle movement, and maps used to determine the likely vehicle route.