Title
Amend Bus Service Contract with Transdev, Inc. to Fund Ongoing T2050 Bus Service Expansion (Ordinance S-45721)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into a contract change order to Agreement 140777 with Transdev, Inc., to increase the total contractual amount for fixed route (bus) service hours, service frequency, and route extensions as part of the City's Transportation 2050 (T2050) plan. Further request authorization for the City Controller to disburse funds in an amount not to exceed $5 million over the remaining life of the contract.
Report
Summary
On April 22, 2015, the City Council approved a five-year contract award to Transdev, Inc. for fixed route transit services for the period of July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2020 for an amount not to exceed $373,432,715. The total annual service miles at that time were estimated to be 11,341,665.
As part of the voter-approved T2050 plan, in October 2016, an expanded service day was implemented, which consisted of bus service hours operating from 4 a.m. to midnight on weekdays, 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekends, and increasing weekday frequency to a minimum of 30-minute service in Phoenix on multiple routes. In April 2017, additional service expansion was implemented consisting of bus service hours ending at 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday, and until 11 p.m. on Sundays. In all, the two-phase service expansion increased bus service under this agreement to 14,226,762 annual service miles. A Contract Change Order approved in March 2017 added $66 million in additional funding to cover the service expansion through the term of the contract.
Since then, additional service improvements have been implemented, including increased frequencies during off-peak hours to several key local routes, route extensions to Routes 32 (32nd Street) and 51 (51st Avenue), and the restoration of Weekday Service levels to five holidays which previously operated on a condensed schedule. As a result of these additional improvements, annual service miles are now estimated at 15,238,469. This change order will provide funding for these changes, as well as the April 2019 planned enhancements to RAPID service, and any additional service increases anticipated over the final year of the contract through June 2020.
Contract Term
City Council approved a five-year contract award to Transdev, Inc. for fixed route transit services for the period of July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2020.
Financial Impact
The total amount of this change order will not exceed $5 million. Funds are available in the Public Transit Department operating budget using Transportation 2050 funds.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
This item was recommended for approval at the Aviation and Transportation Subcommittee meeting on May 28, 2019, by a vote of 3-0.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Mario Paniagua and the Public Transit Department.