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<strong>Operating</strong> Goals <strong>and</strong> Performance Evaluation Measures<br />

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE<br />

Fiscal Indicators<br />

Indicators of the fiscal status of a transportation authority are commonly employed<br />

throughout the industry to assess financial position. These indicators are influenced by many<br />

factors, including overall operating subsidy funding, fare policy, route structure, cost recovery<br />

policy, condition of infrastructure, availability of sufficient capital funding, etc.<br />

For Fiscal Year <strong>2012</strong>, the following fiscal measures will be monitored:<br />

<strong>Operating</strong> Cost Per Passenger<br />

The Authority proposes to provide a cost not to exceed $3.68 per unlinked passenger trip.<br />

<strong>Operating</strong> Subsidy Per Passenger<br />

The Authority proposes to provide overall service operating subsidy not to exceed $2.21 per<br />

unlinked passenger trip.<br />

Cost Per Vehicle Mile<br />

The Authority proposes to achieve an average cost for delivery of service not to exceed<br />

$14.34 per vehicle mile.<br />

ROUTE UTILIZATION<br />

Route utilization is a measure of service performance on a route-by-route basis. The<br />

st<strong>and</strong>ards SEPTA has adopted are summarized below.<br />

City Transit Division<br />

To assess utilization, each route is measured for three key criteria:<br />

• Fully allocated cost<br />

• Total passenger revenue (calculated at CTD average fare)<br />

• <strong>Operating</strong> Ratio (passenger revenue divided by fully allocated cost)<br />

SEPTA's “City Transit Division Service St<strong>and</strong>ards <strong>and</strong> Process” contains the details to apply<br />

these st<strong>and</strong>ards first adopted by the SEPTA Board in April 1995 <strong>and</strong> amended in March<br />

2007. If a route performs below 60% of the City Transit Division average route operating<br />

ratio, then corrective actions begin. Fiscal 2010’s financial results were approved for action<br />

in Fiscal Year <strong>2012</strong>. City Transit Division’s average was 34.0% <strong>and</strong> the subst<strong>and</strong>ard<br />

performance mark was 20%.<br />

Suburban Transit Division (Victory <strong>and</strong> Frontier Divisions)<br />

Each route is measured for three important criteria:<br />

• Fully allocated costs<br />

• Total passenger revenue (calculated at the appropriate Victory or Frontier District<br />

average fare)<br />

• <strong>Operating</strong> ratio (passenger revenue divided by fully allocated costs)<br />

SEPTA Fiscal Year <strong>2012</strong> <strong>Operating</strong> <strong>Budget</strong> 149

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