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Council approves two-year extension for Balboa Park tram contract to ease paid-parking transition
Summary
The City Council approved a two-year extension with ACE Parking to continue free tram operations in Balboa Park while staff gathers data after a paid-parking rollout. The extension adds $2.8 million and raises the contract total to about $6.13 million; council also directed staff to study longer-term service needs.
City planners and parks officials won City Council approval Nov. 4 for a two-year extension of the Balboa Park tram services contract with ACE Parking, a move intended to keep free tram operations running while the city collects data following the rollout of paid parking.
John Richards, deputy director for Balboa Park, told the council the extension would add $2.8 million and bring the total tram contract to about $6.13 million. He said the extra time will allow staff to analyze ridership data after paid parking is in place and to shape a data-driven request for proposals for future operations.
Richards said the tram currently moves about 35,000 passengers per month and that the…
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