Transit Center Security Functional Area
Description
Monitor transit vehicle operator or traveler activated alarms; authenticate transit vehicle operators; remotely disable a transit vehicle; alert operators, travelers, and police to potential incidents identified by these security features.
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Functional Requirements
| ID | Requirement |
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| 1 | The center shall monitor transit vehicle operational data to determine if the transit vehicle is off-route and assess whether a security incident is occurring. |
| 2 | The center shall receive reports of emergencies on-board transit vehicles entered directly be the transit vehicle operator or from a traveler through interfaces such as panic buttons or alarm switches. |
| 3 | The center shall support the back-office portion of functionality to authenticate transit vehicle operators. |
| 4 | The center shall exchange transit incident information along with other service data with other transit agencies. |
| 5 | The center shall receive information pertaining to a wide-area alert such as weather alerts, disaster situations, or child abductions. This information may come from Emergency Management or from other Alerting and Advisory Systems. |
| 6 | The center shall send wide-area alert information to travelers (on-board transit vehicles or at stations/stops) and transit vehicle operators. |
| 7 | The center shall coordinate the response to security incidents involving transit with other agencies including Emergency Management, other transit agencies, media, traffic management, and traveler information service providers. |
| 8 | The center shall receive threat information and status on the integrity of the transit infrastructure. |
| 9 | The center shall provide support to remotely disable (or reset the disabling of) a transit vehicle in service. |