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On-board Maintenance Equipment Package

Description:

This Equipment package provides the capability to use transit vehicle mileage data to automatically generate preventative maintenance schedules for each specific bus by utilizing vehicle tracking data and storing with a trip computer. It also provides the capability for real-time condition monitoring on board the vehicle, and transmission of this information via two-way communication to the management center.

Included in:

RTA ADART Vehicles
RTA Transit Vehicles

Processes:

4.1.1	Process Transit Vehicle Sensor Data
4.1.9	Process Transit Vehicle Sensor Maintenance Data

User Service Requirements (fully or partially addressed):

2.0	PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
2.1.0	ITS shall include a Public Transportation Management (PTM) function.
2.1.1	PTM shall include an Operation of Vehicles and Facilities (OVF) function that provides computer assisted control of the operation of vehicles and their associated facilities.
2.1.1.1	To enable the automation of the vehicle and facilities operations OVF shall provide the capability to gather the needed data to include, but not be limited to, the following:
2.1.1.1(a)	Vehicle passenger loading by bus stop and trip segment.
2.1.1.1(b)	Bus running times between time points.
2.1.1.1(d)	Drive-line operating condition.
2.1.1.1(e)	Mileage accumulated by individual buses.
2.1.3	PTM shall include a Personnel Management (PM) function to facilitate the management of both driver and maintenance personnel.
2.1.3.1	PM shall include a Maintenance Personnel Management (MPM) function.
2.1.3.1.1	MPM shall automatically track vehicle miles on each bus in real-time.

The detailed process and user service requirement traceability information on this page was extracted from the National ITS Architecture. Consult the National ITS Architecture web site for more information.

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