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Update of the 2016 TDP and Community Involvement HART Board Meeting September 14, 2015 Transit Development Plan (TDP) 10-year business plan FDOT requirement Major update every 5 years FY2012 major update Annual abbreviated


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Update of the 2016 TDP and Community Involvement

HART Board Meeting September 14, 2015

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  • 10-year business plan
  • FDOT requirement
  • Major update every 5 years

– FY2012 major update – Annual abbreviated updates

  • Accomplishments
  • Revised implementation program

and financial plan

  • TDP aligned with budget process

Transit Development Plan (TDP)

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Transit Development Plan

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  • 11 TDP open house meetings

– 125 total attendees – 116 new email contacts – 12 presentations

  • MPO, organizations, business groups
  • Getting the word out

– CEO radio interview and spots on WTMP – Press release in English and Spanish distributed widely – Ads in 3 newspapers (FL Sentinel, La Gaceta, Tampa Tribune) – Fliers posted at Transit Centers and on buses – Website, social media promotion – Meeting dates & locations posted on gohillsborough.org – Fliers distributed to community relations contacts, including County and City Offices of Neighborhood Relations

  • Participation in ongoing GO Hillsborough meetings

Community Outreach

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Community Outreach

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Community Outreach

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Community Outreach

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Community Outreach

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Community Outreach

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  • 179 logged TDP comments

– T

  • p categories:
  • Ferry (54)
  • Route improvements (13)
  • Transit center and bus environment (10)
  • Shelters (9)
  • Riverview service (9)
  • Hours and frequency (8)
  • Brandon service (8)
  • Bicycles (6)
  • Downtown, airport and shuttle connections (6)
  • Operators (5)
  • MetroRapid (5)
  • Valrico service (4)

Summary of Input Received

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– Other categories:

  • Service issues
  • Fares
  • Funding
  • Good service
  • South County service
  • USF service
  • Temple Terrace service
  • Lutz service
  • N. Hillsborough/Pasco

service

  • Seffner service

Summary of Input Received

  • Westchase service
  • Westshore service
  • West Tampa service
  • HARTFlex
  • HARTPlus
  • Plant City
  • Pass sales
  • PSTA consolidation
  • Small buses
  • Streetcar
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Updates:

  • Adds SoHo

shuttle, with local sponsorship

  • TBX MOT &

feeder service

  • Bus stop

improvements & shelters

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  • Increases frequency, late night and weekend service

– Each route will have a consistent frequency – 12 routes extended to Saturday – 5 routes extended to Sunday – All local routes run to at least 10 PM on weekdays – Core routes at 30 minute frequency on Saturday and Sunday – Reorganizes route 10 to serve Rocky Point

  • Adds 6 new van-based routes

– New Tampa Flex FY 2016 – T emple T errace Flex FY 2018 – South Shore Community Plan enacted – 2 new loop circulators and 2 new HART Flex – SoHo weekend shuttle service (with sponsorship)

  • Pilot New Alternative Transportation Options

– HARTPlus Customer Choice program pilot – First & Last Mile connector service pilot in 2-3 zones

Action Plan highlights

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Updates:

  • Service to

proposed ferry

  • Westshore

circulator

  • Address

West Tampa circulation

  • Additional bike

facilities

  • Bus stops &

shelters

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  • Frequency improvements on 7 local routes, 5 Flex zones

– Route 34 connection to PSTA in Oldsmar – Route 46 extends to MacDill AFB

  • Adds 7 new local bus routes
  • Adds 3 new MetroRapid routes
  • Adds 9 new HARTFlex zones
  • Adds Robust Commuter Express and Park-n-Rides

– Adds 5 new regional Park n Rides, creating a 7 site regional system – Current Express routes expand to 8 AM trips, 8 PM trips – Brandon to MacDill routes serve water ferry dock – Adds 9 new Commuter Express routes – Adds Tampa-Airport-Carillon-St. Pete Express (2017)

  • Infrastructure needs

– Vehicle acquisition & replacement; bus stop accessibility improvements – Additional bike facilities – New HART satellite operations and maintenance facility – Supportive technology

  • Commitment to new Alternative Transportation Options

– HARTPlus Customer Choice program – First & Last Mile connector service expansion – More solution-oriented transit

GO Hillsborough component highlights

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FY2016 Action Plan service  2.6% increase in service miles + Alternative Transportation Options

  • Express pilot

with Megabus

  • HARTPlus

Customer Choice pilot

  • First Mile &

Last Mile pilot