Agenda Item 23
Transit Service
Reduction Plan
Effective January 11, 2010
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Process & Schedule
July-August: Public outreach
‘August 10-13: Seven public meetings (225 attendees)
Public review period for IS/ND starts
August 12,13: VTA Advisory Committees
‘August 18: IS/ND Public Hearing
August 20: VIA TPO Committee
August 31: Public comments due (200 total)
Develop final proposed plan
Sept. 9,10: VIA Advisory Committees
Sept. 17: VIA Standing Committees
« Oct: VIA Board of Directors
‘Adopt IS/ND & Service Changes
Jon. 11,2010: ImplementationBus Service Changes: Original Proposals
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+ 8% decrease in service hours
+ Changes to 62 of VIA’s 73 bus routes,
+ Discontinued
— S routes; 33, 34, 43, 76, 101, River Ouks Shuttle
— Weekday midday: 13
~ Soturday: 11,13, 45,
= Sundoy! 13, 42,65, 46
+ Frequencies decreased
~ Weekday peok: 13, 26, 39, 51, 104, 121, 140, 168
~ Yeskslay middey: 14,17, 18, 19, 26, 27, 97,46, 48, 9, 60, 63,
66, 68, 72, 73, 77, DASH
~ Saturday: 27, 31, 35, 40, 54, 70, 82, 180
~ Sunday: 25, 57, 60, 70,71, 72, 73, 82, 180
‘+ Major route/schedule changes - 47, 81 weekends, 304
+ Operate Saturday service day after Thanksgiving =
Light Rail Service Changes
+ 6.5% decrease in car hours
« Discontinue Mt. View service after 10:30pm
« Reduce train consist sizes
~ implemented July 13Changes made to Final Proposed Plan
19 proposals changed based on public
comment & additional analysis
34: Maintain MI. View Community Bus
76, River Oaks Shuttle: Maintain thru June 2010
22: Maintain 24 hour service
13: Retain midday service; Sat/Sun discontinued
39: Maintain 30” peak service
45: Retain Saturday service, Sunday discontinued
101: Maintain one round trip
10, 54, 64, 180, 181, 522: Trips changes
42: Extend to serve housing/mobile home pork
61/62: Modify weekend headways to 30 minutes
304: Maintain route south of downtown SJ AAA
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Impacts
« Operating Expenses
~ Seve $6.4 million annually
Ridership
— Projected 1.1 million passengers lost annually
.4% overall
-3.1% bus, -0.4% light rail
» ADA Paratransit
— 49 locations impacted, <0.5% of rides
« Title Vi
5 - No disparate impact on minority or low income pops.
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