Regional Stakeholder TWG

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Next Generation Transit Service Information Portal

• Regional Stakeholder TWG
• Kickoff Webinar
• May 4
• 130-330 pm

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Agenda

• Transit Information and Data Industry Scan
• TSIP Project Overview
• Subject Matter Technical Working Groups
• Planning
• Real-Time
• Fare Collection
• SDP Maintenance and Data Processing
• TSIP Requirements and Specification

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Transit Information and Data Industry Scan

• Data Topics
• Regional Transit Planning
• What Transit Service Information are needed to
  support current and emerging planning tools
• Transit Situational Service Status
• Real Time Information ETA Schedule Adherence
• Ad Hoc Schedules
• Incident reporting
• Fare Data
• Supports Regional Fare Calculator

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Scan Regional Transit Planning (existing)

• Focus Regional Transit Planning requirements
• Data, Tools, Applications, Audiences, and
  Organizations
• Data NY Regional Transit Planning data needs
  (performance and metadata)
• Tools Travel Demand Model, GIS / Spatial
  Analysis
• Applications Travel Demand Forecasting, Air
  Quality Conformity, Corridor Plans, Transit
  Development Plans
• Audiences regional and service planners
  (strategic)
• Organizations MPOs, Operating Planning
  Agencies, Local Jurisdictions, NYSDOT
• Request interviews from key organizations to
  learn about existing regional planning
  requirements.

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Scan Regional Transit Planning (emerging)

• Industry Scan of emerging tools and techniques,
  and their data needs
• What are emerging planning tools? What can they
  do? What are their data input requirements?
• e.g., T-Best (FDOT)
• (Are there other tools that you want to know
  about?)
• Is there a Common Transit Planning Language

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Scan Transit Situational Status
Types of Web Services
Types of Presentation Media
Text Message Control
Web Service or User Interface
Web Service
Prediction Data
511 Phone/ IVR

• Focus Customer Communications
• ETA, Schedule Adherence
• Incident reporting
• Ad Hoc schedules for events, incidents and
  disruptions to regular service
• Other information

By Stop (agency, route, route direction, etc.)
511 Table /Web View
Agency Data Transfer
Within a coverage area (e.g., map view)
By Itinerary
Logical Architecture for Delivering Situational
Information
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Transit Services used to Disseminate Incident
Reports to Customers

• WMATA uses Service Disruption Reporting Tool

• Mass 511 Integrating Incident Reporting
  information using Web Services (concept)

SDRS report is automatically generated when
system is delayed by X minutes
Specify web services to exchange incident and
situational information directly in AVL/CAD
Assign message, priority, security automatically
sends certain messages to RITIS
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Scan Transit Situational Status (watch for
survey)
Situational Information survey coming soon
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Scan Fare Data (starting in late June)

• Focus Data that drives a Regional Fare
  Calculator
• Scan of data models
• TRANSMODEL Fare Collection Requirements
  Business Package
• TCIP 1.0 and 3.0 Fare Collection Business Area
• UTFS (CFMS) Fare Policy Framework
• Fare Calculation Tool Requirements
• Do you know of any of any tools?
• C-CAM / OMB Common Accounting Language

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Transit Service Information Portal Concept

• TSIP will provide Access to Transit Service
  Information.
• Actors (users, systems) can lookup and request
  information via standard interfaces.
• Authorized Actors can use services to view, edit,
  or process data, including key stakeholder
  groups like Regional Transit Planners, Transit
  Providers and Customers

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Task Schedule

• Task 2 SDP Extensions
• Planning Data
• Real Time / Status Data
• Fare Data
• Task 3 TSIP Requirements
• Task 4 External TSIP Requirements
• Task 5 Procurement Approach

• Task 2 3 11 Months
• Task 4 about Month 6
• Task 5 11th Month

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TSIP Project Systems Engineering
Approach(similar to TSDEA project current
artifacts)
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SDP Planning Extension Planning TWG(Tasks and
Deliverables)
Two white papers -- scan of NY regional
planning -- industry scan emerging tools
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Real-Time Status Extension RT TWG (Tasks and
Deliverables)
White paper -- Industry scan Issues,
architectures, standards -- Survey on Situational
Data Needs for region
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Fare Data FC TWG (Tasks and Deliverables)
White Paper -- Industry scan Models, tools and
issues -- NY Fare Policies
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SDP Maintenance Project -- RSTWG

• Maintain SDP XML Schema et al with SDP Regional
  Stakeholder Technical Working Group (RSTWG).
• Process Schedule Data (for NY511) currently 6
  data sets expect 11 by end of year.
• Develop registration web site to automate
  exchange
• Providers process, validate and load SDP, and
• Consumers (NY511) get SDP
• Other tools to view, edit, and disseminate SDP
  documents
• Support new providers two close to ready 1
  under development.
• Technical support to users and NYSDOT contractors
  as needed.

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Vision for a Next Generation Transit Service
Information Portal TSIP RSTWG Role
Web Data Maintenance System
511(s)
Ad-Hoc /Emergency Scheduling Tools
Multi-Operator Exchange (Operations/Coordination)
Real-Time Info Location/ETA Info Transcom RA
Integrated Vendor Apps (AVL/APC/AFC)
Multi-Agency Fare Info
Third Party Information Outlets FOIL Requests
Connecting Modes Detail
Planning MPO Performance Reporting Agency GIS
Facility Navigation Detail (ADA, Park Ride,
etc.)
Open Source Apps Timetable Publisher
OTHER
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Collaboration Tool ngtsip.pbworks.com
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