Radio Replacement and Public WiFi
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA)

Smart City Project Overview

Replacing the radio system of our entire fleet of revenue vehicles with a Federal standard radio frequency system (800 Mhz, FirstNet - Public Safety capable) and adding free public WiFi to all stations and all vehicles.

Organization's mission and/or purpose

To provide safe, reliable, clean and courteous public transportation.

COLLABORATING ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED

• State of Ohio
• City of Cleveland

Project Links

• Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
• Article: RTA launches free Wi-Fi in vehicles, stations and transit centers

IMPACT STATEMENT

To replace and upgrade GCRTA's communication and CAD/AVL [Computer Aided Dispatch/Automatic Vehicle Location] system.  Our system will provide safe and reliable radio communication while enhancing technology for our riders.

We're replacing an obsolete 20 year old radio system to enable audio communication directly to our Headquarters Communication Center with a state of the art national standard radio system and includes significantly improved coverage for our service area.  This enables voice communications, through a statewide system, with our Transit Police and Dispatchers.

The system also tracks, in real time, the location of our entire fleet for on time performance in real time (every 15 seconds).

This allows apps to not only track every vehicle and provide that to our riders, but provides a level of safety and reliability heretofore not seen.

Project point

Peter Anderson
[email protected]