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Proposal 145: Transit Referendum Will ask the public for dedicated transit funding Indiana Code 8-25-2 (SEA 176, 2014) authorizes advisory referenda by county for an income tax between .1% and .25% 3 step process: 1. Council certifies a referendum (Proposal 145 – Approved May 9) 2. The public votes (November 8, 2016) 3. If approved by a majority of voters, Council may enact a tax Approved May 9, 2016 - Proposal 145 will put the question of dedicated transit funding on the November 2016 ballot CENTRAL INDIANA’S TRANSIT INITIATIVE 2

Snapshot of IndyGo in 2016 Spread out, tough to use, but trying to get the most out of the least $70M operating budget 10M annual ridership 31 routes + countywide paratransit , each with different weekday, Saturday, Sunday schedules Service is infrequent , short weekend and evening hours Running old buses – $10M of federal capital replacement funds are used for operating each year CENTRAL INDIANA’S TRANSIT INITIATIVE 3

HOW DOES INDIANAPOLIS COMPARE? 60 Virginia Beach, VA Central Indiana v. Other Regions 61 Allentown, PA-NJ 62 Lancaster, PA 63 Scranton, PA 64 Sacramento, CA 65 Raleigh, NC 66 Nashville-Davidson, TN 67 Des Moines, IA 68 Sarasota-Bradenton, FL 69 Tampa- St. Petersburg, FL 70 Bakersfield, CA 71 Richmond, VA 72 Knoxville, TN 73 Detroit, MI 74 Kansas City, MO-KS 75 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA 76 Winston-Salem, NC 77 Provo-Orem, UT 78 Little Rock, AR 79 Charleston-North Charleston, SC 80 Worcester, MA-CT 81 Youngstown, OH-PA INDIANAPOLIS 82 Harrisburg, PA 83 Chattanooga, TN-GA 84 Mission Viejo-Lake Forest-San Clemente, CA Revenue Hours per Capita | National Transit Database 85 Omaha, NE-IA 86 INDIANAPOLIS, IN 87 Baton Rouge, LA 88 Colorado Springs, CO 89 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 90 Birmingham, AL CENTRAL INDIANA’S TRANSIT INITIATIVE 4

INDY CONNECT HAS BEEN CENTRAL INDIANA’S LARGEST EVER PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS -- Over 100 advertised public meetings , reaching over 3,000 individuals -- Presentations to more than 250 stakeholder groups -- 100+ media stories, articles, op-eds -- More then 110,000 visits and 300,000 page views on IndyConnect.org -- More than 10,000 comments have been incorporated into the plan CENTRAL INDIANA’S TRANSIT INITIATIVE 5

WHAT THE COMMUNITY SAID During the Planning Processes “Buses need to run earlier in the morning and later at night.” “Buses don’t come often enough… too much time waiting.” “Not enough weekend service.” “Shouldn’t have to go downtown to transfer.” “Don’t cut my route.” CENTRAL INDIANA’S TRANSIT INITIATIVE 6

Frequency is Freedom There’s an upside to being behind… we can learn from successes and failures in other regions DENSITY WALKABILITY More people going Ridership is higher to and from areas among people who around each stop can easily walk to a increases ridership. stop. CONTINUITY LINEARITY Transit that doesn’t Transit that runs in cross long low- straight lines ridership gaps attracts through- increases ridership. riders. CENTRAL INDIANA’S TRANSIT INITIATIVE 7

Significant improvements to 3 rapid transit lines along local bus network high-ridership corridors -- shorter waits, later hours -- Red Line Phases 2 & 3 -- easier transfers -- Blue Line -- every route every day -- Purple Line CENTRAL INDIANA’S TRANSIT INITIATIVE 8

Ballot Language Proposal 145, 2016: Referendum for transit funding “ Shall Marion County have the ability to impose a county economic development income tax rate, not to exceed a rate of 0.25%, to pay for improving or establishing public transportation service in the county through a public transportation project that will create a connected network of buses and rapid transit lines; increase service frequency; extend operational hours; and implement three new rapid transit lines?” CENTRAL INDIANA’S TRANSIT INITIATIVE 10

that will create a connected network of buses and rapid transit lines; increase service frequency; Current (2016) vs. Proposed MCTP (2021) 10 minutes (rapid transit) 15 minutes 30 minutes 60 minutes CENTRAL INDIANA’S TRANSIT INITIATIVE 11

extend operational hours; EVERY ROUTE, EVERY DAY MON-FRI SATURDAY SUNDAY MARION COUNTY TRANSIT PLAN CURRENT INDYGO SYSTEM CENTRAL INDIANA’S TRANSIT INITIATIVE 12

and implement three new rapid transit lines?

MORE ACCESS TO FREQUENT SERVICE The red routes on the maps 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% Population 10% 35% Current Network Jobs 2016 27% 48% Low Income Marion County 16% 51% Households Transit Plan 2021 Minority 14% 45% Households CENTRAL INDIANA’S TRANSIT INITIATIVE 16

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