TO: AC Transit Board of Directors
FROM: Salvador Llamas, General Manager/Chief Executive Officer
SUBJECT: Cooperative Agreement for the Park Street Transit Signal Priority & Signal Optimization Project
ACTION ITEM
AGENDA PLANNING REQUEST: ?
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
Title
Consider authorizing the General Manager to execute a Cooperative Agreement with the City of Alameda for the Park Street Transit Signal Priority & Signal Optimization Project
Staff Contact:
Ramakrishna Pochiraju, Executive Director of Planning & Engineering
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STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE:
Goal - Convenient and Reliable Service
Initiative - Service Quality
The Park Street Transit Signal Priority (TSP) & Signal Optimization Project is intended to improve service reliability and reduce travel time along the Park Street corridor in the city of Alameda.
BUDGETARY/FISCAL IMPACT:
The Park Street TSP & Signal Optimization Project overall budget is $1,236,211 and funded by State Transit Assistance (STA) funds through Round One of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) Bus Accelerated Infrastructure Delivery (BusAID) Program. The District applied capital funds to meet the local match requirement of 11.47%, or $141,793, for the STA funds.
The Cooperative Agreement outlines responsibilities associated with design, construction support, and ongoing operation and maintenance, and does not distribute funding to the City of Alameda. In the event of equipment failure, the District's fiscal responsibility would include providing all labor, materials, incidentals, field assistance, troubleshooting, replacement, reconfiguration, and testing associated with the new TSP equipment. Staff expects a low rate of failure, if any. For reference, the global positioning system (GPS)-based TSP equipment installed for the Line 51 project in 2017 has not failed to date.
BACKGROUND/RATIONALE:
The Park Street TSP & Signal Optimization Project will install GPS-based TSP technology and optimize si...
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