Universal Transit Farecard Standards (UTFS)Task Force

Tom Parker (TF Chair), BART

Martin Schroeder, APTA

Greg Garback, WMATA

Leisa Moniz, Volpe

Henry Rosen (Fare Media Chair), PATH

Rick Barrett (Fin Mgmt Vice-Chair), Quattran Associates

Budget updates will appear on the agenda as necessary.

After several minutes of discussion, the group agreed that a face-to-face meeting of the leadership is critical to moving the program forward.

The group agreed to a 1 ½ day session beginning at noon, Thursday, January 26th and concluding the afternoon of Friday, January 27th.

Action Items:

• Martin will finalize the agenda and distribute to the group and secure a meeting room at the hotel in Long Beach, CA.
• Agency reps are encouraged to submit their requests for travel reimbursement to APTA for approval and make the necessary arrangements.

Those on the call who indicated they could attend were: Tom Parker, Martin Schroeder and Greg Garback.

Additional outreach to others within the leadership is necessary. The following members have agreed to call others and invite them. RSVP's should be sent via email to Leisa Moniz @ moniz@volpe.dot.gov so that a list of attendees can be generated.

Action Items:

• Tom Parker will call Chung Chung Tam;
• Martin Schroeder will call Tomas Oliva and David McIlwraith;
• Leisa Moniz will call Carol Wise and Marybeth Cobleigh-Beal;
• Henry Rosen will call Joe Simonetti;
• Greg Garback will call Bob Bernard.

WP#1 is finalizing their final draft. It is anticipated that it should go to the Financial Management Committee for final review and approval by the end of January.

WP#3 Security Guidelines did not achieve a quorum in the Task Force Balloting. Additionally, one comment received needs to be resolved.

Action Item: Martin Schroeder will contact Gary Yamamura to see if that comment has been resolved and then it can be re-balloted at the Task Force level.

WP#4 is close to releasing it's first draft for WP#4 review. It is anticipated that this could occur the first week in February.

The leadership also determined that a joint WP#4/Fin Mgmt Com review is acceptable as long as the eligibility for balloting is reconciled with the IP Policy and attendance at 2/3 three meetings.

Action: Leisa will contact Carol and indicate that the document should be sent to her steering committee for ballot.

Once this is completed, APTA can post on the UTFS website.

Carol also indicated that several other activities have been recommended for consideration, these tasks are as follows:

• Task 4 - Funding: Creating a checklist of items and examples on financial support (innovative financing) by the transit system, federal and local governments.
• Task 6 - Preparation of Specification: Creating a checklist of items and examples of how to design high-quality specifications for new equipment.
• Task 7 - Procurement: Creating a checklist of items and examples for a high quality procurement process and document.
• Task 9 - Maintenance of AFC Equipment: Creating a checklist of items and examples for the day-to-day maintenance of new equipment.

Further discussion on these possible activities can be discussed in Long Beach, CA

• I-95 Corridor Coalition EPS Committee, February 8th at SEPTA, Philadelphia
• Smart Card Alliance/Transportation Council - is considering two dates: February 27-28 or March 9-10 in Salt Lake City, UT. A final date will be determined next week and Greg will let us know.
• Smart Card Alliance/Smart Cards in Government - April 18-20th, Washington DC

Tom Parker asked if the group owed any action items to the SCA/Transportation Council. After several minutes of discussion, the following action item was determined:

Action: Martin will contact Gary Yamamura regarding the summary he developed on security and follow-up with Rick and Greg as needed.