Stakeholder agreements

Agreements among the different stakeholder agencies and organizations in the Bay Area may be required to realize the integration proposed in the Bay Area ITS Architecture. Each connection between (and some connections within) projects in the Bay Area ITS Architecture represents the need for cooperation between stakeholders and a potential agreement.

Agreement focus

The focus of agreements is usually on the scope-of-service and specific agency responsibilities for various components of the service, rather than on particular technologies.  For example, agreements should describe the information that each agency needs to exchange in order to meet the goals and expectations of the other rather than defining how the delivery of that information will occur.

List of agreements

 The table below presents a list of potential agreements categorized by ITS service area. It was developed based on the regional roles and responsibilities, knowledge of the types of existing or planned ITS projects for implementation by the region, and the information that needs to be exchanged in order to operate those systems. Further information regarding agreements for ITS projects can be found in FHWA's Regional ITS Architecture Guidance Document, including definitions of the types of agreements as referenced below.

ITS Service	Involved Stakeholders	Type of Agreement	Status	Agreement Description	Bay Area Examples, if any
Interjurisdictional Traffic Management	Caltrans D4, other adjacent Caltrans districts, CHP, and other Bay Area TMCs, MTC, SMART corridors	Interagency Agreement; Memorandum of Understanding;	Exists	Provides for data exchange and device control and details jurisdiction-to-jurisdiction operations and regional incident management.	SMART Corridor Agreements; Center-to-Center MOU; Agreement with Caltrans for Deployment of ETC Readers;
Regional Traffic Management and Emergency Services	Caltrans and Local Cities and Counties and Emergency Services Providers	Memorandum of Understanding	Exists	Provides for signal operations and coordination and local incident management.	SMART Corridor Agreements
Emergency Vehicle Signal Pre-emption	Caltrans and/or Local Cities and Counties and Emergency Services Providers	Interagency Agreement	May exist in some form which could be amended	Documents details on roles, responsibilities, and functions for emergency vehicle pre-emption at signalized intersections within a city for police, fire, ambulance, or other agency.	SMART Corridor Agreements; Local agreements by bordering cities;
Transit Signal Priority	Caltrans and/or Local Cities and Counties and Transit Agencies	Interagency Agreement	Exists	Documents details on roles, responsibilities, and functions for transit vehicle priority at signalized intersection within a city for a transit agency.	SMART Corridor Agreements
Freeway Service Patrol	MTC, Caltrans, and CHP	Interagency Agreement	Exists	Documents details on roles, responsibilities, and functions for providing freeway service patrol activities.	MOU for FSP operations; Partnership Operation Procedures for day-to-day responsibilities;
Transit Fare Management	All Transit Agencies (Clipper®)	Interagency Agreement	Exists	Provides details on the usage of a common regional fare card and the cost allocation formulas.	MTC Res. 3866 Revised (Transit Coordination Implementation Plan)
Corridor Agreements	Caltrans and/or Local Cities and Counties and Transit Agencies	Interagency Agreement	Exists	Documents details on roles, responsibilities, and functions for operation, maintenance, data-sharing, and funding of SMART corridors and other corridor projects	SMART Corridor Agreements
Traveler Information	All Agencies and Information Service Providers (media)	Memorandum of Understanding; Interagency Agreement;	Exists	Documents expectations, roles, and responsibilities for the provision of transportation-related data and information to the traveling public. Also, documents the policy or disclaimer for release of traveler information.	MTC Res. 3866 Revised (Transit Coordination Implementation Plan); Data Disseminator Agreements; API Terms & Conditions;
Archived Data Management	All Agencies and PeMS	Memorandum of Understanding	New, not pre-existing	Documents expectations, roles, and responsibilities for the dissemination of transportation-related data and information for archive purposes.	Data Disseminator Agreements
Cross-Cutting (shared use of fiber infrastructure)	Multiple agencies	Interagency Agreement	New, not pre-existing	Documents provisions for design, development, maintenance, and revenue sharing (if applicable) with regards to shared use of fiber.	Center-to-Center program MOU
Regional Parking Payment	Public and Private sector agencies	Interagency Agreement	New, not pre-existing	Documents provisions for design, development, maintenance, enforcement, price setting, and revenue sharing	Data Disseminator Agreements
Real Time Transit Information	Transit agencies and MTC	Interagency Agreement	Exists	Documents provisions for funding with stipulations for data sharing and maintenance	MTC Res. 3866 Revised (Transit Coordination Implementation Plan)
Congestion Pricing/Express Lanes	Caltrans, MTC, Local Cities and Counties, CHP, and Express Lane Operators	Memorandum of Understanding; Interagency Agreement	New, not pre-existing	Documents provisions for design, development, maintenance, enforcement, price setting, and revenue sharing	Cooperative agreements between BATA and regional agencies for FasTrak® services