KKO's years of experience with specialized technologies developed for the transit industry including scheduling systems, customer itinerary planning systems and revenue collection / management applications makes the firm an ideal partner to help any transit agency introduce a new technology.

MBTA Maintenance Control Reporting System Implementation Support

To improve operational efficiency, the MBTA has purchased management and maintenance software from Maximus to replace the legacy Maintenance Control Reporting System (MCRS). KKO is working with Maximus and the MBTA to integrate the software into the daily operations at the MBTA. The software is focused on helping to organize operations at each garage and improve the integration with other departments.

CTA Maintenance Management Information System

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is implementing the Maximus FleetFocus and RailFocus maintenance management products. KKO is assisting with business process analysis, training mechanics, supervisors and analysts, and post-implementation support.

MARTA Enterprise Asset Management System Implementation Support

MARTA has undertaken a Business Transformation Process to replace legacy systems with integrated Enterprise Resource Planning and Enterprise Asset Management systems. KKO is supporting IBM, Maximus, and Bentley in the implementation of the Enterprise Asset Management systems.

Chicago Bus and Rail Scheduling System

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is upgrading their bus and rail scheduling software. KKO is assisting the HASTUS vendor in training new schedulers; creating specifications for all interfaces related to bus and rail stops that will feed other systems such as the traffic checking database, the stops maintenance database and a new GPS-based AVL system; and establishing the physical geocode location for each stop and station in the database.

KKO assisted MultiSystems, Inc. in the design and development of a Customer Information System for PA Transit in Pittsburgh, PA. PA Transit replaced its suite of scheduling, dispatching, and customer information applications with products from GIRO and Multisystems. KKO provided on-site software programming and system integration services.

KKO supported the implementation of an Automated Information Retrieval System for Customer Information at the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). Working with Teleride, Inc., KKO provided the underlying Geographic Information System containing the definition and location of 80,000 bus stops, routes, points of interest, and fare information to support the itinerary-planning module of AIRS.

With MultiSystems, Inc., KKO designed and programmed a networked microcomputer database application to manage and analyze all ridecheck and pointcheck data collected by the New York City Transit Authority's Service Planning Division. This system is used to process all data collected by NYCTA's force of 250 traffic checkers who regularly ride buses making counts of passengers by stop and monitoring schedule adherence (ride checks) and also regularly monitor service conditions in the street by logging buses on all routes passing a common station to determine loading and service delivery patterns.

For the Rhode Island Public Transportation Authority, KKO contributed to the development of a transit scheduling tool for use on an OS/2 network. The system is used to schedule all public transit service in the State of Rhode Island.

KKO participated in a project to develop a centralized database to receive, store, and report route and bus operating statistics for the Chicago Transit Authority. Data collected via a variety of channels was uploaded and stored on a central DB2 database for reporting and analysis.

In support of MultiSystems, Inc., KKO customized transit scheduling software for the Omaha Transit Authority to schedule local bus service.

KKO, as a subcontractor to MultiSystems, Inc. contributed to the development of a transit scheduling tool for the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority. KKO was primarily responsible for custom reports and interfaces to other systems.

Working as a subcontractor to MultiSystems, Inc., KKO contributed to the development of a crew and vehicle transit scheduling tool for the Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. KKO was responsible for data conversion and custom management reports.

As a subcontractor to MultiSystems, Inc., KKO supported the installation of an innovative computerized crew scheduling system for Connecticut and New York's Metro-North Commuter Railroad.

As a subcontractor to MultiSystems, Inc., KKO customized reports and screens for the MBTA's IBM PC-based Transit Information Management System.

KKO, working as a subcontractor to MultiSystems, Inc., developed customized reports and screens for the Baltimore MTA's Transit Information Management (TIM) package, designed to operate in Pascal on an IBM PC.

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