WMATA Ops Center - Inventory Element

WMATA Operations Centers (Inventory Element)

Interconnects -- Flows -- Entities -- Market Packages -- Functional Area

Status: Existing

Definition: A composite element representing the various control centres in WMATA Bus Operations Control Center, WMATA Rail Operations Center, and the WMATA Cusotmer Service Center. WMATA police are represented as a separate element.

Stakeholder: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)

Systems Interconnected with WMATA Operations Centers :

Interconnect Diagram

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Information Flow Diagrams which include WMATA Operations Centers :

Information Flows to/from the WMATA Operations Centers

National ITS Architecture Subsystems mapped to the WMATA Operations Centers :

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National ITS Architecture Market Packages associated with WMATA Operations Centers :

ATMS08 - Traffic Incident Management System
ATMS17 - Regional Parking Management
APTS2 - Transit Fixed-Route Operations
APTS3 - Demand Response Transit Operations
APTS4 - Transit Passenger and Fare Management
APTS5 - Transit Security
APTS8 - Transit Traveler Information
EM08 - Disaster Response and Recovery
EM10 - Disaster Traveler Information

National ITS Architecture Functional Area associated with WMATA Operations Centers :

Interactive Infrastructure Information - Collection, processing, storage, and personalized dissemination of traffic, transit, maintenance and construction, multimodal, event, and weather information to traveler interface systems and vehicles, upon request.
Parking Coordination - Coordination between parking facilities and between parking and traffic management centers. Includes sharing of hours of operation, charging strategies, lot sizes, and current availability.
Parking Management - Maintain and distribute parking lot information including static (spaces, hours, charges, etc.) and dynamic (availability, open/closed, etc.) data. Interface to traffic, transit, and traveler information providers.
Transit Center Fare and Load Management - Management of fare collection at the center - includes setting and distributing fare information, central processing of fares for transit as well as other ITS services, links to financial institutions and enforcement agencies.
Transit Center Fixed-Route Operations - Planning and scheduling associated with fixed and flexible route transit services, automatically updates customer service operator systems, and provides current vehicle schedule adherence and optimum scenarios for schedule adjustment.
Transit Center Information Services - Provide interactive traveler information to travelers (on-board transit vehicles, at stops/stations, using personal devices), traveler information service providers, media, and other transit organizations. Includes routes, schedules, transfer options, fares, real-time schedule adherence, current incidents, weather conditions, yellow pages, and special events.
Transit Center Paratransit Operations - Planning and scheduling of demand responsive transit (i.e. paratransit) services, includes automatic operator assignment and monitoring.
Transit Center Security - Monitor transit vehicle operator or traveler activated alarms; authenticate transit vehicle operators; remotely disable a transit vehicle; alert operators, travelers, and police to potential incidents identified by these security features.
Transit Evacuation Support - Support evacuation and subsequent reentry of a population in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency. Coordinate regional evacuation plans and resources including transit and school bus fleets.

Detailed "SHALL" statements can be found in the Turbo Database.