recovery times into account and the Board should give staff firm direction to come back
with a realistic timetable and plan.
Bryan Culbertson requested that the District provide the sort of bus service that riders
are going to use when they depart the BART station and believed the elimination of
Flex Service Plan would provide enough left over money to run more frequent buses.
Anthony Nachor hoped the 72R would not be discontinued and that decent overnight
service continues.
Anthony was excited for the Realign, saying it was an opportunity to efficiently provide
the best service with the resources available and would like to focus on feeder service
to BART.
Emily Wheeler would like to see more data and asked that a visionary proposal be
developed with at least 90% service without cutting any service.
Andy Katz hoped the outreach process would extend into early next year and that the
District would consider building in another phase where data could be shared as was
suggested at the last workshop.
Darrel Owens believed that AC Transit should advocate for Capital Project funds for bus
only lanes and to stop competing with BART.
Sweta requested consideration of the feedback offered by Operators to improve
reliability, provide more breaks, and have more achievable schedules.
Mathew L, Peoples Transit Alliance, requested that the Realignment focus on improving
reliability and frequency by ending the practice of unreasonable expectations from the
drivers. Dave Lyons, 34-year Veteran Bus Driver supported the idea of extending the
lines with longer recovery times and requested to improve conditions for transit
workers, especially new drivers.
John Knox White seconded the comments of Andy Katz and Daryl Owens and hoped
the District would reconsider cutting the B21 Alameda to Oakland Airport run as well as
the Transbay OX . Amala John, Peoples Transit Alliance, advised that safety is a high
priority for her and felt unsafe and uncertain for when a bus might or might not show
up and thought the Realign proposal must address the transit worker shortage which is
very much connected to the issue of reliability. Brandy Donaldson, D3 Bus Operator,
requested that the Realignment provide the data to prove that the runtimes would be
fixed before any changes were made to the service.
MOTION: PEEPLES/McCALLEY to receive a report on the proposed draft service
scenarios for Realign and associated public engagement. The motion carried by the
following vote:
Ayes:
YOUNG, BECKLES, WALSH, SHAW, PEEPLES, McCALLEY, SYED
7.
CLOSED SESSION/REPORT OUT
There was nothing to report out of closed session.
7.A. Conference with Legal Counsel – Potential Litigation
Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 54956.9: (2 Cases)
7.B. Conference with Labor Negotiators
