ITS Element: Rail Runner Transit Rail Vehicles

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Description: Commuter rail cars owned and operated jointly by NMDOT and MRCOG.
Status: Existing
Stakeholder: NMDOT - New Mexico Department of Transportation
Mapping: Transit Vehicle

Interfaces:

NMDOT Wayside Equipment
Rail Runner Operations
Service Packages: APTS01 - Transit Vehicle Tracking - Rail Runner- PTC
APTS02 - Transit Fixed-Route Operations - Rail Runner
APTS05 - Transit Security - Rail Runner Operations
APTS06 - Transit Fleet Management - NMDOT Park and Ride
APTS07 - Multi-modal Coordination - Rail Runner Operations
Functional Requirements:

On-board Schedule Management

  • The transit vehicle shall receive a vehicle assignment including transit route information, transit service instructions, traffic information, road conditions, and other information for the operator.
  • The transit vehicle shall use the route information and its current location to determine the deviation from the predetermined schedule.
  • The transit vehicle shall calculate the estimated times of arrival (ETA) at transit stops.
  • The transit vehicle shall determine scenarios to correct the schedule deviation.
  • The transit vehicle shall provide the schedule deviations and instructions for schedule corrections to the transit vehicle operator if the deviation is small, or the transit vehicle is operating in an urban area.
  • The transit vehicle shall send the schedule deviation and estimated arrival time information to the center.

On-board Maintenance

  • The transit vehicle shall collect and process vehicle mileage data available to sensors on-board.
  • The transit vehicle shall collect and process the transit vehicle's operating conditions such as engine temperature, oil pressure, brake wear, internal lighting, environmental controls, etc.

On-board Transit Security

  • The transit vehicle shall perform video and audio surveillance inside of transit vehicles and output raw video or audio data for either local monitoring (for processing or direct output to the transit vehicle operator), remote monitoring or for local storage (e.g., in an event recorder).
  • The transit vehicle shall perform local monitoring of video or audio surveillance data collected inside of transit vehicles, and identify potential incidents or threats based on received processing parameters.
  • The transit vehicle shall output an indication of potential incidents or threats and the processed video or audio information to the center along with the vehicle’s current location.
  • The transit vehicle shall output an indication of potential incidents or threats and the processed sensor information to the center along with the vehicle’s current location.
  • The transit vehicle shall monitor and output surveillance and sensor equipment status and fault indications.
  • The transit vehicle shall accept emergency inputs from either the transit vehicle operator or a traveler through such interfaces as panic buttons, silent or audible alarms, etc.
  • The transit vehicle shall output reported emergencies to the center.
  • The transit vehicle shall receive acknowledgments of the emergency request from the center and output this acknowledgment to the transit vehicle operator or to the travelers.
  • The transit vehicle shall be capable of receiving an emergency message for broadcast to the travelers or to the transit vehicle operator.
  • The transit vehicle shall monitor and output surveillance equipment status and fault indications.

On-board Transit Trip Monitoring

  • The transit vehicle shall track the current location of the transit vehicle.
  • 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.
  • The transit vehicle shall record transit trip monitoring data including operational status information such as doors open/closed, running times, etc.
  • The transit vehicle shall send the transit vehicle trip monitoring data to center-based trip monitoring functions.

Last updated: 10-10-12