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SUMMARY:Industry Forum for Private Sector Carpooling Solutions for the North Texas Dallas-Fort Worth Region
DESCRIPTION:The Industry Forum\nOn Friday\, March 22\, 2019 at 11 a.m. Central Time the North Central Texas Council of\nGovernments (NCTCOG) will hold a vendor forum for providers of carpooling services and\ntechnologies. The forum will have two purposes: (i) inform the carpooling industry of NCTCOG’s\nplans to access private sector carpooling solutions and (ii) seek industry input on a number of\nissues such as those described below. The forum will be Web only; no in-person attendance will\nbe required or accepted. NCTCOG will not contract for services through this industry forum. If\nNCTCOG intends to do so in the future\, the mechanism to do so will be through a Request for\nProposal. \nMore information can be found here. \nNCTCOG intends the industry forum to be an interactive event. NCTCOG is holding the forum\nto explore one basic question: Can private sector carpooling solutions scale to a point that\ncarpooling can become a dependable mode of travel throughout the day (and night) and\nthroughout the North Texas region for people who don’t wish to drive or are unable to drive? If\nso\, what kind and level of effort would it take from the region and from private carpooling\nsolution providers to get carpooling to become a dependable and cost-effective mode of travel\nin North Texas? \nRelated issues that NCTCOG would like to explore in the industry forum include the following:\n• Whether carpooling in a region is best done through a single solution or multiple\ncarpooling platforms?\n• Are there carpooling solutions that can be targeted to increase average vehicle\noccupancy on highly congested corridors?\n• What incentives are most effective in building carpooling market share?\n• What are the biggest obstacles to building carpooling market share?\n• What public policies are most effective in building carpooling market share?\n• How can the public sector effectively support private sector carpooling companies in\nbuilding carpooling market share?\n• How can carpooling solutions best serve the mobility needs of low-income and nondriving populations?\n• What data are carpooling providers willing and able to share with NCTCOG through an\nAPI with the TryParkingIt data dashboard or some other means?\n• Can the TryParkingIt rewards program help advance private carpooling solutions and\, if\nso\, how so?\n• What public and private funding sources can be used to support carpooling efforts?\nAt the industry forum NCTCOG will lay out its vision for carpooling in the North Texas region\nand its thoughts on how to best access private sector carpooling solutions. Currently\, NCTCOG\nis considering two approaches for a regionwide carpooling initiative:\n• Approach 1: The first approach would be to use a process to identify private sector\nindustry partners with whom NCTCOG would cooperate on efforts to expand carpooling\nmarket share in North Texas. These efforts might include joint publicity campaigns\,\nconsumer education\, and employer outreach coordination. This approach would not\ninvolve any payments from NCTCOG to carpooling vendors or third parties.\n• Approach 2: The second approach would use a process to identify cost-effective\ncarpooling solutions for which NCTCOG would provide funding to carpooling vendors or\nthird parties like carpoolers themselves\, or both. \nThe industry forum will be open to all interested parties. While all parties are encouraged to\nparticipate\, no one is required to participate. There will be time for short (5 minutes or less)\npresentations by up to five parties on a first come first served basis. Please advise Emily\nBeckham (TransRFPs@nctcog.org) if you would like to make a presentation. Presentations\nshould focus on the basic question outlined above. You may also submit questions and ideas\nfor the forum to Ms. Beckham. An agenda will then be circulated in advance of the industry\nforum to all those who have signed up to participate. You may also submit written materials that\nyou believe are pertinent to the topics covered by the industry forum to Ms. Beckham.\nFollowing the industry forum\, NCTCOG reserves the right to contact participants and hold\nindividual meetings to seek additional information and/or request one or more participants to\nprovide a more detailed presentation. This process is intended to be the mechanism by which \nNCTCOG receives information from the industry on available technologies. It should not be\nconstrued as a commitment or as authorization to incur cost for which reimbursement would be\nrequired or sought.\nRelevant Dates\nMarch 18\, 2019: Deadline for submitting questions\, suggested forum topics\, and requests to\nmake a presentation at the forum.\nMarch 22\, 2019\, 11 a.m. Central Time: Industry forum. The forum will be scheduled to run for\none hour but may run longer at NCTCOG’s discretion if the discussion warrants such. In no\nevent will the forum run for more than two hours. Please send your RSVP to Emily Beckham\n(TransRFPs@nctcog.org) by 6 p.m. on March 22\, 2019—include participant’s name and\norganization in the email body.\nJoining the Forum\nThere are two ways to join the forum—through Webex and/or conference call. If you wish to\nview the slides\, log in to Webex (details below). A conference call line (details below) is also\nprovided—you can use both options simultaneously if you’d like to see the slides but listen\nthrough your phone. \nWebex:\nClick HERE to join.\nMeeting number: 807 794 285\nIf the Webex link\, above\, does not work\, copy and past the following URL into your\ninternet browser:\nhttps://nctcog.webex.com/nctcog/j.php?MTID=m30a46aad83ee03a6d627ff5c41f4e7a9 \nConference Call:\n1-888-909-7654\nParticipant PIN: 504 571 # \nAbout NCTCOG\nNCTCOG is a voluntary association of\, by\, and for local governments. It was established to\nassist local governments in planning for common needs\, cooperating for mutual benefit\, and\ncoordinating for sound regional development. NCTCOG’s purpose is to strengthen both the\nindividual and collective power of local governments and to help them recognize regional\nopportunities\, eliminate unnecessary duplication\, and make joint decisions.\nSince 1974\, NCTCOG has served as the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for\ntransportation in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) Metropolitan Area. NCTCOG’s Transportation \nDepartment is responsible for regional transportation planning for all modes of transportation.\nThe Department provides technical support and staff assistance to the Regional Transportation\nCouncil and its technical committees\, which compose the MPO policy-making structure. In\naddition\, the Transportation Department provides technical assistance to the local governments\nof North Texas in planning\, programming\, coordinating\, and implementing transportation\ndecisions. \nDirect all communications to NCTCOG regarding the industry forum to Emily Beckham:\nEmily Beckham\nGrants and Contracts Manager\nNorth Central Texas Council of Governments\n616 Six Flags Drive\, Suite 200\, Centerpointe Two\nArlington\, TX 76011\nPhone: 817-608-2308\nTransRFPs@nctcog.org \n 
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