File #: 2017-0580   
Type: Program Status: Passed
File created: 8/17/2017 In control: Ad Hoc Congestion, Highway and Roads Committee
On agenda: 10/19/2017 Final action: 10/26/2017
Title: CONSIDER: A. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer or his designee to enter into an agreement with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) for the Freight Advanced Traveler Information System (FRATIS) project funds received through the FHWA Advanced Transportation and congestion Management Technologies Deployment (ATCMTD) Program; and B. ESTABLISHING a separate Life of Project (LOP) Budget of $6,000,000 for the FRATIS Project.
Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
Indexes: Advanced traveler information systems, Air quality, Budget, Budgeting, Congestion Management Program, Federal Highway Administration, Grant Aid, Highway transportation, I-710, I710 South Early Action Project (Project), Long Beach, Measure R, Metro Affordable Transit Connected Housing Program, Port of Long Beach, Port of Los Angeles, Program, Program management, Project, Safety, Traffic congestion, Trucking, Zero-Emission Truck Collaborative
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AD HOC CONGESTION, HIGHWAY AND ROADS COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 18, 2017

Subject
SUBJECT: FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION ADVANCED
TRANSPORTATION AND CONGESTION MANAGEMENT
TECHNOLOGIES DEPLOYMENT (ATCMTD) PROGRAM -
GRANT FUNDING

Action
ACTION: APPROVE EXECUTION OF A MULTI-AGENCY GRANT AGREEMENT

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
CONSIDER:

A. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer or his designee to enter into an agreement with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) for the Freight Advanced Traveler Information System (FRATIS) project funds received through the FHWA Advanced Transportation and congestion Management Technologies Deployment (ATCMTD) Program; and

B. ESTABLISHING a separate Life of Project (LOP) Budget of $6,000,000 for the FRATIS Project.

Issue
ISSUE

In October 2016, FHWA announced the recipients of the ATCMTD Program grants that fund cutting-edge transportation technologies that help reduce congestion and improve safety on the transportation system. Metro was the recipient of $3,000,000 for the FRATIS project, which would improve the movement of goods in and out of the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Staff is currently working with FHWA and Caltrans on the grant agreement to receive the funds from the ATCMTD Program.

Discussion
DISCUSSION

In Los Angeles County, the Gateway Cities, the Port of Los Angeles (POLA), and the Port of Long Beach (POLB) collectively comprise the largest goods movement complex in North America, handling 40 percent of the nation's import traffic and 25 percent of the nation's export traffic. This volume of freight and the associated truck traffic is expected to more than double by 2035, resulting in severe congestion problems, including truck traffic delays in and near the ports, as well as general traffic congestion on metropolitan area highways and arterials due to the substantial increase in regional truck traffic over this period. T...

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