Private Travelers Personal Information Devices
Status
Existing
Description
Includes personal and office computers, smartphones, and handheld devices used by travelers to receive traffic and traveler information. This also includes personal devices for transit mobile ticketing and fare payment.
Stakeholders
| Stakeholder | Role | Role Status |
|---|---|---|
| Private Travelers | Owns | Future |
Physical Objects
| Personal Information Device |
|---|
| Payment Device |
Functional Objects
| Functional Object | Description | User Defined |
|---|---|---|
| Personal Interactive Traveler Information | 'Personal Interactive Traveler Information' 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. It also supports interactive services that support enrollment, account management, and payments for transportation services. The interactive traveler information capability is provided by personal devices including personal computers and personal portable devices such as smart phones. | False |
| Personal Intersection Safety | 'Personal Intersection Safety' improves pedestrian, cyclist, and other non–motorized user safety by providing personal location information to the infrastructure that can be used to avoid collisions involving non–motorized travelers. It may also alert the non–motorized user of unsafe conditions, augmenting or extending information provided by signals and signs. The information provided and the user interface delivery mechanism (visual, audible, or haptic) can also be tailored to the needs of the user that is carrying or wearing the device that hosts the application. | False |
| Personal Local Route Guidance | 'Personal Local Route Guidance' provides multi–modal route planning and transition by transition route guidance capabilities that are self–contained on the personal device. It provides autonomous route guidance in the absence of real–time information or factors in real–time information provided by the infrastructure into its route selection and guidance algorithms if available. It also includes truly autonomous systems that are not configured to receive or process any external data. The route guidance capabilities are hosted on personal devices including smart phones, tablets, and personal computers. | False |
| Personal Shared Use Planning | 'Personal Shared Use Planning' provides a personalized connection to shared use mobility including vehicle shared use and arranging person trips. The shared use plan is calculated based on preferences and constraints supplied by the traveler and provided to the traveler for confirmation. Many equipment configurations are possible including systems that provide a basic trip plan to the traveler as well as more sophisticated systems that can provide transition by transition guidance to the traveler along a multi–modal route with transfers. Devices represented by this functional object include desktop computers at home, work, or at major trip generation sites, plus personal devices such as tablets and smart phones. | False |
| Personal Traveler Information Reception | 'Personal Traveler Information Reception' receives formatted traffic advisories, road conditions, traffic regulations, transit information, broadcast alerts, and other general traveler information broadcasts and presents the information to the traveler. The traveler information broadcasts are received by personal devices including personal computers and personal portable devices such as smart phones. | False |
| Personal Trip Planning and Route Guidance | 'Personal Trip Planning and Route Guidance' provides a personalized trip plan to the traveler. The trip plan is calculated based on preferences and constraints supplied by the traveler and provided to the traveler for confirmation. Coordination may continue during the trip so that the route plan can be modified to account for new information. Many equipment configurations are possible including systems that provide a basic trip plan to the traveler as well as more sophisticated systems that can provide transition by transition guidance to the traveler along a multi–modal route with transfers. Devices represented by this functional object include desktop computers at home, work, or at major trip generation sites, plus personal devices such as tablets and smart phones. | False |