WMATA Transit Vehicles - Inventory Element

Status: Existing

Definition:

This element represents the WMATA transit buses.

Stakeholder: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)

Systems Interconnected with WMATA Transit Vehicles

• NRO Local Field Equipment
• VDOT NRO MPSTOC - Signal Center Field Equipment
• WMATA Operations Centers
• WMATA Smart Trip Card
• WMATA Transit Police (MTPD) Control Center

Interconnect Diagram

Information Flow Diagrams which include WMATA Transit Vehicles:

• WMATA Transit Vehicles NRO Local Field Equipment
• WMATA Transit Vehicles VDOT NRO MPSTOC - Signal Center Field Equipment
• WMATA Transit Vehicles WMATA Operations Centers
• WMATA Transit Vehicles WMATA Smart Trip Card
• WMATA Transit Vehicles WMATA Transit Police (MTPD) Control Center

Information Flows to/from WMATA Transit Vehicles:

WMATA Transit Vehicles NRO Local Field Equipment

• local signal priority request

WMATA Transit Vehicles VDOT NRO MPSTOC - Signal Center Field Equipment

• local signal priority request

WMATA Transit Vehicles WMATA Operations Centers

• demand response passenger and use data
• transit vehicle loading data
• transit vehicle location data
• transit vehicle schedule performance

WMATA Transit Vehicles WMATA Smart Trip Card

• request for payment

WMATA Transit Vehicles WMATA Transit Police (MTPD) Control Center

• alarm notification
• transit vehicle location data

WMATA Operations CentersWMATA Transit Vehicles

• transit schedule information
• transit vehicle operator information

WMATA Smart Trip CardWMATA Transit Vehicles

• payment

WMATA Transit Police (MTPD) Control CenterWMATA Transit Vehicles

• alarm acknowledge

National ITS Architecture Subsystems mapped to WMATA Transit Vehicles:

• Transit Vehicle Subsystem

National ITS Architecture Market Packages associated with WMATA Transit Vehicles:

• APTS01 - Transit Vehicle Tracking - WMATA -- (Graphic)
• APTS02 - Transit Fixed-Route Operations - WMATA -- (Graphic)
• APTS03 - Demand Response Transit Operations - WMATA -- (Graphic)
• APTS04 - Transit Fare Collection Management - WMATA -- (Graphic)
• APTS05 - Transit Security - WMATA -- (Graphic)
• APTS06 - Transit Fleet Management - WMATA -- (Graphic)
• APTS09 - Transit Signal Priority - WMATA -- (Graphic)
• APTS10 - Transit Passenger Counting - WMATA -- (Graphic)

National ITS Architecture Functional Requirements associated with WMATA Transit Vehicles:

On-board Schedule Management

1. The transit vehicle shall receive a vehicle assignment including transit route information, transit service instructions, traffic information, road conditions, and other information for the operator.

On-board Transit Fare Management

1. The transit vehicle shall read data from the traveler card / payment instrument presented by boarding passengers.
2. The transit vehicle shall provide a transit fare payment interface that is suitable for travelers with physical disabilities.
3. The transit vehicle shall support an emergency fare structure overriding all other fares that can be activated during disasters, states of emergency or evacuations.
4. The transit vehicle shall provide fare statistics data to the center.

On-board Transit Security

1. The transit vehicle shall perform local monitoring of video or audio surveillance data collected inside of transit vehicles, and identify potential incidents or threats based on received processing parameters.
2. The transit vehicle shall accept emergency inputs from either the transit vehicle operator or a traveler through such interfaces as panic buttons, silent or audible alarms, etc.
3. The transit vehicle shall output reported emergencies to the center.
4. The transit vehicle shall receive acknowledgments of the emergency request from the center and output this acknowledgment to the transit vehicle operator or to the travelers.
5. The transit vehicle shall be capable of receiving an emergency message for broadcast to the travelers or to the transit vehicle operator.

On-board Transit Signal Priority

1. The transit vehicle shall send priority requests to traffic signal controllers at intersections, pedestrian crossings, and multimodal crossings on the roads (surface streets) and freeway (ramp controls) network that enable a transit vehicle schedule deviation to be corrected.