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RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTA TION COMMISSION
TRANSIT POLICY COMMITTEE
MEETING AGENDA
RECORDS
TIME: 12:00 p.m.
DATE: September 20, 2004
LOCATION: CONFERENCE ROOM — FIFTH FLOOR
County of Riverside Administrative Center
4080 Lemon Street, 5th Floor, Riverside
County of Riverside 4th District Office (Video Conference Site)
73-710 Fred Waring Drive, Ste. 222
Palm Desert, CA 92260
* * * COMMITTEE MEMBERS * * *
Roger Berg / Jeff Fox, City of Beaumont
Jeff Miller / Jeff Bennett, City of Corona
Percy L. Byrd / Robert A. Bernheimer / Mary Roche, City of Indian Wells
Terry Henderson / Don Adolph, City of La Quinta
Frank West / Charles White, City of Moreno Valley
Frank Hall / Harvey Sullivan, City of Norco
Dick Kelly / Robert Spiegel, City of Palm Desert
Ameal Moore / Steve Adams, City of Riverside
John F. Tavaglione, County of Riverside
Roy Wilson, County of Riverside
*** STAFF ***
Cathy Bechtel, Director of Transportation Planning and Policy Development
Tanya Love, Program Manager
* * * AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY * * *
Review items and make recommendations
to the Commission on the following:
• Policy directions to prepare for transit vision
and to bring regional perspective to transit
• Monitor transit implementation
• Performance of transit operators and its services
The Committee welcomes comments. If you wish to provide comments to the
Committee, p/ease complete and submit a Testimony Card to the Clerk of the Board.
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RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTA TION COMMISSION
TRANSIT POLICY COMMITTEE
www.rctc.org
AGENDA*
*Actions may be taken on any item listed on the agenda
12:00 p.m.
Monday, September 20, 2004
CONFERENCE ROOM - FIFTH FLOOR**
County of Riverside Administrative Center
4080 Lemon Street, 5th Floor, Riverside
* *County of Riverside 4th District Office (Video Conference Site)
73-710 Fred Waring Drive, Suite 222, Palm Desert
The Public is welcome to attend the meeting at the meeting location and at the video
conference site.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Government Code Section
54954.2, if you need special assistance to participate in a Committee meeting, please
contact the Clerk of the Commission at (951) 787-7141. Notification of at least 48 hours
prior to meeting time will assist staff in assuring that reasonable arrangements can be made
to provide accessibility at the meeting.
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - July 26, 2004
5. ADDITIONS/REVISIONS (The Committee may add an item to the Agenda
after making a finding that there is a need to take immediate action on the
item and that the item came to the attention of the Committee subsequent to
the posting of the agenda. An action adding an item to the agenda requires
2/3 vote of the Committee. If there are less than 2/3 of the Committee
members present, adding an item to the agenda requires a unanimous vote.
Added items will be placed for discussion at the end of the agenda.)
Transit Policy Committee Agenda
September 20, 2004
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6. TRANSIT POLICY COMMITTEE'S PROPOSED MEETING SCHEDULE
Overview
This item is for the Committee to:
1) Review the attached meeting schedule options to determine the most
convenient day and time to schedule standing meetings of the Transit
Policy Committee; and,
2) Forward to the Commission for final action.
7. FISCAL YEARS 1997 THROUGH 2003 CAPITAL PROJECTS STATUS
REPORT
Overview
This item is for the Committee to:
1) Receive and file the presentation from transit agency staff on open
capital projects covering fiscal years 1997 through 2003;
2) Direct staff to work with the transit agencies to include milestone
reporting as part of the capital project quarterly tracking process.
Additionally, any changes in project completion dates extending the
time line will be submitted to the Committee for consideration;
3) Reaffirm the allocation of local transportation funds; and,
4) Forward to the Commission for final action.
