ISP Traveler Information Alerts (Equipment Packages*)

This equipment package provides personalized traveler information alerts, notifying travelers of congestion, incidents, transit schedule delays or interruptions, parking availability, special events, air and ferry service issues, and road/weather conditions that may impact a current or upcoming trip. Relevant alerts are selected based on user-configurable parameters, thresholds, and preferences that are submitted by travelers. The travel alert service offered by this equipment package is available to the Vehicle and Personal Information Access subsystems.

Functionality:

    Functional Requirements*:
    1. The center shall accept traveler profiles that establish recurring trip characteristics including route, mode, and timeframe information.
    2. The center shall accept traveler profiles that define alert thresholds that establish the severity and types of alerts that are provided to each traveler.
    3. The center shall disseminate personalized traffic alerts reporting congestion, incidents, delays, detours and road closures that may impact a current or planned trip.
    4. The center shall disseminate personalized transit alerts reporting transit delays and service interruptions.
    5. The center shall disseminate personalized parking alerts reporting parking availability and closures.
    6. The center shall disseminate personalized road weather alerts reporting adverse road and weather conditions.
    7. The center shall disseminate personalized multimodal transportation service alerts including ferry and air travel delays, port closures, and service interruptions.
    8. The center shall disseminate personalized event alerts reporting special event impacts on the transportation system.
    9. The center shall provide an operator interface that supports monitoring and management of subscribers and the content and format of alert messages.

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