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RESOLUTION NO
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A RESOLUTION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), AUTHORIZING
THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE ATTACHED
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT, IN
SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, WITH THE
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA CENTER FOR URBAN
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH ("CUTR"), IN AN
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $25,000, FOR
TRANSPORTATION TECHNICAL STUDIES TOWARD
REFINEMENT AND COMPLETION OF THE CITY'S
TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS PLAN, WHICH IS THE
TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT OF THE MIAMI
COMPREHENSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN 1989-2000
("MCNP"); ALLOCATING FUNDS THEREFOR FROM
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND COORDINATION
FUNDS, PROJECT NO. 150002, ACCOUNT CODE
NO. 560703-270.
WhERER6, -une ui-cy or miami is tine recipient oz a gran zrom
the Metropolitan Planning Organization for the Miami Urbanized
Area ("MPO"), to assist the City in carrying out transportation
planning.and coordination activities; and
WHEREAS, the work to be performed under the MPO grant
includes transportation technical studies to refine and complete
the City of Miami's Transportation Corridors Plan, which is the
Transportation Element of the Miami Comprehensive Neighborhood
Plan 1989-2000 ("MCNP"); and
WHEREAS, the City subsequently engaged the
services of the University of South Florida
Transportation Research ("CUTR") to prepare a
professional
Center for Urban
proposed scope of
AT T A CHMIENT (S)'
CONTAINED
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MEETING OF,
FEB 17 1994
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work to develop a new methodology for measurement of roadway
levels of service in Miami, using Automatic Vehicle Location
1 technology, (the "Study"); and
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WHEREAS, in order to proceed with the Study it is necessary
to enter into a professional services contract with CUTR in an
amount of $25,000; and
WHEREAS, funds are available to cover said contract from
Transportation Planning and Coordination Funds, Project
No. 150002, Account Code No. 560703-270;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings set forth in the
Preamble to this Resolution are hereby adopted by reference
thereto and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this
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Section.
Section 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized to
execute the attached professional services agreement in
substantially the attached form, with the University of South
Florida Center for Urban Transportation Research ("CUTR"), in an
amount not to exceed $25,000, for transportation technical
studies toward refinement and completion of the City's
Transportation Corridors Plan, which is the Transportation
Element of the Miami Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan 1989-2000
("MCNP"), with funds therefor hereby allocated from
Transportation Planning and Coordination Funds, Project No.
150002, Account Code No. 560703-270.
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CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTEFI-OFFICE MEMORANDUM
,.TO : Honorable Mayor and Members DATE :'FEB4 1C0" FILE
of the City Commission ;
suaiecT Transportation Technical
evel-of-Study: Roadway L
Service`(LOS).Measurement
for Concurrency Requirements
FROM REFERENCES
Cesa o
ger ENCLOSURES
City
RECOMMENDATION
It is respectfully recommended that the City Commission adopt the attached
Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a professional services
agreement with the University of South Florida Center for Urban Transportation
Research (CUTR) in an amount not to exceed $25,000, for a transportation
technical < study of roadway level -of -service (LOS) to assist the City in
complying with concurrency requirements under the Florida Growth Management
legislation as modified by the ELMS III amendments.
BACKGROUND
On February 25, 1993, the City Commission accepted a grant from the
Metropolitan Planning Organization for the Miami Urbanized Area (MPO), for
transportation planning and coordination activities. Among the work to be
performed under the grant were transportation technical studies to refine and
complete the. City of Miami's Transportation Corridors plan, which is the
TransortaV on Element of the Miami Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan 1989-200
(MCNP� required by Chapter 163 F.S. and Chapter 9J-5 F.A.C. In particular, it
was proposed to perform -a pilot program to test an innovative methodology for
measuring roadway LOS using automatic vehicle location (AVL) technology, in
order to refine the City's LOS measurement methodology to permit compliance
with amendments added by ELMS III legislation, especially the new requirements .
related to transportation concurrency.
Subsequently, under a professional services agreement executed October 28,
1993 the City engaged the servicesiof the University of South Florida Center
for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) to prepare a proposed scope of work
for a.pilot study that would utilize private passenger vehicles equipped with
transponders to record average speeds on local roadways, providing data for
use in determining roadway LOS. This technique wi-11 make possible the
refinement of the City's methodology for meeting transportation concurrency
requirements by supporting the Highway Capacity Manual standards with real
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life data on average speeds across the roadway network. Preparation of this
scope'of work has now been completed.
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Honorable Mayor and Members
of the City Commission
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It s,..now in 'order for the 'City
Manager
to execute a professionall-services
agreement with.CM to perform
the pilot
study, which will assist the City in
completing its Transportation
Corridors
plan by providing .a measurement
methodology 'that will provide
the basis
for compliance with, the ,state's'new
concurrency requirements.
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
This Agreement entered into this day of ,' -,by and between the
City of Miami, a municipal corporation of the State of Florida, hereinafter referred to as
"CITY", and, The Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) at the University of
South Florida, located at 4202 East Fowler Avenue, ENO-118, Tampa, Florida, 33620,
'hereinafter referred to as "CONSULTANT."
