Personal Interactive Information Reception (Equipment Packages*)

This equipment package provides traffic information, road conditions, transit information, yellow pages (traveler services) information, special event information, and other traveler information that is specifically tailored based on the traveler's request and/or previously submitted traveler profile information. The interactive traveler information capability is provided by personal devices including personal computers and personal portable devices such as personal digital assistants (PDAs).

Functionality:

    Functional Requirements*:
    1. The personal traveler interface shall receive traffic information from a center and present it to the traveler upon request.
    2. The personal traveler interface shall receive transit information from a center and present it to the traveler upon request.
    3. The personal traveler interface shall receive traveler services information (such as lodging, restaurants, theaters, bicycle facilities, and other tourist activities) from a center and present it to the traveler upon request.
    4. The personal traveler interface shall receive event information from a center and present it to the traveler upon request.
    5. The personal traveler interface shall receive evacuation information from a center and present it to the traveler.
    6. The personal traveler interface shall receive wide-area alerts and present it to the traveler.
    7. The personal traveler interface shall accept reservations for confirmed trip plans.
    8. The personal traveler interface shall support payment for services, such as confirmed trip plans, tolls, transit fares, parking lot charges, map updates, and advanced payment for tolls.
    9. The personal traveler interface shall provide an interface through which credit identity, stored credit value, or traveler information may be collected from a traveler card being used by a traveler with a personal device.
    10. The personal traveler interface shall base requests from the traveler on the traveler's current location or a specific location identified by the traveler, and filter the provided information accordingly.
    11. The personal traveler interface shall provide digitized map data to act as the background to the information presented to the traveler.
    12. The personal traveler interface shall support traveler input in audio or manual form.
    13. The personal traveler interface shall present information to the traveler in audible or visual forms consistent with a personal device, and suitable for travelers with hearing and vision physical disabilities.
    14. The personal traveler interface shall be able to store frequently requested or used data, including the traveler's identity, home and work locations, etc.
    15. The personal traveler interface shall receive travel alerts and present them to the traveler. Relevant alerts are provided based on pre-supplied trip characteristics and preferences.
    16. The personal traveler interface shall accept personal preferences, recurring trip characteristics, and traveler alert subscription information from the traveler and send this information to a center to support customized traveler information services.
    17. The personal traveler interface shall provide an interface to establish and manage user VMT accounts, process VMT payments, and access VMT reports under user control.

    Pspecs:

Inputs/Outputs (Included Architecture Flows)

Source Architecture Flow Destination
Information Service Provider emergency traveler information this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Personal Information Access
Information Service Provider interactive traveler information this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Personal Information Access
Information Service Provider travel services information this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Personal Information Access
Information Service Provider traveler alerts this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Personal Information Access
Information Service Provider trip plan this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Personal Information Access
Payment Administration traveler payment request Personal Information Access
Payment Administration user VMT account reports Personal Information Access
Personal Information Access emergency traveler information request Information Service Provider
Personal Information Access travel services request this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Information Service Provider
Personal Information Access traveler profile this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Information Service Provider
Personal Information Access traveler request this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Information Service Provider
Personal Information Access trip confirmation this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Information Service Provider
Personal Information Access trip request this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Information Service Provider
Personal Information Access traveler payment information Payment Administration
Personal Information Access user VMT account setup Payment Administration
Personal Information Access transit information user request this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Transit Management
Personal Information Access traveler interface updates Traveler
Personal Information Access request for payment Traveler Card
Personal Information Access traveler card update Traveler Card
Transit Management personal transit information this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Personal Information Access
Traveler traveler inputs Personal Information Access
Traveler Card payment Personal Information Access
Traveler Card traveler card information Personal Information Access

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