TO: AC Transit Board of Directors
FROM: Salvador Llamas, General Manager/Chief Executive Officer
SUBJECT: August 2025 Service Changes
BRIEFING ITEM
AGENDA PLANNING REQUEST: ?
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
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Consider receiving a report on the District's planned service changes, outreach, and communications associated with the August 2025 Sign-up.
Staff Contact:
Ramakrishna Pochiraju, Executive Director of Planning & Engineering
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STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE:
Goal - Convenient and Reliable Service
Initiative - Service Quality
The August 2025 service change is a key milestone in the District's two-year effort to redesign the AC Transit network. This redesign aligns with post-pandemic travel patterns and the Realign principles of equity, reliability, and frequency. The new network aims to provide more reliable service, new destinations, and frequent lines, while addressing fiscal challenges and operator availability issues.
BUDGETARY/FISCAL IMPACT:
Total daily vehicle platform hours will decrease from the June 2025 service change by 83 on weekdays and increase by 205.7 and 201.2 hours on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. Together, this is an annual increase of 2,068 platform hours, yielding an annualized estimated cost increase of $355,674 assuming a rate of $172.03 per hour. See Attachment 1 for more details.
The operator count for the August service change increased by four over the June headcount. The additional operator resources were invested in run improvements requested by the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 192 (ATU).
Supplementary service remained in the June sign-up so there is no cost increase associated with service resumption in August.
BACKGROUND/RATIONALE:
AC Transit typically conducts four sign-ups each year as required by the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with ATU. These occur in March, June, August and December. The August 2025 service change incorporates route and schedule adjustments per the Board's adoption of Reso...
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