New York Sub-Regional ITS Architecture

Functional Requirements: Transit Center Security


Description: This equipment package monitors transit vehicle operator or traveler activated alarms received from on-board a transit vehicle. It supports transit vehicle operator authentication and provides the capability to remotely disable a transit vehicle. This equipment package also includes the capability to alert operators and police to potential incidents identified by these security features.
Functional Requirements:
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. The center shall support the back-office portion of functionality to authenticate transit vehicle operators.
  4. The center shall exchange transit incident information along with other service data with other transit agencies.
  5. 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.
  6. The center shall send wide-area alert information to travelers (on-board transit vehicles or at stations/stops) and transit vehicle operators.
  7. 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.
  8. The center shall receive threat information and status on the integrity of the transit infrastructure.
  9. The center shall provide support to remotely disable (or reset the disabling of) a transit vehicle in service.
Included In: MTA LIRR Operations Center Systems
MTA Metro-North Operations Center Systems
MTA NYCT Bus Command Center - Operations
MTA NYCT Security
MTA NYCT Staten Island Railway Control Facility
MTA NYCT Subway Rail Control Center
NICE Fixed Route Bus Operations Center
NJT Rail Operations Systems
NYC DOT Division of Ferry Operations Systems
NYC DOT Office of Emergency Response
PANYNJ Airports Communications Desk/Operations Center
PANYNJ Bus Terminal/Station Operations Control Centers
PANYNJ PATH Operations Center
Port Authority Wide TMC
Private Commuter Bus Operators
Private Ferry Operators Systems
Private Long-Distance Bus Operators Systems
Private Paratransit Operators Systems
TRANSCOM OpenReach Servers
TRANSCOM Other Member / Non-Member Agencies Systems
Westchester County Bee Line Operations Center Systems