Metro - File #: 2019-0865

• File #: 2019-0865
• Type: Contract
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 11/25/2019
• In control: Planning and Programming Committee
• On agenda: 2/20/2020
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to: A. EXECUTE Modification No. 5 to firm fixed price Contract No. PS46292001 with RideCo., Inc. as a private partner and technology firm for operations in conjunction with the deployment areas outlined in Attachment F (Regional Readiness Operating Plan) and Attachment G (Map), in the amount of $28,874,747.50, increasing the total Contract value from $285,985.13 to $29,160,732.63. B. AMEND the FY20 budget for the MicroTransit pilot project implementation positions and funding listed below: 1. 80 Contract positions to operate the vehicles and 7 Contract positions to supervise the service; and 2. $7,750,000 for FY20 contractual and operational expenses
• Sponsors: Planning and Programming Committee, Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Commit
• Indexes: Budget, Budgeting, Children, Cleaning, Contract administration, Contracts, Customer service, Law enforcement, Maps, Metro Equity Platform, Metro Vision 2028 Plan, Microtransit, MicroTransit Pilot Program, NextGen Bus Study, Non-contract, Partnerships, Payment, Plan, Pre-Development Agreement, Procurement, Project, Public private partnerships, Request For Proposal, Revenue Service, Ridership, Ridesharing, Ridesourcing, Rolling stock, Safety, Safety and security, Safety programs, San Fernando, Security, Shared mobility, Strategic planning, System Safety Program, Testing, Transfers, Transit System, Vehicle fleets

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PLANNING & PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
OPERATIONS, SAFETY & CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITEE
FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Subject
SUBJECT: THE MICROTRANSIT PILOT PROJECT - PART B (IMPLEMENTATION)

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to:

A. EXECUTE Modification No. 5 to firm fixed price Contract No. PS46292001 with RideCo., Inc. as a private partner and technology firm for operations in conjunction with the deployment areas outlined in Attachment F (Regional Readiness Operating Plan) and Attachment G (Map), in the amount of $28,874,747.50, increasing the total Contract value from $285,985.13 to $29,160,732.63.

B. AMEND the FY20 budget for the MicroTransit pilot project implementation positions and funding listed below:
1. 80 Contract positions to operate the vehicles and 7 Contract positions to supervise the service; and
2. $7,750,000 for FY20 contractual and operational expenses

Issue
ISSUE

Metro staff seeks to implement innovation to both increase ridership of Metro's family of services and provide an improved customer experience for existing riders by expanding the agency's network through the testing and scaling of MicroTransit within LA County.

This new mode of public transit will offer shared rides which can be ordered through our regional call center, a new mobile application, and/or an internet browser. The suite of MicroTransit software tools for customers will offer real-time trip planning, booking, payment and fare system integration. Customers will also be able to pre-schedule trips or book repeat trips, as well as monitor the real-time status of trips for others under a linked account.

MicroTransit has been developed hand-in-hand to support implementation of the NextGen Bus Plan and the aspirational goal of a 10-minute maximum wait time per our strategic plan, Vision 2028. According to our NextGen study findings, short trips (1-5 miles), which are bei...