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Short Range Transit Plan 2008-2013 - Omnitrans

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IBI GROUP<br />

SHORT RANGE TRANSIT PLAN REPORT<br />

OMNITRANS COMPREHENSIVE OPERATIONAL ASSESSMENT<br />

& SHORT RANGE TRANSIT PLAN<br />

OCTA<br />

OmniLink<br />

PCA<br />

Platform Hours<br />

Pulsing<br />

PVTA<br />

Regional Express<br />

Revenue Hours<br />

RTA<br />

Running Time<br />

SANBAG<br />

SCAG<br />

SCRRA<br />

Spare Bus Ratio<br />

SRTP<br />

Through Routing<br />

Timepoint<br />

Transcenter<br />

TOD<br />

VVTA<br />

Orange County Transportation Authority.<br />

A demand-response, curb-to-curb service available to the general public.<br />

A Personal Care Attendant is someone who travels with ADA-certified<br />

passengers to provide additional care.<br />

The actual time an operator is behind the wheel. It includes revenue and nonrevenue<br />

hours (deadheading and recovery time hours).The limit on platform time<br />

is 10 hours a day by California state law.<br />

Most routes operated by <strong>Omnitrans</strong> have timed connections at Transcenters. A<br />

pulse occurs when buses on several routes all arrive and depart a specific<br />

Transcenter at the same time.<br />

Pomona Valley Transportation Authority.<br />

The name applied to Route 90, which connects San Bernardino and Riverside.<br />

Time that a bus and coach operator or bus driver are scheduled to be on duty<br />

and operating on a route. It includes layover time, but not deadheading.<br />

Riverside <strong>Transit</strong> Agency.<br />

The actual travel time it takes for a bus to travel between two fixed points. It<br />

usually refers to the travel time between terminals or between timepoints.<br />

San Bernardino Associated Governments.<br />

Southern California Association of Governments.<br />

Southern California Regional Rail Authority (Metrolink).<br />

The number of buses available as backups relative to the number of buses<br />

required to meet the peak bus pullout requirements; spares cover breakdowns,<br />

accidents and overload situations. FTA recommends a 20% spare bus ratio.<br />

<strong>Short</strong> <strong>Range</strong> <strong>Transit</strong> <strong>Plan</strong>.<br />

Similar to interlining, but in this case, the two halves of the route share a common<br />

route number so that they appear as a single through route.<br />

A bus stop designated in the timetable by having a specific arrival and/or<br />

departure time.<br />

A major transfer point where buses are timed to make connections.<br />

<strong>Transit</strong>-oriented development, which concentrates compact, pedestrian-friendly<br />

housing, jobs and activities at locations easily served by transit.<br />

Victor Valley <strong>Transit</strong> Authority.<br />

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