TORONTO MASS TRANSIT SYSTEM TESTS INSTANT COMMUNICATIONS

The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), the 2nd largest transit system in North America, currently is testing its new Communications and Information System (CIS) on 285 buses at its Wilson Avenue garage. The CIS project is believed to be among the most advanced of its kind, permitting automated continuous monitoring of all TTC surface vehicles--buses, street cars, and trolley coaches. The operator in the control center can locate a vehicle within 150 ft. Vehicle locations are picked up by microwave transmitters that are mounted on hydro and telephone poles along the way. Drivers can use the keyboard on the dash-mounted Transit Universal Microprocessor (TRUMP) unit to communicate with the control center, and the center can address the operator via a liquid crystal display on the TRUMP unit. By the end of 1991, the TTC hopes to have 2,000 of its surface vehicles integrated in to the CIS. There is enough equipment available for 2,300 buses.

• Corporate Authors:

  Plesman Publications Limited

  Suite 703, 2 Lansing Square
  Willowdale, ONo M2J 5A1,   Canada 
• Authors:
  • Wintrob, S
• Publication Date: 1988-10-27

Media Info

• Pagination: 2 p.
• Serial:
  • Computing Canada
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue Number: 22
  • Publisher: Plesman Publications Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic vehicle monitoring; Buses; Communication; Communication systems; Information systems; Microprocessors; Onboard navigational aids
• Old TRIS Terms: On board; Two way communication
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00480797
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1989 12:00AM