Comments on: Farewell to the Neighborhood Eco Pass Moratorium! http://www.johntayer.org/2009/10/20/farewell-to-the-neighborhood-eco-pass-moratorium/ Regional Transportation District Board of Directors Representative, District O Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:09:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bob Whitson http://www.johntayer.org/2009/10/20/farewell-to-the-neighborhood-eco-pass-moratorium/comment-page-1/#comment-1325 Bob Whitson Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:11:23 +0000 http://www.johntayer.org/?p=247#comment-1325 When do we start thinking about a community pass? Take care bob When do we start thinking about a community pass?
Take care
bob

]]> By: John Tayer http://www.johntayer.org/2009/10/20/farewell-to-the-neighborhood-eco-pass-moratorium/comment-page-1/#comment-1258 John Tayer Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:23:23 +0000 http://www.johntayer.org/?p=247#comment-1258 Paul (and Martha): Thanks for the very nice notes and support for my efforts! I should note that Martha, from GO Boulder, deserves a great deal of recognition for her own role in the arduous process that arrived at last Tuesday's positive results. I did want to respond to your question regarding the status of the Smart Card technology. The following is an update that staff provided yesterday on this matter: "We received proposals from two companies for the smart card portion of the new fare collection system. We also received two proposals for the farebox side of the fare collection system. We are still in the review process on the smart card proposals. Because of the nature of the project, the review involves most divisions at RTD, including bus operations and maintenance, light rail operations and maintenance, procurement, information technology, facilities, security, marketing, treasury and accounting. We have had two exchanges of questions and responses with the proposers, as well as internal staff review meetings totaling 10 hours or more. We are scheduling oral Q&A sessions with both vendors to try and get more complete answers to some remaining questions. Those sessions will be held the week of November 16. It is our desire to decide upon a recommended action some time after those sessions. As for the installation schedules, those are subject to negotiation with whomever the selected vendor turns out to be. Therefore, I am not in a position at this time to give you a firm timeline. I will know more after we negotiate with the selected vendor. Our desire throughout this procurement has been to have the smart card system installed by the end of 2010." So, it looks like things are moving ahead, though it will still take some time before the Smart Card program is fully implemented. I hope this responds to your inquiry, but please let me know if you have any follow-up questions. Regards! - John Paul (and Martha):

Thanks for the very nice notes and support for my efforts! I should note that Martha, from GO Boulder, deserves a great deal of recognition for her own role in the arduous process that arrived at last Tuesday’s positive results.

I did want to respond to your question regarding the status of the Smart Card technology. The following is an update that staff provided yesterday on this matter:

“We received proposals from two companies for the smart card portion of the new fare collection system. We also received two proposals for the farebox side of the fare collection system. We are still in the review process on the smart card proposals. Because of the nature of the project, the review involves most divisions at RTD, including bus operations and maintenance, light rail operations and maintenance, procurement, information technology, facilities, security, marketing, treasury and accounting.

We have had two exchanges of questions and responses with the proposers, as well as internal staff review meetings totaling 10 hours or more. We are scheduling oral Q&A sessions with both vendors to try and get more complete answers to some remaining questions. Those sessions will be held the week of November 16. It is our desire to decide upon a recommended action some time after those sessions.

As for the installation schedules, those are subject to negotiation with whomever the selected vendor turns out to be. Therefore, I am not in a position at this time to give you a firm timeline. I will know more after we negotiate with the selected vendor.

Our desire throughout this procurement has been to have the smart card system installed by the end of 2010.”

So, it looks like things are moving ahead, though it will still take some time before the Smart Card program is fully implemented.

I hope this responds to your inquiry, but please let me know if you have any follow-up questions.

Regards! – John

]]> By: Paul Browne http://www.johntayer.org/2009/10/20/farewell-to-the-neighborhood-eco-pass-moratorium/comment-page-1/#comment-1256 Paul Browne Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:47:25 +0000 http://www.johntayer.org/?p=247#comment-1256 John. I congratulate you and the ECO Pass Committee for a thorough job. The results are gratifying as you have reached across to the other Directors to improve communication. I hope to hear more detailed plans for the Smart Card deployment and data analysis. John. I congratulate you and the ECO Pass Committee for a thorough job. The results are gratifying as you have reached across to the other Directors to improve communication. I hope to hear more detailed plans for the Smart Card deployment and data analysis.

]]> By: Martha Roskowski http://www.johntayer.org/2009/10/20/farewell-to-the-neighborhood-eco-pass-moratorium/comment-page-1/#comment-1254 Martha Roskowski Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:28:14 +0000 http://www.johntayer.org/?p=247#comment-1254 Nice work, Director Tayer! Nice work, Director Tayer!

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