From the main ans perspective we need to establish a long term, and a location for a long term technical support, provision of spares, and maipt nens of those for well over 30 years, and design and construction, and operation of a heavy maipt nens facility that will allow for overhaul, and running repair and inspection, and shops and all of the support Services Necessary to support, the state wide system. And we will also likely have a heavy Maintenance Facility site somewhere in the Central Valley. Now the request on the response of it by october 17th, and the end of next week, and the lines will be accepted after that and it is not a hard date in terms of continuing to get the expressions of interest, so the expression of interest is not a requirement to the rpf for the vehicle procurement and the firms that do not submit any of the lines and it may submit a proposal on the date that we expect to get out by the end of this year. We expect to have the rfp out by the end of the year an
To house their operational staff and service their vehicles are in a marginal poor state of repair. Are these facilities a threat to the health and welfare of our transit workers . First, i think i should be clear that we believe the systems are safe. Transit is one of the safest modes of travel we have available to us in this day and age. We also believe strongly there are steps that need to be taken in order to address the safety, not just of the general public, but the employees that work for the agencies as well. Theres no question, when you are dealing with an aging infrastructure and the needs required to maintain that infrastructure, employees are going to be working in Hazardous Conditions with moving vehicles and things of that nature that can make for an unsafe situation. But there are steps that transit agencies take and do take, and i know from my own experience, we focus closely at cta on making sure the operators have appropriate training, appropriate tools, the appropria
The corridor will be a Natural Evolution of rail operations in the corridor and two distinct systems putting together their own program and so we have been very much working on an integrated process over the last couple of years, and you are right, the time line, is short. And that is part of the reason that we are working on the regular basis to get together, between the authority and cal train, as well as our funding partner and mtc and the ta and our other partners to insure that we are moving as quickly as we can, and given those time constraints. Okay, thank you. And i think that one of the, and director lee can speak to this, one of the big challenges for cal train, is that the notion that they will be running dual service for many years, and which would make the higher platform more difficult which is why, i think that it could present a significant funding challenge if we were going to try to get all of the cal train vehicles replaced, in a such shorter window. And but, that is
Much more of a custom vehicle, and fewer options in terms of the kinds of vehicles that you could consider for procurement and so that is what is really driving our consideration, the need for 2020 and the spectrum of vehicles available. So most are custom and are there any that are off of the shelf . Are there 24 inches . Not that meet the operational criteria. Okay. That we are looking for. That is the challenge that we run into. I think that that is the challenge for both entities that they are both looking to get the broadest number of bids and the, you know, the broadest swath of the companies and it is different for either. And so there is going to have to be a give from one or the other, or there is some Creative Solutions that i can cant conceive of in terms of how to get that and i think, you know, just speaking from San Francisco, and from transbay joint powers authority, you know, our highest preference and need is really a common boarding platform, just because we are const
San francisco, and from transbay joint powers authority, you know, our highest preference and need is really a common boarding platform, just because we are constricted in spa is space for the tunnel and the under grouped and we cant change that shape and it might be possible in san jose, and i dont know inaudible at all to add tracks, and with the different boarding platforms but that, and we are not going to have that same flexibility and i would reiterate that from our end that we have to see a common platform and i am glad that you are country confident that we are going to get there in 60 days. You mentioned the cap and trade funds, are these funds to pay if there are different for the different in the cost of the high platform trains . That is part of what we are investigating right now, and it is certainly a consideration. Okay. Thank you so much. Are there any other. Director . If i understand from the prepttation, that the 50 inch platform gives you more speed. Yes. So, can i