Your Input on VTA’s 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 We’re Here Today 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 3
VTA Board Direction for the 2019 New Transit Service Plan 1 Maintain today’s service level (no service increase) 2 More ridership service & less coverage service 3 Minimize cuts in South County 4
Draft 2019 New Transit current service Next Network Service Plan $360M / year $375M / year $360M / year total cost total cost total cost 70/30 83/17 90/10 ridership/coverage ridership/coverage ridership/coverage 5
Two Types of Transit Routes • Ridership routes: service to areas with higher ridership • Coverage routes: service to areas with lower ridership VTA 70% 30% SERVICE RIDERSHIP COVERAGE TODAY
10,000 Points of Feedback From You Created this Plan What we heard… Service should be more frequent Willing to walk to faster transit Less coverage service More ridership service 7
Feedback We’d Like from You 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 8
Proposed Light Rail Service Shortened (Baypointe – Santa Teresa) No change (Old Ironsides – Winchester) No change (Mountain View – Alum Rock) Replaced with bus route 9
Bus Service Improvements (compared to Next Network) Frequent Service to New Areas More Frequent Service Between BART and Downtown San Jose 26 68 500 More Morning and Evening Trips on Popular Routes 522 23 10
Bus Service Cuts (compared to Next Network) Discontinue Entire Route Fewer Trips in the Early Morning & Late Evening 65 83 20 21 22 27 31 40 44 47 52 53 56 57 Reduce Weekend Service Frequency 27 44 47 59 59 61 63 71 77 72 73 11
Bus Service Cuts (compared to Next Network) Change Route Alignment Discontinue Entire Express Bus Route 101 122 182 185 53 56 Discontinue Some Express Bus Trips 102 103 121 168 12
Community Engagement 6 community meetings + targeted meetings Website for detailed information Online video presentation Printed materials on buses + trains Email blasts, blog posts 13
Next 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 14
Q&A Feedback we need from you o What you like + what you don’t o Where you would add service o Where you would cut service 15
detailed information • questions • submit additional feedback feedback deadline: February 28 newtransitplan.vta.org community.outreach@vta.org 16
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243,000 additional residents + 170,000 additional jobs near VTA’s Frequent Network Next Next Network Network proposal proposal 51% 57% 56% 59% current current 42% 41% COUNTY COUNTY RESIDENTS JOBS NEAR FREQUENT TRANSIT NEAR FREQUENT TRANSIT 26
Boardings per Hour of Current Bus Routes 2019 Plan Improvement 2019 Plan Reduction Next Network Revision 15 boardings/hour minimum standard 27
Cost Per Boarding of Current Bus Riders 2019 Plan Improvement 2019 Plan Reduction Next Network Revision 28
Ridership Impact 7-9% 1% higher ridership lower ridership than current service than Next Network plan 29
Productivity for VTA Express Bus Routes VTA local bus 15 42% riders onboard full each bus trip (seats occupied) 19.2 $8.33 11% 6.3 3% $33.09 boardings per farebox cost per boarding hour recovery 30
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