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Updated 8:00 AM EST, November 12, 2008
Deployment Statistics

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Metropolitan Surveys
Number of cities surveyed in 2004: 108 Number of cities surveyed in 2005: 78 Number of cities surveyed in 2006: 108 Number of cities surveyed in 2007: 108
Transit Management
Fleet Characteristics	Year*
Total vehicles used in revenue service	2004	2005	2006	2007
Fixed route buses equipped with Automatic Vehicle Location(AVL)	2004	2005	2006	2007
Heavy or rapid rail equipped with Automatic Vehicle Location(AVL)	2004	2005	2006	2007
Light rail equipped with Automatic Vehicle Location(AVL)	2004	2005	2006	2007
Demand responsive vehicles equipped with Automatic Vehicle Location(AVL)	2004	2005	2006	2007
Commuter rail equipped with Automatic Vehicle Location(AVL)	2004	2005	2006	2007
Ferry boats equipped with Automatic Vehicle Location(AVL)	2004	2005	2006	2007
Fixed route buses with real-time monitoring of vehicle components	2004	2005	2006	2007
Heavy or rapid rail with real-time monitoring of vehicle components	2004	2005	2006	2007
Light rail with real-time monitoring of vehicle components	2004	2005	2006	2007
Demand responsive vehicles with real-time monitoring of vehicle components	2004	2005	2006	2007
Commuter rail with real-time monitoring of vehicle components	2004	2005	2006	2007
Ferry boats with real-time monitoring of vehicle components	2004	2005	2006	2007
Fixed route buses with mobile data terminals	2004
Heavy or rapid rail with mobile data terminals	2004
Light rail with mobile data terminals	2004
Demand responsive vehicles with mobile data terminals	2004
Commuter rail with mobile data terminals	2004
Ferry boats with mobile data terminals	2004
Fixed route buses that have Automatic Passenger Counters (not including registering fareboxes)	2004
Heavy or rapid rail that have Automatic Passenger Counters (not including registering fareboxes)	2004
Light rail that have Automatic Passenger Counters (not including registering fareboxes)	2004
Demand responsive vehicles that have Automatic Passenger Counters (not including registering fareboxes)	2004
Commuter rail that have Automatic Passenger Counters (not including registering fareboxes)	2004
Ferry boats that have Automatic Passenger Counters (not including registering fareboxes)	2004
Fixed route buses where automated dispatching or control software is available	2004	2005	2006	2007
Heavy or rapid rail where automated dispatching or control software is available	2004	2005	2006	2007
Light rail where automated dispatching or control software is available	2004	2005	2006	2007
Demand responsive vehicles where automated dispatching or control software is available	2004	2005	2006	2007
Commuter rail where automated dispatching or control software is available	2004	2005	2006	2007
Ferry boats where automated dispatching or control software is available	2004	2005	2006	2007
Motor vehicles operated as vehicle probes	Year*
Fixed route buses used as probes to collect travel time, speed, and conditions on FREEWAYS	2004	2005	2006	2007
Fixed route buses used as probes to collect travel time, speed, and conditions on ARTERIALS	2004	2005	2006	2007
Demand responsive vehicles used as probes to collect travel time, speed, and conditions on FREEWAYS			2006
Demand responsive vehicles used as probes to collect travel time, speed, and conditions on ARTERIALS			2006
Organized regional incident management program	Year*
Agency operators or dispatchers report traffic incidents	2004	2005	2006	2007
Agency participates in a statewide disaster planning program	2004
Advanced traveler information system(ATIS)	Year*
Agency has an Advanced Traveler Information System	2004
Services the advanced traveler information system applies to	2004
Is or will the ATIS be multi-carrier/multi-modal with other transit operators	2004
Is of will the ATIS be multi-carrier/multi-modal with highway information	2004
Using dedicated cable TV to disseminate transit routes, schedules, and fare information to the public	2004	2005	2006
Using automated telephone system to disseminate transit routes, schedules, and fare information to the public	2004	2005	2006	2007
Using internet web sites to disseminate transit routes, schedules, and fare information to the public	2004	2005	2006	2007
Using pagers or personal data assistants to disseminate transit routes, schedules, and fare information to the public	2004	2005	2006	2007
Using interactive TV to disseminate transit routes, schedules, and fare information to the public	2004	2005	2006
Using kiosks to disseminate transit routes, schedules, and fare information to the public	2004	2005	2006	2007
Using e-mail or other direct PC communication to disseminate transit routes, schedules, and fare information to the public	2004	2005	2006	2007
Using in-vehicle navigation systems to disseminate transit routes, schedules, and fare information to the public	2004	2005	2006