Presentations:
RTA — 10 minutes
SunLine — 10 minutes
City of Banning — 5 minutes
City of Beaumont — 5 minutes
City of Corona — 5 minutes
City of Riverside — 5 minutes
RCTC Commuter Rail — 5 minutes
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8. TRANSIT OPERATOR PRODUCTIVITY PROGRAM
Overview
This item is for the Committee to:
1) Receive and file the Productivity Improvement Program Report; and,
2) Direct staff to work with transit operators to review the existing
criteria to determine applicability and provide update at a future
Transit Policy Committee meeting.
9. COMMISSIONERS / STAFF REPORT
Overview
This item provides the opportunity for the Commissioners and staff to report
on attended and upcoming meetings/conferences and issues related to
Commission activities.
10. ADJOURNMENT
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AGENDA ITEM 4
Minutes
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RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
TRANSIT POLICY COMMITTEE
July 26, 2004
Minutes
1. CALL TO ORDER
RCTC Chairman Roy Wilson called the meeting to order at 1:04 p.m., on
Monday, July 26, 2004, at the Riverside County Transportation
Commission's Conference Room "A", 4080 Lemon Street, 3`d Floor,
Riverside, California 92501.
2. ROLL CALL
Members Present:
Percy Byrd
Frank Hall
Terry Henderson
Dick Kelly
Jeff Miller
Ameal Moore
John Tavaglione
Frank West
Roy Wilson
Member Absent: Roger Berg
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS
There were no public comments.
4. ADDITIONS/REVISIONS
There were no additions or revisions to the agenda.
5. TRANSIT POLICY COMMITTEE ADMINISTRATION
Election of Officers
M/S/C (Hall/West) that Commissioner Ameal Moore be Chair of the
Transit Policy Committee.
M/S/C (Kelly/Henderson) that Commissioner Percy Byrd be Vice Chair
of the Transit Policy Committee.
At this time, Chairman Ameal Moore assumed the Chair.
Meeting Schedule and Location
A discussion followed to determine schedule availability of the Committee's
membership. It was determined that the 3rd Mondays of the month will
work with the Committee members' schedule. It was also determined that a
meeting will not be scheduled in August.
M/S/C (Henderson/Byrd) to schedule the next meeting of the
Committee at 12 Noon, Monday, September 20.
6. OVERVIEW OF TRANSIT SERVICES IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Tanya Love, Program Manager, reviewed the Commission's responsibilities
as it relates to transit services under Assembly Bill 1246. She then reviewed
the services provided by the transit operators in Riverside County (Riverside
Transit Agency, SunLine Transit Agency, Palo Verde Valley Transit Agency,
Banning, Beaumont, Corona, Riverside Special Services), as well as
revenue allocations for transit services. She stated that some of Riverside
County's transit operators are not meeting the State required fare box
recovery ratio. She then proceeded to review the methodology to calculate
fare box revenue and transit ridership. If an operator is not able to meet its
fare box ratio, RCTC must reduce their funding. She said that if the trend
continues for transit cost to keep escalating, it will be difficult to meet the
required fare box ratio.
Commissioner Jeff Miller asked for an operator serving both an urbanized
and non urbanized area and their required fare box ratio between the 10%
and 20% and developing a blended fare box calculation, what really
determines the 10% and 20%.
Tanya Love responded that the 10% and 20% is based on population. As
an example, using RTA's Route 1 with 10% of Route 1 servicing an area
that is considered as non urbanized area (population of under 50,000) but
90% of the route it serves is an urbanized area, RTA can calculate the fare
box of the portion going through a non urbanized area at 10% and 90% of
their service be calculated at 20%. The blended fare box is a result of the
adding and averaging the two calculations.
In response to Commissioner Miller's question why Corona's fare box
requirement is at 20% and Riverside's is 10%, Tanya Love said that in order
to provide an ADA complimentary paratransit service, Corona must also
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provide a fixed route service. Riverside only provides ADA demand response
service, which only requires 10%. She added that the Federal Transit
Administration defines the urbanized and non urbanized area.
