The Charm City Circulator, Baltimore's free bus, has had its contract extended for 18 months.
On February 25, the city council decided to extend Veolia Transportation's contract to operate the service. The contract, valued at $12.4m, will allow Veolia to provide the operation until July, 2016. The agreement provides a 1.6% increase in the hourly amount paid to the contractor, because the vendor has faced increased labor costs.
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and other Baltimore officials are currently evaluating the Circulator and looking for ways to make it more efficient. Mayor Rawlings-Blake said she believes this effort is important, since the Circulator is one of the most popular services offered by the city. She went on to say that if approving an extension of the contract keeps the Circulator going, then it will be important to do so.
By extending the contract, the city will have time to look for competitive bids from contractors interested in operating the free bus, which started as a method of shuttling passengers throughout the city's downtown. The routes have expanded and the popular Circulator carries about four million passengers each year.
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