November 26, 2007

Smart Card. Smart Travel.

TransLink® Parking Initiative

Presentation to theTransLink® Management Group

Information Brief

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• In recent years, BART has moved to expand the daily revenue parking program

• Initial implementation of this program expansion utilized Addfare machines that required patrons to enter parking stall numbers

• This manual process created problems for the patron, was not user friendly, and did not facilitate a seamless process

• BART’s Board of Directors tasked BART staff with developing a more user friendly solution, possibly incorporating smart card technology

Background

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• BART developed the smart card program to address the following:– Board of Directors concerns– Improve parking process– Allow multiple station parking– Allow multiple vehicle flexibility– Minimize need for Addfare stall parking– Provide a seamless solution for the customer

Background

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BART’s Smart Card Parking Program(Back Office Solution)

Patron procures

smart card for parking

and transit

Patron tags

parking reader in Paid Area

and payment

is deducted

PARKING

TRANSIT

PARKING

BART BACK OFFICE

Money is deducted

from Parking account

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• In early 2007, MTC staff approached BART with a proposal to utilize a TransLink card for parking

• BART and MTC/ERG agreed on a parking application that would allow an effective transition to BART’s architecture some time in the future

• A more recent MTC/ERG proposal attempts to implement TransLink on BART’s parking application much earlier than anticipated

MTC’s Proposal

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• MTG has proposed a two-part MTC/ERG solution to facilitate BART parking

– Option 1: TransLink card integrates with BART card reader in PVM. TransLink utilizes BART infrastructure and BART Back Office to reconcile parking program. BART performs enforcement. Option 1 is a short-term solution that operates in the same way as the BART smart card (EZRider) parking program.

Estimated completion date: 9 months after delivery of CTS simulator*, scope and schedule meeting is being scheduled

– Option 2: TransLink card (utilizing 2 purses) also integrates with card reader. TransLink handles all Back Office functions but utilizes BART infrastructure. BART Back Office is just pass through and BART handles enforcement. Option 2 is a permanent solution.

Estimated completion date: 12 months after delivery of CTS simulator*, scope and schedule development is inactive

Contemplation

* Simulator delivery date unknown

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TransLink Parking – Option 1(BART’s Back Office)

Patron procures TransLink

for parking

and transit

Patron tags

parking reader in Paid Area

and payment

is deducted

TRANSIT

PARKING

BART BACK OFFICE

PARKING

Money is deducted

from Parking account

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TransLink Parking – Option 2(TransLink’s Back Office)

Patron procures two purse TransLink card for parking

and transit

Patron tags

parking reader in Paid Area

and payment is deducted

BART BACK OFFICEPARKING

BART Back Office passes

data to the TransLink Service Bureau

TRANSLINK SERVICE BUREAU

TSB processes

BART parking

payment and

performs settlement

TRANSIT

PARKING

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Pros and Cons

• BART Smart Card Parking Program+ Eliminates need for manual entry and cash transactions with Addfare parking+ Expected completion date: August 2008+ Seamless parking payment transition for patrons– Not a TransLink option; requires two cards– Not a regional solution

• MTC/ERG Option 1+ All positives of the BART smart card program+ One card solution+ Lower cost solution, provides for no changes in processes proposed under BART

solution– Not regional solution– ERG effort in Option 1 is not portable to Option 2, and costs are not recoverable• Estimated delivery 9 months after receipt of CTS simulator; 3 months prior to Option 2

• MTC/ERG Option 2+ All positives of the BART smart card program+ One card solution+ Provides for a regional solution– Higher cost solution• Expected completion date: Twelve months after receipt of CTS simulator

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BART Concerns

• Determine scope, schedule, and budget for:

– BART internal organizations– Cubic Transportation Systems– Motorola/ERG effort

• MTC/ERG must determine where the budget will come from for the TransLink parking solution

• Per Motorola/ERG, this new work will be conducted in the Concord office. Impact to Faregate integration regional schedule 2.3/2.4/2.5 is unknown