Compliance Coordination Committee Meeting August 9, 2011

Date:	Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Time:	2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Place:	2 Broadway, 20th floor Conference Room
Chairperson:	Gricelda Cespedes, P.E. Chief, ADA Officer
Co-Chairperson	Florentina Georgescu, P.E., Deputy Chief ADA Officer
Minutes prepared by:	Usha Narasimhan


Item #	Description	Person/Department
1	Meeting Kickoff	Chairperson
1.1	Ms. Gricelda Cespedes, chairperson, called the meeting to order at approximately 2 p.m. She reviewed the purpose of the Compliance Coordination Committee (CCC) meeting, which is to inform customers about MTA New York City Transit's efforts to make travel within the system more accessible.
1.2	The chairperson stated that the Compliance Coordination Committee meeting also serves as a forum for our customers to voice their opinions, concerns, and recommendations of how it is to travel within the system.
1.3	The focus of these meetings is to provide information about current New York City Transit (NYC Transit) projects and programs.
1.4	After a few housekeeping details, the chairperson introduced our first guest speaker.
2	Feature Presentation	Guest Presenters
2.1	Mr. Sunil Nair, project manager of the MTA Bus Customer Information System (CIS) initiative, spoke about the CIS bus pilot program, introduced on the B63 bus route in Brooklyn on Tuesday, February 1, 2011. The purpose of CIS is to give customers access to reliable real-time bus arrival information. Mr. Nair discussed multiple modes customers can use to access CIS, the pilot program's progress, and plans to expand CIS. Currently, 30 buses have CIS equipment.	Guest Presenters
2.2	The next guest, Mr. Shibu John of Technical Services and Engineering, NYC Transit Department of Buses, made a presentation about the NYC Transit Bus Initiatives Pilot Program on the M34 route in Manhattan, that gives customers access to real time bus service information. In addition, M34 buses in the program have been equipped with speakers and digital LED signs programmed to announce each upcoming stop. A large LED screen at each participating M34 bus stop displays real-time information for the next few arriving buses. NYC Transit may introduce this technology in more buses in the future, based on the results of the pilot program and available funding.
3	Open Forum/Questions and Answers Session The open forum's Question and Answer (Q&A) session followed question and answer period for the first two presentations. The chairperson and representatives from other NYC Transit departments addressed these questions.	Chairperson and other NYC Transit Department Representatives
4	Key Station Update The chairperson gave the Key Station update. To date, 74 Key Stations and 17 non-key stations, including the 96th Street station on the Broadway line ( ), are accessible. The chairperson stated that we are two years ahead of schedule in the voluntary compliance agreement (VCA) to complete 100 stations by 2020. NYC Transit has seven subway stations under construction and another ten in the design stage.	Chairperson
5	Closing Remarks The meeting closed at 4 pm. The chairperson informed attendees that the Office of ADA Compliance would announce the next CCC meeting, at least one month prior to the meeting’s date. The chairperson thanked everyone.	Chairperson

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