Using variable message signs (in vehicle) to disseminate transit routes, schedules, and fare information to the public	2004	2005	2006
Using monitors/VMS (not in vehicles) to disseminate transit routes, schedules, and fare information to the public	2004	2005	2006
Using audible enunciators to disseminate transit routes, schedules, and fare information to the public	2004	2005	2006
Using facsimile to disseminate transit routes, schedules, and fare information to the public	2004	2005	2006
Using 511 telephone system to disseminate transit routes, schedules, and fare information to the public	2004	2005	2006	2007
Using automated web-based trip planner to disseminate transit routes, schedules, and fare information to the public	2004
Using dedicated cable TV to disseminate real-time transit schedule adherence or arrival and departure times to the public	2004	2005	2006
Using automated telephone system to disseminate real-time transit schedule adherence or arrival and departure times to the public	2004	2005	2006	2007
Using internet web sites to disseminate real-time transit schedule adherence or arrival and departure times to the public	2004	2005	2006	2007
Using pagers or personal data assistants to disseminate real-time transit schedule adherence or arrival and departure times to the public	2004	2005	2006	2007
Using interactive TV to disseminate real-time transit schedule adherence or arrival and departure times to the public	2004	2005	2006
Using kiosks to disseminate real-time transit schedule adherence or arrival and departure times to the public	2004	2005	2006	2007
Using e-mail or other direct PC communication to disseminate real-time transit schedule adherence or arrival and departure times to the public	2004	2005	2006	2007
Using in-vehicle navigation systems to disseminate real-time transit schedule adherence or arrival and departure times to the public	2004	2005	2006
Using variable message signs (in vehicle) to disseminate real-time transit schedule adherence or arrival and departure times to the public	2004	2005	2006
Using monitors/VMS (not in vehicles) to disseminate real-time transit schedule adherence or arrival and departure times to the public	2004	2005	2006
Using audible enunciators to disseminate real-time transit schedule adherence or arrival and departure times to the public	2004	2005	2006
Using facsimile to disseminate real-time transit schedule adherence or arrival and departure times to the public	2004	2005	2006
Using 511 telephone system to disseminate real-time transit schedule adherence or arrival and departure times to the public	2004	2005	2006	2007
Using automated web-based trip planner to disseminate real-time transit schedule adherence or arrival and departure times to the public	2004
Total number of bus stops	2004	2005	2006	2007
Total number of bus stops that electronically display automated and dynamic traveler information to the public	2004	2005	2006	2007
Total number of rail stations	2004	2005	2006	2007
Total number of rail stations that electronically display automated and dynamic traveler information to the public	2004	2005	2006	2007
Total number of bus depots			2006	2007
Total number of bus depots that electronically display automated and dynamic traveler information to the public			2006	2007
Total number of fixed route buses that electronically display automated and dynamic traveler information (e.g., schedule and system information) to the public			2006	2007
Total number of heavy or rapid rail vehicles that electronically display automated and dynamic traveler information (e.g., schedule and system information) to the public			2006	2007
Total number of light rail vehicles that electronically display automated and dynamic traveler information (e.g., schedule and system information) to the public			2006	2007
Total number of demand responsive vehicles that electronically display automated and dynamic traveler information (e.g., schedule and system information) to the public			2006	2007
Total number of commuter rail vehicles that electronically display automated and dynamic traveler information (e.g., schedule and system information) to the public			2006	2007
Total number of ferry boats that electronically display automated and dynamic traveler information (e.g., schedule and system information) to the public			2006	2007
Traffic Signal Priority	Year*
Number of Fixed Route Buses that have or will have traffic signal priority capability	2004	2005	2006	2007
Number of Light Rail vehicles that have or will have traffic signal priority capability	2004	2005	2006	2007
Number of Demand Responsive vehicles that have or will have traffic signal priority capability	2004	2005	2006	2007
Ramp Meter Signal Priority	Year*
Number of Fixed Route Buses with ramp meter signal priority capability	2004	2005	2006	2007
Number of Demand Responsive vehicles with ramp meter signal priority capablity	2004	2005	2006	2007
Electronic Fare Payment	Year*
Fixed Route Buses equipped with Magnetic Stripe Readers	2004	2005	2006	2007
