Parent Service Package: PT06
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PT06.1: Transit Fleet Management Implementation

This 'implementation' is a holistic view of the PT06 service package, including all Physical Objects, Functional Objects, and Triples associated with the service package. It distinguishes between items that are fundamental to the service and items that are optional. Your specific implementation is likely to include the fundamental items and selected optional items, based on your specific project requirements.

Relevant Regions:

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Development Stage Roles and Relationships

Installation Stage Roles and Relationships

Operations and Maintenance Stage Roles and Relationships
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Source Destination Role/Relationship
Basic Transit Vehicle MaintainerBasic Transit Vehicle Maintains
Basic Transit Vehicle ManagerBasic Transit Vehicle Manages
Basic Transit Vehicle ManagerTransit Vehicle Operator System Usage Agreement
Basic Transit Vehicle OwnerBasic Transit Vehicle Maintainer System Maintenance Agreement
Basic Transit Vehicle OwnerBasic Transit Vehicle Manager Operations Agreement
Basic Transit Vehicle OwnerTransit Vehicle OBE Maintainer Maintenance Data Exchange Agreement
Basic Transit Vehicle OwnerTransit Vehicle OBE Owner Expectation of Data Provision
Basic Transit Vehicle OwnerTransit Vehicle OBE User Service Usage Agreement
Basic Transit Vehicle OwnerTransit Vehicle Operator Application Usage Agreement
Basic Transit Vehicle OwnerTransit Vehicle Operator Vehicle Operating Agreement
Basic Transit Vehicle SupplierBasic Transit Vehicle Owner Warranty
Transit Management Center MaintainerTransit Management Center Maintains
Transit Management Center ManagerTransit Management Center Manages
Transit Management Center ManagerTransit Operations Personnel System Usage Agreement
Transit Management Center OwnerTransit Management Center Maintainer System Maintenance Agreement
Transit Management Center OwnerTransit Management Center Manager Operations Agreement
Transit Management Center OwnerTransit Vehicle OBE Maintainer Maintenance Data Exchange Agreement
Transit Management Center OwnerTransit Vehicle OBE Owner Information Exchange Agreement
Transit Management Center OwnerTransit Vehicle OBE User Service Usage Agreement
Transit Management Center OwnerTransit Vehicle Operator Application Usage Agreement
Transit Management Center SupplierTransit Management Center Owner Warranty
Transit Operations PersonnelTransit Management Center Operates
Transit Vehicle OBE MaintainerTransit Vehicle OBE Maintains
Transit Vehicle OBE ManagerTransit Vehicle OBE Manages
Transit Vehicle OBE ManagerTransit Vehicle Operator System Usage Agreement
Transit Vehicle OBE OwnerTransit Management Center Maintainer Maintenance Data Exchange Agreement
Transit Vehicle OBE OwnerTransit Management Center Owner Information Exchange Agreement
Transit Vehicle OBE OwnerTransit Management Center User Service Usage Agreement
Transit Vehicle OBE OwnerTransit Operations Personnel Application Usage Agreement
Transit Vehicle OBE OwnerTransit Vehicle OBE Maintainer System Maintenance Agreement
Transit Vehicle OBE OwnerTransit Vehicle OBE Manager Operations Agreement
Transit Vehicle OBE SupplierTransit Vehicle OBE Owner Warranty
Transit Vehicle OperatorBasic Transit Vehicle Operates
Transit Vehicle OperatorTransit Vehicle OBE Operates

Physical

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Includes Physical Objects:

