Multi-Operator Transit Information for Operations and Planning Transit Service Information Portal (TSIP)

What the Heck is a TSIP???  Vision – A TSIP will enable the efficient flow of transit service information supporting operations, planning and customer information for all systems in NY Metro (and ultimately statewide) within and among agencies and to the public via 511 and other innovative 3 rd party information applications.

511NY – Expands TRIPS123 Transit Itinerary Planner Function Statewide

What Did We Learn Here?  Demonstrated Need for a More Flexible Sustainable, Distributed Approach to Managing and Exchanging Service Data

Scheduling Department Driver Instructions Paddle Stop Level Ride Guides Hard Copy Timetables Agency Website ITS Applications Driver Picks and Bids Vehicle Block Assignments Schedule Data Predicament – Within The Agency GIS Sign/Shelter Inventory Database Budget Estimate Construction Impacts

Carrier A Carriers B, C, D FTA Regional ITS StateDOT AVL System Fare Collection On-Board Annunciator Automated Passenger Counter Bus Arrival Display Telephone Agent Systems (IVR) Timetable Ride-Guide Publishing MPO Schedule Data Predicament Is the bus on time? What serves my stop? Is my stop next? Which trip did this passenger take? How much should this transfer cost? When will the next 3 buses arrive? This stop will be served at the following times How Much Service is available where? Let me know when your service changes… Demand Modeling National Transit Database Status/Exception 17a Reporting Corridor- Level Analysis - ITS

Most Significant Challenge of Multi-Agency Transit Trip Planner  Maintaining consistent supply of current accurate schedule data from multiple independent agencies.  Avoid introducing ANOTHER single purpose application that requires transit agencies to maintain another redundant set of schedule data.

Schedule Data Profile (SDP) & Web Data Maintenance System (WDMS)  Tools to supply service/schedule data to 511NY  SDP – Provide a robustly defined XML exchange format to permit agencies with existing schedule systems to develop a standard export file serving multiple downstream ITS applications, including 511  WDMS for agencies that don’t have scheduling systems. User-friendly, browser-based schedule data management tool that combines Google Mapping and SDP formatted data

Schedule Data Profile Standard (SDP)

Open SDP XML Schema and Tools to Support Development of Export Version Agency Registration Schedule Revision Route Depot Version Agency Route Route Direction Timetable Header Route Grouping Depot Service Area Organization Unit Day Type Service Trip Time Notes Block Block Time Event Connection Transit Network Pattern Transit Point Events Transit Path Events Transit Path Transit Gazetteer (Places) Location Relative Location Timepoint Transfer Cluster ConnectionSeg Transit Facilities Transit Facility Plant Component Amenity Portal Transit Stop Track Association Passenger Access Component Track

Web Data Maintenance System  Uses SDP as data structure  Web-based forms and maps to support management of schedule data  Provides SDP XML export feature that agencies can use to supply schedule data for other application (GIS, Timetable publishing, AVL/APC, etc.)

Web Data Maintenance System (WDMS) Map Editing Interface

Browser-Based Forms for Managing Schedules

How can a TSIP Define and Support the Next Steps in Transit Information?  Build on consistent, current and accurate multi-agency schedule data.  Incorporate new streams of information AVL, APC, AFC…  Support exchange of operational and planning info among operators and to the public?  Make consistent and useful information available to a broader array of public information outlets (Google Transit, Where is the Bus, etc.)?

Multi-Agency Data Portal Third-Party Outlets

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

Transit Service Information Portal Project Objectives  Develop a Multi-Agency Consensus on shared content and standards Schedule Data (SDP) Fare Data Planning Data Real-Time Data  Define Technical, Security and Functional Requirements for a Multi- Agency Portal