Intelligent Transportation Systems Subject Matter Expert

City of Gardena, GTrans

PROJECT DETAILS Summary of Experience

Location GTrans has been providing safe, reliable and outstanding local bus service to Southern
Gardena, California California’s South Bay since 1940 when their first buses carried passengers traveling
Expertise between Gardena and Downtown LA, making stops at popular destinations like Los
ITS-CAD/AVL Angeles City Hall and the Gardena Civic Center. GTrans now operates 5 bus routes in
and around Gardena, connecting to major transportation centers and downtown Los
Construction Cost
$4,200,000 Angeles.

Completion Date Ross & Baruzzini | Macro is currently serving as the technical Subject Matter Expert (SME)
On-Going
for City of Gardena GTrans as they work on the procurement of a robust ITS system that
LEED Certification includes a CAD/AVL system, real-time passenger information system, and on-bus
N/A hardware for Transit Signal Priority, to be installed on 58 buses & 4 supervisor vehicles.
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Mr. Ernie Crespo Ross & Baruzzini |Macro is providing technical leadership and expertise to the following
Director of Transportation areas:
City of Gardena
1700 W 162nd Street • Business Process Analysis: We conducted a detailed Analysis of GTran's current
Gardena, California 90247 operations and Business practices, and recommended functionality to support
310.965.8801
ecrespo@gardenabus.com
and improve those processes, as well as identifying crucial requirements.
• Development of Technical Specifications: We wrote a full technical specification
Key Personnel to ensure that the business needs of GTrans were met, and to support the
Eric Keijzer
procurement process.
Carl Stanton
• Bid Analysis & procurement support: We are using their extensive expertise with
CAD/AVL systems to evaluate the bids received and recommend a vendor.
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San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority

PROJECT DETAILS Summary of Experience

Location Ross & Baruzzini is serving as the technical resource/subject matter expert to the
San Francisco, California SFMTA as they work with Harris to implement a new, trunked, multi-site, "OpenSky"
Expertise P25 digital 700/800 MHz voice/data radio infrastructure for its surface and
Land Mobile-Radio underground public transit services. Under subcontract to Harris, the SFMTA also
In-building (Tunnel) Coverage Conduent/Xerox/ACS engaged to deliver and install a CAD/AVL system with robust
CAD/AVL Dispatch
Real-time Passenger passenger information functionality for SFMTA's fleet of 1,600 buses, rail cars, trolleys,
Information and even their history cable car service. We are applying our technical leadership role
to the SFMTA in three major implementation areas:
Construction Cost
~$30 Million
1. Harris’ multi-site, 700/800 MHz OpenSky wide area land mobile radio (LMR)
Completion Date
system, as well as assorted licensed DSRC nodes to move operational data
2008-Present
between vehicles in the yards/garages and the CAD/AVL system.
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Ms. Jianmin Fong, PE
2. Conduent/Xerox/ACS’ “OrbCAD” CAD/AVL system for all street-level and
Project Manager
San Francisco MTA tunnel revenue vehicles
One Van Ness Blvd.
Third Floor 3. In-tunnel distributed antennae/cabling to extend public safety-grade
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 701-5208 coverage of the new LMR for subway use.
jianmin.fong@sfmta.com
In all cases, our team has been tasked to lead design reviews and approval,
coordinate and oversee factory testing and system installation, perform QA/QA over
Key Personnel
Eric Keijzer the factory and field level-acceptance testing program, and help affect
Carlos Delatorre commissioning and cutover.
Ivan Pagacik
Real-Time Passenger Information System (RTPIS) Project
Canberra, Australia

