New Measure A Local Shuttle Program Status January 3, 2019 Board - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

New Measure A Local Shuttle Program Status January 3, 2019 Board of Directors Agenda Item#13 (b)

Overview New Measure A Local Shuttle Program • Allocations • • Shuttle Purpose and Type FY2018 Program Performance • 2

New Measure A Local Shuttle Program • Shuttles: 4% of New Measure A Program • Provides matching funds for operation of local shuttle service 3

New Measure A Allocations Call for Projects (CFP) Funding Cycle Allocations First CFP (FY2011 & FY2012) $2.75 mil. 2nd CFP (FY2013 & FY2014) $4.72 mil. 3rd CFP (FY2015 & FY2016) $5.81 mil. 4th CFP (FY2017 & FY2018) $8.14 mil. 5th CFP (FY2019 & FY2020) $9.00 mil. Allocations not part of a CFP process * $2.38 mil. Total $32.80 mil. * Includes direct allocations made for the Caltrain Shuttle Program in FY 2010, the Menlo Park Shuttle Program in FY2011 & FY2012, the C/CAG Shuttle Program in FY 2010-FY2012 & for program planning support of shuttle operations 4

Funding Sources • Projected costs for operation of shuttle allocations for FY2017 & FY2018 - $ 8.1 mil. New Measure A funds (61%) - $ 5.2 mil. matching funds (39%) - $13.3 mil. projected total cost • Actual expenses for operation of shuttles in FY2017 & FY 2018 - $ 6.9 mil. New Measure A funds (54%) - $ 5.8 mil. in matching funds (46%) - $ 12.7 mil. actual total expenses 5

Shuttle Purpose & Type • Purpose: Fill gaps in regular bus service (route & time) • Commuter shuttles: provide first/last mile peak commute link to/from regional transit primarily to access employment centers • Community shuttles: provide all, mid-day or weekend service generally within a community for basic needs (e.g. shopping, dining, medical), often serving the transit-dependent - Door to door shuttles: special type of community shuttle providing direct point to point service by advance reservation not on a regular scheduled route 6

Shuttles by Type New Measure A funded shuttles operating in FY2017 & FY2018 Shuttles Type Shuttles Type 28 Commuter 30 Existing 6 New 6 Community serving - Coastside Beach Shuttle* 2 Door to door - Connect San Mateo* 36 - County Parks Explorer* - San Carlos Community - San Carlos Commuter - Skyline College Express 36 * The Coastside Beach, Connect San Mateo & County Parks Explorer Shuttles have been discontinued. 7

New Measure A Funded Shuttles for FY 2017 & FY 2018 8

New Measure A Funded Commuter Shuttles 9

New Measure A Funded Community Serving Shuttles 10

FY 2018 Performance • Sponsor progress reports - Ridership - Total operating cost - Total service hours • Program performance - Ridership - Cost/passenger - Passengers/service hour 11

FY2018 Monthly Ridership 120,000 100,000 Monthly Ridership 80,000 Total Annual Ridership 1,138,600 60,000 40,000 20,000 - Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Month 12

FY2018 Operating Cost/Passenger $20.00 $100.00 $18.00 $92.13 $17.49 $16.00 $80.00 $60.00 Operating Cost per Passenger $56.15 $14.00 $50.00 $12.00 $60.00 $44.00 $40.00 $10.00 $30.00 Benchmark: $8 $8.00 $40.00 Average: $6.5 Average: $35.65 $6.00 $20.00 Benchmark: $20 $4.00 $20.00 $10.00 $3.01 $2.00 Benchmark: $10 $- $4.16 $- $- Commuter Door to door Community 13

FY2018 Passengers/Service Hour 30.00 70.0 64.2 25.9 60.0 25.00 Passengers per Service Hour 50.0 20.00 Benchmark: 2 40.0 2 Average: 15.4 1.9 15.00 Benchmark: 15.0 1.7 30.0 1.5 10.00 20.0 1 Average: 15.6 5.00 10.0 0.5 3.9 Benchmark: 10.0 - 0 0.70 - Community Commuter Door to door 14

Current Issues • Driver shortage issue has become more acute in FY 2019 • Some routes suspended, reduced service on others, reliability impacted • Cost of service is increasing at a much greater rate than shuttle program funding • SamTrans to prepare Shuttle Study to explore options, propose solutions 15