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Financial What Does Summary The Future Hold?The CAD (Computer Aided Dispatch) provides the tools needed to better manage mobile radiocommunications with the vehicles and allow GRTC to be 100% compliant with the AmericanDisabilities Act (ADA) with respect to automated stop announcements. In total, GRTC hasimplemented new applications: the Automatic Passenger Counters (APC), Automatic VehicleMonitoring (AVM) systems, stop announcements, and Automatic Vehicle Locator (AVL).GRTC Transit System will continue to weave technology into all future projects , thereby, keepingthe ease and convenience of passengers always at the forefront.The next innovative step into the future will be GRTC’s BusTime project. The BusTime systemcommunicates realtime status of arrival times of buses to passengers via handheld wireless devices(such as cellular phones and PDA’s), the Internet, and electronic signs at bus stops. This importanttechnology will arrive in 2009.Transfer CenterMain Street Station is a prime location for GRTC’s new Transfer Center. Located in downtownRichmond, this facility will be transformed into a transportation hub for our buses and serve asa central location for riders to get to their destinations.Most GRTC riders are destined for downtown locations and most government and social serviceprograms are also located downtown. The purpose of the transfer center is to further enhanceGRTC’s services by creating a centrally-located, user-friendly and accessible facility for ourpassengers, reduce private vehicle traffic on the streets of downtown, contribute to the economicgrowth to downtown and help sustain the environmental benefit to the community byreducing the amount of carbon emissions released into the air we breathe.Dispatch Utilizing CAD/AVL&Main Street Station Proposed Location For Transfer Center
What Does The Future Hold?Capital ProgramGRTC Transit System’s new state-of-the-art $36 million Corporate Office/Bus Maintenance Facilityis scheduled for completion Fall of 2009. Located on Richmond’s Southside, it will be approximately412,000 square feet in area and will contain two separate buildings connected by a second floorbridge, and will incorporate transportation and administration, bus maintenance,service and inspection lanes, bus storage, and various support activities.In late August, 2007, GRTC Transit System broke ground on this new facility. This historic eventmarked the start of GRTC Transit System’s move from its current 6.8 acres site, located in the FanDistrict of Richmond, where it has been for over 100 years.The new facility will utilize the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy andEnvironmental Design (LEED) concept. This concept will provide an environmentally healthy andsafe operation for the surrounding neighborhood while working to reduce and control operationalcosts.New GRTC Corporate Office/Bus Maintenance Facility For 2009
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