PROJECT DETAILS Summary of Experience

Location The Transport Directorate for the Australia Capital Territory (ACT) in Canberra engaged
Australia Capital Territory (ACT), KEMA Australia Pty. in Sydney, who in turn subcontracted all but the in-country project
Canberra,, Australia
management responsibilities to Macro/Ross & Baruzzini, to perform the planning,
Expertise design, request for tender (RFT), proposal evaluations, and vendor final design and
Fleet Monitoring System with implementation oversight of, a turnkey CAD/AVL-based fleet monitoring and Real-
real-time passenger information
reporting and complete suite of Time Passenger Information System, or “RTPIS”, for its ACTION bus fleet.
in-vehicle ITS components
Aside from the on-board MDTs being placed on the right side of bus, the overall
Construction Cost
$12 Million implementation approach is otherwise very similar to what we see here in North
America. Macro/R&B performed an alternatives analysis between using a new,
Completion Date
completely capitalized and privatized, “Mesh” infrastructure and public cellular data.
2010-2013
The wireless data network for the system our team recommended and chosen by ACT
was indeed the region’s ubiquitous 3G/4G public cellular carriage that provided
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superior coverage, sustainability, and per-bit cost affordability. Included in the RTPIS
Mr. Neelesh Krishan designed by Macro/R&B is a set of robust passenger information modules that push
RTPIS Program Manager predicted bus arrival information onto new LED signs to be placed at nearly 3,000 bus
Territory and Municipal Services
GPO Box 158 stops, key transfer locations, and the city’s transit centers, accompanied by vendor-
Canberra ACT 2601 sourced iOS and Android apps, and delivered as web-accessible information on
Phone: (02) 620 75847 ACTION’s website. The in-vehicle complement was subsequently interfaced with the
neelesh.krishan@act.gov.au
buses’ legacy systems to provide single-point login and vehicle setup for the vehicle
Key Personnel operator.
Eric Keijzer, Technical SME –
Fleet Monitoring and RTI
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Valley Metro, Phoenix, AZ

Alameda-Contra Costa (AC) Transit, Oakland, CA

Gardena (GRID), Gardena, CA

San Diego (SDTC/NCTD), San Diego, CA

San Mateo County Transit ("SamTrans"), San Carlos, CA

Santa Clara Valley Transit Authority (VTA), San Jose, CA

Los Angeles Metro, CA

Monterey-Salinas Transit, Monterey, CA

SFMTA, San Francisco, CA

Mountain Transit, Colorado Springs, CO

Greater Bridgeport TA (GBTA), Bridgeport, CT

WMATA, Washington, DC

State of Connecticut DOT

Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL

Cobb Community Transit, Marietta, GA

Gwinette County Transit, Norcross, GA

Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), Atlanta, GA

Honolulu PTD ("The Bus"), Honolulu, HI

Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky (TANK), Covington, KY

Des Moines Area Rapid Transit (DART), Des Moines, IO

Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), Chicago, IL

Madison County Transit, Granite City, IL

PACE, Chicago Suburbs, IL

Montgomery County Transit, Rockville, MD

Metropolitan Council ("Metro Transit"), Minn-St. Paul, MN

Regional Trans. Commission of Clark County, Las Vegas, NV

New Jersey Transit (NJT), Newark, NJ

Long Island Railroad (LIRR), Queens, NY

New York City Dept of Education, NY

NYCT Fixed Route, New York, NY

NYCT Paratransit, New York, NY

Port Authority of New York New Jersey (PANYNJ), New York, NY

Rochester - Genesee County Regional Transit, Rochester, NY

Suffolk County Transit, East Islip, NY

Westchester County ("Bee Line"), White Plains, NY

Central Ohio TA (COTA), Columbus, OH

Metro RTA, Akron, OH

Southwest Ohio RTA (SORTA), Cincinnati, OH

Stark Area Transit, Canton, OH

Tri-Met Transit, Portland, OR

SEPTA, Philadelphia, PA

Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA), Providence, RI

Capital Metro Transit, Austin, TX

City of El Paso Transit, TX

Greater Richmond Transit Commission (GRTC), Richmond, VA

Hampton Roads Transit, Norfolk, VA

PRTC, Woodbridge, VA

Intercity Transit, Olympia, WA

King County Metro Transit, Seattle, WA

State of Wisconsin DOT

Milwaukee County Transit, Milwaukee, WI

Pierce Transit, Tacoma, WA

Sound Transit, Seattle, WA

Calgary Transit, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Edmonton Transit, Alberta, Canada

Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), Toronto, Canada

TransLink, Vancouver, Canada

Australia Capital Territory, Canberra, Australia