ITS Projects Book January 2003


Project Title:   COMPUTER INTEGRATED TRANSIT MAINTENANCE AND ENVIRONMENT (CITME)
     
Project Status:   In Progress
     
Project Type:   Research & Development
     
Project Description:   The project, funded in previous years, will provide transit properties with the tools to assist in modernizing their maintenance operations. This $1 million earmark will be used to implement the system designed in Phase I in the bus operations area. The functional specifications for this system have been developed by a research team led by South Carolina Research Associates (SCRA) for installation at the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority's bus and rail maintenance facilities. SCRA expects that CITME will reduce the costs of transit maintenance by 15-25 percent. Current funding will be used to procure software/hardware necessary to install ITS systems in Cleveland's bus operations division. Funding for the third phase, if available, will be used to procure and/or design hardware/software for rate and facilities operations.
     
Project Location:   Cleveland, Ohio
     
Project Contractor(s):   Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, South Carolina Research Associates (SCRA)
     
Project Start Date:   October 1997
     
Project End Date:   December 2003
     
Estimated Total ITS Funds:   $1,000,000
     
Estimated Total Project Cost:   $2,000,000

Project Contacts:    
     
Stewart McKeown
FTA Headquarters, TRI-12
(202) 366-0244
Ext.
Michael York
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
(216) 566-5101
Ext.
Richard Rentz
SCRA
(843) 760-3241
Ext.



U.S. Department of Transportation, Intelligent Transportation Systems