FY21 Potential Service Modifications and Budget Implications Presenter Chris Cochran, Director of Service Development Board of Directors Virtual Meeting July 20, 2020 1
Action Requested Resolution #2020-07-20 - Authorize HART Staff to Conduct Public Outreach for Proposed January 2021 Service Changes. 2
Outline 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 3
Background 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 MAX • Listen to needs of the customer and community 4
Ridership Analysis Pre-COVID-19 Ridership (February 2020): Routes that carried the MOST riders before COVID-19 5
Ridership Analysis Pre-COVID-19 Ridership (February 2020): Routes carried the LEAST riders before COVID-19 6
Ridership Analysis COVID-19 Ridership (April 1-20, 2020): Routes that carried the MOST Essential Trips riders during COVID-19 7
Ridership Analysis COVID-19 Ridership (April 1-20, 2020): Routes that carried the LEAST Essential Trips riders during COVID-19 8
Cost Per Passenger By Route Marginal Rate of $65/hour Marginal Rate of $108.50/hour 9
Cost Per Passenger By Route 10
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 11
Modifications Plan Adjusted/Added Service: Route Description Shift route to serve USF 5 (40th St) Shift route to serve future West River 7 (West Tampa) Development and West Tampa’s Main St Will serve 4th Ave instead of 7th Ave (due to 8 (Progress Village) constant detours; Streetcar serves the area) NEW route on Cypress St 10 (Cypress St) Extended south to Britton Plaza Transfer Center 14 (Armenia/Howard Ave) (to provide proper end-of-line for operators) 42 (University Area Connector) Partially merged into Route 45 Will no longer serve Yukon Transfer Center 45 (Westshore) Shift route to serve USF, extended to serve 48 (Temple Terrace) 22nd St and Sinclair Hills 12
Modifications Plan 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 13
Modifications Plan 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 14
Modifications Plan 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 15
Modifications Plan 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 16
Modifications Plan 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 17
Modifications Plan Reduced Frequency: Route Description 1 (Florida Ave), 6 (56th St), Reduce frequency from 15 min to 20 min 34 (Hillsborough Ave), 400 (Nebraska Ave) 33 (Fletcher Ave), Reduce frequency from 30 min to 60 min 46 (Brandon Blvd) Reduce number of trips from 5 to 3 in AM & PM 24LX (FishHawk/South Tampa) 18
Modifications Plan Removed Service: Route Description Removed 20X (Lutz/Pasco) 25LX (Bloomingdale/ Removed (partially merged into Route 360LX) South Tampa) 35 (Town ‘N Country) Removed (fully replaced by Route 30) 60LX (Cross County) Removed (partially merged into Routes 10/360LX) Removed 75LX (South County Shopper) Removed (partially replaced by Routes 10/22LX) 275LX (New Tampa) Removed (Route 360LX serves most of route) HARTFlex Brandon HARTFlex Northdale Removed (partially merged into Route 33) HARTFlex South County Removed HARTFlex South Tampa Removed Removed (Routes 10, 14, and 30 serve part of HARTFlex Town ‘N Country route) 19
Modifications Plan 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 20
Modifications Plan Removed Service: Route 35 • All of Route 35 will be merged into Route 30, to create a one- seat trip for riders 21
Modifications Plan 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 22
Modifications Plan Removed Service: HARTFlex Northdale • Route 33 will be extended to St. Josephs Hospital North 23
Modifications Plan Proposed Weekday Service Map: 24
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 25
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 26
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 27
Next Steps 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) 28
Action Requested Resolution #2020-07-20 - Authorize HART Staff to Conduct Public Outreach for Proposed January 2021 Service Changes. 29
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS 30
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