Next Generation Transit Service Information Portal

1. Next Generation Transit Service Information Portal Regional Stakeholder TWG Kickoff Webinar May 4 1:30-3:30 pm

2. 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

3. 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”

4. 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.

5. 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”

6. User Real-Time Sign Controller PDA or Mobile Web Device All routes at a stop By route and direction Agency Transfer Coordination Web Map View Trip Planner Types of Web Services Types of Presentation Media Focus: Customer Communications • ETA, Schedule Adherence • Incident reporting • Ad Hoc schedules for events, incidents and disruptions to regular service • Other information Text Message Control Web Service or User Interface Web Service Prediction Data 511 Phone/ IVR By Stop (agency, route, route direction, etc.) 511 Table /Web View Agency Data Transfer Within a coverage area (e.g., map view) Scan: Transit Situational Status By Itinerary Logical Architecture for Delivering Situational Information

7. 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

8. Scan: Transit Situational Status (watch for survey) Situational Information survey coming soon

9. 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”

10. 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 Transit Service Information Portal Concept

11. 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 & Schedule Task 2 & 3 – 11 Months Task 4 – about Month 6 Task 5 – 11th Month

12. TSIP Project Systems Engineering Approach(similar to TSDEA project – current “artifacts”)

13. SDP Planning Extension – Planning TWG(Tasks and Deliverables) Two white papers: -- scan of NY regional planning -- industry scan: emerging tools

14. Real-Time Status Extension – RT TWG (Tasks and Deliverables) White paper: -- Industry scan: Issues, architectures, standards -- Survey on Situational Data Needs for region

15. Fare Data – FC TWG (Tasks and Deliverables) White Paper -- Industry scan: Models, tools and issues -- NY Fare Policies

16. 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.

17. Next Generation Transit Service Information Portal Trip Planner SDP Plus 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

18. Collaboration Tool – ngtsip.pbworks.com Request Access

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21. Wiki Next Steps • Wait for email notification. • Click here… • Set up your account

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