INTEGRATING CBTC "PTC" AND GRADTE CROSSINGS FOR THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD

At the 1997 APTA Rapid Transit Conference, a paper was presented discussing the origins of a project for solving intermodal transportation problems with hybrid control systems. This system has matured to the point where a simulation of an Intelligent Crossing System has been performed and a functional field demonstration is planned. The Intermodal Control System (ICS) consists of the integration of communications based train control system (CBTC) Positive Train Control ("PCT") for providing automatic train control functions, an Intelligent Grade Crossing system (IGC), and the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) for interfacing with the motoring public. This paper presents the overall systems architecture and functional operations as well as discussing some of the issues that arose during the design stage and the design decisions made to address those issues.

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• Authors:
  • Denny, J
• Conference:
  • Proceedings of the 1998 Rapid Transit Conference
  • Location: San Diego, California
  • Date: 1998-6-7 to 1998-6-11
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 8p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Architecture; Automatic control; Demonstration projects; Grade crossing protection systems; Integrated systems; Intelligent transportation systems; Intelligent vehicles; Intermodal transportation
• Identifier Terms: Long Island Rail Road
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00769799
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Volume 3
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 27 1999 12:00AM