APTA CONSENSUS POLICY STATEMENT FOR
TRANSIT COMMUNICATIONS INTERFACE PROFILES (TCIP) STANDARDS
Revised: 1/16/04
Background: The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has contracted with the American
Public Transportation Association (APTA) to complete the development of Intelligent
Transportation Systems (ITS) transit standards known as TCIP. New industry standards will be
drafted, which will require industry review, discussion, resolution of comments, and approval.
The purpose of this policy statement is to layout the parameters that define consensus for the
transit industry with respect to TCIP standards and to briefly describe the process by which the
standards will be evolved. APTA follows accepted practices for industry consensus in reviewing
and approving standards. To date APTA has produced over 100 standards and recommended
practices (including those in balloting) using the same industry consensus process. Upon
concurrence with this policy statement, APTA will proceed in identifying individuals to fill the
roles described below, deriving participants from the original TCIP Technical Working Groups
(TWGs) and other sources. The TCIP Task Force will be asked to ballot TCIP standards on
behalf of the transit industry as they emerge.
TCIP Task Force: APTA will organize a TCIP Task Force as illustrated in Figure 1-1 in
accordance with APTA standard policy and procedures. The TCIP Task Force will function
under the direction of the TCIP Oversight Panel of the Bus & Paratransit CEO’s Committee,
which has been charted to provide overall direction to APTA’s TCIP program. An APTA
program manager will assist the Oversight Panel. The program manager shall report directly to
the FTA on the progress of the standards development and direct the TCIP subcontractors work
effort with input from the Task Force. The TCIP Task Force will consist of TWGs as shown in
Figure 1-1, organized along the business areas of TCIP, as necessary. Additionally, the TWG
will include a dedicated group to resolve issues pertaining to TCIP software tools. The officers of
the Task Force shall be a Chair (from a transit provider), secretary (TCIP subcontractor) and a
staff advisor from APTA. Refer to Figure 1-2. The TCIP Oversight Panel Chair shall appoint the
Task Force Chair. The Task Force shall consist of its officers, the TCIP project team, and all
TWG Chairs. Participation in a TWG will be open to the general public including transit
providers, suppliers, consultants, government, and public interest groups. It is not necessary to be
a member of APTA to join the Task Force or TWGs. The Task Force Chair shall appoint the
Chair of each TWG and approve all other members based on their area of business interest. Each
TWG shall consist of a Chair and a secretary.
Standards Development Process: Draft standards will be produced by the TCIP subcontractors
(Phase 1) and submitted to the respective TWG for technical review, comments, discussion, and
recommendations for resolution of comments, as illustrated in Figure 2-1. Comments will be
submitted using a form similar to Figure 2-2 in accordance with APTA guidelines for document
reviewers, and approved via the TWG balloting process. Anyone in the industry with an interest
in TCIP will have an opportunity to participate in the development of the standards through
participation in one of the TWGs. Following resolution of comments at the TWG level, and Task
Force approval (Phase 2), documents will be posted to the TCIP website where they can be
reviewed by the NTCIP Joint Committee and general public at large (Phase 3). Subsequent to the
NTCIP and public review, any additional comments will be resolved and the proposed TCIP will
be submitted to the TWG Chairs Committee for final approval (Phase 4). The TWG Chairs
Committee will primarily review for compatibility with other TCIP standards.
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Balloting Process and Consensus: The TCIP balloting structure is shown in Figure 3-1. Each
TWG shall ballot standards for its business area from a technical perspective. Typically APTA
allows 30 calendar days for this process to be completed. Only one vote per entity (transit
provider, supplier, etc.) shall be cast (see example ballot in Figure 3-2). An entity may have
multiple representatives but only one vote shall be cast. Voting may take place via an open
meeting, conference call, mailed ballot, email, or the TCIP website. Consensus is defined as
concurrence of the majority (75%) of a representative sample of the TWG. After the TWG agree
that the standards are ready for acceptance by the Task Force (i.e., all technical comments have
been resolved and documented) the Task Force Chair shall distribute the final drafts to the TWG
Chairs Committee who will review the standards for overall compatibility. Once the final draft of
the standards have been approved by the TWG Chairs Committee, the Task Force Chair will
submit the documents to the TCIP Oversight Panel for final approval to release the standards.
