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Communications Interface Profiles (TCIP) Standard Development Program
APTA-TCIP-S-01 3.0.6
TCIP is an APTA Standard that provides a library of
information exchange building blocks, to allow transit agencies and transit
suppliers to create standardized tailored interfaces. APTA TCIP is based on the
earlier TCIP work performed by ITE, AASHTO, and NEMA and published as the NTCIP
1400-series standards. APTA TCIP extended the NTCIP Standards to include a
Concept of Operations, Model Architecture, Dialog Definitions, and a rigorous,
modular approach to conformance. Both the APTA TCIP development and the earlier
NTCIP development were sponsored by the US DOT Intelligent Transportation
Systems Joint Program Office.
TCIP Model Architecture
TCIP provides
building blocks for interfaces for several business areas:
· Common
Public Transport
· Scheduling
· Passenger
Information
· Transit
Signal Priority
· Control
Center
· Onboard
Systems
· Spatial
Referencing
· Fare
Collection
All business areas in the standard are approved, except
for Fare Collection. Fare Collection is included on a non-normative basis
pending further development after the completion of the APTA UTFS.
APTA has developed a tool to assist TCIP users in
specifying TCIP interfaces called the TCIP Implementation Requirements and
Capabilities Editor (TIRCE). This tool provides a
user-friendly means to create, modify, document, and compare interface
specifications based on TCIP.
The APTA TCIP Standard and TIRCE are available free
of charge to all interested parties via download from the documents page on this site.
To add comments to the standard click here.
