TO: AC Transit Board of Directors
FROM: Michael A. Hursh, General Manager
SUBJECT: Funding Agreement with the City of Emeryville
ACTION ITEM
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
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Consider authorizing the General Manager or his designee, to execute a funding agreement with the City of Emeryville for the purchase of Transit Signal Priority (TSP) equipment.
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STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE:
Goal - Convenient and Reliable Service
Initiative - Service Quality
The funding will provide for installation of TSP equipment that will in turn result in reductions in travel time and improve service speed and reliability.
BUDGETARY/FISCAL IMPACT:
The District will receive funding of up to $177,747 from the City of Emeryville to purchase TSP equipment for thirty (30) AC Transit buses. The District will have to provide 15% local match or approximately $31,500 for the purchase and installation of the TSP equipment on these 30 buses. The District's local match will be paid for with existing Low Carbon Transit Operations Program grant funds from the Rapid Corridors project.
The District will be responsible for maintenance of the TSP equipment installed on its 30 buses.
BACKGROUND/RATIONALE:
The City of Emeryville secured $726,913 in Surface Transportation Program (STP) funds allocated to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under the MTC's Innovative Deployment to Enhance Arterials (IDEA) program. This purpose of this program is to advance deployment of technologies to improve arterial operations and enhance safety along transit corridors.
The City of Emeryville approached AC Transit for a partnership for their Emeryville Next Generation Traffic Signal Project to deploy the Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures (ATSPM) system and TSP equipment to improve travel time and travel time reliability along arterials for autos and transit vehicles on 40th Street, Shellmound Street and Powell Street.
The City of Emeryvill...
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