Metro - File #: 2016-0630

• File #: 2016-0630
• Type: Motion / Motion Response
• Status: Filed
• File created: 8/12/2016
• In control: Finance, Budget and Audit Committee
• On agenda: 10/19/2016
• Final action: 10/19/2016
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE this report on the installation of TAP Vending Machines (TVM) at key regional Metro and Municipal Operator transit centers and bus stops.
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting, Finance, Budget and Audit Committee
• Indexes: Beach Cities Transit, Budgeting, Congestion Mitigation And Air Quality Improvement Program, Contracts, Equipment Acquisitions, Ez Pass, Funding plan, Grant Aid, Hubs, Low Carbon Transit Operations Program, Maintenance, Motion / Motion Response, Multiple Languages And Tickets (Project), Plan, Program, Purchasing, Redondo Beach, Redondo Beach Transit Center, Revenue Service, Terminals (Communications), Ticket vending machines, Transit buses, Transit centers
• Related files: 2017-0116

Date	Action By	Action	Result
10/19/2016	Finance, Budget and Audit Committee

Meeting_Body
FINANCE, BUDGET & AUDIT COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 19, 2016

Subject/Action
SUBJECT: TAP VENDING MACHINE (TVM) EXPANSION AT HIGH-VOLUME BUS STOPS AND TRANSIT CENTERS
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE this report on the installation of TAP Vending Machines (TVM) at key regional Metro and Municipal Operator transit centers and bus stops.

Issue
ISSUE

On April 28, 2016 the Board of Directors adopted a motion (Attachment A) amending Item #6 "TVM Expansion Program" on the agenda of the Regular Board Meeting. The motion directed staff to develop an implementation plan to select and prioritize the expansion of TVM's at key regional Metro and Muni transit centers and bus stops.
It further directed staff to include in the plan options for funding, a phased implementation, respective roles and responsibilities of Municipal Operators and Metro, and funding for the purchase, installation, operation and maintenance, and security for the TVM's at the selected locations.

Discussion
DISCUSSION
In response to Municipal Operator requests for TVM's, staff undertook a study to identify, evaluate and prioritize locations and develop cost estimates and financing strategies.
Staff screened, evaluated, and ranked thirty-five (35) candidate locations based on the following criteria:
? Ridership information
? Agency must own property
? Availability of funding
? Equitable regional distribution
? Facility readiness
? Access to power and communications
? Secured areas with CCTV coverage
Priority was given to high-volume transit centers/hubs and Park & Ride lots where TVM's would be located at least 1/4 mile away from TAP sales vendors and street corners
Findings
Ultimately, nine (9) locations representing eight (8) Municipal Operators met the criteria. Metro staff and Municipal Operators have worked together to develop the installation plan illustrated in Table 1. The installation plan is tentative pending assessment of site conditions...