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CC - Authorization to Release a Request for Proposals for the Ongoing Design of Bus Schedules and Other Related Bus Service Marketing Materials.
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Contact Person/Dept: Samantha Blackshire/Transportation
Phone Number: 310-253-6535
Fiscal Impact: Yes [] No [X] General Fund: Yes [] No []
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [] Attachments: Yes [] No [X]
Commission Action Required: Yes [] No [X] Date:
Commission Name:
Public Notification: (E-Mail) Meetings and Agendas - City Council (01/21/16)
Department Approval: Art Ida, Director of Transportation (01/20/16)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council authorize the release of a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the ongoing design of bus schedules and other related bus service marketing materials.
BACKGROUND
In 2008 the Transportation Department issued an RFP for the design of bus schedules, marketing materials, and printing services. Since that time, the Department worked with the City's Purchasing Division in order to separate printing services for all of the Transit Operations Division's needs. The Transit Operation Division worked with the City's Purchasing Division to award all printing services for the Transit Operations Division to another vendor.
DISCUSSION
The Transit Operations Division has continuously modified bus schedules to reflect changes in service (i.e. West L.A. College fall/spring and winter/summer; limited Line one summer only service; extension of Line 7 into the Hayden Tract; extension of Line 4 to Playa Vista; and other miscellaneous time changes) and in order to meet the needs of the ever growing population in the Culver CityBus service area. In order to inform the public of public hearings, new service marketing campaigns, and upcoming service changes, the Transit O...
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