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19 chapter four CASE EXAMPLES INTRODUCTION This chapter describes the process followed to conduct detailed phone interviews with a sample of agencies that had completed the preselection survey described in chapter three. The chapter also summarizes lessons learned from each of the phone interviews completed.
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20 Area (36)
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21 with data collection consultants that have performed well in the past. Utility Conflict Resolution Key to conflict resolution is a good relationship with utility owners.
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22 trips are bus mode, and 2% are demand response. The fleet includes 115 revenue vehicles.
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23 North Carolina: Charlotte Area Transit System The Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) is a department within the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, which operates 70 fixed bus routes, one light rail line on 10 miles of track, 75 active vanpools, and general public demand-response service in the urbanized area (37)
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24 During construction, city contractors have damaged multiple utility facilities in the field, mostly because One Call data were inaccurate, missing, or wrong. In some cases, city contractors have been at fault for damaging lines that were marked in the field.
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25 RTA's FY 2012 operating budget was $229 million, and the capital budget was $33 million (39)
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26 The agency deals with a wide range of utility owners. The city of Cleveland operates its own utilities, mainly water and power.
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27 utility relocations, it does increase the level of awareness about and operational knowledge of utility installations. Utility Data Collection The agency uses One Call tickets primarily for damage prevention before construction.
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28 TriMet's FY 2014 operating budget was $489 million, and the capital budget was $103 million. Employer payroll tax and self-employment tax (12%)
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29 Utility Data Collection Oregon law requires utility owners to locate their lines during early stages of a highway project, so a designer can request utility locations even during preliminary engineering. Location information is usually accurate within 3 ft, which is sufficient for preliminary engineering but not necessarily for detailed design.
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30 For a recent project in downtown Portland, the Transit Mall, TriMet came up with some unique solutions to utility conflicts. The Transit Mall is essentially a pair of one-way streets with lanes restricted for transit vehicles only.
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31 FIGURE 6 Offset manhole for Portland Transit Mall project (Courtesy: TriMet)
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32 Sometimes it is difficult to relay to designers that utility relocations take a significant amount of time. Even with good utility relocation processes and business relationships in place, it can take a year or more to clear all utilities on a project.
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33 plished in one meeting. In one example, a duct bank had to be lowered by 2 ft in one location, which was a simple task estimated to cost a few thousand dollars and few days of work.
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34 Training to stay up to date on utility coordination procedures has been a challenge. However, the agency owns utility facilities and participates in One Call.
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35 ground and are capped so they can be identified easily. Removing the cap enables officials to confirm the depth of the utility.
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36 3 million and an area of 1,086 square miles. Annual ridership is 31 million passenger trips.
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FIGURE 9 Sample schedule to address utility issues (Courtesy: Sound Transit)
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38 documents are considered "controlled" documents, although they are available through a public disclosure request. Utility Data Collection Sound Transit uses One Call for damage prevention.
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39 Utility Owner Franchise or Easement Authority Allowing Utility Utility Conflict Resolution Strategy Seattle City Light Franchise City of Seattle Brooklyn Station: SCL re-route cables in order to abandon existing SCL DB during N120, and then pull cables back in new DB in N140. New services to station & future TOD.
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