SV-ITS Program Manager

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TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT UNIT
PROPOSED STAFFING
New
SV-ITS Program Manager
Staff Technician
Project Engineering Software/hardware
Project Engineering Construction/Integration
Project Engineering Grant Comp/Dev./Studies
Associate Engineer
Associate Engineer
Associate Engineer
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STAFF POSITIONS
Civil Engr I/II
Sr Engr Tech
Analyst
New
Grant Development Contract/Agreement Dev. Grant
Compliance Pre- Post-Audits Public
Relations Customer Service
City Hall TMC Planning Configuration
Management Plan Review Research Development
DEN Main/Mgnt.
VTA/MTC/SCC Liaison Research Development Systems
Manager
CORE WORK ASSIGNMENTS
SVSC ITS Enh. 4.1M SVSC ITS West 3.1M FHWA
Study
SJC-ATMS 2.0M SVSC Milpitas/Fremont
2.9M Pro-Active Signal Timing 500k
SV-ITS Traveler 300k Downtown Pedestrian
Study 87 Ramp Study Strategic Plan Action Items
SPECIAL PROJECTS
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June 00
Jan 01
June 01
Sept 01
Mar 02
Sept 02
Develop RFP
Award Design Contract
Commence Design
Deliver Design to County
Award Const. Contract
Advertise RFP
Missed Deadline SV ITS West
Grant Mandated Deadline
00/01 Grants SV-ITS West (3.1M) Pro-Active
Signal Timing (500,000) SV-ITS Traveler Web
Site (300,000)
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STAFFING JUSTIFICATION
Opportunity ITS National Leader DST can
distinguish itself by advancing technological
solutions as part of the south bays integrated
transportation plan.

• Achievements to date
• San Jose is lead agency for the SV-ITS Program as
  directed by management.
• Program work plan is documented and compliant
  with VTP 2020 to ensure buy-in.
• Silicon Valley Smart Corridor is a model for
  multi-agency partnership (as recognized by FHWA)
• Program has 9 active ITS projects with a
  16,000,000 grant-funded budget (unique City-led
  effort)
• Staff Technician, Analyst, Engineer I/II and
  Engineering Technician is 100 grant funded
  positions

TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT UNIT

• Challenges
• Program is highly visible Public (Mr. Roadshow
  SVMG), Systems OM Committee, Mayors Office,
  Media and Federal government are stakeholders.
• Four projects (3.9M) are unassigned Vacancies
  and staff capacity.
• Difficult to maintain moral when special projects
  are not being completed.
• 99/00 5 of 7 projects were delayed
• 00/01 8 of 17 projects are likely to be
  delayed
• Unit manager is dedicating 75 of time to
  training/guiding/reviewing work, as a result, is
  unable to address high level responsibilities.
• With limited staff, DST is unable to address
  basic and peripheral OM issues (ie. Fiber,
  copper breaks, operation of TMC, etc.)

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CURRENT STAFFING
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT UNIT
Associate Engineer
Program and project management, Staff training
support SVSC I/II III, TETAP Ramp Meter
Evaluation, FHWA Study, Julian/87 Study,
Civic/SJSU Pedestrian Study(2.7M)
Civil Engr I/II
SVSC ITS Enh, SVSC Operations Manual, DSL Testing
(4.1M)
Civil Engr I/II
SJC-ATMS, DTS Video Sharing, Agreement
Development (2.0M)
Analyst
Grant oversight, agreement development, project
support
Steering Committee support, action items,
customer service, project support
Staff Technician
50
Civil Engr I/II
Unassigned work (6,800,000) Milpitas/Fremont.
(2,900,000) SVSC ITS West Corridor.(3,100,000) S
V-ITS Traveler.(300,000) Pro-Active Signal
Timing.(500,000)
VACANCY
Sr Engr Tech
100