Final approved documents will be posted on the TCIP website for access and use by the general
public.
Transit providers will be selected to reflect transit system size, modal diversity and geographic
distribution. Consultants may be assigned to represent transit providers or suppliers, depending
upon the majority of their business interests, or as system integrators. Other industry
representatives, such as government, public interest groups, commercial businesses, and trade
associations will have an opportunity to participate in the standards development process as
described above. While APTA members will likely make up the largest element of the TCIP
community, other transportation providers will be represented through organizations such as
CTAA, AASHTO, ITE and Project Action. Active participation by these organizations will be
pursued in drafting, reviewing and balloting TCIP standards.
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FIGURE 1-1
APTA TRANSIT COMMUNICATIONS INTERFACE PROFILES (TCIP)
TASK FORCE STRUCTURE
APTA
BUS & PARATRANSIT
CEOs COMMITTEE
TCIP
OVERSIGHT
PANEL
PROGRAM
MANAGER
TCIP
TASK FORCE
TWG CHAIRS
COMMITTEE
TWG 1:
SCHEDULING/
RUNCUTTING
TWG 2:
PASSENGER
INFORMATION
TWG 3:
INCIDENT
MANAGEMENT
TWG 4:
TCIP SW
TOOLS &
TEST
TCIP
SUBCONTRACTORS
TWG 6:
CONTROL
CENTER
TWG 5:
ON-BOARD
TWG 7:
FARE
COLLECTION
TWG 8:
SPATIAL
REPRESENT.
Provider
Supplier
Consultant
TWG 9:
TCIP FRAMEWORK
&
HARMONIZATION
TWG 10:
SIGNAL
CONTROL &
PRIORITIZATION
TWG 11:
SAFETY &
SECURITY
TWG 12:
DECISION
SUPPORT
TWG 13:
PROCUREMENT
SUPPORT
Government
Public
Interest
Associations
Others
Note: All Technical Working Groups composition will be similar to TWG 1.
Revised: 1/16/04
FIGURE 1-2
APTA TRANSIT COMMUNICATIONS INTERFACE PROFILES (TCIP)
TASK FORCE AND TWG OFFICERS
APTA TCIP
TASK FORCE
Co-Chairs, Isaac Takyi (NYCT)
Jerry Lutin (NJT)
TWG CHAIRS
COMMITTEE
STAFF
ADVISOR
Lou Sanders
TWGs Chairs
TWG 1:
SCHEDULING/
RUNCUTTING
TWG 2:
PASSENGER
INFORMATION
TWG 3:
INCIDENT
MANAGEMENT
TWG 4:
TCIP SW
TOOLS & TEST
TWG 5:
ON-BOARD
TWG 6:
CONTROL
CENTER
TWG 7:
FARE
COLLECTION
Chair,
Dan
Overgaard
(King County)
Chair,
Mark Nawrath
(COTA)
Chair,
Edward Mark
(NY State
DOT)
Chair,
Bill Hiller
(Siemens )
Acting Chair
Marc Gordon
(Orbital)
Chair,
Marc Gordon
(Orbital)
Co-Chairs,
H. Rosen
(PATH)
C. Tam (CTA)
TWG 8:
SPATIAL
REPRESENT.
