Transcript The Transit Standards Consortium

The Transit Standards Consortium:
Standards FOR Transit, BY Transit
Presented at Metro Magazine’s
Bus Technology Conference
Anaheim, California
By
Eva Lerner-Lam, TSC Board Member
President, the Palisades Consulting Group, Inc.
Tuesday, March 6, 2001
TSC Mission
“To provide a transit industry forum for
comprehensive and integrated
research, development, testing, training
and maintenance of transit standards in
order to improve cost effectiveness,
customer service and employee
satisfaction.”
Organizational Structure
• Independent, non-profit organization under
IRS Code Sec. 501 ( c ) (3)
• Nine-member, elected Board of Trustees
• Two Standing Councils: Technical Council
and Education Council
• Technical Working Group and Task Forces for
specific standards-related activities
Grassroots, Member-Driven
Equal representation at all levels of TSC
– Operators (1/3)
– Vendors (1/3)
– Other (1/3)
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University Transportation Research Centers
State and local DOT’s
System Integrators
Consultants
Origins
• Response to a “void” in the industry—
TCIP data interface standards testing,
maintenance and training in their use
• Grew into a grassroots effort to leverage
many disparate standardization
activities in an open, non-proprietary
forum
Before TSC
Data Standards
Safety Standards
Comm Standards
Equipment Stds
Procedural Stds
Reporting Stds
Before TSC
FTA
ITE
APTA
LonMark
IEEE
SAE
TSC: Strategic Alliances
IEEE
ITSA
SAE
LMA
CAATS
Transit Standards Consortium
Technical
Activities
Educational
Activities
Others
TSC is NOT an SDO
• TSC attracts people from many Standards
Development Organizations
• TSC works closely with SDOs, using a broad
range of strategic alliances
• TSC helps the transit industry better
understand and evaluate technologies
currently deployed by closely related groups
that often have similar needs
Funding
Three sources:
– Member dues
– Grants from FTA and other governmental
agencies
– Stakeholder contributions for specific
projects
Organizational Structure
Board of Trustees
Tech Council
Education Council
Technical
Working
Groups
Technical
Working
Groups
FY2001 Board of Trustees
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Robert E. Paaswell, Ph.D., P.E., Chairman
William Long, Vice Chairman
William Hiller, Treasurer
Terry Williams, Secretary
Richard Cox, President
Richard Hodges
Eva Lerner-Lam
David Matta
(1 vacancy in Operator Category)
FY2001 Technical Council
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Tom Sullivan (Consultant) Chairman
Richard Cox (SAE)
Bill Hiller (Siemens)
Dana Lowell (NYCT)
Paula Okunieff (Consultant)
Arthur Scanlon (Clever Devices)
Jeffery Orton (UTA)
(2 vacancies to be filled)
FY2001 Education Council
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Halsey King, Chairman
Richard Cox (SAE)
Mohsen Jafari, Ph.D. (Rutgers)
Jerome Lutin, Ph.D. (NJTransit)
Robert Paaswell, Ph.D. (CUNY)
(4 vacancies to be filled)
Strategic Alliances
• ITS America (1998)
• California Alliance for Advanced
Transportation Systems (2000)
• Society of Automotive Engineers (1999)
• LonMark Interoperability Association (2001)
Strategic Alliance with SAE
• Talks initiated by SAE Board Member, Halsey
King in late 1999
• Relationship has evolved into a synergistic
and powerful alliance
– SAE Director of Special Programs serves as
President of TSC
– Joint membership dues structure
– SAE’s future “Bus Transit Standards Academy”
– Taking the lead on TSC’s “12-in-12” Initiative
Current Projects
FTA-sponsored:
• Location Referencing Study
• ITS Education and Outreach Courses
Member-sponsored:
• Bus Stop Inventory Best Practices
• “12-in-12”
“12-in-12”
• “12 Standards in 12 Months”
• “Low-hanging fruit”, adapted from
existing equipment, data and
communications standards
• New Technical Working Group under
TSC Technical Council
• First 12 standards are aligned with
existing SAE standards committees
Organizational Structure of
“12-in-12”
Board of Trustees
Tech Council
Tom Sullivan
"12-in-12"
12 Task Forces
Education Council
Halsey King
Bus Stop Inventory
“12-in-12” Standards Categories
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Brake
Powertrain
Electrical and Electronics
Chassis
Occupant Environment
Total Vehicle Systems
Fuels and Lubricants
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Materials, Processes and Parts
Manufacturing
Specialized Equipment
Reliability, Maintainability, Supportability, and Logistics
Status of “12-in-12”
• Constituting the Technical Working
Group
• According to TSC Bylaws, TWG
members will elect Chair
• Formal program startup in April 2001
TSC Membership Benefits
• Participation in Technical Working Group and
Task Force activities
• Participation in TSC and TSC-affiliate
conferences, workshops, seminars, etc. at
reduced rates
• E-mail, newsletter and web-based information
services about transit standards
Membership Dues
• Level 1 $25,000 10 individual memberships,
10 votes
• Level 2 $10,000 4 individual memberships,
4 votes
• Level 3 $ 2,500 1 individual membership,
1 vote
• Individual $ 125 1 individual membership,
1/20 vote
Summary
• TSC is a grassroots, member-driven, nonprofit association of transit professionals and
organizations dedicated to the development
and use of standards in transit
• By working in partnership with standards
organizations and experts, TSC will facilitate
and fill voids in transit standards that are not
being adequately addressed today
To Join TSC
Application Forms are available via the Web at:
www.tsconsortium.org
For more information...
Visit the TSC website at:
www.tsconsortium.org
Or contact:
Richard Cox, President
[email protected]