The equipment package monitors transit schedule performance and generates requests for transit priority on routes and at certain intersections. This equipment package may coordinate with the Traffic Management Subsystem to provide transit priority along the selected route. It also coordinates with the Transit Vehicle Subsystem to monitor and manage local transit signal priority requests at individual intersections.
Included In:
SORTA Transit Dispatch Center
TANK Transit System Dispatch
Functional Requirements
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The center shall analyze transit vehicle schedule performance to determine the need for priority along certain routes or at certain intersections. 2 -
The center shall send requests for priority along routes or at intersections to traffic management. 3 -
The center shall define business rules that govern use of transit vehicle signal priority, communicate these rules to the transit vehicle, and monitor transit vehicle requests for priority at signalized intersections. 4 -
The center shall provide transit operations personnel with the capability to control and monitor transit signal priority operations.
