Short Range Transit Plan 2008-2013 - Omnitrans

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IBI GROUP SHORT RANGE TRANSIT PLAN REPORT OMNITRANS COMPREHENSIVE OPERATIONAL ASSESSMENT & SHORT RANGE TRANSIT PLAN • Any other project that in the jurisdiction’s opinion should be assessed for current or future transit needs Review: The jurisdiction should send one (1) set of development plans to OMNITRANS with a letter or checklist that indicates why the plans were selected for review. The plans or letter should also include basic project information such as proposed usage, the name of the contact person at the jurisdiction, and the name and contact information of the contact person of the developer (or project manager for CIP projects). OMNITRANS will review the plans and consult with the jurisdiction or others as necessary to properly comment on the plans. OMNITRANS will provide comments on the plans to the jurisdiction by marking on the proposed plans and/or by separate letter. Revised plans should be returned to OMNITRANS along with prior comments for subsequent reviews. OMNITRANS approval will be documented by a signature on the check plans, or on a separate document. 6.12 Service Implementation Policy New fixed route and OmniLink service will be implemented in accordance with new service warrants described in Section 6.4. By doing so, it has been assumed that there is sufficient potential ridership to achieve the minimum farebox recovery ratio established for the service. Trial Period of Operation • New or changed routes would be operated on a trial basis for a period of nine months and evaluated. Warrants for Continuance • A new or changed route would be continued after the nine month trial period if the performance of the route reaches 75% of the minimum passengers per hour standard established for its route type. • If the 75% performance level is not reached, the route would be subjected to additional marketing and/or corrective actions such as further changes to the route structure, spans and headways. • New or changed routes would be expected to reach or exceed the minimum passengers per hour standard after twelve months of operation. Warrants for Discontinuance • If a new or changed route remains below the minimum passengers per hour standard for six months following the implementation of marketing and corrective actions, the route would be discontinued or redesigned as appropriate. • Normally discontinuance would occur if a route cannot achieve 50% of the minimum passengers per hour standard established for the route. • If the new or changed route reaches or exceeds the minimum passengers per hour standard after twelve months of operation, it would become a normal part of the transit system and subject to the same adjustment and review procedures as existing routes. The hours from new or existing services that are discontinued can be either reassigned to other service extensions or enhancements, or if necessary, be used to offset annual budget cut requirements. July 11, 2007 141
IBI GROUP 7. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS SHORT RANGE TRANSIT PLAN REPORT OMNITRANS COMPREHENSIVE OPERATIONAL ASSESSMENT & SHORT RANGE TRANSIT PLAN Service design guidelines, or performance measurement guidelines, provide an objective rationale for the allocation of transit resources. Service design guidelines provide the tools for making decisions regarding the provision of transit services, the design of routes and schedules, and the evaluation of services. Service design guidelines serve five major functions: • Service Development – Guidelines form a consistent basis for service planning, and, in particular, for establishing minimum levels of service. Judgment and flexibility remain, but the guidelines assist in the development of new services and the refinement of existing services. • Evaluation – Service design guidelines provide targets in the form of indicators and standards that enable individual route performance to be evaluated and monitored by management decision-makers. • Budgeting – The preparation of annual budgets should reflect the goal of providing service to the policy levels established in the service design guidelines. This should enable the Board of Directors to focus on policy level decisions and the service impacts of budget adjustments. • Public Accountability – Political decision-makers, transit customers, voters and taxpayers should be able to readily identify the minimum levels of service and performance that are to be provided. The allocation of the resources of the transit system must be seen to be based on equitable and rational criteria that are explicit and available for public scrutiny. • Title VI – Title VI of the Civil Rights Act requires public transit agencies receiving federal funding to ensure that their service is provided without regard to race or the economic status of the residents. Application of service design guidelines provides a tool for design and evaluating service that does not discriminate on race or economic status. The service design guidelines are intended both to be flexible in interpretation and application and to be continuously refined. As new types of services or data sources are introduced, revisions to the guidelines may become appropriate. Flexibility in application and interpretation must be maintained, as the environment in which these guidelines will be applied is not static and will continue to change as the region grows and transportation demand increases. The guidelines have been designed to enable <strong>Omnitrans</strong> to establish targets consistent with actual financial resources. If, after following the fiscally conservative Constrained Scenario plan, the situation turns around and resources start to improve, the targets could be enhanced; if resources grow more limited, the targets could be relaxed. The guidelines will be applied to identify transit services that should be improved or added, or may be falling below acceptable performance levels. If a service fails to meet the identified performance level, further investigations and analysis will be undertaken to confirm whether the guidelines are being achieved, and a broad range of potential corrective actions may be considered. The action taken, if any, will need to be appropriate given the specific circumstances of the service in question. Service performance standards provide targets in the form of indicators and standards that enable systemwide, individual route performance or service specific monitoring and evaluation by management decision-makers. Performance standards are the benchmarks critical to the service monitoring and evaluation program outlined in Section 6.5. In the case of contracted services such as OmniLink and July 11, 2007 142
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