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OPERATIONS, SAFETY AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMITTEE
OCTOBER 17, 2019
Subject
SUBJECT: TRACK AND TUNNEL INTRUSION DETECTION & VIDEO ANALYTICS TECHNOLOGY GRANT
Action
ACTION: ESTABLISH A LIFE OF PROJECT
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
ESTABLISH the Life-of-Project for the following capital projects:
A. APPROVE the Life-of-Project for Track and Tunnel Intrusion Detection for Underground Rail Stations for $8,873,092. The project was awarded Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP) grant funds of $6,204,960; and
B. APPROVE the Life-of-Project for Video Analytics Technology for CCTV cameras at Rail Stations and bus lines for $7,200,000. The project was awarded Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP) grant funds of $7,200,000.
Issue
ISSUE
Metro Operations consist of Transportation and multiple support units which are committed to provide safe, courteous, professional, dependable, clean, and efficient transit services to customers. Subway stations and tunnels pose a difficult environment for conventional technologies such as video analytics, motion detectors, infrared and microwave to work efficiently and cost-effectively.
Staff has anticipated these challenges by requesting funding from Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through the Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP) for a track intrusion detection system to discern between people and trains as well as the ancillary areas in the train tunnels.
Discussion
DISCUSSION
The projects that will be established with Federal funding are the Track and Tunnel Intrusion Detection project for Underground Rail Stations at the Union Station Gateway (USG) and throughout system-wide underground stations and the Video Analytics Technology for CCTV cameras project for at grade rail and bus stations system-wide.
Track and Tunnel Intrusion Detection for Underground Rail Stations
The Track and Tunnel Intrusion Detection for Underground Rail Stations project proposes to install track intrusion systems a...
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