| 2.0 | PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT |
| 2.1.0 | ITS shall include a Public Transportation Management (PTM) function. |
| 2.1.1 | PTM shall include an Operation of Vehicles and Facilities (OVF) function that provides computer assisted control of the operation of vehicles and their associated facilities. |
| 2.1.1.2 | OVF shall include a Command and Control (CC) capability. |
| 2.1.1.2.1 | CC shall provide the capability for real-time Vehicle Command and Control (VCC). |
| 2.1.2 | PTM shall include a Planning and Scheduling Services (PSS) function to automate the planning and scheduling of public transit operations. |
| 2.1.2.1 | The PSS shall include a Planning capability. |
| 2.1.2.1.2 | PSS Planning shall include processing of the data in a manner that will permit improvements in routes and services. |
| 2.1.4 | PTM shall include a Communications function. |
| 2.1.4.1 | PTM Communications shall provide the capability to establish two-way voice communication between vehicle operators and the central facility. |
| 2.1.4.2 | PTM Communications shall provide the capability for two-way data communications between individual buses and the control facility (e.g., sensor data and bus position). |
| 2.1.4.3 | OVF Communications shall provide the capability to send information from individual facilities to a central facility for processing and analysis. |
| 2.1.4.4 | As support for responding to the detection of an on-board emergency, the OVF Communications shall provide dispatchers with the capability to inform the following: |
| 2.1.4.4(a) | Police. |
| 2.1.4.4(b) | Fire department. |
| 2.1.4.4(c) | Paramedic. |
| 2.1.4.4(d) | Vehicle operator (initiation of silent or audible alarm notification). |
| 2.4.0 | ITS shall include a Public Travel Security (PTS) function to create an environment of safety in public transportation, including bus transit systems and passenger rail systems. |
| 2.4.1 | PTS shall include specific Secure Areas. |
| 2.4.1.1 | The Secure Areas shall encompass all physical areas related to public transit travel including the following: |
| 2.4.1.1(a) | Transit (bus and rail) stop areas, including Bus Rapid Transit stops. |
| 2.4.1.1(b) | Transit (bus and rail) stations. |
| 2.4.1.1(c) | Park and Ride areas. |
| 2.4.1.1(d) | Riding on transit vehicles (bus and rail cars). |
| 2.4.1.1(e) | Kiosks. |
| 2.4.4 | PTS shall include a Security Management and Control (SMC) function. |
| 2.4.4.1 | SMC shall provide the capability to receive alarm information through electronic communication systems. |
| 2.4.4.2 | SMC shall include monitoring equipment to assist in responding to terrorist incidents. |
| 2.4.4.3 | SMC shall include the capability for transit operators to direct and control fleet operations in a manner that supports law enforcement and emergency response agencies with flexible and responsive transportation for large numbers of people. |
| 2.4.4.4 | SMC shall include the capability to generate coordinated preplanned responses for incidents. |
| 2.4.4.5 | SMC shall include the capability to support coordinated multiple agency responses to incidents. |
| 2.4.4.6 | SMC shall include the capability to remotely disable a transit vehicle (bus or transit rail). |
| 2.4.4.7 | SMC shall include the capability to identify when a transit vehicle has deviated from its assigned route. |
| 5.0 | EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT |
| 5.1 | EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION AND PERSONAL SECURITY |
| 5.1.3 | ENPS shall include a Remote Security and Emergency Monitoring (RSEM) function to create an environment of safety in secure areas. |
| 5.1.3.4 | RSEM shall include a Monitor Alert Levels (MAL) function. |
| 5.1.3.4.3 | MAL shall increase system preparedness as the likelihood of an incident increases, including: |
| 5.1.4 | ENPS shall include a Wide Area Alert (WAA) function to notify the public in emergency situations using ITS driver information and traveler information capabilities. |
| 5.1.4.1 | WAA shall notify transportation operators and information providers when an emergency situation occurs that requires public notification. |
| 5.1.4.1.1 | The WAA notification shall identify the originator, the nature of the emergency, the geographic area affected by the emergency, the effective time period, and information and instructions necessary for the public to respond to the alert. |
| 5.1.4.1.2 | The WAA shall provide necessary information for emergencies including, but not limited to, child abductions, severe weather watches and warnings, military activities, civil emergencies, other natural and human-caused disaster advisories, and law enforcement warnings. |
| 5.1.4.2 | WAA shall use available dynamic message signs, highway advisory radio, in-vehicle displays, 511 and other telephone information systems, traveler information web sites, transit vehicle information systems, message display boards, and other information systems to provide the WAA information to the public. |
| 5.1.4.2.1 | WAA shall tailor the information provided for individual driver and traveler information systems, limiting messages to short notifications for human-factors limited devices like dynamic message signs. |
| 5.1.4.3 | WAA shall keep the WAA initiator apprised of the current status of public notification, including an accounting of the driver and traveler information resources that are being utilized. |
