FY21 Potential Service Modifications and Budget Implications - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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FY21 Potential Service Modifications and Budget Implications

Board of Directors Virtual Meeting July 20, 2020

Presenter

Chris Cochran, Director of Service Development

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Resolution #2020-07-20 - Authorize HART Staff to Conduct Public Outreach for Proposed January 2021 Service Changes.

Action Requested

Outline

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Background

• Service Analysis Objectives
• Pre-COVID-19 Ridership
• COVID-19 Ridership

Modifications Plan

• Service Changes
• Impacts
• Schedule

Next Steps

• COA Input
• Internal Input
• External Input

Questions

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Staff Objectives:

• Identify operational savings to maintain fiscal responsibility
• Uncertain distribution of Transportation Surtax Funding
• Preserve as much service coverage & frequency as possible
• Approach an adjustment of service in the most efficient and effective

way

• Maximize existing resources on most productive corridors
• Maintain COVID-19 “Essential Service”
• Address community and operational requests since Mission

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• Listen to needs of the customer and community

Background

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Pre-COVID-19 Ridership (February 2020):

Routes that carried the MOST riders before COVID-19

Ridership Analysis

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Pre-COVID-19 Ridership (February 2020):

Routes carried the LEAST riders before COVID-19

Ridership Analysis

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COVID-19 Ridership (April 1-20, 2020):

Routes that carried the MOST Essential Trips riders during COVID-19

Ridership Analysis

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Ridership Analysis

COVID-19 Ridership (April 1-20, 2020):

Routes that carried the LEAST Essential Trips riders during COVID-19

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Cost Per Passenger By Route

Marginal Rate of $65/hour Marginal Rate of $108.50/hour

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Cost Per Passenger By Route

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Modifications Plan

Service Changes Summary:

• Minor Route Adjustments – Routes 5, 7, 8, 42, 45, 48
• Substantive Modifications – Routes 10, 14, 48
• Reduce Frequency – Routes 1, 6, 24LX, 33, 34, 46, 400
• Remove Service – Routes 20X, 25LX**, 35*, 60LX**, 75LX,

275LX***, HARTFlex Brandon, South County, Northdale**, South Tampa, Town ‘N Country

*fully replaced by existing route **partially merged into existing routes ***partially replaced by new routes

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Modifications Plan

Adjusted/Added Service:

Route Description 5 (40th St) Shift route to serve USF 7 (West Tampa) Shift route to serve future West River Development and West Tampa’s Main St 8 (Progress Village) Will serve 4th Ave instead of 7th Ave (due to constant detours; Streetcar serves the area) 10 (Cypress St) NEW route on Cypress St 14 (Armenia/Howard Ave) Extended south to Britton Plaza Transfer Center (to provide proper end-of-line for operators) 42 (University Area Connector) Partially merged into Route 45 45 (Westshore) Will no longer serve Yukon Transfer Center 48 (Temple Terrace) Shift route to serve USF, extended to serve 22nd St and Sinclair Hills

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Adjusted/Added Service: Route 5 & Route 48

• Route 5 will serve USF Campus (on USF Pine Dr)
• Route 48 will serve USF Campus (on Holly Dr) and be

extended to serve areas north of Fletcher Ave

Modifications Plan

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Adjusted/Added Service: Route 7

• Route 7 will serve

Main St from N Blvd to Howard/ Armenia Ave

• serves future

West River Redevelopment

• N Blvd ridership

very low

Modifications Plan

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Adjusted/Added Service: Route 8

• Route 8 will serve 4th Ave instead of 7th Ave, to formalize

constant detour

• Route 8 will serve Kennedy/Jackson, to bypass Water Street

construction

Modifications Plan

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Adjusted/Added Service: Route 10

• NEW Route 10

will serve from MTC to TPA via Cypress St

• Provides

connection for removed Routes 60LX & 275LX

• Serves future

Midtown development

Modifications Plan

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Adjusted/Added Service: Route 42 & Route 45

• Part of Route 42 (from

UATC to Busch Blvd) will be merged into Route 45

• Creates one-seat trip on

Route 42 as a true one-way University Area Circulator

• Creates one-seat trip from

UATC to Westshore

• Route 45 will no longer

serve Yukon Transfer Center

Modifications Plan

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Modifications Plan

Reduced Frequency:

Route Description 1 (Florida Ave), 6 (56th St), 34 (Hillsborough Ave), 400 (Nebraska Ave) Reduce frequency from 15 min to 20 min 33 (Fletcher Ave), 46 (Brandon Blvd) Reduce frequency from 30 min to 60 min 24LX (FishHawk/South Tampa) Reduce number of trips from 5 to 3 in AM & PM

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Modifications Plan

Removed Service:

Route Description 20X (Lutz/Pasco) Removed 25LX (Bloomingdale/ South Tampa) Removed (partially merged into Route 360LX) 35 (Town ‘N Country) Removed (fully replaced by Route 30) 60LX (Cross County) Removed (partially merged into Routes 10/360LX) 75LX (South County Shopper) Removed 275LX (New Tampa) Removed (partially replaced by Routes 10/22LX) HARTFlex Brandon Removed (Route 360LX serves most of route) HARTFlex Northdale Removed (partially merged into Route 33) HARTFlex South County Removed HARTFlex South Tampa Removed HARTFlex Town ‘N Country Removed (Routes 10, 14, and 30 serve part of route)

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Removed Service: Route 25LX & Route 60LX

• Route 360LX will be

extended to Culbreath @ Bloomingdale Park-n-Ride, and serves most of these routes

• Increase peak frequency to

compensate for loss service

Modifications Plan

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Removed Service: Route 35

• All of Route 35 will be merged into Route 30, to create a one-

seat trip for riders

Modifications Plan

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Removed Service: Route 275LX

• NEW Route 22LX will serve Wiregrass Park-n-Ride to UATC
• NEW Route 10 will create Downtown to TPA connection
• Route 45 will create UATC to Westshore connection

Modifications Plan

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Removed Service: HARTFlex Northdale

• Route 33 will be

extended to St. Josephs Hospital North

Modifications Plan

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Modifications Plan

Proposed Weekday Service Map:

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Modifications Plan

Impacts:

• Reduces peak vehicles to 115
• Total reduction of an estimated 66,325 annual vehicle hours (10%)
• Estimated annual savings of $4.3 million
• Projected $3.2 million savings for FY21
• $2 million annually will be directly related to Operator

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Highlights of Plan

• Increase in coverage on the following routes
• Cypress Rt. 10, Main St/West Tampa Rt. 7 and North

Florida/Bearss Rt. 48

• Routes with Bus stops impacted (total stops impacted):
• Eliminated Routes: 20X (7), 275LX (2), 60LX (TBD)
• Flex Routes: TBD
• Modified Routes: 7 (14), 45 (5), 8 (24), 5 (2), 48 (7)
• Most impacted stops will still be served and/or have fixed

route service within ¼ mile

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Modifications Plan

Schedule:

April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Develop Service Modification Plan Present to HART Committee Public Outreach Present to HART BOARD Public Hearing Implement Service Changes

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COA Input:

• Incorporate recommendations from Comprehensive

Operations Analysis (late June 2020)

• Create multiple options for service modifications

Internal Input:

• Incorporate feedback from Operations (ongoing)
• Modify plan based on high-level policy direction
• Vehicle and Revenue Service Hours
• Peak Vehicles and FTEs

External Input:

• Incorporate feedback from Public Outreach (July –

September)

Next Steps

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Resolution #2020-07-20 - Authorize HART Staff to Conduct Public Outreach for Proposed January 2021 Service Changes.

Action Requested

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QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS