New York Sub-Regional ITS Architecture

Element Expanded Functional Requirements: MTA Metro-North Security Equipment

Functional Area: Remote Traveler Security
  1. The public interface for travelers shall provide the capability for a traveler to report an emergency and summon assistance from secure areas such as transit stops, transit stations, modal transfer facilities, rest stops, park-and-ride areas, travel information areas, and emergency pull off areas.
  2. When initiated by a traveler, the public interface for travelers shall forward a request for assistance to an emergency management function and acknowledge the request.
  3. The public interface for travelers shall provide the capability to broadcast a message to advise or warn a traveler.
  4. The public interface for travelers shall accept input and provide information to the traveler in a form suitable for travelers with physical disabilities.
Functional Area: Traveler Secure Area Surveillance
  1. The field element shall include video and/or audio surveillance of traveler secure areas including transit stations, transit stops, rest areas, park and ride lots, and other fixed sites along travel routes (e.g., emergency pull-off areas and traveler information centers).
  2. The field element shall be remotely controlled by a center.
  3. The field element shall provide equipment status and fault indication of surveillance equipment to a center.
  4. The field element shall provide raw video or audio data.
  5. The field element shall remotely process video and audio data and provide an indication of potential incidents or threats to a center.
Functional Area: Traveler Secure Area Sensor Monitoring
  1. The field element shall include security sensors that monitor conditions 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).
  2. The field element shall be remotely controlled by a center.
  3. The field element shall provide equipment status and fault indication of security sensor equipment to a center.
  4. The field element shall include environmental threat sensors (e.g. chemical agent, toxic industrial chemical, biological, explosives, and radiological).
  5. The field element shall include motion and intrusion detection sensors.
  6. The field element shall include object detection sensors (such as metal detectors).
  7. The field element shall provide raw security sensor data.
  8. The field element shall remotely process security sensor data and provide an indication of potential incidents or threats to a center.