Tanya Love noted that a major concern relates to capital projects as there is
a total of $125 million outstanding with $75 million of the total not spent
and the remainder of the total funds are obligated. There are $184 million
open capital grants with some dating back to 1996-97. List of projects by
agency in included under Tab 6 of the notebook provided to the Committee
members. It is recommended that staff direct transit operators to spend all
outstanding capital funds this year. At the end of the fiscal year, funds
unspent will be applied to the next year's operating budget.
Steve DeBaun, Legal Counsel, stated that since staff recommendations are
not duly noted on the agenda, he advised that the recommendations be
acted on at the next meeting.
Commissioner Frank Hall suggested that since this is the first meeting of the
Transit Policy Committee, it would be appropriate to provide a comment
period for the transit operators on this item.
Larry Rubio, RTA General Manager, suggested, and the Committee members
approved, that transit operators be allowed to make a presentation at the
Committee's next meeting.
It was determined that the transit operators' presentation focus on the
capital grants from years 2003 and back.
Commissioner John Tavaglione asked if the smart card technology increase
productivity efficiencies. Larry Rubio stated that it would increase
efficiencies as it would increase productivity between the systems and
through their comprehensive fare analysis that RTA has commissioned, it is
going to be examined. Their study will also look at issues between Corona,
Riverside Special Services, Banning, Beaumont and SunLine to try and
develop one type of universal pass that will work within the County. He
pointed out that one of the problems with the smart card technology is that
San Diego has an ongoing smart card study and Los Angeles with doing
something different.
M/S/C (Wilson/Byrd) to receive and file the overview transit services
and to direct staff to place this item on the agenda at the next
meeting. In the mean time, notify the transit operators of the item
and proposed recommendation(s).
7. FARE BOX RECOVERY POLICY
Tanya Love informed the Committee members that a recommendation
resulting from the Triennial Performance audit was for RCTC to develop a
policy for all transit operators to use to calculate their required fare box
revenue. The proposed fare box policy clarifies the rules and regulations
regarding fare box ratios, define allowable revenues in the calculation of fare
box recovery ratios as well as identifying when certain exclusions expire.
Staff is recommending that the policy be approved in draft format and
forwarded to the Commission for final action.
Review of Attachment 1, Rules and Regulations for Determining Required
Fare Revenue to Operating Cost Ratios for Transit Operators Serving Both
Urbanized and Non Urbanized Areas of Riverside County, was made and it
was determined that the following changes be made:
I A), 2nd Sentence shall be changed as follows: "The operating cost in
the non urbanized area shall include the cost of all —fixed route lines,
groups..."
I C), 1st Sentence shall be changed as follows: "For general demand
response systems...."
M/S/C (Miller/Henderson) to approve the draft Fare Box Recovery
Policy and forward to the Commission for final action.
8. MEASURE "A" SPECIALIZED TRANSIT TAXI DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM
Tanya Love noted that the current taxi demonstration program expires on
October 5, 2004. Staff is recommending that up to $ 100,000 in Measure
"A" Specialized Transit funding be allocated to continue the program pending
funding direction from the Committee and further discussion with the
Western Riverside County transit operators. If approved, these funds will be
used for both program administration and taxi trips. Staff is not
recommending continuing the taxi program using Measure "A" only funds
because: 1) transit operators should provide the most cost effective service
regardless of the funds they use; 2) there are not sufficient Measure "A"
funds to cover the potential growth in taxi trips; and, 3) there are policy
issues that need to be further explored for new Measure "A" funds starting
in 2009. Transit operators should identify use of TDA funds to support
continuance of the program.
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Commissioner Byrd requested that staff bring this item back to the
Committee to review the status of the taxi demonstration program.
