Title
Comprehensive Micromobility Program Request for Proposals
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to issue a Request for Proposals to operate a Comprehensive Micromobility Program in the City of Phoenix.
Report
Summary
The Street Transportation Department is seeking proposals to select two vendors to operate a Comprehensive Micromobility Program that best meets the needs of the City. The Federal Highway Administration defines micromobility as, "any small, low-speed, human or electric-powered transportation device, including bicycles, scooters, electric assist bicycles (e-bikes), electric scooters (e-scooters), and other small, lightweight, wheeled conveyances."
Phoenix has been operating the E-Scooter Pilot Program since September 2019. Building on the success of the Pilot Program, the Request for Proposals (RFP) will add traditional bicycles, e-bikes, adaptive vehicles and increase fleet caps. The new program will include requirements to address equity and will institute new parking requirements. Additionally, the operational boundaries will be expanded beyond the current downtown Pilot Program boundaries. The initial phase will cover the area shown in Attachment A.
Request for Proposals Evaluation Criteria
To ensure the vendors' goals and values are aligned with the City’s, a set of evaluation criteria has been assembled for the RFP evaluation panel to use in selecting vendors based on the following criteria:
- Scope of Work;
- Company's Experience and Project Team;
- Operational Requirements;
- Technical Requirements;
- Equity;
- Education and Community Outreach; and
- Data.
Financial Impact
The Micromobility Program will be cost neutral to the City based on the established fee structure to recover costs for administration of the program.
Public Outreach
Staff conducted extensive outreach in November 2021 to gather feedback from the community on the proposed program. Street Transportation staff collected 209 responses through the online survey and recorded over 830 dot poll interactions from community members at four in-person outreach events. The public strongly supports a boundary expansion with the implementation of new parking requirements.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
The Transportation, Infrastructure and Planning Subcommittee recommended approval of this item on April 20, 2022, by a vote of 4-0.
Location
Council Districts: 4, 7 and 8
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Mario Paniagua and the Street Transportation Department.