New York Sub-Regional ITS Architecture

Functional Requirements: Transit Data Collection


Description: This equipment package collects and stores transit information that is collected in the course of transit operations performed by the Transit Management Subsystem. This data can be used directly by operations personnel or it can be made available to other data users and archives in the region.
Functional Requirements:
  1. The center shall collect transit management data such as transit fares and passenger use, transit services, paratransit operations, transit vehicle maintenance data, etc.
  2. The center shall assign quality control metrics and meta-data to be stored along with the data. Meta-data may include attributes that describe the source and quality of the data and the conditions surrounding the collection of the data.
  3. The center shall receive and respond to requests from ITS Archives for either a catalog of the transit data or for the data itself.
  4. The center shall be able to produce sample products of the data available.
Included In: MTA LIRR Operations Center Systems
MTA Metro-North Operations Center Systems
MTA NYCT Bus Command Center - Operations
MTA NYCT Paratransit Command Center
MTA NYCT Security
MTA NYCT Service Planning
MTA NYCT Staten Island Railway Control Facility
MTA NYCT Subway Rail Control Center
NICE Fixed Route Bus Operations Center
NICE Paratransit Operations Center
Westchester County Bee Line Operations Center Systems