9/22/02for APTA Annual Meeting, Professional Society Standards Jim Dietz Chair, Rail Transit Vehicle Interface Standards Committee

9/22/02for APTA Annual Meeting, Overview Consensus standards process Benefits of standardization Rail Transit Vehicle Interface Standards Committee How to get involved

9/22/02for APTA Annual Meeting, Consensus Standards Process - ANSI - American National Standards Institute Founded in 1918 Private, non-profit organization Administers and coordinates U.S. voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system

9/22/02for APTA Annual Meeting, Consensus Standards Process - National Standards - ANSI doesn’t develop standards ANSI facilitates development Consensus, due process and openness More than 175 accredited entities for more information

9/22/02for APTA Annual Meeting, Consensus Standards Process - IEEE Standards Association - One entity producing standards Audited for conformance to ANSI requirements (e.g. consensus) Standards to provide common ground for communication in specific areas of electrotechnology Each standard must have a sponsor

9/22/02for APTA Annual Meeting, Consensus Standards Process - RTVISC - Rail Transit Vehicle Interface Standards Committee Sponsors individual standards Facilitates working groups (More on RTVISC later)

9/22/02for APTA Annual Meeting, Consensus Standards Process - Overview relative to IEEE Rail - ANSI Assures conformity Professional Societies Development process Sponsor Broad review and balloting Working GroupDraft the text

9/22/02for APTA Annual Meeting, Benefits of Standardization - Safety billion light rail and subway passengers each year 4 times as many passengers as US airlines Safety has both project specific and universal aspects Draw on the whole rail community

9/22/02for APTA Annual Meeting, Benefits of Standardization - Control Costs - Rail applications are known for customization With standardization: –Reduced design cost –Reduced risk/contingency dollars –Minimize single sources –Improved reliability –Reduced maintenance training

9/22/02for APTA Annual Meeting, Benefits of Standardization - Regulatory Participation - National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (Public Law ) Federal agencies must use, wherever possible, technical standards developed by consensus standards organizations

9/22/02for APTA Annual Meeting, Benefits of Standardization - Credibility - Standards have a legal standing Use of standards may help manage liability

9/22/02for APTA Annual Meeting, RTVISC - History - Rail Transit Vehicle Interface Standards Committee Founded in 1996: Tom McGean, Chair Fifty member committee More than 300 professionals have participated in working groups

9/22/02for APTA Annual Meeting, RTVISC - Recent Transition - Originally funded as a Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) project The process works! (no longer “research”) Funding shifted to APTA in 2002 Chair shifted to Jim Dietz in 2002

9/22/02for APTA Annual Meeting, RTVISC - Organization -

9/22/02for APTA Annual Meeting, RTVISC - IEEE Standards Published - 11:Rail Vehicle Motors 1473:Communications Protocol :CBTC Performance Requirements :Event Recorder 1483:Verification of Vital Functions 1475:Prop. Braking & Master Control 1476:Auxiliary Power Systems 1477:Passenger Information 1478:Transit Car Environment

9/22/02for APTA Annual Meeting, RTVISC - General Standards In Process - P-1544:Rail TCIP P-1536:Battery Physical Interface P-16:Electrical/Electronic Control P-1558:Software Documentation P-1568:NiCad Battery Performance P-1570:HRI Standards P :Graphical User Interface P-1582:Wayside CBTC Environmental P-1482:Maintenance & Diagnostics P-1612:Comm. To/From Rail Vehicles

9/22/02for APTA Annual Meeting, RTVISC - Overhead Contact Systems - P-1629:Overhead Current Collectors P-1627:OCS Grounding Practices P-1626:OCS Insulation P-1628:RP for Overhead Maintenance P-1630:OCS Structures

9/22/02for APTA Annual Meeting, RTVISC - Liaison - ASME RT-1 - Light Rail Crashworthiness ASME RT-2 - Rapid Rail Crashworthiness HVAC via ASHRAE - Under formation IEC TC9 Automatic People Mover Committee

9/22/02for APTA Annual Meeting, RTVISC - New Thrusts - Traction Substations –Under formation

9/22/02for APTA Annual Meeting, How to get involved RTVIS Committee, Sub-Committees, and Working Groups Web site – Jim Dietz – at IEEE at LTK

9/22/02for APTA Annual Meeting, References IEEE web site – ANSI web site – Thomas J. McGean, Consensus Standards for the Rail Transit Industry (TCRP Research Results Digest, November 2001-Number 44)

9/22/02for APTA Annual Meeting, Professional Society Standards - Summary - There is a rigorous consensus standards process in the US Professional societies are at the forefront of standards development Rail standards development activity in the US is very high Care to help?

9/22/02for APTA Annual Meeting, Professional Society Standards