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Feb 12, 2019
Your Input on VTA’s 2019 New Transit Service Plan
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Presenter and Facilitator
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Cody Kraatz Administrator of Digital Communications Jay Tyree Senior Transportation Planner
Your Input on VTAs 2019 New Transit Service Plan Feb 12, 2019 1 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Your Input on VTAs 2019 New Transit Service Plan Feb 12, 2019 1 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Your Input on VTAs 2019 New Transit Service Plan Feb 12, 2019 1 Presenter and Facilitator Jay Tyree Cody Kraatz Senior Transportation Administrator of Planner Digital Communications 2 History and Why Were Here Today 2016 Draft
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2016 Draft Next Network + community engagement 2017 VTA Board adopts final Next Network plan …waiting for BART service to implement new network… 2018 VTA Ad Hoc Financial Stability Committee recommends service change Dec 2018 VTA Board directs staff to develop new service plan Jan 2019 VTA Board directs staff to conduct outreach on new plan January Community engagement February Community engagement
History and Why We’re Here Today
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VTA Board Direction for the 2019 New Transit Service Plan
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Maintain today’s service level (no service increase) More ridership service & less coverage service Minimize cuts in South County
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current service
$360M / year
total cost
70/30
ridership/coverage
Next Network
$375M / year
total cost
83/17
ridership/coverage
Service Plan
$360M / year
total cost
90/10
ridership/coverage
Draft 2019 New Transit
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Two Types of Transit Routes
- Ridership routes: service to areas with higher ridership
- Coverage routes: service to areas with lower ridership
70%
RIDERSHIP
30%
COVERAGE
VTA SERVICE TODAY
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10,000 Points of Feedback From You Created this Plan
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What we heard… Service should be more frequent Willing to walk to faster transit Less coverage service More ridership service
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- What you like, what you don’t
- Where you would add service
- Where you would cut service
VTA staff role explain the proposal pass your feedback on to the VTA Board use your feedback to revise the plan
Feedback We’d Like from You
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Proposed Light Rail Service
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Shortened (Baypointe – Santa Teresa) No change (Old Ironsides – Winchester) No change (Mountain View – Alum Rock) Replaced with bus route
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Bus Service Improvements (compared to Next Network)
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Frequent Service to New Areas
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More Frequent Service Between BART and Downtown San Jose
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More Morning and Evening Trips on Popular Routes
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Bus Service Cuts (compared to Next Network)
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Discontinue Entire Route
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Fewer Trips in the Early Morning & Late Evening Reduce Weekend Service Frequency
27 44 20 21 22 31 40 44 47 52 53 56 57 59 61 63 71 77 27 47 59 72 73
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Bus Service Cuts (compared to Next Network)
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Change Route Alignment
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Discontinue Entire Express Bus Route
101 122 182 185
Discontinue Some Express Bus Trips
102 103 121 168
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Community Engagement
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- 6 community meetings + targeted meetings
- Website for detailed information
- Online video presentation
- Printed materials on buses + trains
- Email blasts, blog posts
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January Community engagement February Community engagement March Revise plan April Final plan to VTA committees May Final plan to VTA Board of Directors June July Implementation activities (scheduling, manufacturing signage, August preparing and printing passenger materials, operator training, etc.) September October New service ready for when BART opens
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Q&A
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- What you like + what you don’t
- Where you would add service
- Where you would cut service
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feedback deadline: February 28 newtransitplan.vta.org community.outreach@vta.org
detailed information • questions • submit additional feedback
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COUNTY
RESIDENTS
NEAR FREQUENT TRANSIT
243,000 additional residents + 170,000 additional jobs near VTA’s Frequent Network
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COUNTY
JOBS
NEAR FREQUENT TRANSIT current 42% Next Network 51% proposal 56% current 41% Next Network 57% proposal 59%
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Boardings per Hour of Current Bus Routes
2019 Plan Improvement 2019 Plan Reduction Next Network Revision
15 boardings/hour minimum standard
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Cost Per Boarding of Current Bus Riders
2019 Plan Improvement 2019 Plan Reduction Next Network Revision
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Ridership Impact
7-9%
higher ridership than current service
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1%
lower ridership than Next Network plan
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Productivity for VTA Express Bus Routes
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riders onboard each bus trip
42%
full (seats occupied)
6.3
boardings per hour
3%
farebox recovery
$33.09
cost per boarding
19.2 11% $8.33
VTA local bus