Physical Object Class Description
Basic Transit Vehicle Vehicle The 'Basic Transit Vehicle' represents the transit vehicle that hosts the on-board equipment that provides ITS functions. It includes a specialized and extended databus that is subject to different vehicle databus standards and hosts a broad range of components that are unique to a transit vehicle including the farebox and associated electronics, passenger counters, and transit security systems. The Transit Vehicle may represent a bus, paratransit vehicle, light rail vehicle, or other vehicle designed to carry passengers.
Transit Management Center Center The 'Transit Management Center' manages transit vehicle fleets and coordinates with other modes and transportation services. It provides operations, maintenance, customer information, planning and management functions for the transit property. It spans distinct central dispatch and garage management systems and supports the spectrum of fixed route, flexible route, paratransit services, transit rail, and bus rapid transit (BRT) service. The physical object's interfaces support communication between transit departments and with other operating entities such as emergency response services and traffic management systems.
Transit Operations Personnel Center 'Transit Operations Personnel' represents the people that are responsible for fleet management, maintenance operations, and scheduling activities of the transit system. These different roles represent a variety of individuals in the transit industry. Within the transit industry the person responsible for fleet management is known by many names: Street Supervisor, Starter, Dispatcher, Supervisor, Traffic Controller, Transportation Coordinator. This person actively monitors, controls, and modifies the transit fleet routes and schedules on a day to day basis (dynamic scheduling). The modifications will take account of abnormal situations such as vehicle breakdown, vehicle delay, detours around work zones or incidents (detour management, connection protection, and service restoration), and other causes of route or schedule deviations. Transit operations personnel are also responsible for demand responsive transit operation and for managing emergency situations within the transit network such as silent alarms on board transit vehicles, or the remote disabling of the vehicle. In addition the Transit Operations Personnel may be responsible for assigning vehicle operators to routes, checking vehicle operators in and out, and managing transit stop issues. This object also represents the personnel in the transit garage that are responsible for maintenance of the transit fleets, including monitoring vehicle status, matching vehicles with operators, and maintenance checking of transit vehicles. Finally, it represents the people responsible for planning, development, and management of transit routes and schedules.
Transit Vehicle OBE Vehicle The 'Transit Vehicle On-Board Equipment' (OBE) resides in a transit vehicle and provides the sensory, processing, storage, and communications functions necessary to support safe and efficient movement of passengers. The types of transit vehicles containing this physical object include buses, paratransit vehicles, light rail vehicles, other vehicles designed to carry passengers, and supervisory vehicles. It collects ridership levels and supports electronic fare collection. It supports a traffic signal prioritization function that communicates with the roadside physical object to improve on-schedule performance. Automated vehicle location enhances the information available to the transit operator enabling more efficient operations. On-board sensors support transit vehicle maintenance. The physical object supports on-board security and safety monitoring. This monitoring includes transit user or vehicle operator activated alarms (silent or audible), as well as surveillance and sensor equipment. The surveillance equipment includes video (e.g. CCTV cameras), audio systems and/or event recorder systems. It also furnishes travelers with real-time travel information, continuously updated schedules, transfer options, routes, and fares. A separate 'Vehicle OBE' physical object supports the general vehicle safety and driver information capabilities that apply to all vehicles, including transit vehicles. The Transit Vehicle OBE supplements these general capabilities with capabilities that are specific to transit vehicles.
Transit Vehicle Operator Vehicle The 'Transit Vehicle Operator' represents the person that receives and provides additional information that is specific to operating the ITS functions in all types of transit vehicles. The information received by the operator would include status of on-board systems. Additional information received depends upon the type of transit vehicle. In the case of fixed route transit vehicles, the Transit Vehicle Operator would receive operator instructions that might include actions to take to correct schedule deviations. In the case of flexible fixed routes and demand response routes the information would also include dynamic routing or passenger pickup information.

Includes Functional Objects:

