Subway Train Location Overlay System

The objective of this project is to support the efforts of Edge Velocity and the Massachusetts Bay transit Authority (MBTA) to improve rail safety, security and communications for trains in subway environments. Edge Velocity will develop a subway train location overlay system that will accurately locate trains in subterranean environments. Off-the-shelf and legacy technologies will be used to develop secured proprietary technologies to meet the requirements to communicate train location. MBTA will provide the subway environment for testing this technology.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Program Information: National Research Program, National Research, Engineering of Rolling Stock and Equipment - Rail

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $400000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  MA-26-7122

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Transit Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Williams, Terrell

• Performing Organizations:

  Edge Velocity Corporation

  41 Dayton Street
  Danvers, MA  United States  01923
• Principal Investigators:

  Beauregard, Paula

• Start Date: 20090601
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20101004
• Source Data: RiP Project 23260

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic train location; Communication systems; Railroad safety; Security; Subways; Technological innovations
• Identifier Terms: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
• Uncontrolled Terms: Subterranean
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01489197
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: MA-26-7122
• Files: RiP
• Created Date: Aug 3 2013 12:53AM