Valley Metro Update Open House and Public Hearing March 9, 2007

Valley Metro Today System-wide bus service –63 local routes –19 express and RAPID freeway express routes –5 circulators 27 million miles of service 311 active vanpools Bus ridership –59.2 million total boardings ( ) Total daily boardings: 250,000 Daily Express and RAPID boardings: 5,600 Ridership has increases 55% since 2000 –Rising gas prices is making transit more attractive to commuters 2

Valley Metro Today Dial-a-Ride/Paratransit –297 Dial-a-Ride vehicles –9 systems –7.6 million hours of service/year –Serves both ADA and senior populations 311 active vanpools –Fleet grew by 56 since May 2005 –67,000 miles not traveled daily –2,200 pounds of airborne pollutants saved daily 3

Building the Proposition 400 Plan Putting Service on the Street Regional Planning Studies Leveraging the regional program with local investments Transportation Improvement Plan Transit Life Cycle Program –Delivering the program –Being accountable 4

Delivering the Plan FY 2006 Service Improvements –RPTA assumes funding of most express and RAPID Bus Service FY 2007 Service Improvements –Rt. 72 – Scottsdale/Rural Road Supergrid Consistent service levels across all served communities –Rt. 660 – Wickenburg Rural Connector Connecting rural and urban communities –Rt. 685 – Gila Bend Rural Connector Connecting rural and urban communities 5

Delivering the Plan FY 2008 Service Improvements –Service starts in July 2007 –Freeway based transit improvements: North Loop 101 Connector – bi-directional service West Loop 101 Connector – bi-directional service Supergrid Service –Rt. 156 (Chandler Blvd.) extension to Williams Gateway Airport –Rt. 24 (Glendale Avenue) extension to Luke Air Force Base 6

Delivering the Program Laying the Foundation for upcoming Service Improvements: –Main Street (Mesa) Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Valley’s First Arterial BRT Line December 2008 Start of Service –Express Bus/Freeway BRT Operating Plan Defining the operating and capital characteristics of the freeway express bus program –Service Effectiveness and Efficiency Developing the benchmarks and measures that will allow RPTA and its partners to monitor and adjust transit services to enhance service efficiencies 7

Delivering the Plan Regional Safety and Security Plan –Ensuring a safe and secure environment for the traveling public and Valley Metro employees Bus Stop Survey & Design Guidelines Study –Provides Design Guidelines and Investment Criteria to Guide Investment of Public Transportation Fund dollars in Bus Stop Improvements Valley Metro Strategic Plan –Regionalization of all transit agencies and modes into a single regional operation Regional Paratransit Study –Assessing existing operations to improve mobility and access for seniors and ADA riders; and proposing regional operational plans Transit Life Cycle Program Audit – We can build the plan 8

Working with our Transit Partners Leveraging Regional Program through Local Investments –Peoria Transit Plan – provides a blueprint for funding of transit improvements using the Peoria Sales Tax passed in 2005 –Rt. 571 – express service on Grand Avenue made possible with funding from the City of Surprise –Surprise Transit Plan – provides a blueprint for locally funded transit improvements that will build on the investments of the Regional Transportation Plan –Rt. 534 – development of express bus service between the Town of Queen Creek and the City of Tempe, a major employment and educational center in the east valley 9

FY 2008 – 2012 Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) Bus Transit TIP Funding SourceAmount Local$ 12,118,687 Federal$321,694,527 Regional$123,913,107 TOTAL$457,726,391 10

FY Fixed Route/Express/BRT Fleet Fixed Route Replacement380 Expansion181 Total571 Para-Transit (Dial-a-Ride) Buses Replacement296 Expansion 32 Total328 Rural Route Buses Replacement 6 Expansion 4 Total 10 Vanpool Vans Replacement225 Expansion125 Total350 11

FY 2008 – 2012 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Facilities & Capital Improvements –Passenger Bus Stop Improvements330 Bus Pull-outs 30 –Transit Centers 7 New Park-and-Rides 11 –Operating/Maintenance Repayment for construction of two new facilities Design of New Regional Heavy Maintenance and Paratransit Facilities Upgrades to Existing Facilities Other –Associated Capital Maintenance –Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Improvements –Miscellaneous Computer and Support Services 12

Transit Lifecycle Program Audit Independent Audit of Transit Lifecycle Program assumptions and financial model Findings of Audit –Prop. 400 projects can be built –Revenues exceed expenditures for 20 year program –Some timing adjustments for project implementation have been made 13

Transit Lifecycle Program FY Highlights –Route Improvements 10 local routes 10 freeway Bus Rapid Transit routes 2 arterial Bus Rapid Transit routes –Light Rail Improvements Maintenance facility Light rail vehicles Tempe Town Lake Bridge Utility relocation costs Preliminary design work for new extensions 14

Transit Lifecycle Program First Five Years –Expenditures (2007$) Bus Operations:$299.5 million Bus Capital:$498.1 million Light Rail Capital$561.8 million 15

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