M/S/C (Byrd/Tavaglione) to:
1) Approve interim funding up to $ 100,000 in Measure "A"
Specialized Transit funds for continuation of the program;
2) Approve Agreement No. 05-26-506, Amendment No. 1 to
Agreement 04-26-025, with Diversified Paratransit, Inc. for
oversight and administration of the program;
3) Authorize the Commission Chair, pursuant to Legal Counsel
review, to execute the agreement on behalf of the Commission;
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4) Forward to the Commission for final action.
9. COMMISSIONERS/ STAFF REPORT
No report was presented.
10. ADJOURNMENT
There being no other items on the agenda to be considered, Chairman Moore
adjourned the meeting. The next meeting will be held at 12 Noon,
September 20, 2004.
Respectfully submitted,
Naty Kopenhaver
Clerk of the Board
AGENDA ITEM 6
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RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTA TION COMMISSION
DATE:
September 20, 2004
TO:
Transit Policy Committee
FROM:
Tanya Love, Program Manager
THROUGH:
Cathy Bechtel, Director of Transportation Planning
Development
and
Policy
SUBJECT:
Transit Policy Committee's Proposed Meeting Schedule
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
This item is for the Committee to:
1) Review the attached meeting schedule options to determine the most
convenient day and time to schedule standing meetings of the Transit
Policy Committee; and,
2) Forward to the Commission for final action.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
At the July 26, 2004, Transit Policy Committee (TPC) meeting, discussion was
held regarding potential dates for future meetings of the TPC. The attached
meeting schedule was developed to assist the TPC members in selecting a standing
meeting date and time. Based on the schedule, staff recommends that the
following days and times be further considered:
• Second Monday: Block of time available: 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
• Second Thursday: 10:00 a.m.
• Third Monday: 2:00 p.m.
• Third Friday: Block of time available: 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
• Fourth Friday: Block of time available: 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
As with other standing Committees, if there are no substantive agenda items, a
meeting may be cancelled. As required by the Brown Act, the Committee agenda
will be posted 72 hours before the meeting.
Agenda Item 6
MEETING SCHEDULE (Draft)
September 20, 2004
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Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
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11:00 a.m.
Regional
Conservation
Authority
2:00 p.m.
WRCOG Executive
Committee**
9:00 a.m.
Board of
Supervisors
Meeting
1:00 p.m.
City of Riverside
(Moore) Council
Meeting
3:00 p.m.
City of La Quinta
(Henderson) Council
Meeting
7:00 p.m.
City of Norco (Hall)
Council Meeting
12:00 Noon
PVVTA Board
Meetings
2:00 p.m.
RTA's Budget
Committee
3:00 p.m.
RTA's
Operations
Committee
7:00 p.m.
City of Corona
(Miller) Council
Meeting
9:00 a.m.
SCAG Regional
Council (Hall, Alt.)
12:00 - 3:00 p.m.
SCAG TCC (Hall,
Alt.)
1:30 p.m.
City of Indian Wells
(Byrd) Council
Meeting
9:00 a.m.
RC-OC MIS (rotates
between Riverside
and Corona)
9:00 a.m.
SR 91 Advisory
Comm (rotates
between Riverside
and Corona)
nd
6:00 p.m.
City of Beaumont
(Berg) Council
Meeting
PROPOSED
DAY/TIMES:
10:00 a.m. to
2:00 p.m.
9:00 a.m.
Board of
Supervisors
Meeting
1:00 p.m.
City of Riverside
(Moore) Council
Meeting
7:00 p.m.
City of Moreno
Valley (West)
Council Meeting
9:00 a.m.
Commission
Meeting
1:30 p.m.
RTA's Admin
meeting
PROPOSED
DAY/TIME:
10:00 a.m.
4:00 p.m.
City of Palm Desert
(Kelly) Council
Meeting
10:00 a.m. SCRRA
Board Meeting
(West)
3rd
10:00 a.m. RCTC's
Technical Advisory
Committee
PROPOSED
DAY/TIME:
2:00 p.m.
9:00 a.m.
Board of
Supervisors
Meeting
1:00 p.m.
