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Memorandum of Understanding for San Francisco Bay Area Interim Center-to-Center Program This Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") effective on January 4,2005, when fully executed by all parties, is entered into by and between the California Department of Transportation ("Caltrans"), City of Pleasanton, City of Dublin, City of Livermore, City of San Jose, City of Cupertino, City of Campbell, City of Santa Clara, City of Milpitas, City of Fremont, Town of Los Gatos, County of Santa Clara, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, City and County of San Francisco, and Metropolitan Transportation Commission ("MTC"), referred to collectively herein as "Parties". This Memorandum of Understanding constitutes solely a guide to the respective intentions and policies of the Parties. It is not intended to authorize funding or project effort, nor is it a legally binding contract. Commitments providing for the payment of funds or authorizing specific work phases will be covered by one or more separate agreements between all, or various, Parties. I. GENERAL A. The purpose of this MOU is to acknowledge the agreement of all Parties to work cooperatively in the development of an Interim Center-to-Center Program ("Program") and implementation of an Interim Center-to-Center System ("System") that will enable exchange of real-time traffic data and video between the Bay Area's Smart Corridors and the regional Transportation Management Center, where Caltrans, California Highway Patrol and TravInfo@ staff are co- located. The Parties acknowledge the need for timely, accurate and reliable infonnation about the transportation system's perfonnance in order to manage and operate their transportation systems as efficiently as possible, which includes infonning travelers about current conditions and options. The Program will benefit all Parties by enabling the automated exchange of real-time traffic data and real-time video, and by providing mechanisms for the future coordination of activities by the Parties regarding the operation, maintenance and management of the System. The Parties anticipate that the functions of the System will eventually be replaced by a more comprehensive system with multimodal and/or statewide capabilities. B. This MOD establishes an Executive Committee and a Technical Advisory Committee to guide the Program, and identifies the anticipated roles and responsibilities of the respective Parties in this process. C. Throughout the Program, the Parties will coordinate the activities necessary for the development, implementation, operation and maintenance ofthe System, and will participate in the exchange of real-time traffic data and video between all Parties to support regional transportation management. \\Ch. fpO 1 \dept$\ES\_ Trans\Outside Agencies\MTC\SF Bay Area Interim Center-to-Center Program\FINAL MOV.doc