The Transit Standards Consortium: Standards FOR Transit, BY Transit

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The Transit Standards Consortium Standards FOR
Transit, BY Transit

• Name, TSC Board Member
• Title Organization
• And
• Eva Lerner-Lam, TSC Board Member
• President, the Palisades Consulting Group, Inc.
• December 2001

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TSC Mission

• To provide a transit industry forum for
  comprehensive and integrated research,
  development, testing, training and maintenance of
  transit standards in order to improve cost
  effectiveness, customer service and employee
  satisfaction.

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Organizational Structure

• Independent, non-profit organization
• IRS-certified under Sec. 501 ( c ) 3
• Nine-member, elected Board of Trustees
• Technical Council and Education Council
• Technical Working Group and Task Forces for
  specific standards-related activities

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Member-Driven

• Equal representation at all levels of TSC
• Operators (1/3)
• Vendors (1/3)
• Other (1/3)
• University Transportation Research Centers
• State and local DOTs
• System Integrators
• Consultants

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Funding

• Three sources
• Member dues
• Grants from governmental agencies
• Stakeholder contributions to specific functional
  areas

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FY2001 Board of Trustees

• Robert E. Paaswell, P.E., Ph.D., Chairman
• William Long, Vice Chairman
• Kay Regan-DiCicco, Treasurer
• Terry Williams, Secretary
• Richard Cox
• William Hiller
• Richard Hodges
• Eva Lerner-Lam
• David Matta

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FY2001 Technical Council

• Tom Sullivan, Chairman
• Others? Tom, please fill in here

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FY2001 Education Council

• Halsey King, Chairman
• Others? Halsey, please fill in here

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Strategic Alliances

• ITS America (1998)
• Society of Automotive Engineers (1999)
• Lonmark Association (2000)

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Milestones

• White Paper published, December 1997
• First Board constituted and corporate entity
  legally established, March 1998
• Interim Technical Council constituted and Interim
  Executive Director appointed, March 1998
• First Annual Meeting, October 4, 1998
• Cooperative Agreement with FTA for initial
  activities June 1999
• MOU signed with ITS America establishing a
  Strategic Alliance, August 1999
• Second Annual Meeting and Election of Officers,
  October 25, 1999

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Milestones, continued

• MOU signed with Society of Automotive Engineers
  establishing a Strategic Alliance, January 2000
• TSC Website launched, February 2000
• Robert Paaswell elected Chairman of the Board,
  June 2000
• Richard Cox appointed Interim President, July
  2000
• Cooperative Agreements with FTA for Location
  Referencing Guidebook and Transit ITS Standards
  Outreach, October-November 2000
• Third Annual Meeting and Election of Officers,
  October 31, 2000
• MOU signed with LonMark Association establishing
  a Strategic Alliance, December 2000

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2001 Activities

• Publish Technical Councils Bus Stop Inventory
  Guidelines and Recommended Practice
• Continue to operate Ask TSC a web-based service
  to the transit industry
• Implement FTA Cooperative Agreements for Location
  Referencing and Transit ITS Outreach projects
• Assist FTA with planning and programming of all
  transit standards activities, including ITS
  standards
• Continue to publish Newsletters, email subscriber
  updates, teleconferences, forums, etc.

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Membership Benefits

• Membership Benefits include
• Participation in Technical Working Group and Task
  Force activities
• Participation in TSC and TSC-affiliate
  conferences, workshops, etc. at reduced rates
• E-mail, newsletter and web-based information
  services about transit standards

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Membership Dues

• Membership dues are
• Level 1 25,000 10 individual memberships, 10
  votes
• Level 2 10,000 4 individual memberships, 4
  votes
• Level 3 2,500 1 individual membership, 1
  vote
• Individual 125 1 individual membership,
  1/20 vote

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To Join TSC

• Application Forms are available via the Web at
• www.tsconsortium.org

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For more information...

• Visit the TSC website at
• www.tsconsortium.org
• Or contact
• Richard Cox, President
• Rcox_at_sae.org