City of Riverside
(Moore) Council
Meeting
3:00 p.m.
City of La Quinta
(Henderson) Council
Meeting
7:00 p.m.
City of Norco (Hall)
Council Meeting
9:30 a.m.
CRC Small Working
Group
11:30 a.m. WRCOG
Admin & Finance
7:00 p.m.
City of Corona
(Miller) Council
Meeting
1:30 p.m.
City of Indian Wells
(Byrd) Council
Meeting
PROPOSED
DAY/TIMES:
10:00 a.m. to
2:00 p.m.
4th
10:00 a.m.
RCTC Budget &
Implementation
Committee
12:00 Noon RCTC
Plans & Programs
6:00 p.m.
City of Beaumont
(Berg) Council
Meeting
6:00 p.m.
CVAG Executive
Committee
9:00 a.m.
Board of
Supervisors
Meeting
1:00 p.m.
City of Riverside
(Moore) Council
Meeting
7:00 p.m.
City of Moreno
Valley (West)
Council Meeting
10:00 a.m -
2:00 p.m.
SunLine Committee
and Board Meeting
1:30 p.m.
MSRC Policy
Committee (West)
2:00 p.m.
RTA Board
Meeting*
4:00 p.m.
City of Palm Desert
(Kelly) Council
Meeting
PROPOSED
DAY/TIMES:
10:00 a.m. to
2:00 p.m.
5th
9:00 a.m.
Board of
Supervisors
Meeting
*November & December, RTA Board meeting meets on the third Thursday.
**WRCOG Executive Committee does not meet on the first Monday if it is a holiday
AGENDA ITEM 7
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RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
DATE:
September 20, 2004
TO:
Transit Policy Committee
FROM:
Tanya Love, Program Manager
THROUGH:
Cathy Bechtel, Director of Transportation Planning and Policy
Development
SUBJECT:
Fiscal Years 1997 through 2003 Capital Projects Status Report
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
This item is for the Committee to:
1) Receive and file the presentation from transit agency staff on open
capital projects covering fiscal years 1997 through 2003;
2) Direct staff to work with the transit agencies to include milestone
reporting as part of the capital project quarterly tracking process.
Additionally, any changes in project completion dates extending the
time line will be submitted to the Committee for consideration;
3) Reaffirm the allocation of local transportation funds; and,
4) Forward to the Commission for final action.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Staff from the Cities of Banning, Beaumont, Corona and Riverside together with
staff from Riverside Transit Agency, SunLine Transit Agency, and RCTC's
Commuter Rail program will provide an overview of open capital projects covering
FY 1996-97 through FY 2002-03. The following chart provides an overview, by
agency, of open capital projects:
FY 1996-1997 through FY 2002-2003
Apportionment
Area/Agency
No. of Open
Projects
Funds Allocated for
Identified Capital Projects
Balance of
Unspent Funds
Western Riverside
Banning
3
$617,000
$60,031
Beaumont
9
$642,000
$143,216
Corona
3
$1,069,700
$775,445
Riverside
2
$700,000
$ 22,699
RTA
32
$19,713,029
$5,598,470
RCTC's Commuter Rail
11
$76,309,012
$18,237,215
Subtotal: WRC
60
$99,050,741
$24,837,076
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Coachella Valley
SunLine Transit Agency
21
$6,804,310
$4,021,795
Subtotal: CV
21
$6,804,310
$4,021,795
Palo Verde Valley
PVVTA
0
$0
$0
Subtotal: PVV
0
$0
$0
TOTAL:
81
$105,855,051
$28,858,871
Anticipated Completion Dates/Quarterly Milestone Reporting
Transit agency staff and management report that all of the 81 projects will be
completed no later than December 2006. Given the age of the capital projects,
Commission staff recommends that transit agencies be required to include
milestone information as part of the required quarterly capital project tracking
process. Staff further recommends that any change in date(s) extending the time
line to complete a project be submitted to the Committee for further review and
consideration.
