Metrolink CEO Brief – August 16, 2019
CEO Social Connect Chat a Huge Success with Riders
On Wednesday, I participated in my first CEO Social Connect chat on Facebook where I answered some of the more than 400 questions from riders. They want more trains, better schedules, late night service and WiFi (or course!).
Overall, the chat yielded more than 6,400 impressions, with over 900 active engagements and 800 comments from other Facebook followers to the questions. I couldn't answer all the questions we received in the hour-long chat, but our staff is committed to responding to them all.
I am excited for our next CEO Social Connect chat that will take place in the next quarter and I'd like to thank our social media team for their hard work in organizing such a successful event.
Limited Parking at Rancho Cucamonga Station Parking Lot due to Maintenance Project
The City of Rancho Cucamonga will begin a project to improve the parking lot located at the Rancho Cucamonga Metrolink Station. The project will require the alternating closure of parts of the parking lot on Monday, August 19, Tuesday, August 20 and Saturday, August 24 through Thursday, August 29, resulting in fewer parking spaces. It is expected the available parking will accommodate all passengers.
The project will restore the existing asphalt at the parking lot by using a method called “slurry sealing.” This will provide a new surface on the parking lot that will alleviate the cracks and completely repave the parking lot. Additional work includes weed abatement, routing and crack sealing and restriping. The entire parking lot will reopen on Friday, August 30.
Doing Business with Metrolink: Procurement Update
We currently are accepting proposals for QM161R-20 - External Disadvantaged Business Enterprise and Labor Compliance Services through August 21 and E745-20 - On-Call Professional Engineering Design Services through September 17.
We have also released the RFP for the bundled operations and maintenance contract - MSOP150-20 - Rail Operations, Maintenance and Support Services Procurement - due October 11. The objective of the bundled contract is to obtain a single firm or joint venture that will operate and maintain our system for an anticipated base term of 10 years with two 4-year extensions.
Maintenance activities will include inspection and repair of tracks, bridges, structures, wayside signals, communications, rights-of-way, grade crossings and Level 1 train control systems for the entire system. Responsibilities will also include maintenance of SCRRA facilities and all equipment, locomotives, rail cars and rail car components, along with mechanisms such as brake systems, motors, seats and passenger communication equipment.
The vendor portal can be found here and an up-to-date list of open and upcoming procurements can be viewed here.