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Mass Transit Memorandum <br /> No. 112403-2 <br /> November 24,2003 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor Osborne and City Council Members <br /> FROM: Steve Garm n, ty Manager <br /> Paul McC a Mass Transit Administrat�*, <br /> 1 <br /> SUBJECT: Transit Bus Route Elimination <br /> SUMMARY Staff recommends that Council adopt a Resolution eliminating one <br /> RECOMMENDATION: Transit System bus route: #14 Airport Plaza Express. <br /> BACKGROUND: Staff finds that this route should be eliminated due to very low !, <br /> ridership (about 7,600 riders in 2003) and the duplication of <br /> service by two other bus routes. If this route is eliminated, then the I, <br /> schedules of the other two routes will be adjusted to offer better � <br /> service between downtown and the airport area. (See below.) <br /> About $87,240 per year could be saved by eliminating this route. <br /> POTENTIAL A public hearing was held. There are no known objections to this <br /> OBJECTION: proposal. Those who spoke at the public hearing requested that <br /> the schedules of the other routes serving this commercial area be <br /> staggered so that one route leaves the Transit Center at :15 past the <br /> hour and the other leaves at :45 past the hour. <br /> INPUT FROM Richard Foiles, Transit General Manager <br /> OTHER SOURCES: <br /> STAFF REFERENCE: Paul McChancy, Mass Transit Administrator <br /> BUDGET/TIME About $87,240 per year would be saved by eliminating this route: <br /> IMPLICATIONS: about $47,982 (55%) saved by IDOT, and about $39,258 (45%) <br /> saved by the City. <br />