1 Office of Transit TIGER VII (T2O) GrantJane Miller, Project Manager Lakatos Group LTD

2 TIGER VII (T2O) GRANT OVERVIEWFFY 2015 TIGER Program Funding The U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx awarded $500 million for 39 transportation projects in 34 states Ohio TIGER grant award: $6,839,860 Federal grant administered by Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Project follows FTA program rules Office of Transit

3 TIGER VII (T2O) GRANT OVERVIEWOffice of Transit

4 TIGER VII (T2O) PROJECT OVERVIEWTIGER VII (T2O) PROJECT GOALS Improve service efficiencies and effectiveness, customer service and the ability to coordinate and communicate with first responders and other human service agency’s. Eliminate base to vehicle communication gaps by improving broadband access and updating scheduling/dispatching software and hardware technology. Office of Transit

5 TIGER VII (T2O) PROJECT OVERVIEWTIGER VII (T2O) Project Need The lack of sufficient broadband or cellular service presents a wide array of communication barriers for Ohio’s 34 Rural Transit Systems. Some areas are affected more significantly than others which impacts access to: Jobs Education Health Care Emergency Services Office of Transit

6 TIGER VII (T2O) PROJECT OVERVIEWTIGER VII (T2O) Project Purpose The project will provide funding to install the hardware and/or equipment (utilizing existing structures where available) to expand broadband where regional connectivity gaps exist. The State developed a set of scheduling/dispatching software and hardware minimum standard technology criteria. This set of minimum standards will be used to ensure all rural transit systems have the technology to meet the goals of this project Office of Transit

7 AREAS WITH INSUFFICIENT BROADBANDOffice of Transit

8 TIGER VII (T2O) PROJECT PARTNERSODOT Partnerships– ODOT – identified facility locations Local Entities – provided coordinates of available facilities such as water towers, fire station towers, sheriff’s tower, etc. DAS MARCS Towers – DAS determining available sites based on original funding source DAS Real Estate Office – developing list of State property ODNR – identifying favorable sites (i.e. State Parks, etc) Office of Transit

9 TIGGER VII (T2O) MOBILE CONNECTIVITYConduct Drive Tests – Connect Ohio First – Find out what broadband service is available (service/no service) Second – Determine how good the coverage is (upload/download/latency) Three – Using the data collected, prepare maps showing actual coverage by broadband carrier (Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, AT&T) Drove over 19K miles Obtained phones from all 4 broadband carriers Conducted testing every ¼ mile Office of Transit

10 TIGGER VII (T2O) MOBILE CONNECTIVITYResults Not all gaps are gaps Adding external antenna’s can increase reception One carrier may not cover area but another does Possible solution – mobile broadband router Increasing installation sites will help with expansion Office of Transit

11 TIGGER VII (T2O) DRIVE TEST RESULTSOffice of Transit

12 TIGGER VII (T2O) DRIVE TEST RESULTSOffice of Transit

13 TIGGER VII (T2O) DRIVE TEST RESULTSOffice of Transit

14 TIGER VII (T2O) PROJECT STATUSScheduling/Dispatching Software Vendor Selection Process Complete Vendor Master Agreements prepared Transit Systems Scoping Documents in final review Contracts are being awarded Office of Transit

15 TIGER VII (T2O) PROJECT STATUSNext Steps Finalize each T2O project with each Transit Agency ODOT issue TIGER funding contract to each Transit Agency Each Transit Agency enter into contract with software Vendor Office of Transit

16 TIGER VII (T2O) PROJECT BROADBANDOffice of Transit

17 Administrator: Project Manager:Contact Information Administrator: Chuck Dyer Project Manager: Jane Miller, CPM, Lakatos Group, LTD Office of Transit

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