Citywide AVL Project and Radio Upgrades

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Citywide - AVL Project and Radio Upgrades
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AVL and Radio Upgrades

• Whats going with AVL?
• Research and more research
• Countywide Radio Upgrades
• Demos

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AVL Project

• Whats going on with AVL in Olathe?
• The ultimate goal is to request an Automatic
  Vehicle Location (AVL) tracking system for the
  Streets Division fleet and eventually other units
  within the city. This will allow us to track each
  units movement and whether it is in operational
  mode, such as if the plow is up/down or if the
  sander is on/off.
• Estimated total number of Vehicles 150

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AVL

• Objectives
• Streets Division
• Track city snowplows to show areas plowed to
  route vehicles to specific locations more
  efficiently
• Facility Maintenance Division
• Track travel time (i.e. windshield time) for
  facility maintenance employees
• Municipal Services Department
• Route city trash trucks, recycling, bulk
  pick-up
• Track arrival times to specific pick-ups length
  of time taken
• Other city departments will benefits from similar
  applications

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AVL Upgrades

• Other Potential benefits
• Improved productivity in the field
• Provide better customer services
• Knowing vehicle location
• Increased employee safety

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Cellular vs Radio

• Cellular AVL system
• Coverage beyond the County
• Monthly service cost
• Live updates to Base station
• Usually a hosted site
• Radio base AVL system
• Only within the County limits
• No monthly costs
• Can be a live or passive system

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Radio Upgrades

• Current Radio System
• Consists of two radio frequencies
• Public Safety has a 400 mhz system
• Non Public Safety uses a 153 mhz system
• Federal Regulation
• Narrow the Banding under 500 mhz by 2013
• Existing 25khz wide-bands must be narrowed 12.5
  or less
• Sufficient cost for the City
• Reduced Coverage Area with narrowed bands

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Radio Upgrades

• New Countywide Radio System
• Using the New Public Safety 700 mhz band
• Coverage of the entire county
• Sufficient bandwidth for some data and AVL
• The initial thought was that Non Public Safety
  entities like Public Works and Municipal Services
  had to use a different frequency
• This is not true, We can use it!

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AVL Demos

• Go Track
• Live system wireless
• Hosted site
• Force America
• Passive system download within distance to the
  base antenna
• Hosted site
• Past Track
• Passive system download day after event
• In-expense unit

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AVL Future

• Future Plans
• Wait for Countywide Radio System
• Research and more research
• By 2010 operational mode

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Questions?
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• Presented by
• John Schroeter
• City of Olathe GIS Technician
• jschroeter_at_olatheks.org