Planning Support Services

The vendor required to provide planning support services to be used for testing various software applications utilized by the authority.
- Requirement:
1. Project development
•    Project study reports (planning level) 
•    Conceptual design
•    Feasibility studies 
•    Corridor studies 
•    Cost estimation (rom) 
•    Project scheduling 
•    Environmental review reports and process updates 
•    Environmental and technical studies 
•    Permit and stakeholder coordination 
•    Review of other third-party environmental reviews and representation of the authority in project reviews 
•    Real estate and right of way planning and valuation
2. Station planning
•    Current and future station siting and land use 
•    Connectivity, accessibility, and design standards 
•    First and last-mile strategies 
•    Station amenities 
•    Stakeholder coordination 
•    Station maintenance analysis 
•    Wayfinding strategies 
•    Crowd management strategies
3. Service planning
•    Schedule development 
•    Crew and equipment analysis and rostering
•    Schedule performance analysis 
•    Operations simulation (using tools such as rail traffic controller [rtc] modeling) 
•    Operating cost analysis 
•    Multimodal service integration 
•    Service planning research 
•    Service growth development 
•    Train schedule validation 
•    Major events planning support 
•    Travel demand management (tdm) strategies 
•    Third party coordination and negotiation support.
- Fleet and facilities planning
•    Zero emission (ZE) technology and fleet analysis and planning 
•    Level boarding 
•    Fleet development and management 
•    Industrial engineering 
•    Maintenance and support facility planning 
•    Fuel consumption and emission evaluation
- Economic, social, and data analysis
•    Analysis of mobility data
•    Project database development and management 
•    Economic analyses (e.g., economic impacts, benefit cost analysis, etc.) 
•    Demographics analysis
- Policy development
•    Fare policy
•    Parking policy
•    Americans with disabilities act (ADA) policy
- Modeling, forecasting, and financial analysis
•    Travel demand modeling
•    Ridership demand modeling
•    Ridership projections for schedule changes and special trains
•    Financial forecasting
•    Revenue generation analysis and support
•    Vehicle miles traveled (VMT) and carbon reduction analysis
- Mapping and spatial analysis
•    Geographic information system (GIS) support
•    Spatial analysis
•    Web-based atlas development and management
- Market analysis
•    Origin-destination surveys
•    Market assessments
- Strategic planning
•    Long- and short-range planning
•    Strategic business plans
•    Performance management and measures
•    Executive advisory services
•    Peer benchmarking
- Fare strategy and integration
•    Fare structure analysis and development
•    Fare technology
•    Regional fare integration
•    Open loop ticketing
•    Trip planning strategies
- Grant support
•    Discretionary and formula grant application preparation support 
•    Grant opportunity monitoring
•    Grantor workshops and webinar participation.

- Contract Period/Term: 3 years
- Pre-Proposal Conference Date: January 9, 2026
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: January 16, 2026