Atlanta, GA – May 2008. Macro has completed a comprehensive “business process review” (BPR) of the Metropolitan Atlanta’s Rapid Transit Authority’s (MARTA) Operations Control Center that will serve as the foundation for Macro’s forthcoming design of their Train Control System (TCS) and SCADA. Macro, serving MARTA as a key subconsultant under the Metro Atlanta Transit Consultants (MATC), a consortium of planning and engineering firms led by DMJM-Harris, is engaged in a variety of significant engineering assignments for MARTA under a large omnibus contract, including conducting a thorough mid-life assessment of its computer aided-dispatch (CAD) and GPS-based automatic vehicle location (AVL) system for management its fixed-route bus fleet, and developing a design plan for MARTA’s new Rail Services Control Center (RSCC).

Columbia, MD – May 2008. Orbital Transportation Management Systems recently conducted it final factory acceptance test of a new CAD/AVL system that will be delivered to and installed for the Westchester County (NY) Department of Transportation “Bee-Line” public transit bus service. Macro, serving on behalf of the County as the project management office (PMO) and system engineering staff for the County’s new Transit Communications System (TCS) project, led the team that witnessed the comprehensive battery of factory test required by the contract with Orbital that Macro helped negotiate. The TCS will include a new CAD/AVL system, countywide trunked UHF voice/data radio system, and related in-vehicle systems. The system is scheduled for final commissioning in March, 2009.

Augusta, ME – April 2008. The State of Maine’s Department of Public Safety (DPS), which includes the Maine State Police, the state’s Emergency Management Agency, the bureaus of Conservation and Fish & Wildlife, and the Department of Corrections, has engaged Macro to initiate a user needs and suitability assessment of DPS’s computer aided-dispatch (CAD) system, records management system (RMS), and mobile data computer platform (MDC). DPS’s chief objective is to greatly improve the interoperability and consolidation of dispatch and records data between federal, state, and local public safety agencies within Maine. DPS presently operates combined public safety answering points (PSAPs) / dispatch radio control centers (RCCs) in four (4) geographically distinct regions around the state. Macro is slated to complete its final assessment report and recommendation report by early June 2008.

Woodbridge, VA – March 2008. The Potomac-Rappahannock Transportation Commission (PRTC) has selected Macro Corporation to fulfill a number of task orders pursuant to the planning, design, and implementation oversight of a new communications infrastructure and real-time passenger information system. Real-time service status information is of paramount importance to PRTC: and large share of its ridership is commuting into Washington D.C. and connecting with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority’s (WMATA) transit service.