Public Safety, Customer Service & Operations Committee October 2019 METRO’s mission is to provide safe, clean, reliable, accessible and friendly public transportation services to our region.
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METRO Presentation Template II Presentation TemplatePublic Safety,
Customer Service & Operations Committee October 2019
METRO’s mission is to provide safe, clean, reliable, accessible and
friendly public transportation services to our region.
• Initial Goal: − Investigate safety technologies to mitigate
distracted pedestrians and
cyclists along light rail lines. • Initial Timeline: − Install
equipment for 12 months and reevaluate at that time
• Setup at Four Locations − Lamar, Wheeler, Sunset &
Dryden
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•BPAS Device with a receiver, amplifier and speaker tied to local
power
• Reliability of equipment initially was good but has been spotty
at best − Frequent failures − System cannot tell you when it is not
working − Non vital not typical of standard railroad signal
design
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• Single largest issue has been lack of directional cab activation
− Came up with work around and installed on a number of trains −
Reliability and installation issues − Continues to make
announcements after the train has passed the
BPAS box − At busy locations such as Lamar announcements seem to
be
continuous
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• Prototype Solar powered system − Power demand of units − Ability
to place solar panels − Limited functionality to two to three
hours
(won’t work at night) • Incorporation of “train on approach”
signage −More traditional signage tied into the BPAS
system caused numerous failures
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• Staff would like to discontinue testing of the base BPAS system •
Utilize “train on approach” signage and tie into rail signal system
− Typical approach used by industry
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