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

2. TIGER VII (T2O) GRANT OVERVIEW
FFY 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
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3. TIGER VII (T2O) GRANT OVERVIEW
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4. TIGER VII (T2O) PROJECT OVERVIEW
TIGER 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.
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5. TIGER VII (T2O) PROJECT OVERVIEW
TIGER 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
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6. TIGER VII (T2O) PROJECT OVERVIEW
TIGER 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
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7. AREAS WITH INSUFFICIENT BROADBAND
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8. TIGER VII (T2O) PROJECT PARTNERS
ODOT 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)
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9. TIGGER VII (T2O) MOBILE CONNECTIVITY
Conduct 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
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10. TIGGER VII (T2O) MOBILE CONNECTIVITY
Results
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
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11. TIGGER VII (T2O) DRIVE TEST RESULTS
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12. TIGGER VII (T2O) DRIVE TEST RESULTS
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13. TIGGER VII (T2O) DRIVE TEST RESULTS
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14. TIGER VII (T2O) PROJECT STATUS
Scheduling/Dispatching Software
Vendor Selection Process Complete
Vendor Master Agreements prepared
Transit Systems Scoping Documents in final review
Contracts are being awarded
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15. TIGER VII (T2O) PROJECT STATUS
Next 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
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16. TIGER VII (T2O) PROJECT BROADBAND
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17. Administrator: Project Manager:
Contact Information
Administrator:
Chuck Dyer
Project Manager:
Jane Miller, CPM, Lakatos Group, LTD
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18. QUESTIONS???
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