Issue - items at meetings - Local Sustainable Transport Fund - Upgrade of the Real Time Passenger Information (RTPI) System

Report of the Strategic Director, Place (copy attached).

2.1       That the Cabinet Member for Transport & Public Realm supports the upgrade of the RTPI system to GPRS and grants permission for officers to begin the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) tendering process to secure a provider of a GPRS system and an ongoing maintenance contract.

2.2       That the Cabinet Member for Transport & Public Realm grants permission for officers to plan for the rollout of the new system by July 2013.

112.1  Councillor Davey considered a report from the Strategic Director, Place, and an Officer update stating that the proposed upgraded system would use GPRS and improve the service provided by the current system which had become dated; the current contract ended in 2013 and it was envisaged coverage could be increased across the city.

112.2  Councillors Mitchell and Geoffrey Theobald welcomed the introduction of the new technology.

112.3  RESOLVED:

(1)               That the Cabinet Member for Transport & Public Realm supports the upgrade of the RTPI system to GPRS and grants permission for officers to begin the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) tendering process to secure a provider of a GPRS system and an ongoing maintenance contract.

(2)               That the Cabinet Member for Transport & Public Realm grants permission for officers to plan for the rollout of the new system by July 2013.