TO: AC Transit Board of Directors
FROM: Michael A. Hursh, General Manager
SUBJECT: March 2022 Sign-up
BRIEFING ITEM
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
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Consider receiving a report on the District's planned service changes associated with the March 2022 Sign-up.
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STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE:
Goal - Convenient and Reliable Service
Initiative - Service Quality
Periodic service improvements are essential to maintain reliable and sustainable service.
BUDGETARY/FISCAL IMPACT:
Total daily weekday vehicle platform hours have increased from Winter 2021 service levels by 9 hours, Saturday and Sunday have each increased by 8 hours. In total, these changes yield an annual increase of 3,127 platform hours, resulting in an annual estimated increase of $437,780, well within the District's annual operating budget for service growth.
BACKGROUND/RATIONALE:
AC Transit conducts four Sign-ups each year as required by the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 192. These occur in March, June, August, and December.
Implementation of the March service change extends the service changes in the December Sign-up. For this service change, no additional operator resources were available. Given the same number of operator assignments from December into March, the service changes going into effect on March 27, 2022, will reuse the December run cut and roster and will include the following minor adjustments:
* the restoration of pre-pandemic span of service on Line 88
* the removal of the afternoon school trips on Line 54 (since construction near Latitude High School has ended)
* the addition of three PM trips to Line 39 to accommodate Skyline High School sports programming.
Systemwide, the District remains just below 85% of pre-pandemic service levels in March of 2022. Service improvements for the March service change are outlined in the attachment. The reliability improvements did continue and focused on an additional five routes per o...
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