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OPERATIONS, SAFETY AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
Subject
SUBJECT: SECOND GENERATION BUS MOBILE VALIDATORS
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION
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RECOMMENDATION
Title
CONSIDER:
A. ESTABLISHING capital project for the purchase and installation of the 2nd generation bus mobile validators and 16-port managed ethernet switches in order to support the All Door Boarding project;
B. APPROVING and ADOPTING the life-of-project budget of $18,100,000; and
C. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer to execute Modification No. 165 to Contract No. OP02461010 with Cubic Transportation Systems, Inc. (Cubic) for the purchase of 2900 Second Generation Bus Mobile Validators (BMV's) and installation of BMVs and 16-port managed ethernet switches at Metro contract service locations in the amount of $9,545,440 increasing the total contract value from $373,825,899 to $383,371,339.
Issue
ISSUE
All Door Boarding (ADB) is one of the key components in the NextGen Bus Plan to improve transit speed, reliability and customer experience. ADB was successfully piloted with BMVs installed on the J Line (Silver) 910/950 in 2016, Metro Rapid Lines 720 and 754 in 2018. However, these BMVs with 3G cellular technology are reaching obsolescence and will no longer be supported by cellular carriers that have moved to 4G and 5G technologies. The expansion of ADB to Tier One and Tier Two networks as outlined in the NextGen Bus Plan involves the purchase and installation of second generation BMVs by all doors of each bus to process Transit Access Pass (TAP) card fare payments. Metro requires funding authorization and additional contract authority for the acquisition, and installation, of the new BMVs to improve speed reliability and customer experience on these high-frequency bus service corridors.
Purchase and installation of the managed 16-port ethernet switch is a critical component for the implementation of ADB. The ethernet switch allows the ...
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