Agenda

Bus Operations Subcommittee
Minutes/Action Items
September 15, 2015
installation: 1) must be in a secured area; 2) must have access to
power and communications; 3) must be at a high volume transit
center or hub, including park-and-ride lots; and 4) the regional
TVMs must be installed on agency owned property.
The following eight locations were identified as ideal sites for
regional TVMs: Santa Clarita McBean Regional Transit Center;
Redondo Beach Transit Center; Torrance Transit Park-and-Ride
Terminal; LAX Bus Station; Long Beach Transit & Visitors
Information Center; BBB Rimpau Terminal; AVTA Lancaster City
Park; and Burbank Metrolink Station. The TAP group is evaluating
the feasibility of a low cost top off device for outdoor installation.
They are also looking to expand the vendor network to areas near
alternative sites that did not meet the criteria. A new TAP mobile
application is also in development, which would allow riders to
upload passes to their TAP cards without the use of a TVM or a
vendor.
There are two potential funding sources that could be used to
cover the capital and operating costs of the regional TVMs. The
first is the FTA Section 5307 Grant Program, which is a
competitive capital grant program. The other is the Low Carbon
Transit Operations Program (LCTOP), which would cover
operational costs. The LCTOP grant places emphasis on
environmentally sound projects that benefit disadvantaged
communities.
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