| 5.1.4.4 | WAA shall notify transportation operators and information providers when public notification is no longer required. |
| 5.1.5 | ENPS shall include a Protect Sensitive Traveler Information (PSTI) function to inhibit distribution of traveler information that is deemed to be sensitive. |
| 5.1.5.1 | PSTI shall notify transportation operators and information providers when access to information from ITS surveillance and sensor systems must be restricted. |
| 5.1.5.2 | The PSTI notification shall identify the geographic area, time, specific devices, and/or other information necessary to determine the traveler information that must be protected. |
| 5.1.5.3 | PSTI shall restrict access to traveler information for the affected area until access restrictions are removed. |
| 5.1.5.4 | PSTI shall notify transportation operators and information providers when traveler information access restrictions are removed. |
| 5.3 | DISASTER RESPONSE AND EVACUATION |
| 5.3.0 | ITS shall provide a Disaster Response and Evacuation (DRE) function that provides for effective, coordinated management of the surface transportation system during all types of disasters including natural disasters (hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, severe winter storms, tsunamis, etc.), terrorist acts, and other catastrophic events (e.g., nuclear power plant disasters). Two primary subservices are provided: (1) Disaster Response and (2) Evacuation Coordination. The Disaster Response Subservice provides support for planning, transportation management, resource sharing, and information coordination between transportation agencies and principal responding agencies (emergency management, public safety, and other allied agencies) to improve the effectiveness and safety of a disaster response. The Disaster Response Subservice consists of eight major functions: 1) Coordinate Response Plans, 2) Monitor Alert Levels, 3) Detect and Verify Emergency, 4) Assess Infrastructure Status, 5) Coordinate Response, 6) Critical Service Restoration, 7) Manage Area Transportation, and 8) Disaster Traveler Information. The Evacuation Coordination (EC) Subservice efficiently manages an evacuation and provides evacuees with the information they need during evacuation and subsequent reentry to the evacuated area. The Evacuation Coordination (EC) subservice includes four additional major functions: 9) Evacuation Planning Support, 10) Evacuation Traveler Information, 11) Evacuation Transportation Management, and 12) Evacuation Resource Sharing. |
| 5.3.1 | Disaster Response shall provide a Coordinate Response Plans (CRP) function to support dissemination and coordination of emergency response plans, continuity of operations plans, and other emergency plans between agencies in preparation for a potential future disaster. |
| 5.3.2 | Disaster Response shall provide a Monitor Alert Levels (MAL) function. |
| 5.3.2.1 | MAL shall monitor alert levels and threat information provided by federal, state, and local agencies to include the Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS) and related systems for terrorist alerts, the weather forecasts, watches, and warnings issued by the National Hurricane Center, other National Weather Service components and other weather service providers, and the various early warning systems operated by federal, state, and local emergency management agencies.. |
| 5.3.2.2(f) | Clear obstructions |
| 5.3.3 | Disaster Response shall provide a Detect and Verify Emergency (DVE) function that provides initial emergency situation information to all allied agencies. |
| 5.3.3.4 | DVE shall alert transportation agencies to disasters that have been identified by other agencies |
| 5.3.5 | Disaster Response shall include a Manage Area Transportation (MAT) function that manages the transportation system in the vicinity of the disaster. Depending on the nature of the disaster and the status of the infrastructure, the following actions may be taken. |
| 5.3.5.3 | Transit and transit fare schedules and toll schedules shall be modified. |
| 5.3.9 | Evacuation Coordination shall provide an Evacuation Planning Support (EPS) function. |
| 5.3.9.2 | EPS shall support the development of regional and multi-regional evacuation plans. |
| 5.3.9.4 | EPS shall assist in defining the required resources for evacuation strategies. |
| 5.3.10 | Evacuation Coordination shall include an Evacuation Traveler Information (ETI) function. |
| 5.3.10.12 | ETI shall provide emergency public information including diversion information and information on refuges of last resort and other safe havens if emergency termination of an in-progress evacuation is necessary. |
| 5.3.11 | Evacuation Coordination shall provide an Evacuation Transportation Management (ETM) function to assist evacuation coordination personnel as they manage evacuation operations. |
| 5.3.11.3 | ETM shall include a strategy selection function that maximizes efficiency during evacuation and reentry operations and supports the overall response plan of the principal responding agencies. |
| 5.3.11.3.10 | The strategy shall consider the use of transit and school bus fleets during mandatory evacuations. |
| 5.3.11.11 | ETM shall have the capability to monitor the location and status of transit vehicles participating in evacuation operations. |
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