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Argus Pulse
APC Data Processing & Ridership Reporting Platform
Argus Pulse is a cloud-hosted platform that ingests automatic passenger counter (APC) data from systems like Clever Devices, Dilax, Eurotech, and Infodev, processes it through configurable validation rules, and produces NTD-compliant ridership reports. The system covers data ingestion, trip matching, route analytics, API access, and reporting across an agency's transit network.
Designed for transit agencies that need to turn raw APC sensor data into validated ridership metrics, NTD submissions, and route-level performance insights.
Platform Capabilities
Argus Pulse provides end-to-end capabilities for APC data processing, from raw sensor ingestion through NTD-compliant reporting. Each module operates within a unified data model that connects routes, trips, stops, and ridership metrics.
Data Ingestion & Processing
Automated SFTP ingestion from major APC vendors including Clever Devices, Dilax, Eurotech, and Infodev. Trip matching against GTFS schedules, stop-level boarding and alighting aggregation, and configurable processing pipelines.
Data Validation & Quality
Configurable validation rules through the Policy & Validation Center. Define thresholds for zero-count trips, negative loads, capacity exceedances, and boarding/alighting imbalances with impact previewing.
NTD Reporting
Generate NTD-compliant metrics including Unlinked Passenger Trips (UPT), Passenger Miles Traveled (PMT), Revenue Miles, and Revenue Hours. Configurable factoring and sampling support.
Route Analytics
Route-level ridership analysis with interactive maps, stop-level boarding and alighting visualizations, on-time performance distributions, and trend analysis across time periods.
REST API
24+ endpoints covering routes, trips, stops, ridership metrics, and NTD data. OAuth2/JWT authentication, OpenAPI documentation, and comprehensive code examples for integration.
Diagnostics & Monitoring
Zero-count trip detection, negative passenger load alerts, sensor health monitoring, and system-wide diagnostics. Configurable alert thresholds with email and dashboard notifications.
System Overview
Real-time monitoring of APC data processing, validation status, and ridership metrics across the transit network.
System overview with processing pipeline status, ridership KPIs, and data quality indicators
Transit Analysts
Analysts explore ridership trends, analyze route performance, prepare NTD submissions, and export validated data for planning and reporting purposes.
- Ridership trend analysis across routes and time periods
- Route-level performance dashboards with interactive maps
- NTD report preparation and data validation workflows
- Export capabilities for ridership data and metrics
- Stop-level boarding and alighting analysis
- On-time performance distribution views
System Administrators
Administrators configure validation policies, manage GTFS imports, administer users and roles, and monitor system health across the processing pipeline.
- Policy & Validation Center configuration
- GTFS schedule import and management
- User administration and role-based access controls
- Data processing pipeline configuration
- System monitoring and diagnostic dashboards
- Factoring and sampling rule management
API Consumers
Developers and integrators access ridership data through RESTful endpoints with OAuth2 authentication, OpenAPI documentation, and comprehensive code examples.
- RESTful endpoints for all ridership data
- OAuth2/JWT authentication and authorization
- OpenAPI specification and interactive documentation
- Code examples in multiple languages
- Webhook support for processing events
- Rate limiting and usage monitoring
Route Explorer & System Map
Interactive route visualization with stop-level ridership data and system-wide network mapping across the transit agency's service area.
Route explorer with stop-level ridership and performance metrics
System-wide network map with route overlays and stop locations
Route-Level Analysis
Argus Pulse provides detailed route-level ridership analysis with interactive maps, key performance indicators, and on-time performance distributions. Analysts can drill into individual routes to understand boarding patterns, identify high-ridership stops, and track performance trends over time.
Interactive Maps: Visualize route geometry with stop-level ridership overlays. Color-coded boarding and alighting volumes make it straightforward to identify patterns and outliers.
KPI Dashboards: Track ridership volume, load factors, revenue miles, and passenger miles traveled at the route level. Compare performance across time periods and service types.
OTP Distribution: On-time performance analysis with configurable thresholds. Identify schedule adherence patterns and their correlation with ridership trends.
Route analysis with ridership map, performance KPIs, and OTP distribution
Validation rule configuration with category management and impact preview
Policy & Validation Center
The Policy & Validation Center is where agencies define the rules that govern data quality. Administrators configure validation categories, set thresholds, preview the impact of rule changes before applying them, and maintain version history for audit purposes.
Validation Categories: Organize rules by type — zero-count detection, negative load checks, capacity exceedance, boarding/alighting imbalance, and custom agency-specific validations.
Impact Preview: Before activating a new validation rule, preview how many trips and records would be affected. Understand the downstream impact on ridership metrics and NTD reporting.
Version History: Every policy change is versioned and timestamped. Roll back to previous configurations and maintain a complete audit trail of validation rule changes.
Developer API
A comprehensive REST API with 24+ endpoints for accessing ridership data, route information, NTD metrics, and system configuration programmatically.
Interactive API documentation with endpoint reference and code examples
Implementation Approach
Tesseract delivers Argus Pulse through a structured implementation methodology. Implementation includes GTFS configuration, APC data source setup, validation rule definition, user training, and go-live support.
- GTFS schedule import and route configuration
- APC vendor SFTP integration (Clever Devices, Dilax, others)
- Validation policy definition and testing
- NTD reporting template configuration
- Role-based training for analysts and administrators
Part of the Argus Family
Argus Pulse joins Tesseract's family of platforms including Argus CCWIS, Argus CSE, Argus Beacon, Argus Continuum, Argus Appeals, Argus Relay, and Argus Fleet. Each platform is purpose-built for specific operational domains while sharing common infrastructure for security, reliability, and long-term maintainability.
Organizations benefit from a vendor with deep experience building mission-critical systems and a product-led approach that reduces implementation risk and ongoing operational costs.
Interested in Argus Pulse?
Contact us to discuss how Pulse can help your agency process APC data, validate ridership metrics, and streamline NTD reporting.
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