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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute the First Amendment to Agreement No. 28052 with PB Farradyne, Inc., for Program Evaluation Services related to the East - West Corridor Bus Speed Improvement Program, to extend the Agreement for one year. (Districts 1,2,3,4,6)
DISCUSSION
In 1995, the City of Long Beach received $5.9 million in grant funds from the Los Angeles
County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and the County of Los Angeles to
fund a series of bus speed improvements on Anaheim Street between the 1-71 0 Freeway
and Pacific Coast Highway and other associated intersections. The first phase of the
project, completed in 1999, involved various signalization improvements and modifications
at the intersections of Pacific Coast Highway at Clark Avenue, Pacific Avenue at Ocean
Boulevard, Cherry Avenue at Anaheim Street, and Gardenia Avenue at Anaheim Street.
The second phase of the project, with which PB Farradyne is assisting the City, includes a
communications intertie between the City’s Traffic Management Center, the Long Beach
Transit Operations Center, and City Hall; design of intersection corner “bulb outs” with
streetscape features at non-signalized intersections to facilitate buses at five bus stop
locations; preparation of traffic signal coordination plans along Anaheim Street and the
parallel arterial streets; traffic signal upgrades at five intersections; new traffic signal
installations with curb extensions at two intersections; traffic signal modifications at each of
the signalized intersections along Anaheim Street for future bus signal priority purposes; a
public outreach campaign to ensure these enhancements are accepted by the community;
and a project evaluation process, as required by the MTA, to determine the effectiveness
of the various improvements.
On January 22,2002, the City Council authorized an agreement with PI3 Farradyne, Inc., in
an amount not to exceed $1,596,430, to provide engineering and other relat...
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