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Regional Transportation Authority Travel Information Center (TIC)

Status:

Existing

Description:

The RTA Travel Information Center (TIC) currently collects static route, schedule and fare information from the three RTA Service Boards, and uses it to provide information over the phone to travelers in the RTA six-county region. The TIC uses its Itinerary Planning System (IPS) to provide information to callers in the form of specific origin to destination trip plans. In the future, this may be enhanced by real time data.

 

Stakeholder:

Regional Transportation Authority

Functionality: Functional Details

Information Service Provider

Transit Management

 

Interfaces to:Context Diagram

Chicago Airport Parking Systems  
Chicago Airports  
Chicago Bureau of Convention and Tourism Database  
Chicago Transit Authority BusInfo System  
Chicago Transit Authority Control Center  
Illinois Transit Hub  
Media  
Metra Passenger Information Display System  
Metra Consolidated Control Facility  
Metra Train Information Management System  
MPEA Parking Management  
Neighboring Airports  
Pace IBS  
Pace Paratransit Dispatch  
Private Bus Dispatch  
Private Parking Lots  
Public/Non-Profit Paratransit Services  
User Personal Computing Devices  

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