Potential Loss /Lapse of Federal Funds
As the transportation planning agency, RCTC is charged with transportation
planning and programming of funds. Concerned that transit operators were
"deobligating" federal funds without reobligating them to a new line item,
Commission staff recently contacted the Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
requesting access to the TEAM System. (TEAM is the electronic grant process that
transit operators utilize to submit grant applications once federal funds are
allocated by the Commission). Access to TEAM will enable staff to assist transit
operators in monitoring federal grants ensuring that the oldest funds are spent first
and that funds do not lapse. Access will also be helpful to ensure that unspent
federal funds remain within Riverside County and not returned to the FTA.
Potential Loss /Lapse of Local Funds
Public Utilities Code Section 6648 of the Transportation Development Act states
that:
"Any moneys allocated and reserved in the local transportation fund and not
authorized for payment within three years after the date of allocation shall
cease to be allocated or reserved and shall become and be treated as an
unallocated apportionment retained in the fund....At least 30 days before the
end of any three year reserve period, the transportation planning agency shall
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give written notification to the claimant specifying the date on which the
moneys cease to be allocated or reserved Any such moneys that cease to
be allocated shall then become and be treated as an unallocated
apportionment retained in the fund in accordance with Section 6655. 1.
The transportation planning agency shall not authorize any payment to a
claimant from an allocation reserved in the fund if the claimant is holding in
its own accounts sufficient moneys originally allocated in a previous fiscal
year from the local transportation fund and reserved for the specific capital
project or reserved for unspecified capital outlay."
The majority of the local funds identified for the capital projects are older than
three years; as a result, staff requests that the Committee reaffirm the allocation of
the local funds for the specific projects previously approved by the Commission.
Agenda Item 7
AGENDA ITEM 8
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RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTA TION COMMISSION
DATE:
September 20, 2004
TO:
Transit Policy Committee
FROM:
Tanya Love, Program Manager
THROUGH:
Cathy Bechtel, Director of Transportation Planning
Development
and
Policy
SUBJECT:
Transit Operator Productivity Program
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
This item is for the Committee to:
1) Receive and file the Productivity Improvement Program Report; and,
2) Direct staff to work with transit operators to review the existing
criteria to determine applicability and provide update at a future
Transit Policy Committee meeting.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Public Utility Code Section 99244 requires the Commission to annually identify,
analyze, and recommend potential productivity improvements for transit operators
receiving funds from RCTC. At the minimum, the review must include transit
operator performance audit recommendations. The Commission must also certify
compliance with State PUC requirements for fare box recovery and cost efficiency
when reviewing transit operator Short Range Transit Plans (SRTP) and claims for
subsidy funding. In 1998, transit operator management and policy board
representatives met with RCTC to develop a Productivity Improvement Program
(PIP) for Riverside County transit providers as follows:
• The following two separate performance targets would be used for system
wide performance indicators (excludes new service exemptions):
Farebox recovery ratio requirement using existing RCTC policy and
state Public Utilities Code (UC) requirements; and,
Growth in the Operating Cost per Revenue Hour shall not exceed the
estimated growth in the Consumer Price Index — Urban Wage Earners.
Agenda Item 8
• In addition, six separate performance indicators would be used to establish
performance targets by service type. It was agreed that transit operators
would meet performance targets for three of the following indicators:
Subsidy per passenger
Subsidy per passenger mile
Subsidy per revenue hour
Subsidy per revenue mile
Passengers per revenue hour
Passengers per revenue mile
It was further agreed that a transit operators' specific performance would
not be compared against another agency given the diverse operating
environments throughout Riverside County.
The PIP process also included for the submittal of ridership reports to the
Commission a minimum of twice per year. RCTC staff also provides a comparison
of the data between fiscal years to allow for trend analysis including costs,
ridership, and fare box recovery. Although the PIP was formally adopted, other
than reporting the information, the Commission has not taken an active role in
actually implementing productivity improvements. Example: the growth in
operating cost per revenue hour calculation identified above has not been utilized
when allocating operating funds.
