The city of Gardena, Calif., has awarded Iteris, Inc. a $707,000 contract to provide design services as part of the bus signal priority (BSP) project for Gardena Transit (GTrans) bus Line 2.
Under the terms of the one-year agreement, Iteris will provide design services, procurement, testing and oversight, as well as construction support to enable operations on the new BSP system at major signalized intersections in compliance with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Countywide Signal Priority program. Task orders for three years of operation and maintenance services are pending, and include the option for two additional years of O&M.
This is Iteris’ seventh BSP project in southern California, bringing total deployments of Iteris’ BSP connected bus solutions to over 500 intersections in the region, according to the company.
“Improving safety and efficiency for all modes of transportation is a priority for Iteris and the cities and state agencies with which we work throughout the U.S.,” said Scott Carlson, vice president and assistant general manager, Transportation Systems at Iteris. “This new initiative with the city of Gardena is further testament to the effectiveness of our vehicle-to-infrastructure approach, which is designed to mitigate traffic congestion throughout southern California and across the nation.”
Deployment of the BSP system is anticipated to be completed within nine months. The BSP system will leverage on-bus systems that incorporate GPS-based automatic vehicle location equipment, wireless communications and advanced intersection traffic controller technologies.
Work on the project, which builds on transit signal priority system services deployed to other transit agencies in Los Angeles County, is expected to begin immediately.
