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Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution to Approve a Consulting Services Agreement for $66,000 with Trafficware Group, Inc., to Provide System Maintenance and Support of the City's Advanced Traffic Management System Software
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council approve and authorize the City Manager to execute a $66,000 Consulting Services Agreement with Trafficware Group, Inc., for three-years of system maintenance and technical support of the Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS) software used to control the City's traffic signals.
BACKGROUND
The City maintains sixty-two traffic signals that rely on specialized software to control their operation. An agreement with the previous software vendor ended in 2014. The software, operating system, and computer server at City Hall are now obsolete and in need of replacement. The Information Technology Division will upgrade the server and operating system, while Trafficware Group, Inc., will provide and maintain the ATMS software.
The current version of the ATMS software includes features that improve the centralized management and monitoring of the City's traffic signals and that contribute to safe and efficient traffic operations. For example, the software allows the City to operate an adaptive traffic signal control system known as "SynchroGreen" that adjusts the signal timing along a roadway corridor in response to real-time traffic conditions. Marina Boulevard will be controlled by the SynchroGreen system.
Analysis
The City's Advanced Traffic Management System was originally completed in the spring of 2011. The system included a Traffic Operations Center (TOC) both at City Hall and at the Public Works Department, as well as twelve observation cameras at key intersections viewable on video monitors in the City Hall TOC. In addition, forty-five of the traffic signals are connected to the City's fiber loop allowing remote operat...
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