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• Tri Delta Transit fixed route patronage is increasing, ridershipincreased 10% between FY 2003-04 and FY 2006-07, despitethe fact that overall service levels remained the same.Patronage reacted positively to the various reallocation ofoperating resources between 2004 and 2007.• Tri Delta Transit is increasingly productive. Overall fixed routeproductivity increased by about 10% increasing from 14.4boardings/revenue vehicle hour (RVH) in FY 2003-04 to 16.0boardings/RVH during FY 2006-07.• Tri Delta Transit is reliable and safe. During FY 2006-07, therewere 16,625 miles between road calls, compared to a muchlower adopted standard, and one preventable accident every68,239 revenue vehicle miles, near the high end of the adoptedrange, e.g., between 40,000 and 70,000 RVH.• Paratransit productivity remains consistent. Paratransitproductivity declined only slightly from 2.7 to 2.6passengers/RVH between FY 2003-04 and FY 2006-07,respectively despite the fact that regional growth is creatinglonger, average trip lengths.• Tri Delta Transit is succeeding at one of its main missions toserve the transit dependent. A composite profile of a Tri DeltaTransit rider can be summarized from on-board survey results.The “average” rider would be between twelve and thirty yearsold, is transit dependent with limited access to a vehicle, lives ina low to very low income household, mainly pays cash whenriding the bus, and regards their ethnicity as non-white.• Most Tri Delta Transit patrons are making local trips. Most TriDelta Transit patrons begin and end their bus trips within EastCounty, make their trips without transferring, also use Tri DeltaTransit buses for round trips, and walked to and from the bus.• Tri Delta Transit’s recent introduction of a day pass to replacemost bus-to-bus transfers has been successful. A largeproportion of fixed route passengers adopted this new fareinstrument very quickly.The major weaknesses of and constraints on Tri Delta Transit include:• Existing Tri Delta Transit Routes 70 and 200, and new routes384, 385, 386, all had productivity well below the fixed routemean, but productivity is still well above that of paratransit.• Highway 4 traffic congestion between Pittsburg and Antiochwhere eight freeway lanes converge down to four continues toseverely constrain Tri Delta Transit express bus operations,particularly the fixed route system on weekdays after 2:00 p.m.• Individual trips with low productivity are still a problem. Forexample, Route 70 has gradually been cut back in order toimprove productivity. Many local routes are productive duringpeak commute and school travel times, but have are far lessproductive during the midday, particularly routes that have alarge proportion of student ridership.86