Functional Object Description Physical Object
Transit Center Operator Assignment 'Transit Center Operator Assignment' automates and supports the assignment of transit vehicle operators to runs. It assigns operators to runs in a fair manner while minimizing labor and overtime services, considering operator preferences and qualifications, and automatically tracking and validating the number of work hours performed by each individual operator. It also provides an exception handling process for the operator assignment function to generate supplemental operator assignments when required by changes during the operating day. Transit Management Center
Transit Center Vehicle Assignment 'Transit Center Vehicle Assignment' assigns individual transit vehicles to vehicle blocks and downloads this information to the transit vehicle. It also provides an exception handling process for the vehicle assignment function to generate new, supplemental vehicle assignments when required by changes during the operating day. It provides an inventory management function for the transit facility which stores functional attributes about each of the vehicles owned by the transit operator. These attributes permit the planning and assignment functions to match vehicles with routes based on suitability for the types of service required by the particular routes. Transit Management Center
Transit Garage Maintenance 'Transit Garage Maintenance' provides advanced maintenance functions for the transit property. It collects operational and maintenance data from transit vehicles, manages vehicle service histories, and monitors operators and vehicles. It collects vehicle mileage data and uses it to automatically generate preventative maintenance schedules for each vehicle by utilizing vehicle tracking data. In addition, it provides information to service personnel to support maintenance activities and records and verifies that maintenance work was performed. Transit Management Center
Transit Vehicle On-Board Maintenance 'Transit Vehicle On-Board Maintenance' collects and processes transit vehicle maintenance data on-board the vehicle, including mileage and vehicle operating conditions. This maintenance information is provided to the management center and used to schedule future vehicle maintenance and repair. Transit Vehicle OBE
Transit Vehicle Schedule Management 'Transit Vehicle Schedule Management' monitors schedule performance and identifies corrective actions when a deviation is detected. It provides two-way communication between the transit vehicle and center, enabling the center to communicate with the vehicle operator and monitor on-board systems. Transit Vehicle OBE

Includes Information Flows:

Information Flow Description
host transit vehicle status Information provided to the ITS on-board equipment from other systems on the Transit Vehicle Platform.
route assignment Route assignment information for transit vehicle operator.
transit operations personnel input User input from transit operations personnel including instructions governing service availability, schedules, emergency response plans, transit personnel assignments, transit maintenance requirements, and other inputs that establish general system operating requirements and procedures.
transit operations status Presentation of information to transit operations personnel including accumulated schedule and fare information, ridership and on-time performance information, emergency response plans, transit personnel information, maintenance records, and other information intended to support overall planning and management of a transit property.
transit schedule information Current and projected transit schedule information used to initialize the transit vehicle with a vehicle assignment, monitor schedule performance, and develop corrective actions on-board.
transit vehicle conditions Operating conditions of transit vehicle (e.g., engine running, oil pressure, fuel level and usage). It includes status of other on-board systems including user displays, passenger counters, and security systems. This overall status information is also collected from unused (out of service) vehicles.
transit vehicle operator availability Transit vehicle operator availability data that can be used to develop vehicle operator assignments and detailed operations schedules.
transit vehicle operator display Visual, audible, and tactile outputs to the transit vehicle operator including vehicle surveillance information, alarm information, vehicle system status, information from the operations center, and information indicating the status of all other on-board ITS services.
transit vehicle operator input Transit vehicle operator inputs to on-board ITS equipment, including tactile and verbal inputs. Includes authentication information, on-board system control, emergency requests, and fare transaction data.

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Since the mapping between objectives and service packages is not always straight-forward and often situation-dependent, these mappings should only be used as a starting point. Users should do their own analysis to identify the best service packages for their region.

Needs and Requirements

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Security

In order to participate in this service package, each physical object should meet or exceed the following security levels.

Physical Object Security
Physical Object Confidentiality Integrity Availability Security Class
Basic Transit Vehicle  
Transit Management Center  
Transit Vehicle OBE  



In order to participate in this service package, each information flow triple should meet or exceed the following security levels.

