CAPITAL AREA TRANSIT SYSTEM PROPOSED 2014 ROUTES
CATS Grow from 20 routes to 30 routes Add Express service – ONeal Park & Ride/Downtown – Airport/Downtown – Downtown/Mall of Louisiana Add Limited Stop service – Baker/Southern – Florida Blvd Add Baker circulator
CATS 2014 How do we get there – 12 new buses – 70 new full-time operators – Hire Transit Implementation Manager Manage implementation Oversee shelter and transfer point program Manage data conversion for CATSTrax and RouteMatch Provide contract staff – COO and Route Scheduler Space planning for CATS
TRIP COMPARISON SYSTEMTIMETOTAL LENGTH# OF BUSES Downtown - Corporate201310:40-11:20/12:15-12:402 hours :33-10:49/11:07-11:1845 minutes2 Cortana - LSU20136:07-6:30/7:00-7:201 hr 13 mins :20-7:1050 minutes1 Glen Oaks - Mall of LA20136:50-7:10/8:00-8:351 hr 45 mins :03-8:20/8:20-8:5553 minutes1 O'Neal/Coursey - Downtown2013N/A 20146:45-7:1530 minutes1 Airport - Downtown2013N/A 20145:45-6:1025 minutes1
TRIP COMPARISON Southern U - Cortana Mall20136:30-7:1040 minutes :43-7:2037 minutes1 Sherwood/Coursey - Downtown20139:35-9:55/10:10-10:45/11:30-11:402 hr 15 mins :35-9:56/10:15-10:50 1 hr 15 minutes2 EKL - OLOL20136:50-7:10/7:15-8:05/9:15-9:302 hr 40 mins :30-7:20/7:20-7:4745 minutes1 LSU - Mall of LA20132:50-3:4050 minutes :03-3:3532 minutes1 Baker - Downtown20138:15-8:45/8:55-9:05/9:30/9:401 hr 25 mins :20-8:50/9:03-9:201 hour2
TRIP COMPARISON DowntownMall of Louisiana minutes1 bus minutes1 bus DowntownCortana Mall minutes2 buses minutes1 bus DowntownTown Centre minutes2 buses minutes1 bus DowntownLSU minutes2 buses minutes1 bus DowntownSouthern minutes2 buses minutes1 bus
TRIP COMPARISON DowntownBRCC minutes2 buses minutes1 bus DowntownOLOL minutes2 buses minutes2 bus DowntownBRG-Mid City minutes2 buses minutes1 bus