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Purchase of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Migration from Clever Devices LTD for Regional Transit System (B)
This item is a request for the City Commission authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with Clever Devices LTD for Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Migration, including hosting and cellular service, for 136 fixed route vehicles.
Explanation
Assisting RTS passengers with ADA compliant equipment and services is key to ensuring full service to ridership. RTS buses have utilized voice annunciation systems that included equipment that its manufacturer stopped supporting in 2019. Conversion to an upgraded system is being accomplished in a phased process as funding becomes available. The first stage was completed in FY19, when RTS acquired an upgraded system for the majority of its fixed route bus fleet (approximately 82%), replacing the older IT system units with a newer model (DR700) from Clever Devices LTD under an approved MOSS form and City Commission approval on 11/15/18. This phase was made possible by funding from a Federal Transit Administration grant. The DR700 equipment automates on-board passenger announcements which coordinate with LED on-board signage to make transit more accessible for everyone. Benefits of the upgraded system include full ADA compliance, and it also enables drivers to focus on driving, transporting passengers safely on their journey, while ensuring that commuters, tourists, the disabled and the elderly easily reach their destination and board the correct bus. This upgrade includes turn-by-turn instructions for the drivers, disruption management (detours), schedule and headway adherence monitoring, as well as other management tools.
For the second phase of this project, with this acquisition RTS plans to migrate to the Clever Devices standard off-the-shelf Intelligent Transportation System (ITS), RTS can mitigate cost and capitalize on the previous investment in Clever Devices’ DR700 onboar...
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