AGENDA ITEM 9-B
CONSENT AGENDA ITEM
TO:
CHAIRMAN MILDE AND THE VRE OPERATIONS BOARD
FROM:
DALE ZEHNER
DATE:
OCTOBER 15, 2010
RE:
AUTHORIZATION TO AWARD A TASK ORDER FOR RIDERSHIP
BOARDING COUNTS
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RECOMMENDATION:
The VRE Operations Board is being asked to authorize the Chief Executive Officer to
issue a Task Order to AECOM to conduct boarding/alighting counts at VRE stations.
This task order is being requested in an amount not to exceed $91,688, plus a
contingency of 10% of $9,169, for a total amount not to exceed $100,857.
BACKGROUND:
VRE is required to report passenger miles traveled by VRE riders to the National
Transit Database (NTD) on an annual basis. Passenger miles traveled is the
cumulative sum of the distances ridden by each passenger on each trip taken on VRE,
calculated from the boarding station to the alighting station. While morning boarding
data for suburban stations is available from the annual Master Agreement Survey,
morning alighting counts, mid-day, and evening boarding and alighting counts are not
included in that survey. A complete count of boardings/alightings was last done in
2003.
In the ensuing years since 2003, VRE ridership patterns have changed as a result of
parking expansions, land use changes in the vicinity of VRE stations, and changes in
the employment patterns in the inner core stations (i.e., Alexandria, Crystal City,
L’Enfant and Union Station).
In addition to calculating passenger miles traveled, the boarding/alighting count data will
also be used to develop ridership projections and for system planning purposes to
update the VRE Strategic Plan, completed in 2004.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Funding for this project is included in VRE’s Capital Improvement Program as part of
the grant and project management line item. Funding is from a FY 2010 federal grant.
The local match is provided for using state and local funds.
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
RE:
CHAIRMAN MILDE AND THE VRE OPERATIONS BOARD
DALE ZEHNER
OCTOBER 15, 2010
AUTHORIZATION TO AWARD A TASK ORDER FOR RIDERSHIP
BOARDING COUNTS
RESOLUTION
9b-10-2010
OF THE
VIRGINIA RAILWAY EXPRESS
OPERATIONS BOARD
WHEREAS, VRE is required to report passenger miles traveled to the National Transit
Database on an annual basis; and,
WHEREAS, the Operations Board has requested that the Chief Executive Officer
update the VRE Strategic Plan, completed in 2004; and,
WHEREAS, current data on passenger boardings and alightings is not available to use
to calculate passenger miles traveled or to assist with the update to the Strategic Plan;
and,
WHEREAS, with this authorization,
boarding/alighting counts can be initiated.
the
collection
of
up-to-date
station
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the VRE Operations Board authorizes
the Chief Executive Officer to issue a Task Order to AECOM to conduct
boarding/alighting counts at VRE stations. This task order is being requested in an
amount not to exceed $91,688, plus a contingency of 10% of $9,169, for a total amount
not to exceed $100,857.