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Vancouver Area Smart Trek

2008 ITS Washington. Vancouver Area Smart Trek. November 12, 2008. Fiber Sharing Between Agencies. Overview. Vancouver Area Smart Trek Consortium of Southwest Washington Transportation Agencies City of Vancouver Clark County C-TRAN WSDOT City of Camas RTC

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Vancouver Area Smart Trek

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  1. 2008 ITS Washington Vancouver Area Smart Trek November 12, 2008 Fiber Sharing Between Agencies

  2. Overview • Vancouver Area Smart Trek • Consortium of Southwest Washington Transportation Agencies • City of Vancouver • Clark County • C-TRAN • WSDOT • City of Camas • RTC • Other Extended Stakeholders (including CRESA) • Steering Committee & Communications Infrastructure Committee • Sharing Fiber Optic Plant Resources • Interagency Agreements

  3. Overview (cont) • Develop Umbrella Master Agreement • Develop Fiber “Permits” • Procure Fiber Asset Management System • Enter Data into Asset Management System • Cooperation, Coordination & Collaboration

  4. Developing the Master Agreement • Single “Umbrella Agreement” • Upper Level Management in Each Agency • Two Years in the Process • State Attorney General (AG) Approval Required

  5. Developing Fiber Permits Identify the following: • Connectivity Requirements • Potential Fiber Routes • Agency Ownership of Fiber • Fiber Availability • New Construction Requirements WSP / WSDOT SW Region Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency (CRESA)

  6. Developing Permits (Cont.) • Develop Fiber Permit (or Permits) • Agreement between Grantor & Grantee • Define Specific • Fiber Assignment • Duration • Special M&O issues • Include Route Schematic

  7. Purchasing a Fiber Asset Management System • Determine Requirements of System • Purchase vs. Develop? • GIS Overlay? • Fiber Only vs. Comms/ITS? • Asset Management Only vs. Work Orders?

  8. Entering Data Into the Asset Management System • “Garbage in, Garbage out”…or… • Quality Data • Determine Data Entry Approach • Level of Detail • Naming and Data Entry Standards

  9. Cooperation, Coordination & Collaboration • Goes Beyond Just Fiber Sharing • Opportunities to Coordinate Between Projects • Standardization on Equipment & Construction • Spare Parts, Tools & M&O Resources

  10. C-TRAN CAD/AVL System: Practices and Considerations Questions? Paul Lavallee  September 12, 2005 Page 9

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