Decision details

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport seeking Cabinet to agree to spend the outstanding Section 106 commitments for Rail Time Bus Information on the new Real Time Information (RTI) Refresh contract.  This will greatly enhance the delivery of real time bus information to public transport users in areas previously poorly serviced.  Information is to be provided via:

• In shelter display units;
• RTI enabled bus stop flags;
• The Web;
• Smartphone applications;
• On bus announcements.

Further to this the RTI project will deliver bus priority at signal junctions allowing for shorter and more reliable end to end journey times.

(i)  To approve, in accordance with Financial Procedure Rules, a variation of capital expenditure, an increase of £0.484m in the “Real Time Information Upgrade” capital scheme contained within the Environment and Transport Capital Programme, fully funded by Section 106 developer contributions.

(ii)  To approve, in accordance with Financial Procedure Rules, capital expenditure of £0.484m, phased £0.15m in 2012/13, £0.334m in 2013/14 for the “Real Time Information Upgrade” capital scheme contained within the Environment and Transport Capital Programme, fully funded by Section 106 developer contributions.

Following the award of a new Real Time Information (‘RTI’) contract, the Council is now in a position to deliver outstanding S106 commitments. This will include delivering RTI equipment to various sites throughout the City as per the attached document (Phase II installations).

Developers have already made payments to the Council as part of their S106 funding for Real Time Bus Information. Should the Council not spend this funding it would need to be returned to the developer(s). The option to deliver ‘piecemeal’ through single contracts did not exist due to the nature of RTI architecture. The provision of RTI depends upon a co-ordinated central system which sends information to compatible on-street displays. It is this element that required a refresh before new equipment could be installed on-street