Included in Section 2 of the Transit Policy Committee's Resource Notebook is the
FY 2004-05 ridership projections and comparison information for Riverside County
Transit Operators. Following is a summary of that information:
Fixed Routes:
• Annual ridership ranges from 1,541,835 (27.8 Passengers per
Revenue Hour (PRH) to 5,178 (1.19 PRH))
• Subsidy ranges from $284.59 (rail) to $103.84 (bus) to $5.89
• Passengers per Revenue Hour ranges from 38.35 to 1.19
• Fare box recovery ranges from 88.10% to 1.70%
Demand Response:
• Annual ridership ranges from 284,844 to 12,155 (cumulative)
• Passengers per revenue hour ranges from 5.14 to 1.91 (cumulative)
• Fare box recovery ranges from 13.02% to 1.80% (excludes taxi
demonstration program).
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The following chart provides the projected operating costs, per revenue hour, by
transit agency for FY 2004-05:
Agency
Fixed
Route
Demand
Response
Banning
$66.84
$42.77
Beaumont
$39.47
$50.64
Corona
$47.15
$46.91
Riverside
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$55.13
RTA
$66.81
$45.88
RCTC's Commuter Rail
$458.50
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SunLine
$98.14
$60.29
Palo Verde Valley
$67.30
$67.30
As identified in the recent FY 2000-2003 Triennial Performance Audit, the cost to
provide transit services in Riverside County has increased between 26% and
110%. In addition, several operators are not meeting the state -mandated fare box
recovery ratio. Given increased operating costs compared to ridership as well as
non-compliance with fare box, staff recommends that transit operators review the
current PIP process to determine whether the criteria is applicable. Once reviewed
by transit staff and management, the findings will be presented to the Transit
Policy Committee (TPC) for review and direction.
Determining appropriate levels of productivity within an acceptable range of
operating costs per revenue hour will be a difficult task. Staff has called several
transportation planning agencies to determine the approach they take; following is
a summary of that information:
San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG) monitors operator
performance data to ensure:
• Consistency in the data reporting process;
• That operators and transit claimants meet or exceed the farebox
recovery ratio listed in their final LTF/STA claim for the current fiscal
years;
• That operators and transit claimants meet or exceed the passengers
per mile/hour figures stated in their final transit operator report or
SRTP for the current year; and,
• That operators and transit claimants make a strong effort to limit the
annual increase in operating costs per revenue mile to the increase in
the Consumer Price Index (all items) over the period.
Agenda Item 8
Efforts SANBAG utilizes to improve productivity:
Each operator and transit claimant shall indicate specific areas where special
efforts will be made to help cover costs and/or increase ridership. These
efforts will be summarized for both fixed route and demand responsive
operations and be included on the annual Productivity Improvement Progress
Report.
Failure to comply:
If SANBAG determines that an operator or transit claimant has not made a
reasonable effort to implement the recommended improvements, SANBAG
shall not approve the allocation of LTF funds to an operator or transit
claimant for the support of its public or specialized transportation system for
the next fiscal year in any amount that exceeds the allocation for such
purposes for the current fiscal year (PUC Section 99244).
Ventura County Transportation Commission (VCTC) monitors operator
performance to ensure compliance with state -mandated fare box recovery
requirements.
Failure to comply: Using trend analysis, VCTC staff works with the specific
transit operator to determine what operational changes need to be made to
meet compliance requirements. Once agreement is reached as to what
changes need to take place, a joint staff presentation is made to the transit
agency's governing body.
Staff also called Orange County Transportation Authority, the Los Angeles County
Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and the San Diego Association of
Governments to determine their PIP program. Unfortunately, no response was
received at the time of writing this staff report. If information is received from
these agencies, a verbal report will be provided at the September 20, 2004 TPC
meeting.
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