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Transit Centre Security

This equipment package monitors transit vehicle operator or traveller 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.

Subsystem:

Service Packages:

Functionality:

Functional Requirements:
  1. The centre 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 centre shall receive reports of emergencies on-board transit vehicles entered directly be the transit vehicle operator or from a traveller through interfaces such as panic buttons or alarm switches.
  3. The centre shall support the back-office portion of functionality to authenticate transit vehicle operators.
  4. The centre shall exchange transit incident information along with other service data with other transit agencies.
  5. The centre 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 centre shall send wide-area alert information to travellers (on-board transit vehicles or at stations/stops) and transit vehicle operators.
  7. The centre shall coordinate the response to security incidents involving transit with other agencies including Emergency Management, other transit agencies, media, traffic management, and traveller information service providers.
  8. The centre shall receive threat information and status on the integrity of the transit infrastructure.
  9. The centre shall provide support to remotely disable (or reset the disabling of) a transit vehicle in service.
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Inputs/Outputs (Included Architecture Flows)

Source Architecture Flow Destination
Alerting and Advisory Systems alerts and advisories this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Transit Management
Emergency Management alert notification this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Transit Management
Emergency Management emergency plan coordination this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Transit Management
Emergency Management emergency transit service request this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Transit Management
Emergency Management incident information this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Transit Management
Emergency Management incident response status this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Transit Management
Emergency Management threat information this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Transit Management
Emergency Management transportation system status this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Transit Management
Other Transit Management transit service coordination this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Transit Management
Transit Management alert status this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Emergency Management
Transit Management emergency plan coordination this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Emergency Management
Transit Management emergency transit schedule information this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Emergency Management
Transit Management emergency transit service response this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Emergency Management
Transit Management transit emergency data this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Emergency Management
Transit Management transit system status assessment this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Emergency Management
Transit Management transit incident information this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Information Service Provider
Transit Management transit incidents for media this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Media
Transit Management transit service coordination this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Other Transit Management
Transit Management emergency transit schedule information this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Traffic Management
Transit Management transit operations status Transit Operations Personnel
Transit Management alarm acknowledge this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Transit Vehicle Subsystem
Transit Management remote vehicle disable this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Transit Vehicle Subsystem
Transit Management transit vehicle operator authentication update this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Transit Vehicle Subsystem
Transit Management transit vehicle operator information this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Transit Vehicle Subsystem
Transit Operations Personnel transit operations personnel inputs Transit Management
Transit Vehicle Subsystem alarm notification this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Transit Management
Transit Vehicle Subsystem transit vehicle conditions this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Transit Management
Transit Vehicle Subsystem transit vehicle location data this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Transit Management
Transit Vehicle Subsystem transit vehicle operator authentication information this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Transit Management

- This icon indicates that the associated architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards. Select the architecture flow for more information on relevant standards activities.
Date Modified: 2010-11-05

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