Common use of Rebalancing Clause in Contracts

Rebalancing. It is the objective of Operator to maximize the utility of the Program and the customer experience at all times, but particularly during the hours between 6:00 AM and 10:00 PM (“Peak Hours”), in a cost effective manner. Maximizing utility requires that Operator take affirmative steps to address severe imbalances in the demand for and supply of available Bicycles and empty Operable Docks during Peak Hours, which imbalances typically arise from patterns in demand and usage in which Bicycles typically travel in one direction. Operator’s objective is to minimize instances, and minimize the duration of those instances, in a cost effective manner, when the demand for an empty Operable Dock or an available Bicycle at a Station is not met by the available supply at that Station. Achieving this objective is a multistep and collaborative process requiring the involvement, cooperation and flexibility on the part of Operator, MTC and the Participating Cities. To achieve this objective, during the period commencing upon the completion of Phase I and ending 6 months after the completion of Phase V (the “Assessment Period”), the parties will (i) observe demand and use patterns as the Program is being implemented to identify the times and locations that a shortage of empty Operable Docks and/or a shortage of available Bicycles arises and the extent of the shortages at those time and locations; and (ii) assess alternative approaches to alleviating outages, including, by way of example, by (A) enlarging existing Stations or adding new Stations in areas in which there is a shortage, (B) finding and utilizing storage areas located near Stations that experience Bicycle shortages so that additional Bicycles can be deployed quickly, (C) prioritizing Stations by demand and time of demand so that Operator may, at any particular time, focus more attention on those Stations with the highest demand at that time and less attention on those Stations with weaker demand at that time and have greater flexibility to address those Stations with weaker demand, and (D) identifying the optimal time of day for Operator to transport Bicycles from areas in which there is a shortage of empty Operable Docks to areas in which there is a shortage of Bicycles, which optimality will take into account when it is most efficient for Operator to transport the Bicycles in order to meet the anticipated demand at the transferee Stations. As the parties are developing approaches to alleviating outages during the Assessment Period, the parties shall also reformulate a commercially reasonable KPI for Rebalancing. While Operator will strive to reduce and eliminate Cluster Outages at all times commencing on the completion of a Phase, liquidated damages for the Rebalancing KPI will not be assessed for any Phase until 6 months after the completion of such Phase. The Rebalancing KPI will be refined and reformulated during the Assessment Period, and the KPI, as refined and reformulated, will be fully implemented and effective immediately after the end of the Assessment Period. The parties recognize that as patterns of use and demand, as well as levels of use and demand, change from and after the Assessment Period, different outages may arise, which will also need to be addressed in the manner set forth above.