TWG 9:
TCIP
FRAMEWORK
TWG 10:
SIG. CONTR. &
PRIORITIZATION
*TWG 11:
SAFETY &
SECURITY
*TWG 12:
DECISION
SUPPORT
*TWG 13:
PROCUREMENT
SUPPORT
Chair,
Bibiana Kamler
(TriMet)
Chair,
Paula Okunieff
(SASI)
Chair,
Jon Lutterman
(TriMet)
Chair,
TBA
Chair,
TBA
Chair,
TBA
(
)
(
)
*Proposed
(
)
Revised: 1/16/04
FIGURE 2-1
APTA TRANSIT COMMUNICATIONS INTERFACE PROFILES (TCIP)
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
NTP Authorization
TCIP
Oversight Panel
Authorization
Phase 1: Initial Document Production
TCIP Contractors
Develop Draft
Standards (v2.4)
Distribute Draft
Standards to TWGs
TWGs Review,
Comments, and
Recommendations
Contractor Resolve
Comments and
Revise Draft
Phase 2: Intermediate Review and Approval
Task Force
Approval For Public
Posting (v2.6)
TWGs
Review and
Approval
Phase 3: Public Review & Comment
NTCIP Joint
Committee / Public
Review & Comment
Contractor
Resolve
Comments and
Prepare Final Draft
Contractor Resolve
Comments and
Release v2.6
TWGs Review and
Comment
Corrected
Draft/Spatial
Business Area to
TWGs (v2.5)
Phase 4: Final Review and Approval
Distribute Final
Draft Standards to
TWGs (v2.7)
TWGs Final Draft
Balloting (v2.7)
Contractor
Incorporate
Modifications (v3.0)
Release Authorization
Release Standards
(v3.0)
TCIP Oversight
Panel Approval for
Release
Revised: 1/16/04
FIGURE 2-2
TCIP COMMENTS SUBMITTAL FORM
TCIP COMMENT FORM
Version 2.4
Email to : sboarman@arinc.com
Reviewer Name:
Reviewer Phone:
Reviewer Email:
Reviewer TWG (if a TWG member):
Date Submitted:
Comment 1
Section Number:
Comment:
Tracking Number (APTA Use Only):
Comme nt 2
Section Number:
Comment:
Tracking Number (APTA Use Only):
Comment 3
Section Number:
Comment:
Tracking Number (APTA Use Only):
Comment 4
Section Number:
Comment:
Tracking Number (APTA Use Only):
Comment 5
Section Numb er:
Comment:
Tracking Number (APTA Use Only):
FIGURE 3-1
APTA TRANSIT COMMUNICATIONS INTERFACE PROFILES (TCIP)
BALLOTING STRUCTURE
Revised: 1/16/04
TCIP
OVERSIGHT
PANEL
TWG CHAIRS
COMMITTEE
TCIP
TASK FORCE
PUBLIC
NTCIP
JOINT
COMMITTEE
TWG 1 THRU TWG 10
BALLOTING
Transit
Providers
Bus
ParaTransit
Suppliers
Manufacturers
Consultants
Government
Others
Federal
Associations
State
Public Interest
Local
Revised: 1/16/04
FIGURE 3-2
VOTE TRACKING EXAMPLE
Membership Updated January 25, 2002
Task Force Organization
Task Force Member
1 Bi-State Development Agency
Melvin Clark –
314-982-1400 ext. 2830
2 California Public Utilities
Commission
Gary Rosenthal –
415-703-1094
3 Charlotte Area Transit System
Ronald Tober –
704-336-7902
4 Chicago Transit Authority
Fred Schein –
847-692-7271
Miami
Attendance
VIM-001 VIM-002 VIM-003 VIM-004 VIM-005 VIM-006 RGC-001
3rd Rail Panto- Air Supply HVAC Doors Couplers Grade
graph
Crossings
A
AB
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
R
P
AB
A
A
A
A
A
A
7 Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Michael York –
Authority
216-566-5101
P
A
A
A
A
A
A
AR
8 Los Angeles County Metropolitan A.R. (Ralph) de la Cruz Transportation Authority
213-922-4322
P
RM
RM
RM
AR
AR
AR
RM
P
R
A
A
AR
AR
A
AB
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
AR
AB
AR
AR
AR
AR
AB
5 Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Jeanetta Britt Davis –