BECIIAL
WHEREAS, the City of Miami has accepted a grant for transportation planning and.
coordination for the Miami Urbanized Area from the Metropolitan Planning Organization
(0), and
WHEREAS, the Department of Planning, Building, and Zoning, has been designated by
the City Commission to administer the MPO grant to conduct transportation technical
studies and modeling (the "Study") to refine and complete the City of Miami's
Transportation Corridors plan, which is the Transportation Element of the Miami
Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan 1989-2000 (MNCP); and
WHEREAS, the CPTY will require professional and technical assistance to measure
average speeds of vehicles along the travel network; and
WHEREAS, CONSULTANT, through its Center of Urban Transportation Research, is
uniquely equipped to assist the CITY in utilizing the technology of Automatic Vehicle
Location that is to be adapted to the CITY's needs for its Transportation Corridors Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and obligations herein
contained, and subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter stated, the parties hereto
understand and agree as follows:
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this instrument to be executed
by the respective officials thereunto duly authorized, this the day and year first above
written.
ATTEST:
CITY OF MIAMI, a municipal
Corporation of the State of Florida
By:
MATTY HIRAI
CESAR H. ODIO
CityClerk
City Manager
CONSULTANT:
The Center for Urban Transportation
Research (CUTR), University of South
Florida
ATTEST:
WITNESSES:
CORPORATION SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO INSURANCE
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND
REQUIREMENTS:
CORRECTNESS:
SUSAN S. CHHABRA, DIRECTOR
A. QUINN JONES III
Risk Management Department
City Attorney
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vehicle, either bus or rail. The Miami methodology currently uses a person -trip based
vehicle -to -capacity ratio as the determinant of corridor level -of -service, but it proposes to
use average speeds as the LOS measurement.
Recent technological advances in signal processing and mobile communications makes
direct measurement of vehicle travel speeds an inexpensive and accurate 'alternative.
Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) is a means of continuously monitoring the location of
vehicles in a road network. Vehicles are equipped with a device (a "transponder") which
transmits a communications signal to a central location at regular intervals.
Automotive, Vehicle Location systems are being used by all kinds of customers in all kinds
of applications around the world. Delivery companies use AVL to plan the most efficient
dispatch of their fleet vehicles. Transit agencies use AVL in conjunction with information
displays to inform passengers when the bus will actually arrive, as opposed to when it is
scheduled to arrive. Some federally funded traffic management projects in the United
States use AVL on probe vehicles to determine the severity of congestion in a
metropolitan road network. Private citizens can even subscribe to an AVL service which
will instantly dispatch a tow -truck to their car in the event of a vehicle breakdown.
The City of Miami seeks to develop a new methodology for determining roadway level of
service, using.actual travel speeds by the various modes. For surface passenger vehicles,
the speeds would be measured by an Automotive Vehicle Location system. The role of
the Center for Urban Transportation Research will be to design, implement and evaluate
the real-time information (i.e. travel speed) gathering component of the system.
Work Tasks
Task #1 Negotiate Cost -Sharing Agreement
CUTR will negotiate cost -sharing agreement with a private vendor to provide the
Automotive Vehicle Location system to the City for this experiment. The vendor shall be
able to meet the criteria set by the parameters of this test:
1. At least one vehicle equipped with an AVL transponder will traverse a
significant portion of each of Miami's 17 transportation corridors in the
peak direction during the morning and afternoon peak periods (i.e. a
minimum of 17 AVL-equipped vehicles).
2. The data gathering period will last a minimum of one week.. It is expected
that a data gathering period of 6 months will be established.
3. The City will have access to at least one workstation which tracks the
location of the AVL equipped vehicles. The workstation shall have
hardware and software configuration sufficient to meet the information
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storage and processing needs of this test. The ideal location for the first
workstation should be in the City of Miami government building.
4. The AVL system will automatically poll all equipped vehicles (recording
the vehicle, date, time and location) with such frequency and accuracy that their -
location on a HCM-defined road link can be conclusively identified (HCM-
defined links will be identified by others and provided to CUTR.)
The City project manager will recruit the drivers and vehicles to be equipped with AVL
transponders. It is assumed that the probe vehicles/drivers will come from City of Miami
employees and City government vehicles. The City will be responsible for ensuring that
the AVL-equipped vehiclesin aggregate will traverse each of Miami's 17 transportation
corridors in the peak direction during the morning and afternoon peak periods.
Task #2 - Set Up Data Gathering Experiment
CUTR shall determine the precise parameters of the test:
• number of AVL units
• dates of equipment installation
• dates and duration of data gathering experiment
location of workstation(s)
• data storage and processing requirements for travel speed data collection
• positioning technology, e.g. global positioning system, signal tri-lateralization,
etc.
• polling frequency
positional accuracy
The deliverable for this task will be an interim technical report giving the precise values for
the parameters listed above.
Task #3 - Supervise Equipment installation
CUTR will supervise the installation of AVL units on the vehicles selected by the City.
CUTR will also supervise the installation of workstation(s) used to store and process the
real-time vehicle location data.
Task #4 - Conduct Data Gathering Experiment
CUTR will supervise the gathering of positional data on all AVL-equipped vehicles during_
the initial week of system operation. CUTR will make monthly visits to Miami to
supervise data collection. The City is responsible for day-to-day operation of the data
collection system when CUTR research staff are not on -site. CUTR shall deliver, on disk,
tape or other electronic storage medium, all vehicle speed data gathered during this period
to the City. The format for summary of travel speed data will be specified by others.
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