Traveler Information

Traveler Information project sponsors may choose to consider the following functions when defining functional requirements for a specific project. A typical traveler information project is able to:

• collect, process, store, and disseminate traffic and highway condition information to travelers, including incident information, detours and road closures, event information, recommended routes, and current speeds on specific routes, among others.
• collect, process, store, and disseminate maintenance and construction information to travelers, including, but not limited to, scheduled maintenance and construction work activities and work zone activities.
• collect, process, store, and disseminate transit routes and schedules, transit transfer options, transit fares, and real-time schedule adherence information to travelers.
• provide traffic, transit and event information from a center and present it to the traveler using website and telephone dissemination.
• provide users with real-time travel related information en-route to assist the travelers in making decisions about trips.
• provide interactive traveler information.
• provide the capability to provide specific pre-trip and en-route directions to travelers (and drivers), including costs, arrival times, and transfer points.
• provide information tailored for individual users.
• receive and disseminate data from/to 511 and 511 Real-time Transit.
• receive and disseminate data from/to 511 and the Regional Transit Information System.
• provide Information Service Providers with a transportation data interface.
• provide transportation data feeds to third party application developers.
• disseminate real-time parking information on occupancy and pricing information from local parking management systems.
• disseminate toll schedules and travel time savings information for Express Lane facilities.
• provide multi-modal trip planning tools.
• provide real-time ride matching tools.