Heavy or Rapid Rail Stations equipped with Magnetic Stripe Readers	2004	2005	2006	2007
Light-Rail Stations equipped with Magnetic Stripe Readers	2004	2005	2006	2007
Demand Responsive Vehicles equipped with Magnetic Stripe Readers	2004	2005	2006	2007
Commuter Rail Stations equipped with Magnetic Stripe Readers	2004	2005	2006	2007
Ferry Boat Landings equipped with Magnetic Stripe Readers	2004	2005	2006	2007
Fixed Route Buses equipped with Smart Card Readers	2004	2005	2006	2007
Heavy or Rapid Rail Stations equipped with Smart Card Readers	2004	2005	2006	2007
Light-Rail Stations equipped with Smart Card Readers	2004	2005	2006	2007
Demand Responsive Vehicles equipped with Smart Card Readers	2004	2005	2006	2007
Commuter Rail Stations equipped with Smart Card Readers	2004	2005	2006	2007
Ferry Boat Landings equipped with Smart Card Readers	2004	2005	2006	2007
Fare is paid by electronic fare payment by monthly pass only	2004
Agency electronically stores collected fare payment data for use in route and service planning	2004	2005	2006	2007
Other Transit Agencies in your metropolitan area that use the same electronic fare payment system that can be used to pay for your transit fares	2004	2005	2006	2007
Toll Collection Operators in your metropolitan area that use electronic toll collection media (e.g., EZ PASS) that can be used to pay for your transit fares	2004	2005	2006	2007
Agency coordinates billiing with social service agencies	2004
Security	Year*
Fixed route buses equipped with silent alarms	2004
Fixed route buses equipped with cameras	2004
Fixed route buses equipped with covert microphones	2004
Fixed route buses equipped with remote disabling system	2004
Rail vehicles equipped with silent alarms	2004
Rail vehicles equipped with cameras	2004
Rail vehicles equipped with covert microphones	2004
Rail stations equipped with silent alarms	2004
Rail stations equipped with cameras	2004
Rail stations equipped with covert microphones	2004
Agency has electronic ID cards for employees	2004
Number of fixed route buses with audio or video surveillance to enhance security			2006	2007
Number of heavy or rapid rail vehicles with audio or video surveillance to enhance security			2006	2007
Number of light rail vehicles with audio or video surveillance to enhance security			2006	2007
Number of demand responsive vehicles with audio or video surveillance to enhance security			2006	2007
Number of commuter rail vehicles with audio or video surveillance to enhance security			2006	2007
Number of ferry boats with audio or video surveillance to enhance security			2006	2007
Number of bus stops with audio or video surveillance to enhance security			2006	2007
Number of rail stations with audio or video surveillance to enhance security			2006	2007
Number of bus depots with audio or video surveillance to enhance security			2006	2007
Number of fixed route buses that can be shut down via wireless communication			2006	2007
Number of heavy or rapid rail vehicles that can be shut down via wireless communication			2006	2007
Communication Technology	Year*
Type of radio system	2004
Alternatives considered for updating the mobile communications system	2004
Communication with public safety agencies	2004
Consideration for adding the capability of interoperability with public safety agencies	2004
Integration	Year*
Coordination of travel requests and vehicle dispatching for multiple agencies (e.g., social service agencies, HHS, other transit agencies, etc.)	2004
Technologies in place to coordinate rail, bus, and demand response services	2004
Transportation Management Center (TMC) controls transit and highway modes (e.g. rail operations, traffic signals, message signs, incident management, etc.) in your metropolitan area	2004
Regional ITS architecture	2004
Weather	Year*
Agency receives weather products tailored to your particular requirements	2004
Data Collection and Archiving	Year*
Agency has an archived data management system	2004
Methods of archiving data	2004
Awareness of the Standard Guide for Archiving and Retrieving Intelligent Transportation System - Generated Data (ASTM E2259-03)	2004
Methods used to make the archived data available	2004
Vehicle time and location information collected/archived in real-time	2004
Passenger count information collected/archived in real-time	2004
Trip itenerary planning records information collected/archived in real-time	2004
Passenger information collected/archived in real-time	2004
Vehicle monitoring status information collected/archived in real-time	2004
Road conditions (e.g., wet, icy, etc.) information collected/archived in real-time	2004
Emergency vehicle signal preemption events information collected/archived in real-time	2004
Transit vehicle signal priority events information collected/archived in real-time	2004
Weather conditions (e.g., snow, fog, rain, etc.) information collected/archived in real-time	2004
Incident information collected/archived in real-time	2004
