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Tom Parker, UTFS Program Chair, provided an update on the program at
the recent Rail CEO Committee meeting held in conjunction with the APTA
Annual Meeting on Sunday, October 10th in Atlanta, GA.
The meeting was well attended and all three (3) balloting vendors for
the UTFS program were also present (Cubic, ERG and S&B).
Much of the discussion focused on the scope issue and program goal
and objectives. The scope discussion evolved around whether the program
outputs would provide device- level interoperability or system-level
interoperability. After some discussion, those at the session concluded
that device-level interoperability is the level of interoperability
required for the program.
Several action items came out of the discussion and are as follows:
Supplier-only Meeting @ APTA, date TBD:
APTA will host a Suppliers-only meeting. Date TBD, however it was stated
that the meeting should occur 10 days prior to the November17-18th
meeting already scheduled in NY. This meeting will be held at APTA headquarters
in Washington, D.C.
Nov. 17th Meetings @ PANYNJ offices, New York, NY:
- APTA UTFS Transit agency-only meeting:
- Tom Parker is putting together a list of agency invitees, along
with the appropriate APTA and Volpe program staff support.
- APTA UTFS Supplier-only meeting:
- Based upon the supplier-only meeting held at APTA offices this meeting
may/may not be needed. The supplier group will determine if the meeting
on the 17th is needed.
Nov. 18th Meeting @ PANYNJ offices, New York, NY
APTA UTFS Transit/Supplier Meeting:
Based on the previous day discussions the goals and objectives of this
session will be to bring each of the groups together and reach a final
consensus on UTFS program mission and scope.
Several call participants expressed a concern about schedule and availability
for the APTA coordinated suppliers-only meeting as we are already in
mid-October and many participants are scheduling activities for that
timeframe.
APTA, Martin P. Schroeder P.E. and Dave Phelps have the action to draft the
agenda and letter of invitation. Tim Weisenberger, Volpe, has provided
a list of all suppliers who have participated in the UTFS program to
APTA.
Over 40 people attended the Revenue Management Committee meeting held
on Sunday, October 10th. Major activities of the RMC will
include: rewriting the bylaws, planning the 2005 Fare Collection Workshop,
Oakland, CA, developing the electronic newsletter (published in November
2004), and Training and Outreach.
Anyone interested in participating in RMC activities should contact
Tam.
At the meeting the subcommittee Chairs and Vice Chairs provided updates
on their activities.
ISO TC204 Report-out from Beijing:
4 representatives from US were present
10 countries represented (France, UK, Norway, Germany, South Africa,
Australia, China, Korea and Japan)
Cubic sent a rep.
IFMS Workshop:
Tam was unable to attend the IFMS workshop due to travel delays, however
Al Chan presented the briefing on UTFS/CEN, including the high-level
gap analysis that was done between UTFS/CEN. Major issues included:
definitions/glossary and autoload. UTFS reps. Said that if UTFS participates
in CEN, it can’t impede the WP#4 development.
ISO TC204 Meeting:
The next day’s meeting focused on presenting the IFMS as an official
work item. Tam indicated that Japan objected to approving IFMS as a
work item; the issue was scope and Japan felt the scope proposed wasn’t
clear. The scope was rewritten and submitted on a Form 4 and then approved.
In terms of the proposed Part 2, Messaging and Data Elements. CEN will
generate a Form 4; develop scope and present at a future meeting.
Rick Barrett stated that the final version of the Business Issues document
was circulated for its final review. Any comments should be submitted
to Rick prior to COB, October 29th.
Work Package #1: Barney Louie, BART indicated that the WP#1 report
has been circulated for the first round of review and comments. BART,
ERG, Cubic and Bob Murray have provided comments to date. Other organizations
including G&D and S&B will have comments as well.
Some discussion ensued regarding the necessity for a Test Plan document.
Several call participants indicated that this will be a topic of discussion
for a call scheduled for Friday at 12noon. Additionally, some high level
concern was expressed regarding the visual presentation of the document
and associated language in the document. These issues will also be addressed
on the call on Friday, October 22nd at 12noon, immediately
following the WP#1 call.
Gary Yamamura provided an update as follows:
Sections 1-7 are drafted
Section 8 draft was submitted yesterday to Gary
Section 9 draft was submitted approximately two weeks ago
Section 10 draft is complete, except for two subsections.
Consolidated and completed draft to WP#3 team members with a 30-day
review cycle should be completed by mid-December. The caveat to this
schedule will be if the remaining subsections for Section 10 are submitted
on time.
The document should go to full Committee review in January.
Dave Andrews has received comments on the RIS Part 4 as presented in
Cambridge in September. Dave is in the process of consolidating those
comments and will redistribute sometime later this week.
BAH Contract Extension
The extension to the BAH contract allowing them to include the RIS
Part 4 in their scope has been with APTA. APTA hopes to have Tony Kouneski
sign this week and get to BAH.
ITSO background material has been prepared and distributed to the group
for future discussion.
Next call is scheduled for Oct. 20th at 11:30 AM Eastern.
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