Sound Transit ATCMTD Application Volume 1 - Technical Application

12. LEVERAGE AND OPTIMIZE EXISTING ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS.

Next Gen ORCA will be developed to interface with existing transportation technology. This includes a wide assortment of onboard bus equipment, such as CAD/AVL (Computer Aided Dispatch / Automatic Vehicle Location) systems, APC (Automatic Passenger Counter) systems and fareboxes. These system integrations will come in many different flavors, as all of the agencies have separately procured systems from different vendors at different times. The project will also develop integration with off board advanced technology investments such as turnstiles at the ferry terminals and off-board fare payment equipment installed at BRT (RapidRide) stations. Integration work will also include interfacing with existing financial systems and asset management systems, which also vary between agencies. System integration work with legacy systems will be a very intensive effort for the project, but is absolutely necessary in the interest of leveraging existing investments and working to achieve smooth system operation. The Next Gen ORCA system will also be designed to interface with many additional transportation technology investments beyond today's ORCA scope, such as tolling, and transportation network companies.