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the contrary, the commissioner may award a design-build contract on the basis of <br />requests for proposals or requests for qualifications without bids. "Design-build method <br />of project development and construction" means a project delivery system in which a <br />single contractor is responsible for both the design and construction of the project and <br />bids the design and construction together. If a design-build implementation method is <br />proposed, instead of civil engineering plans the final design plan must state detailed <br />design criteria and pedormance standards for the facilities. <br /> <br />Regardless of what administrative approach is selected for construction/implementation <br />of a commuter rail system, agencies conducting commuter rail studies under the <br />direction of the Commissioner, should not loose sight of the fact that the host railroads <br />will play a significant role in any construction activities taking place within their right of <br />way. Talks with the host railroad should be conducted as early as possible and the <br />construction agreement may be pursued as part of the railroad negotiations. <br /> <br />4.4 Operating Guidelines <br /> <br />Performance Standards <br /> <br />Recommendations aimed at ensuring the provision of on-time pedormance in a safe, <br />reliable, cost-effective and responsive manner are: <br /> <br />It is a desirable goal to provide a seat for every commuter rail rider under normal <br />operating conditions. Special events service and other atypical circumstances <br />may occasionally require deviation from this policy. <br />Passenger loadings by train should be counted by on-board employees on each <br />trip. While these counts may not be 100% accurate, they are a good indicator of <br />the need to add cars to a train or to increase the number of trips on a corridor. <br />Agency administrative personnel should take the individual train counts and <br />assemble these on a corridor-by-corridor basis to track the ridership from month <br />to month. <br />To the extent necessary, on-train employee counts should be supplemented with <br />contracted personnel estimating the riders boarding each train at a station in order <br />to obtain reliable boarding counts by station. <br /> <br />Commuter Rail System Plan 4-15 <br /> <br /> <br />