TO: AC Transit Board of Directors
FROM: Salvador Llamas, General Manager/Chief Executive Officer
SUBJECT: Board Policy 546 Supplementary Service
ACTION ITEM
AGENDA PLANNING REQUEST: ?
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
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Consider approving amendments to Board Policy 546 - Standards for Operation of Supplementary Service.
Staff Contact:
Ramakrishna Pochiraju, Executive Director of Planning & Engineering
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STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE:
Goal - Convenient and Reliable Service
Initiative - Service Quality
This policy update clarifies the District's process for coordinating schedules with school districts to ensure service is delivered in a safe, reliable and efficient manner.
BUDGETARY/FISCAL IMPACT:
There are no budgetary or fiscal impacts associated with this report.
BACKGROUND/RATIONALE:
Board Policy 546: Standards for Operation of Supplementary Service - adopted in August 1996 and amended in January 2020 - governs the District's procedures for planning and operating Supplementary Service associated with school bell times.
As background, the District operates bus service to school sites throughout the District's service area. The purpose of Supplementary Service is to ensure the District's regular bus service is not overloaded due to peak student ridership during morning and afternoon bell-times. The service takes two forms: additional trips on existing local lines (57, 93, 97, etc.) to prevent overcrowding and unique lines with trips timed with school bells (600-series lines) that comprise segments from one or more existing local lines.
Staff reviewed the existing policy and identified several changes to reflect the way the District coordinates and plans service in conjunction with the overall service change process.
Staff is proposing the following changes to Board Policy 546:
* Changing the deadline to receive bell-time information from schools for the following academic year from the first Monday in May to the first Friday in March.
* Changing t...
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