Portland Celebrates Grand Opening of City's New Streetcar Central Loop!
Trapeze Provides Enterprise Asset Management Solution For Portland's Latest Transit Project
(firmenpresse) - PORTLAND, OREGON -- (Marketwire) -- 09/20/12 -- Trapeze Group today announced that the new streetcars and track infrastructure deployed in Portland, Oregon, as part of the , are being supported and managed by . When the project celebrates its grand opening with free rides to all passengers on September 22 and 23, 2012, Trapeze EAM solutions for rolling stock, linear assets and facilities are going to be working for as well!
"We are very pleased to be working with Trapeze and with the development of our rail focused database! It has been a long time coming for Portland Streetcar to have such an all inclusive system, and this one has it all!" said Gary Cooper, Manager, Streetcar Maintenance, Portland Bureau of Transportation. "The tools within the Trapeze design allow the City of Portland to better manage our budgets, inventory, rolling stock and linear assets to a longer, more efficient and more effective life; and most importantly, a more reliable operation," Cooper added.
The Trapeze solution that Portland Streetcar purchased is a fully integrated system throughout its life cycle, from pre-acquisition to post-disposition. With robust and comprehensive functionality, Trapeze EAM ensures equipment reliability, regulatory compliance and cost containment. The system also helps Portland Streetcar manage the right-of-way including inspections, defect recording and repair of rail track, signals, switches, catenary and electric traction.
Additionally, Trapeze EAM tracks all functions related to the maintenance of transit infrastructure, including stops and stations, offices, maintenance facilities, revenue equipment, communications gear, stationary equipment and IT assets. There can be thousands of large and small assets to oversee and maintain, and Trapeze EAM is a critical tool for managing this infrastructure and stationary assets. Trapeze EAM creates a transit asset management database that includes, in accordance with the FTA's MAP-21 requirements, State of Good Repair reporting and analysis as well as capital project forecasting.
Portland Streetcar is a streetcar system in Portland, Oregon, that opened in 2001 and serves the Central City of Portland. Currently, it has a single line 3.9 miles long line that serves more than 3.7 million annual riders. The Central Loop, adding 3.3 miles and 28 stations, will be the system's second line. Portland Streetcar is owned by the City Portland, managed by Portland Streetcar Incorporated, a non-profit corporation, and supported by TriMet operating personnel. Portland Streetcar was the first new streetcar system in the United States since World War II to use modern vehicles.
About Trapeze Group
Trapeze Group delivers solutions that consider the full 360 degrees of passenger transport. Whether addressing the needs of a single department, an entire organization, or the community, Trapeze provides some of the most advanced software, (ITS) and mobile technologies in the industry. Hundreds of government and commercial organizations across Europe, North America and Asia Pacific have turned to Trapeze to realize efficiencies, enhance the quality and scope of their services, and safely transport more people with less cost. Visit .
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