Physical Object: Transit Vehicle OBE
Transit Vehicle On-Board Fare Management
Overview
'Transit Vehicle On-board Fare Management' supports fare collection using a standard fare card or other non-monetary fare medium and detects payment violations, manages allow/block lists and performs token validation. Collected fare data are made available to the center.
This functional object is included in the "Transit Vehicle OBE" physical object.
This functional object is included in the following service packages:
This functional object is mapped to the following Functional View PSpecs:
- 4.6.1: Manage Transit Fare Billing on Vehicle
- 4.6.2: Determine Traveler Needs on Vehicle
- 4.6.3: Determine Transit Fare on Vehicle
- 4.6.4: Provide Traveler Fare Payment Interface on Vehicle
- 4.6.5: Update Transit Vehicle Fare Data
- 4.6.6: Provide Transit Vehicle Fare Collection Data
- 7.3.5: Provide Transit Vehicle Payment Device Interface
Requirements
| # | Requirement |
|---|---|
| 01 | The transit vehicle shall read data from the traveler card / payment instrument presented by boarding passengers. |
| 02 | The transit vehicle shall provide an image of all travelers which shall be used for violation processing of those who do not have a traveler card / payment instrument or whose transit fare transaction fails. |
| 03 | The transit vehicle shall determine the traveler's travel routing based on the transit vehicle's current location and the traveler's destination. |
| 04 | The transit vehicle shall calculate the traveler's fare based on the origin and destination provided by the traveler as well as factors such as the transit routing, transit fare category, traveler history, and route-specific information. |
| 05 | The transit vehicle shall have access to the complete range of transit services (routes and schedules) that are available to the traveler. |
| 06 | The transit vehicle shall provide a transit fare payment interface that is suitable for travelers with physical disabilities. |
| 07 | The transit vehicle shall include a database on-board the transit vehicle for use in fare processing from which the fares for all possible trips within the transit operational network can be determined. |
| 08 | The transit vehicle shall support the support advanced payments for tolls, and/or parking lot charges, and/or transit fares via the traveler card / payment instrument. |
| 09 | The transit vehicle shall provide fare statistics data to the center. |
| 10 | The transit vehicle fare system shall identify for boarding passenger if their payment card is unusable (i.e., blacklisted because it is defective, declared fraudulent, lost or stolen). |
| 11 | The transit vehicle fare systems shall determine that the smart card contains sufficient value for the trip it is being used for. |
| 12 | The transit vehicle fare system shall deduct the trip fare from the traveler's smart card. |
Information Flows
Standards
Currently, there are no standards associated with the functional object itself though the interfaces may have standards associated with them.