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AUTHORIZATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF HARDWARE UPGRADES FOR THE ONBOARD INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM (ITS) FROM GMV SYNCROMATICS IN THE AMOUNT OF $145,372 FOR THE CITY'S FIXED-ROUTE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FLEET.
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BACKGROUND: In 2011, the University of Oklahoma Cleveland Area Rapid Transit (OU/CART) entered into an agreement with GMV Syncromatics to provide an onboard intelligent transportation system (ITS) for its fleet of fixed-route public transportation vehicles. As part of the initial transition of the public transportation service in the summer of 2019, the City of Norman continued the service agreement with GMV Syncromatics for the ITS.
The GMV Syncromatics ITS includes hardware that assists the City in reporting required data to local, state, and federal entities. This includes ridership, vehicle miles, and vehicle hours. In addition, the system creates operational efficiencies with dispatching and on-time performance. The ITS also includes Geographic Positioning System (GPS) tracking which not only helps operations but assists the City in providing web-based real time bus arrival and departure data to passengers. Finally, the system helps the City meet its Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements for exterior and interior bus stop announcements both verbally and visually.
DISCUSSION: The current GMV Syncromatics ITS hardware is at its end of life and soon maintenance of it will become impossible. Significant upgrades need to be made to ensure data collection is continued at a high level. Since the initial product was installed in 2011, improvements have been made to the system which will be included in the upgrade. This will ensure the City is using the ITS to its fullest capabilities.
An upgrade proposal to the ITS has been submitted to the City by GMV Syncromatics. This proposal includes project management from GMV Syncromatics to ensure the installation proceeds smoothly and all systems work as intended by the end of installat...
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