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Mass Transit Memorandum <br /> No. 052504-2 <br /> May 25,2004 <br /> TO: Honorable May r Osborne and City Council Members <br /> FROM: Steve Ga a ty Manager <br /> Paul Mc h cy Mass Transit Administrator <br /> ��e <br /> SUBJECT: Transit System Service Reductions <br /> SUMMARY Staff recommends that Council adopt a Resolution approving a <br /> RECOMMENDATION: Transit System service reduction on the#41 E. Grand - Richland <br /> Community College bus route, and the elimination of Transit <br /> service after 7:15 pm on Friday and Saturday evenings. <br /> BACKGROUND: Because of increasing operating costs but stagnant funding, it is <br /> necessary to reduce service provided by the Transit System. Staff <br /> has examined ridership on the various routes and at different times <br /> of the day to determine which service could be eliminated, but <br /> harming the fewest number of riders. Staff finds that the low <br /> ridership on the#41 E. Grand - Richland Community College bus <br /> route does not warrant 30 minute headways using two buses. <br /> About $65,350 could be saved by reducing service to one hour <br /> headways using one bus. Staff also finds that ridership after 7:15 <br /> pm on Friday and Saturday evenings (which began in 2002) is <br /> much lower than expected. About $44,850 per year could be saved <br /> by eliminating the late evening service. This change would affect <br /> bus service and van and taxi paratransit service, but excludes <br /> service provided by the Millikin Area Trolley route. (See attached <br /> pages for a complete description of proposed service reductions.) <br /> POTENTIAL Two public hearings were held. The small number of people attending <br /> OBJECTION: the hearings and their comments (attached) indicate that the proposed <br /> service reductions will not affect a significant number of people. <br /> INPUT FROM Richard Foiles, Transit General Manager <br /> OTHER SOURCES: <br /> STAFF REFERENCE: Paul McChancy, Mass Transit Administrator <br /> BUDGET/TIME About $110,200 per year would be saved by implementing these <br /> IMPLICATIONS: proposed service reductions: about $60,610 (55%) saved by IDOT, <br /> and about $49,590 (45%) saved by the City. <br />