Low Level Function
4.1.12 Output Service Information to Travellers

Overview

This Function shall be capable of providing the following facilities:

(1) The ability to receive real-time static and fare information from other functionality from which it shall use a suitable HMI to display information to Pre-Trip Travellers, i.e. those Travellers who are still deciding when to make their journey.
(2) The ability to know its location so that the information that it outputs to Pre-Trip Travellers can be filtered to remove anything that is not relevant to its location unless this is overridden at the request of the Traveller.

Functional Requirements

(a) continuously monitor for the arrival of the service information for travellers, fare schemes for travellers and route static data for travellers data flows
(b) periodically check the traveller location data flow and use if to determine the location of the function
(c) when any of the data flows in (a) arrive, store the data that they contain locally
(d) continuously monitor for the arrival of the request service information from the pre-trip traveller
(e) when the data flow in (d) is received, analyse the request and assemble the required information from that stored in (c) filtering out any that is not relevant to the current location of the function
(f) output the results of (e) to the pre-trip traveller in the requested PT service information data flow.

Diagrams

The Diagram(s) is (are) the diagram(s) where you can find the function :
  • DFD 4.1 Monitor PT fleet
  • Functional Tree of Area 4
  • Parent Higher Level Function

    Input logical dataflows

    Output logical dataflows

    User needs

    Number

    Description

    10.1.4.1
    The system shall be able to inform travellers about PT operations for a mode of transport, e.g. travel times, delays, fares etc.
    10.1.4.2
    The system shall be able to provide information about a PT service to the travellers before and during the journey.
    10.1.4.3
    The system shall be able to provide an update of arrival/departure information in real-time and present it to travellers of that mode before and during the journey.
    10.2.1.9
    The system shall enable the traveller to specify any special needs that he or she may have, e.g. disability, young children, etc.
    10.4.0.1
    The system shall be able to inform travellers about all PT operations (including bus, rail, metro, air, taxi, car pooling etc.).
    10.4.1.3
    The system shall be able to provide information that is relevant to travellers with special needs, e.g. obstacles, manually operated doors, restrictions for guide dogs and/or push chairs, etc
    10.4.2.1
    The system shall provide information which is legible, understandable and capable of being assimilated very quickly by all travellers.
    10.4.2.2
    The system shall provide information in the native language at the output location, and/or from a user selected choice of other appropriate foreign languages, when applicable.