APTA 2006 Annual Meeting

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APTA 2006 Annual Meeting

• APTA Communications Subcommittee
• Chair - Jonathan McDonald, PE

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Mission

• Promote the appropriate use of technology in
  mission critical applications
• Reduce risk in adopting technologies in transit
• Ensure that key communications resources are
  available for mission critical transit
  applications

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What is Mission Critical?
Vital/ Life Safety
Convenience
Mission Critical
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Near Term Goals

• Develop plan for ensuring wireless resources are
  available for transit
• Provide decision makers with a tool set to
  evaluate the appropriateness of technologies for
  use
• Provide a better roadmap for integration,
  implementation, and documentation
• Provide technology professionals with a forum to
  share and learn from each other

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Working Groups

• Interfaces Systems Integration
• Control Systems Security
• Wireless Radio Frequency Issues
• Communications Documentation
• Reliability Management
• Technical Standards

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Subcommittee Member Organizations

• NYCT
• CTA
• PATH
• Maryland DOT
• LA -Metro
• MUNI
• Tri-Met
• DART
• TTC
• CTTransit
• BART
• Caltrain
• Lane Transit
• King County Metro

• Alcatel
• Arinc
• Alstom
• GE Transportation Systems
• Nortel
• Siemens Transportation
• Trapeze ITS
• Idaho National Labs
• LTK Engineering
• Parsons Brinkerhoff
• Digital Grape
• Lamoreaux-Mclendon
• Teumim Technical

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Subcommittee Member Organizations

• Sound Transit (Seattle)
• Edmonton Transit
• Port Authority (Pittsburgh)
• VTA
• MARTA
• MTA- Metro North
• Ann Arbor Transportation Authority
• Metra (Chicago)
• TARC (Louisville)
• Honolulu
• Hampton Roads Transit

• Safetran
• Quester-Tangent
• HNTB
• Lea Elliott
• Triunity Engineering
• FTA
• Dikata Engineering
• Orbital

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Communications Subcommittee

• Current Activities
• Developing Membership
• Sponsoring TCRP study of Industry Radio/Wireless
  Technology
• Applying for Standards Development Status with
  two Working Groups
• Developing Open Technology Dictionary jointly
  with Power, Signals, and Communications Technical
  Forum
• Defining Communications
• Establishing working relationships and links with
  related groups in APTA, IEEE, ISA, INCOSE, and
  AAR

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Contacts

• Jon McDonald - Chair
• Phone [phone]
• Email jmcdonald_at_ltk.com
• Website www.transitcommtech.com