Project Name:

Project Details: TARC ITS Hardware Replacement

Description:

This project will assess current hardware along the TARC system and make replacements based on life cycle age and ability to perform.

Status:

Planned

Timeframe:

Long

Geographic Scope:

TARC system

Service Scope

Stakeholders:

Service Packages:

Project Inventory:

Center Secure Area Alarm Support

• The center shall forward the alarm message to center personnel and respond to the traveler or transit vehicle operator as directed by the personnel.
• The center shall determine whether the alarm message indicates an emergency that requires the attention of public safety agencies, and forward alarm message data to the appropriate agency as necessary.
• After the alarm message becomes a verified incident, the center shall determine the appropriate response.
• After the alarm message has been received, the center shall generate an alarm acknowledgment to the sender.
• The center shall collect silent and audible alarms received from transit vehicles, originated by the traveler or the transit vehicle operator.
• The center shall collect silent and audible alarms received from travelers in secure areas (such as transit stops, rest areas, park and ride lots, modal interchange facilities).

Center Secure Area Surveillance

• The center shall monitor maintenance status of the security sensor field equipment.
• The center shall respond to control data from center personnel regarding security surveillance data collection, processing, threat detection, and image matching.
• The center shall exchange traveler images with other emergency management centers to support traveler image matching.
• The center shall match traveler video images against a database from the Alerting and Advisory Systems of known images that may represent criminals and terrorists.
• The center shall remotely control security surveillance devices on-board transit vehicles.
• The center shall remotely control security surveillance devices in traveler secure areas, which include transit stations, transit stops, rest areas, park and ride lots, and other fixed sites along travel routes (e.g., emergency pull-off areas and travel information centers).
• The center shall remotely control security surveillance devices in secure areas including facilities (e.g. transit yards) and transportation infrastructure (e.g. bridges, tunnels, interchanges, roadway infrastructure, and transit railways or guideways).
• The center shall verify potential security threats by correlating security surveillance data from multiple sources.
• The center shall identify potential security threats based on collected security surveillance data.
• The center shall exchange surveillance data with other emergency centers.
• The center shall remotely monitor video images and audio surveillance data collected on-board transit vehicles. The data may be raw or pre-processed in the field.
• The center shall remotely monitor video images and audio surveillance data collected in traveler secure areas, which include transit stations, transit stops, rest areas, park and ride lots, and other fixed sites along travel routes (e.g., emergency pull-off areas and travel information centers). The data may be raw or pre-processed in the field.
• The center shall remotely monitor video images and audio surveillance data collected in secure areas including facilities (e.g. transit yards) and transportation infrastructure (e.g. bridges, tunnels, interchanges, roadway infrastructure, and transit railways or guideways). The data may be raw or pre-processed in the field.

Field Secure Area Surveillance

• The field element shall remotely process video and audio data and provide an indication of potential incidents or threats to a center.
• The field element shall provide raw video or audio data.
• The field element shall provide equipment status and fault indication of surveillance equipment to a center.
• The field element shall be remotely controlled by a center.
• The field element shall include video and/or audio surveillance of secure areas including facilities (e.g. transit yards) and transportation infrastructure (e.g. bridges, tunnels, interchanges, roadway infrastructure, and transit railways or guideways).

Transit Center Security

• The center shall provide support to remotely disable (or reset the disabling of) a transit vehicle in service.
• The center shall receive threat information and status on the integrity of the transit infrastructure.
• The center shall coordinate the response to security incidents involving transit with other agencies including Emergency Management, other transit agencies, media, traffic management, and traveler information service providers.
• The center shall send wide-area alert information to travelers (on-board transit vehicles or at stations/stops) and transit vehicle operators.
• The center shall receive information pertaining to a wide-area alert such as weather alerts, disaster situations, or child abductions. This information may come from Emergency Management or from other Alerting and Advisory Systems.
• The center shall exchange transit incident information along with other service data with other transit agencies.
• The center shall support the back-office portion of functionality to authenticate transit vehicle operators.
• The center shall receive reports of emergencies on-board transit vehicles entered directly be the transit vehicle operator or from a traveler through interfaces such as panic buttons or alarm switches.
• The center shall monitor transit vehicle operational data to determine if the transit vehicle is off-route and assess whether a security incident is occurring.