Moderator: Chris Jackson, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Gazette Group
Why 5G Matters for Transportation
• What does 5G offer?
• The need for convergence
• Case-studies
5G Technology
• Frequency Bands
• Upgrades
• New builds
System Considerations
• Design
• Implementation
• Maintenance and Monitoring
5G Checklist
Justin Bushee, VP of Business Development, Boingo Wireless Tony Wells, CEO, C Squared Systems Scott Deweese, SVP and General Manager, SOLiD Americas
Andy Salter, Managing Director, DVV Media International
Moderator: Andy Salter, Managing Director, DVV Media International
Hear from expert and transport “evangelist” about the future developments coming to cities and transportation within the next 10 years in America.
A Train-Centric Revolution is upon us – made possible by the ever-growing list of advanced technologies that allow functionality, once relegated to legacy wayside systems, to be transformed by the Communication-Based Smart Trains. Around the world smart systems are being bundled and deployed with very little impact to existing equipment and streamlining the time and efforts demanded for greenfield projects. Robert’s presentation will focus on the benefits of this revolution for transportation agencies including: cost savings from lightweight sensors, maintenance free integration, improved operations during inclement weather, more reliable integration, connectivity with wayside equipment, and improved system safety for operations and perimeter security.
Karti Subramanian, Director Digital Ride, MBTA
Lynsey Heffernan, Assistant General Manager for Policy & Transit Planning
Zekeriya Polat, Co-Founder, VisionIT
Two major new transit projects are taking shape in Washington’s Maryland suburbs that will connect with Washington’s Metro rail system but are being built by state and local government. The Purple Line (PL) is the State’s PPP light rail project that will connect urban areas in Maryland’s Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties and link with the Washington Metro system at four stations facilitating rail connections between the two systems. The PL is scheduled to open in 2026 after years of delays and ballooning costs. In the second project, Montgomery County has opened its FLASH BRT system that operates a 14-mile limited-stop articulated bus service on a major state highway with partial dedicated lanes that ends at a key Metro rail station; four other FLASH BRT route corridors are in development in the County along other major highways that will connect with the Washington’s Metro.
An 'Integrated Travel’ experience seeks to make riding by rail and bus simpler and more cost-effective, for transit providers and customers. This session will explore how Xentrans assisted the State of California in researching, planning and launching the California Integrated Travel Project (Cal-ITP), which aims to enable contactless payments, automate customer discounts and standardize information for easy trip planning.
Moderator: Jim Baker, CEO, Xentrans
Where can Interoperable specifications for automated railroad operation have been developed for several years. The current status of the specification and an assessment of the upcoming milestones are presented. The results of the implemented pilot projects of SBB and DB-Cargo as well as the measured performance parameters are explained.
Furthermore, the challenges and obstacles of the infrastructure, traffic management system and the Railway Undertaken for a current ATO deployment will be highlighted. An assessment of the possible areas of application and the different degrees of automation will be presented and the current risks of an implementation will be shown.
The evolution of payment technologies has had a dramatic impact on Transportation service providers. The transition from ‘agency based ticket structures’ to ‘bring your own payment’ has created a significant opportunity for transit and transportation providers to lower costs, increase security, and improve the overall customer experience.
Moderator: Andy Salter, Managing Director, DVV Media International
SNCF will provide a presentation of the context, the goals and the first results of the OCORA initiative.
OCORA is an ETCS based ATP CCS, enhanced by ATO, GNSS based train localization, FRMCS,… The approach is focusing on an open architecture based on functional modularity and open interfaces.
An introduction to the Fiber Optic Sensing Association (FOSA) and Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing (DFOS) concepts with relevance in rail applications, and a comprehensive description of what can be detected when applying relevant DFOS methods to rail.
Andy Salter, Managing Director, DVV Media International
Scott Margolis, Chief Information Security Officer, MBTA
Successful cyber-attacks on our transportation systems have a debilitating effect on the economy and public safety. They are on the increase and pose a threat to critical operations such as bus operations, system operations, and fare management. Many transit agencies are ill prepared of the inevitable back. Scott Belcher, Mineta Transportation Research Associate, will speak about MTI’s recently released study entitled Aligning the Transit Industry and Their Vendors in the Face of Increasing Cyber Risk: Recommendations for Identifying and Addressing Cybersecurity Challenges and provide insights into the nature, threat, and public policies that surround cybersecurity and how your vendors can help provide additional protection.
Chelsey Waterman, COO, MetroLINK
Rail trespassing – intentional and unintentional is still the primary cause of fatalities on North American railroads.
This session will look at the newest technologies being implemented and created to prevent trespassing incidents on railroads and prevent fatalities.