WORK PROGRAM
Support to the MBTA Better Bus Project
January 17, 2019
The Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) votes to approve this work program.
Not listed in federal fiscal year (FFY) 2019 UPWP
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)
Client Supervisor: Melissa Dullea
Principal: Katie Pincus Stetner
Manager: Jonathan Belcher
MBTA Contract
Schedule and budget details are shown in Exhibits 1 and 2, respectively.
This studyis supported in full with non-MPO funding. Committing MPO staff to this project will not impinge on the quality or timeliness of MPO-funded work.
During the past 20 years, Central Transportation Planning Staff (CTPS) has provided the MBTA Service Planning Department with analytical assistance for interpreting ridership and schedule adherence data. The MBTA requires additional support of this type for the ongoing Better Bus Project.
To provide analytical assistance to the MBTA, as requested, to identify crowding or schedule adherence problems on bus routes, and to recommend changes in the scheduled frequency and running times to address the identified problems.
Upon request, CTPS staff will assist the MBTA in reviewing and updating the data that were automatically collected by the MBTA to identify problems with vehicle loads or schedule adherence on a route-by-route basis. CTPS staff will review existing and proposed schedules to develop plans for appropriate service plan actions. These actions may include assigning additional vehicles to a route, lengthening or reducing segment-level running times, implementing short-turn services, and other modifications. CTPS staff will also provide the MBTA with the projected hours-of-service costs of implementing any recommended corrective actions.
CTPS staff will participate in working group meetings and public meetings of the MBTA Better Bus Project and will suggest possible modifications, additions, or reductions to MBTA service based on data collected automatically by the MBTA and feedback received from the public.
Task |
Month | |||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | |
1.
Provide Analytical Support as Requested by MBTA Staff |
From month 1 to 18
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2.
Participate in Meetings |
From month 1 to 17.4.
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Task |
Person-Weeks | Direct Salary |
Overhead (99.00%) |
Total Cost |
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P-5 | Total | ||||
1.
Provide Analytical Support as Requested by MBTA Staff
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4.8 | 4.8 | $9,402 | $9,308 | $18,711 |
2.
Participate in Meetings
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8.0 | 8.0 | $15,723 | $15,566 | $31,289 |
Total
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12.8 | 12.8 | $25,125 | $24,874 | $50,000 |