AMPA Regional ITS Architecture Update

Element Expanded Functional Requirements: Rail Runner On-Board PTC Equipment

Functional Area: On-board Transit Trip Monitoring
  1. The transit vehicle shall track the current location of the transit vehicle.
  2. The transit vehicle shall support the computation of the location of a transit vehicle using on-board sensors to augment the location determination function. This may include proximity to the transit stops or other known reference points as well as recording trip length.
  3. The transit vehicle shall record transit trip monitoring data including vehicle mileage and fuel usage.
  4. The transit vehicle shall record transit trip monitoring data including operational status information such as doors open/closed, running times, etc.
  5. The transit vehicle shall send the transit vehicle trip monitoring data to center-based trip monitoring functions.