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Recommendations
February 9, 2016
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Annual OCTA Bus Boardings by Year
Ridership goal: Increase boardings by 1.6 million over three years
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OCTA –Orange County Transportation Authority
Goals
•Meet customer needs
–Improve travel time by transit
•Reverse ridership declines
–Offer faster, more convenient service
•Retain and build ridership
–Re-position bus service to match markets
•Improve productivity
–Use existing resources more efficiently
•Work within existing funding
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New vehicles and
bus branding
New Bravo!
And Xpress routes
Mobile
ticketing
Real-time
customer
info
Peer
review
More
frequent
service
Project V
community
circulators
Fare study
Targeted
promotions
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Public Involvement
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Channel
Comments
Received
Mail 272
Phone Call/Emails 302
Online Survey 604
Community
Meetings
94
Public Hearing 65
Total 1,337
•60,000 brochures in multiple
languages
•Local jurisdiction communications
•Four community meetings
•Digital and e-communications
•Press releases/advertisements
•ACCESS information
•Citizen committees
•Public hearing
Recurring Themes
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•Support for frequency improvements
•Provide some level of coverage
•Offer peak only or less frequent
service
•Sync reductions with Project V
start-ups
•Concerns for special needs
customers
Recommended Plan Changes
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Route Recommended Change
21 (Valley View Street/Bolsa Chica Road)Withdraw proposal
30 (Orangethorpe Avenue)Keep existing routing and adjust frequency improvements
35 (Brookhurst Street)Service Fullerton Park and Ride and adjust frequency
improvements
37 (Euclid Street)Serve Fountain Valley Crossings
47 (Anaheim Boulevard/Fairview Street)Extend hourly trips to Balboa Pier, reduce peak to 15 minutes
51 and 145 (Flower/Raitt/Greenville/Fairview)New Route 150 covers most of existing routes
56 (Garden Grove)Withdraw proposal
76 (Talbert Avenue/MacArthur Boulevard)Hourly service west of airport
87 (Alicia Parkway)Keep weekday service
178 (Adams Avenue/Birch Street/Campus Drive)Keep weekday service
Bravo! 529 (Beach Boulevard)Defer implementation and study transit signal priority
701 and 721 (Express to Downtown Los Angeles)Modify Downtown Los Angeles routing only
ACCESS Service Considerations
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•Same-Day Taxi Program is an option for ACCESS eligible
riders outside new service area boundaries
•Transfer cost and hours of operation are an issue for
some riders
•Recommend extended hours of operation
•Recommend pilot program to eliminate transfer
cost between same-day taxi and ACCESS
Final Rider Impacts
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No Change
77%(was 75%)
Improved
Frequency
16%(was 17%)
Reduced
Frequency
5%(was 4%)
No Service or
Use Other
Route
2%(was 4%)
•Add four peak high frequency
routes*
From 11 to 15 routes
•Add new Bravo! routes
Add Bravo! 560 in June 2016
Implement Bravo! 529 in future
•Grow annual boardings by
1.3 to 1.9 million in 3+ years
•Reduced negative Impacts
* Peak high-frequency routes run every 15 minutes.
Plan Schedule / Next Steps
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Milestone Timeline
Release Draft Plan for Public Input November 23, 2015
Implement Outreach December 2015 –Jan 2016
Conduct Public Hearing January 25, 2016
Submit Final Plan Recommendations February 22, 2016
Update on Project V Circulators June 2016
Service Change Cumulative
Annual
Revenue
Hour Change
Cumulative
3+Year Projected
Ridership Change
June 12, 2016 18,498 976,118
October 9, 2016 (6,445)1,342,153
Bravo! 529 (TBD)9,936 1,906,126