214-749-2959
6 Federal Transit Administration
Rhonda Crawley –
202-366-4035
Laura Mizner –
202-366-8970
Harry Saporta –
202-366-2896
James Wang –
202-366-1642
9 Maryland Transit Administration
Virginia White –
410-767-3943
10 Massachusetts Bay Transportation Michael Mulhern –
Authority (MBTA)
617-222-3106
11 Memphis Area Transit Authority
William Hudson, Jr. –
901-722-7111
12 Metro Transit – Minneapolis
John Byrd –
612-349-7513
13 Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Robert Spadafora –
Authority (MARTA)
404-848-3310
14 Miami-Dade Transit Agency
15 MTA New York City Transit
Hannie Woodson –
305-884-7596 or
305-375-2950
Jay Shah –
718-927-7822
John Gaito –
718-243-4174
Maurice Lewis –
718-433-1001
Keith Falk –
718-694-4485
16 New Jersey Transit Corporation
(NJ TRANSIT)
Charles Dickerson –
973-491-8480
A
AB
A
A
A
A
A
A
17 Niagara Frontier Transportation
Authority
Ben Antonio, Jr. –
716-842-3502
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
AB
18 PB Transit & Rail Systems, Inc.
Joseph Silien –
973-565-4801
A
AR
AR
AR
AR
AR
AR
AR
19 Port Authority of Allegheny
County
Stephen Banta –
412-851-4741
P
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
20 Port Authority Trans-Hudson
Corporation
Dhiren Chakraborty –
201-216-6615
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
AB
21 Port Authority Transit Corporation C. R. Guenther –
856-772-6928
P
A
AB
A
A
A
A
AB
22 Regional Transit Authority - New Dwight Ferrell –
Orleans
504-248-3830
A
AB
AB
A
A
A
AB
A
23 Regional Transportation District - Lloyd Mack –
Denver
303-299-3420
P
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
24 Sacramento Regional Transit
District
Pilka Robinson –
916-321-2989
P
AB
A
A
A
A
A
A
25 San Diego Trolley, Inc.
Peter Tereschuck –
619-595-4902
P
AB
A
AB
A
A
A
AR
26 San Francisco Bay Area Rapid
Transit District (BART)
Paul Oversier –
510-464-6710
P
A
AB
A
A
A
A
AB
27 San Francisco Municipal Railway Harvey Becker –
415-554-6869
P
AB
A
A
A
A
A
A
28 Santa Clara Valley Transportation Frank Martin –
Authority
408-321-7004
P
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
P
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
P
A
AB
A
RM
A
A
AB
P
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
Joan Earl –
206-398-5450
29 Sound Transit
30 Southeastern Pennsylvania
David Casper –
Transportation Authority (SEPTA) 215-580-8040
31 Toronto Transit Commission
Rick Cornacchia –
416-393-4356
32 Tri-County Metropolitan
Robert Nelson –
Transportation District of Oregon 503-962-4955
33 Utah Transit Authority
Paul O'Brien –
801-262-5626 ext. 6831
P
A
A
A
A
A
A
R
34 Wabtec Corporation
Paul Jamieson –
864-433-6451
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
35 Washington Metropolitan Area
Transit Authority (WMATA)
James Gallagher –
202-962-1500
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
AB
17
2
1
7
1
28
21
1
1
5
0
28
24
2
1
1
0
28
23
4
1
0
0
28
24
4
0
0
0
28
24
3
0
1
0
28
14
3
1
8
2
28
PROXY VOTE - P
PERSONAL ATTENDANCE - A
60% VOTES NEEDED FOR QUORUM = 21.0
ACCEPT - A
ACCEPT WITH REVISIONS - AR
REJECT WITH REVISIONS - RM
ABSTAIN - AB
REJECT - R
TOTAL VOTES CAST
16
12
28