Vehicular Technology Society

This will be an online meeting. Details will be provided.

John Ayers will present XING™, an automated crossing safety monitoring system, which automates hazard detection and notifications. XING™ slashes the time between hazard occurrence and notifications. This reduces response times and, in some cases, can prevent crossing incidents and accidents. XING™ uses video analytics and configurable business rules to recognize and classify hazards, determine appropriate... Read more →

MDOT MTA MARC Train is building a heavy maintenance building at Riverside Yard in Baltimore. When completed, the facility will permit MARC to bring almost all rolling stock and locomotive maintenance in-house, improving the quality of work and significantly reducing equipment downtime. Our speakers will discuss the planning and execution of the construction, technical details about the features of the building, and review challenges that were faced along the way and how they were addressed.

Presenter John Nawn will take us through some of the more critical pedestrian accessibility issues and nuances at transit stations including walkway, parking, floor surface, platform and vehicle considerations. Mr. Nawn will discuss various codes and standards and their application to the safe and efficient movement of pedestrians, our riders and constituents, through our transit... Read more →

Topic:      Real-Time Tracking on MDOT MTA Baltimore Metro: Challenges and Successes Accurate, reliable, and accessible real-time train arrival information is a key expectation riders today have of a modern subway transit service. Yet since opening in 1983, passengers taking Baltimore’s Metro SubwayLink were largely in the dark as to when the next train would... Read more →