The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) has awarded a $5.4-million contract extension to Iteris to continue using the company’s next-generation traveler information services solution to power the San Francisco Bay Area’s 511 traveler information system (511 SF Bay).
Iteris has been providing key services of the 511 SF Bay traveler information system to the MTC since 2015 and the new contract extension will continue this partnership a for two more years. Under the terms of the contract extension with the MTC, Iteris will continue to operate and maintain the 511 SF Bay interactive voice response (IVR) system, and provide regional transit data integration, software support and technical services for the MTC’s 511 Operations Center. These efforts will ensure continued innovation and longevity, while preserving the functionality and features that the MTC and 511 SF Bay travelers depend on, says Iteris.
“Iteris is excited to extend our partnership with the San Francisco Bay Area MTC by continuing to operate key services of the region’s 511 traveler information system,” said Scott Carlson, vice president and assistant general manager, Transportation Systems at Iteris. “We are committed to ensuring the San Francisco Bay Area travelers and public transit riders, who make 1.5 million daily trips, are able to access accurate, real-time travel information that improves their mobility across the nine-county region.”
