REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
August 24, 2017
FROM: BRUCE A. RUDD, Assistant City Manager/Interim Director
Department of Transportation
BY: GREGORY A. BARFIELD, Assistant Director
Department of Transportation
JEFF LONG, Senior Regional Planner
Department of Transportation
SUBJECT
Title
Award a revised contract to VRPA Technologies, Inc. in the amount of $333,367 for Fixed Route System Restructure Public Involvement Services as required by the Federal Transportation Administration
Body
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends Council authorize the award of a revised contract to VRPA Technologies, Inc. of Fresno, California, in the amount of $333,367 to conduct Fixed Route Restructure Public Involvement Services as required by the Federal Transportation Administration (FTA).
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Over the course of several decades, the City's public transportation system, Fresno Area Express (FAX), has been incrementally extending routes in order to provide access to new development. In response to this issue, the department partnered with the Fresno Council of Governments (COG) to conduct a Fresno Clovis Metropolitan Area Public Transportation Strategic Service Evaluation .with a goal of reducing transit travel times and improving access to major trip generators. As a result of this planning effort, a FAX Preferred System Network, which was subsequently presented to Council that identified a number of service improvements, which once implemented, would help to increase ridership.
Prior to implementing any significant changes (more than 25 percent), FTA requires a Service Equity Analysis be conducted as part of its Title VI requirements. Title VI requires recipients of federal funding to determine if service changes will have a discriminatory impact based on race, color, or national origin (disparate impact). On November 17, 2016, FAX issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to conduct Fixed-Route System Restructure Public Involvement Services. As par...
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