Kauai Regional ITS Architecture

Project Details: Kauai Bus Master Transit Coordination Center


PROJECT OVERVIEW

Project Name:

Project Details: Kauai Bus Master Transit Coordination Center

Description:

This project would create a master transit coordination center for the island. This center could potentially include not only Kauai Bus elements, but also private shuttles if the shuttle project moves in that direction.

Status:

Planned

Timeframe:

Long-Term

Geographic Scope:

Kauai

Project ID:

K-26

Stakeholders:

Kauai County Transportation Agency

Service Packages:

APTS02-1 - Transit Fixed-Route Operations - Kauai Bus
APTS02-2 - Transit Fixed-Route Operations - Kauai Bus

Project Inventory:

Kauai Bus Fixed Route Dispatch
Kauai Bus Fixed Route Vehicles
Shuttle

FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS

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On-board Schedule Management

  • 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.
  • The transit vehicle shall use the route information and its current location to determine the deviation from the predetermined schedule.
  • The transit vehicle shall calculate the estimated times of arrival (ETA) at transit stops.
  • The transit vehicle shall determine scenarios to correct the schedule deviation.
  • The transit vehicle shall provide the schedule deviations and instructions for schedule corrections to the transit vehicle operator if the deviation is small, or the transit vehicle is operating in an urban area.
  • The transit vehicle shall send the schedule deviation and estimated arrival time information to the center.
  • 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.
  • The transit vehicle shall use the route information and its current location to determine the deviation from the predetermined schedule.
  • The transit vehicle shall calculate the estimated times of arrival (ETA) at transit stops.

Transit Center Fixed-Route Operations

  • The center shall generate transit routes and schedules based on such factors as parameters input by the system operator, road network conditions, incident information, operational data on current routes and schedules, and digitized map data.
  • The center shall provide the interface to the system operator to control the generation of new routes and schedules (transit services) including the ability to review and update the parameters used by the routes and schedules generation processes and to initiate these processes
  • The center shall be able to generate special routes and schedules to support an incident, disaster, evacuation, or other emergency.
  • The center shall dispatch fixed route or flexible route transit vehicles
  • The center shall collect transit operational data for use in the generation of routes and schedules.
  • The center shall exchange information with Maintenance and Construction Operations concerning work zones, roadway conditions, asset restrictions, work plans, etc.
  • The center shall disseminate up-to-date schedules and route information to other centers for fixed and flexible route services.

INTERFACES

Source Architecture Flows Destination
Kauai Bus Fixed Route Dispatch transit vehicle operator information Kauai Bus Fixed Route Vehicles
Kauai Bus Fixed Route Dispatch transit schedule information Kauai Bus Fixed Route Vehicles
Kauai Bus Fixed Route Dispatch transit vehicle operator information Shuttle
Kauai Bus Fixed Route Dispatch transit schedule information Shuttle
Kauai Bus Fixed Route Vehicles transit vehicle schedule performance Kauai Bus Fixed Route Dispatch
Shuttle transit vehicle schedule performance Kauai Bus Fixed Route Dispatch

ITS STANDARDS

SDODocument IDTitleType
APTA APTA TCIP-S-001 3.0.4 Standard for Transit Communications Interface Profiles Message/Data

OPERATIONAL CONCEPTS

Stakeholder Roles and Responsibilities
Kauai County Transportation Agency
Operate transit coordination center for County.
Provide fixed route transit and demand responsive bus service for the county.
Provide operator instructions and receive schedule performance data from Kauai Bus vehicles while in service.
Track and evaluate schedule performance for all Kauai Bus vehicles.
 

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