SEPTA Real Time Vehicle Location

TYLin has worked extensively with SEPTA, a regional public transportation organization serving 3.9 million people in five counties in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. SEPTA offers a comprehensive transit network of buses, trains, trolleys, and subways. TYLin is the Prime Consultant for project management, system design support, testing, and construction-related services for SEPTA’s Real Time Vehicle Location (RTVL) project. The RTVL project improves the efficiency, convenience, and reliability of SEPTA’s service.  

The RTVL project focuses on developing real-time General Transit Feed Specifications (GTFS) data feeds for each of SEPTA’s three rail transit systems (Market-Frankford Subway-Elevated Line, Broad Street Line, and Norristown High-Speed Line) as well as its bus service.

Project Highlights:

• The rail transit GTFS data feeds will support variable message sign displays and PA announcements of vehicle estimated arrival times.  
• RTVL will produce public GTFS static and real-time feeds for rail transit vehicles and buses.
• The project also includes upgrades to centralized traffic control (CTC) system software, CTC system servers, dispatcher workstations, and new field-based workstations.