Broward County Transit Yard Management System

Project Description: This project will add sensors in garages and on vehicles to manage maintenance for Broward County Transit.

Project Status: Planned

Project Stakeholders:

• Broward County Transit

Project Service Packages:

• PT06: Transit Fleet Management (Broward County Transit / Palm Tran)

Project Information Flows:

Information Flow	Source Element	Destination Element	Status
transit vehicle conditions	BCT Fixed Route Vehicles	BCT Bus Maintenance Centers	Planned

Project Functional Requirements (Element - Functional Object):

• BCT Bus Maintenance Centers - Transit Center Operator Assignment
• 1: The center shall maintain records of a transit vehicle operator's performance. This may be done utilizing standardized performance evaluation criteria set forth by governmental regulations and transit operating company policies, assessing the transit vehicle operator's driving history, and assessing comments from the transit vehicle operator's supervisor(s) as well as noting any moving violations or accidents, supervisor comments, government regulations, and company policies.
• 2: The center shall assess the transit vehicle operator's availability based on previous work assignments, accumulated hours, plus health and vacation commitments.


• BCT Bus Maintenance Centers - Transit Garage Maintenance
• 1: The center shall collect operational and maintenance data from transit vehicles.
• 2: The center shall monitor the condition of a transit vehicle to analyze brake, drive train, sensors, fuel, steering, tire, processor, communications equipment, and transit vehicle mileage to identify mileage based maintenance, out-of-specification or imminent failure conditions.
• 3: The center shall generate transit vehicle maintenance schedules that identify the maintenance or repair to be performed and when the work is to be done.
• 5: The center shall assign technicians to a transit vehicle maintenance schedule, based upon such factors as personnel eligibility, work assignments, preferences and seniority.


• BCT Fixed Route Vehicles - Transit Vehicle On-Board Maintenance
• 1: The transit vehicle shall collect and process vehicle mileage data available to sensors on-board.
• 2: The transit vehicle shall collect and process the transit vehicle's operating conditions such as engine temperature, oil pressure, brake wear, internal lighting, environmental controls, etc.
• 3: The transit vehicle shall transmit vehicle maintenance data to the center to be used for scheduling future vehicle maintenance.

Standards:

• US: TCIP - Secure Wireless Internet (ITS)

Project Operational Concepts:

Roles and Responsibilities

• Broward County Transit
• Provide automated transit maintenance scheduling through automated vehicle condition reports on all BCT vehicles.