TO: AC Transit Board of Directors
FROM: Michael A. Hursh, General Manager
SUBJECT: Service Recovery Priorities
ACTION ITEM
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
Title
Consider approving the District's plan (Plan) to prioritize lines for service recovery through August 2022, including Transbay and Supplementary service. [Requested by Directors Walsh - 5/12/2021 and Shaw - 5/26/2021]
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STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE:
Goal - Convenient and Reliable Service
Initiative - Service Quality
This report details the implementation criteria to determine which lines to prioritize for recovery as additional resources and workforce become available. The Plan prioritizes service on lines serving Disadvantaged Communities (DACs), and lines with high ridership that have not yet been returned to pre-pandemic service levels. It clarifies which lines to expect service increases on until a new network is adopted by the Board and implemented in August 2022.
BUDGETARY/FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no budget impact associated with this item. It is a proposed set of criteria and priorities to guide decisions about what service to restore as budget and workforce become available.
BACKGROUND/RATIONALE:
As the region recovers and shelter-in-place orders are lifted, AC Transit is receiving more requests for restoration of service and is also seeing increased ridership on many lines. Staff developed a proposed methodology for how to prioritize service recovery as the District continues with its system-wide planning effort for a new network in 2022.
The plan identifies two screening criteria:
1) Is there workforce, funding, and rolling stock (vehicles) available to expand service at the next sign-up?
2) Is a given line below pre-pandemic service levels?
Once the first criterion is met, staff will draw from the list of lines that also meet the second criterion to identify opportunities for service restoration. Given there are 75 lines below their pre-pandemic service levels in some way (frequency,...
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