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Clerk 01/29/2003
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A MOTION approving the transit division response to the 2003 budget proviso requiring submission of a report on the results of a thirty-vehicle test of mobile data terminals proposed for installation in all transit accessible service vehicles.
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WHEREAS, the adopted 2003 budget for the transit division declared that "$1,963,535 shall be expended only on CIP project A00010, ADA Fleet Mobile Data Terminals, after the council has received and approved by motion a report on the results of the transit division's mobile data terminals 30-vehicle pilot program," and
WHEREAS, the report has been completed to document the results of the mobile data terminal pilot program, and
WHEREAS, the results of the thirty-vehicle test show that mobile data terminal usage increases service efficiency;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
The King County council hereby approves the transit division proviso response, which includes the report ADA Paratransit Mobile Data Terminal/Automatic Vehicle Location (MDT/AVL) Project: Results of 30 Vehicle Test, September 2002, submitted as Attachment A to this motion, and hereby authorizes the transit division to expend the $1,963,535 previously restricted by the proviso.