2019-549-E OPT - GoTriangle GoPass service agreement

Browse Search

1 GOPASS PROGRAM AGREEMENT This GoPass Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made this 8 day of July, 2019, by and between Orange County Government, a local political subdivision of the State of North Carolina, located at 200 South Cameron Street, Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278, (“Customer”), and RESEARCH TRIANGLE REGIONAL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, d/b/a GoTriangle, whose address is P.O. Box 13787, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709. Customer and GoTriangle may be individually referred to as a “Party” and collectively referred to as “Parties” in this Agreement. The Parties have a shared interest in the conservation of fossil fuel resources and improved air quality through the reduction of vehicle emissions and decreased traffic congestion. The Parties also believe that they receive a mutual benefit from an increase in transit ridership by Customer’s employees, and by demonstrating that transit is a convenient and viable transportation mode. Finally, the Parties agree that a well-designed GoPass program will provide a wide range of benefits to GoTriangle, including its regional transit partners, GoRaleigh Transit, GoDurham Transit and GoCary Transit (collectively, “Regional Transit Partners”) and to the Customer’s employees, including providing regional mobility options for the Customer’s employees, a reduction of demand for parking and fossil fuels, significant savings in commuter costs, greater opportunity for community interaction, and enhanced public support. In consideration of the increased transit ridership for GoTriangle and its Regional Transit Partners and the reduced bus fare charges for Customer’s employees, as well as the mutual promises, conditions, and obligations herein, GoTriangle and Customer, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows: 1. Term: The term of this Agreement (the “Term”) shall commence on July 1, 2019 and shall expire on June 30, 2020, unless sooner terminated pursuant to Section 6 “Right to Terminate” of this Agreement. The Parties may renew the Term prior to expiration in a writing signed by both Parties. 2. Customer’s Responsibilities: 2.1 Prior to the commencement of the Term, the Parties agree that GoTriangle will initially provide the Customer with twenty-five ( 25) magnetic-stripe passes and that Customer will distribute these passes to its employees. Additional passes may be provided as needed upon written request by Customer. 2.2 The Customer agrees to pay the following to GoTriangle during the Term in the manner described in Section 2.3 (the “Fee”): Payment is based on number of rides recorded. For boardings on GoTriangle buses: 55% of the full fare per each recorded boarding of a passenger with a valid GoPass distributed pursuant to this Agreement. Customer will pay only for those boardings on GoTriangle routes that serve the Customer’s properties, i.e. the boarding ends or begins at a Customer property. GoTriangle routes that currently serve the Customer’s properties and for which the Customer will pay include routes DocuSign Envelope ID: 482E99B7-9A3A-4E92-AA6E-2549FE065DDE