New York Sub-Regional ITS Architecture

Element Expanded Functional Requirements: Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices

Functional Area: Fleet Administration
  1. The center shall send data concerning enrollment of commercial vehicles for electronic clearance and tax filing to the appropriate commercial vehicle administration center. The data may include driver and vehicle identification, safety inspections/status, carrier credentials, related citations, and accident information.
  2. The center shall obtain and manage commercial vehicle routes for its fleet of vehicles, taking into account route restrictions, advance payment of tolls, HAZMAT restrictions, current traffic and road conditions, and incident information provided by traveler information systems.
  3. The center shall support an interface with a map update provider, or other appropriate data sources, through which updates of digitized map data can be obtained and used as the background for commercial vehicle fleet administration - includes commercial vehicle specific data such as route or HAZMAT restrictions.
  4. The center shall monitor the locations and progress of commercial vehicles against their planned routes and raise appropriate warnings based on route monitoring parameters.
  5. The center shall coordinate the response to security incidents and the sharing of security threat information involving commercial vehicles with other agencies including emergency management centers and alerting/advisory systems.
  6. The center shall access driver records from the appropriate commercial vehicle administration center and use the records to support pre-hiring checks for potential drivers and monitor the performance of each driver who is hired.
  7. The center shall monitor geographic trigger areas for wireless roadside inspection programs and distribute the trigger areas to their commercial vehicles.
Functional Area: Personal Basic Information Reception
  1. The personal traveler interface shall receive traffic information from a center and present it to the traveler.
  2. The personal traveler interface shall receive transit information from a center and present it to the traveler.
  3. The personal traveler interface shall receive event information from a center and present it to the traveler.
  4. The personal traveler interface shall receive evacuation information from a center and present it to the traveler.
  5. The personal traveler interface shall receive wide-area alerts and present it to the traveler.
  6. The personal traveler interface shall provide the capability for digitized map data to act as the background to the information presented to the traveler.
  7. The personal traveler interface shall support traveler input in audio or manual form.
  8. The personal traveler interface shall present information to the traveler in audible or visual forms, consistent with a personal device.
Functional Area: Personal Interactive Information Reception
  1. The personal traveler interface shall receive traffic information from a center and present it to the traveler upon request.
  2. The personal traveler interface shall receive transit information from a center and present it to the traveler upon request.
  3. The 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.
  4. The personal traveler interface shall receive event information from a center and present it to the traveler upon request.
  5. The personal traveler interface shall receive evacuation information from a center and present it to the traveler.
  6. The personal traveler interface shall receive wide-area alerts and present it to the traveler.
  7. The personal traveler interface shall accept reservations for confirmed trip plans.
  8. The 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.
  9. The 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.
  10. The 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.
  11. The personal traveler interface shall provide digitized map data to act as the background to the information presented to the traveler.
  12. The personal traveler interface shall support traveler input in audio or manual form.
  13. The personal traveler interface shall present information to the traveler in audible or visual forms consistent with a personal device, and suitable for travelers with hearing and vision physical disabilities.
  14. The personal traveler interface shall be able to store frequently requested or used data, including the traveler's identity, home and work locations, etc.
  15. The 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.
  16. The 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.
  17. The personal traveler interface shall provide an interface to establish and manage user VMT accounts, process VMT payments, and access VMT reports under user control.
Functional Area: Personal Trip Planning and Route Guidance
  1. The personal traveler interface shall provide the capability for a traveler to request and confirm multi-modal route guidance from a specified source to a destination.
  2. The personal traveler interface shall forward the request for route guidance to a traveler information center for route calculation.
  3. The personal traveler interface shall forward user preferences, background information, constraints, and payment information to the supplying traveler information center.
  4. The personal traveler interface shall present information to the traveler in audible or visual forms consistent with a personal device, and suitable for travelers with hearing and vision physical disabilities.
  5. The personal traveler interface shall support an interface with a map update provider, or other appropriate data sources, through which updates of digitized map data can be obtained and used for route guidance displays.
Functional Area: Personal Location Determination
  1. The personal traveler interface shall provide the traveler's current location. It is intended for use by traveler personal navigation and guidance systems, as well as emergency notification systems.