[Archive] Arriva North West - Speke Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Speke Depot
Just for a degree of clarification, these are the vehicle requirements lifted from the contract on the 14. I can't see it being too dissimilar for other routes within the QBP network with, perhaps, the exception of the date restriction for GPS equipment.

Quote:Vehicle Standards

1.1 All vehicles used in the provision of Local Services will:

1.1.1 be to a low floor design and DDA complaint as more particularly required by the Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations 2000;

1.1.2 meet at least Euro 3 emission standards (or equivalent);

1.1.3 have working front, nearside and rear; analogue or digital route number and destination displays (to DDA specification);

1.1.4 have internal cameras sufficient to provide coverage of the entire seated area on each deck and at least one camera covering the passenger/platform area, in each case with the facility to record to the standards required for tamper-proof evidence;

1.1.5 have forward facing cameras and showing vehicle sides with the facility to record to the standards required for tamper-proof evidence;

1.1.6 be cleaned daily both internally and externally prior to entry into service save in circumstances where it would be dangerous to do so, including extreme weather conditions;

1.1.7 have visible internal branding referring to the Quality Bus Partnership, save that such branding shall not be of a scale which materially adversely affects advertising revenue, or potential advertising revenue, on such Local Services.

1.1.8 have a GPS system by 31 December 2012 which provides the real time position of their vehicle via WGS84 standard co-ordinates for latitude and longitude to a precision of 10 metres; and the transmission of the real time position of the bus to MPTE’s Central RTI System via the RTIG Digital Air Interface Protocol (RTIGT030 standard) with a minimum 15 second update frequency.