Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
The Smart City Challenge is a U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) grant program seeking to “create a fully integrated, first-of-its kind city that uses data, technology and creativity to shape how people and goods move in the future.” In 2016 the City of Columbus, acting through the Department of Public Service, applied for and won the Smart City Challenge, receiving a $40 million dollar grant from USDOT and a $10 million grant from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation (Vulcan).
This ordinance authorizes the Chief Innovation Officer to modify a professional services contract with Siemens Mobility, Inc. Intelligent Traffic Systems, hereafter referenced as Siemens, to add additional funds for support and maintenance of the Smart Columbus - CVE On-Board Unit System Integrator.
Ordinance 1669-2019 authorized the Chief Innovation Officer to enter into a professional services contract with Siemens for the Smart Columbus - CVE On-Board Unit System Integrator project. As part of Columbus’ overall response to the Smart City Challenge, the Smart Columbus Program Management Office (PMO) engaged a consultant capable of and qualified to integrate connected vehicles into the City’s transportation environment by installing technology into vehicles to communicate with the environment; and develop and deploy the CV applications that enable the enhanced safety and mobility features Smart Columbus desires. To that end the Columbus, currently has over 1,000 vehicles including over 300 Columbus vehicles and Roadside Units operating at traffic signals.
This is a planned modification that is necessary for support and maintenance on Connected Vehicles on-board equipment and applications for vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) Safety and Mobility applications. Siemens past work with other connected vehicles projects is extensive. No other company has this type of solution to allow a operation of the robust system. It was dee...
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