Information Flow Security
Source Destination Information Flow Confidentiality Integrity Availability
Basis Basis Basis
Basic Transit Vehicle Transit Vehicle OBE host transit vehicle status Moderate Moderate Moderate
This can include some sensitive data. However, other data, such as vehicle location and motion will then be broadcast. There also may be proprietary information included in this. DISC THEA believes this to be LOW: "sensor data is not confidential; harm should not come from seeing status." This is used later on to determine whether a vehicle should request priority at an intersection. If this information is incorrect the vehicle may make false requests. All other flows that use the data from this flow have a MODERATE integrity requirement, therefore, this must also have a MODERATE integrity requirement. DISC: THEA believes this should be HIGH: "sensor data needs to be accurate and should not be tampered with." This information would need to be available immediately for the application to work.DISC: THEA believes this should be HIGH: "sensor data must be consistently available to feed BSMs broadcast at 10Hz, notifications, etc.."
Transit Management Center Transit Operations Personnel transit operations status Moderate High High
Backoffice operations flows should have minimal protection from casual viewing, as otherwise imposters could gain illicit control or information that should not be generally available. Backoffice operations flows should generally be correct and available as these are the primary interface between operators and system. Backoffice operations flows should generally be correct and available as these are the primary interface between operators and system.
Transit Management Center Transit Vehicle OBE transit schedule information Low Moderate Moderate
This information is not sensitive. It is generally made public, to support transit system functionality. This data contains the vehicle assignment. It should be accurate, and not easily modified. However, the bus drivers will have some knowledge about what a reasonable configuration is, and should be able to notice any unusual configurations, such as all busses being a #27. This information is necessary for the TSP to work correctly. A few missed messages will not have a large impact. The Transit Management Center needs to know if the TV OBE does not receive the message, so it can resend it.
Transit Management Center Transit Vehicle Operator route assignment Moderate High High
Backoffice operations flows should have minimal protection from casual viewing, as otherwise imposters could gain illicit control or information that should not be generally available. Backoffice operations flows should generally be correct and available as these are the primary interface between operators and system. Backoffice operations flows should generally be correct and available as these are the primary interface between operators and system.
Transit Operations Personnel Transit Management Center transit operations personnel input Moderate High High
Backoffice operations flows should have minimal protection from casual viewing, as otherwise imposters could gain illicit control or information that should not be generally available. Backoffice operations flows should generally be correct and available as these are the primary interface between operators and system. Backoffice operations flows should generally be correct and available as these are the primary interface between operators and system.
Transit Vehicle OBE Transit Management Center transit vehicle conditions Moderate Moderate Moderate
Basic diagnostic information should not be sensitive, but any warnings or alarms could be, particularly if they are related to an incident or hostile event related to the vehicle. Such information could be used as part of damage assessment or target identification. This needs to be accurate to properly schedule maintenance activities (for the basic maintenance data items) and to properly respond to warning indicators. If corrupted or unavailable, there could be a significant repurcussion for the vehicle and by extension, the vehicle operator. This needs to be accurate to properly schedule maintenance activities (for the basic maintenance data items) and to properly respond to warning indicators. If corrupted or unavailable, there could be a significant repurcussion for the vehicle and by extension, the vehicle operator.
Transit Vehicle OBE Transit Vehicle Operator transit vehicle operator display Low Moderate Low
This should not include any sensitive information. It would be possible for a person standing behind the driver to observe the information transmitted. Some minimal guarantee of data integrity is necessary for all C-ITS flows. This entire application should not directly affect the drivers driving habits. The operator should still be slowing and stopping at yellow or red lights, along with observing all other driving regulations. DISC: Original V2I analysis classified this as LOW. Even if the operator is not made aware of the signal preemption, the system should still operate correctly. The operator should be using the traffic lights to influence their decision about whether or not to stop, not the display.
Transit Vehicle Operator Transit Management Center transit vehicle operator availability Moderate Moderate Moderate
PII by definition, including when an operator may be working and when he may not. Will be used to make operator assignments; if this data is corrupted or not available those assignments may be made in error. Will be used to make operator assignments; if this data is corrupted or not available those assignments may be made in error or not include those operators for whom the flow was interrupted.
Transit Vehicle Operator Transit Vehicle OBE transit vehicle operator input Low Moderate Low
This information is transmitted through systems on board the Transit Vehicle. Even if the vehicle were compromised and these communications monitored, most of this information is directly observable. Some minimal guarantee of data integrity is necessary for all C-ITS flows. If this is compromised, it could result in an incorrect signal priority request, which has minimal impact. DISC: Original V2I analysis classified this as LOW. A delay in reporting this may result in a signal priority request not going through, which has minimal impact.

Standards

Currently, there are no standards associated with the physical objects in this service package. For standards related to interfaces, see the specific information flow triple pages. These pages can be accessed directly from the SVG diagram(s) located on the Physical tab, by clicking on each information flow line on the diagram.





System Requirements

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