Route designations (snow emergency, etc.) information collected/archived electronically	2004
Current road work zones for transit information collected/archived electronically	2004
Scheduled road work zones for transit information collected/archived electronically	2004
Intermodal (air, rail, water) connections information collected/archived electronically	2004
Emergency/evacuation routes and procedures information collected/archived electronically	2004
Highway operations coordination information collected/archived electronically	2004
Transit operations coordination information collected/archived electronically	2004
Using collected/archived data for operational planning and analysis	2004
Using collected/archived data for construction impact determination	2004
Using collected/archived data for capital planning and analysis	2004
Using collected/archived data for incident detection algorithm development	2004
Using collected/archived data for roadway impact analysis	2004
Using collected/archived data for accident prediction models	2004
Using collected/archived data for dissemination to the public	2004
Using collected/archived data for traffic management	2004
Using collected/archived data for measurement of performance	2004
Using collected/archived data for safety analysis	2004
National ITS Standards	Year*
Using NTCIP 1202 - Object Definitions for Actuated Traffic Signal Controller Units	2004
Using NTCIP 1210 - Objects for Signal Systems Master	2004
Using NTCIP 1211 - Objects for Signal Control Priority	2004
Using NTCIP 1203 - Object Definitions for Dynamic Message Signs	2004
Using NTCIP 1204 - Object Definitions for Environmental Sensor Stations	2004
Using NTCIP 1205 - Objects for CCTV Camera Control	2004
Using NTCIP 1206 - Object Definitions for Data Collection and Monitoring (DCM) Devices	2004
Using NTCIP 1207 - Object Definitions for Ramp Meter Control	2004
Using NTCIP 1208 - Object Definitions for Video Switches	2004
Using NTCIP 1209 - Object Definitions for Transportation Sensor System	2004
Using NTCIP 1213 - Electrical and Lighting Mgmt System Interoperability & Intercommunications Std	2004
Using NTCIP 1301 - Weather Report Message Set for ESS	2004
Using ITE 9603-1 - Application Programming Interface (API) Standard for the Advanced Transportation Controller (ATC)	2004
Using ITE 9603-2 - Advanced Transportation Controller (ATC) Cabinet	2004
Using ITE 9603-3 - Advanced Transportation Controller (ATC) Standard Specification for the Type 2070 Controller	2004
Using NTCIP 1201 - Global Object Definitions	2004
Using NTCIP 1102 - Octet Encoding Rules (OER)	2004
Using NTCIP 1103 - Transportation Management Protocol	2004
Using NTCIP 1104 - CORBA Naming Convention Specification	2004
Using NTCIP 1105 - CORBA Security Service Specification	2004
Using NTCIP 1106 - CORBA Near-Real Time Data Service Specification	2004
Using NTCIP 2101 - Point to Multi-Point Protocol Using RS-232 Subnetwork Profile	2004
Using NTCIP 2102 - Subnetwork Profile for PMPP using FSK Modems	2004
Using NTCIP 2103 - Subnet Profile for Point-to-Point Protocol using RS 232	2004
Using NTCIP 2104 - Subnetwork Profile for Ethernet	2004
Using NTCIP 2201 - Transportation Transport Profile	2004
Using NTCIP 2202 - Transport Profile for Internet (TCP/IP and UDP)	2004
Using NTCIP 2301 - Application Profile for Simple Transportation Management Framework (STMF)	2004
Using NTCIP 2302 - Application Profile for Trivial File Transfer Protocol	2004
Using NTCIP 2303 - Application Profile for File Transfer Protocol (FTP)	2004
Using NTCIP 2304 - Application Profile for Data Exchange ASN.1 (DATEX)	2004
Using NTCIP 2305 - Application Profile for Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA)	2004
Using NTCIP 8003 - Profiles - Framework and Classification of Profiles	2004
Using NTCIP 9010 - XML Standard for Center-to-Center Communications	2004
Using IEEE P1488 - IEEE Standard for Message Set Template for Intelligent Transportation Systems	2004
Using IEEE P1489 - IEEE Standard for Data Dictionaries for Intelligent Transportation Systems - Part 1 Functional Area Data Dictionaries	2004
Using ITE TM 1.03 - Standard for Functional Level Traffic Management Data Dictionary (TMDD)	2004
Using ITE TM 2.01 - Message Sets for External TMC Communication (MS/ETMCC)	2004
Using NTCIP 1602 - Generic Reference Model for C2C Communications	2004
Transportation Demand Management	Year*
Use of data collected from technologies such as AVL/CAD systems and automatic passenger counter systems to assist in planning			2006	2007
Use of automatic vehicle location, combined with dispatching and reservation technologies to provide flexible routing and scheduling			2006	2007
Use of vehicle monitoring and communication technologies to facilitate coordination of passenger transfers between vehicle or transit systems			2006	2007
Providing ride sharing and carpool matching services			2006	2007
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