Transcript PRTC Annual Report

FY05 Budget Proposal
March 4, 2004
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Presentation Overview
FY04 ridership and improvements
FY05 background
FY05 anticipated outcomes
FY05 budget highlights
Looking beyond FY05
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Rail and Bus Ridership Setting
New Highs
Cumulative Growth
Rail
Bus
Avg. annual
growth rate
Bus
Rail
'Jan 04
July
'Jan 03
July
'Jan 02
Jul
1/01 – 1/02 13% 15% 15% 13%
1/01 – 1/03 32% 37% 15% 17%
1/01 – 1/04 41% 44% 12% 13%
'Jan 01
16000
15000
14000
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11000
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VRE Ridership
Bus
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Ridership growth rates –
Why have they slowed?
VRE
Limited available seating
Parking shortages
Bus
Fare increase reduced OmniLink ridership
more than anticipated
Transitional difficulties resulting from
contractor change
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FY04 Bus Service Improvements
PRTC Website enhancement (August 03)
Delivery of 8 MCI buses (September 03)
Implementation of Fare/Ticketing Plan Phase I
(October 03)
Added trips to relieve crowding (October 03
and February 04)
MDTs Phase I operational (November 03)
Customers’ perceptions of service quality have
rebounded (January 04), marking end of
transition – better now in most areas than
WMATA at its best
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FY04 Rail Service Improvements
Gallery cars introduced to expand seating capacity
(November 03 and incrementally thereafter)
New ticket vending machines fully implemented
(January 04)
Expanded parking to ease shortage at Rippon (March
04)
New AMTRAK agreement through end of FY05 (March
04) to afford time for negotiation of longer-term
agreement
Train tracking program enhancement (“Train Brain”)
implemented (March 04)
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FY05 Background Observations
Follows Commission's adopted budget principles
Summary of principles
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“Existing service expansion” allowance to handle ridership
growth
Phase II fare/ticketing plan for bus services deferred to FY06
Bus service formerly supported by reimbursable funding to be
sustained with local funds
Additional Ride/Link services:
 Saturday Link service for easterly Link routes
 Linton Hall Ride service
 Ridgefield Road Ride service
OmniLink subsidy allocation formula change adopted by
Commission to achieve equitable cost sharing
Embraces PRTC share of VRE budget as accepted by
commissions
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Anticipated FY05 Outcomes -- Bus
New all-time ridership high
Continued gains in customer satisfaction
Award contract for as many as 21 OmniRide
buses
Delivery of 18 Gillig buses
New fareboxes installed
Rehabilitation of 17 OmniRide buses
Land Acquisition/Environmental Assessment
for Transit Center parking expansion
Updated bus service improvement plan
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Anticipated FY05 Outcomes -- Rail
All gallery cars placed in service to expand
seating capacity
Parking expansion
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Surface lots completed @ Woodbridge, Broad
Run, and Old Town Manassas
Deck plans fully designed @ Old Town Manassas
and Burke
New rolling stock procurement plans
prepared
Mid-day yard storage capacity expansion
plans finalized
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FY05 Local Subsidy in Brief
Jurisdiction
FY04
FY05
Chg
Prince William
Manassas
Manassas Park
Stafford
Fredericksburg
$5.183M
.388M
.120M
.054M
.026M
$6.192M
.332M
.149M
.045M
.024M
19%
(14%)
24%
(17%)
(8%)
PRTC Local Subsidy
(Excluding VRE)
$5.771M
$6.742M
17%
VRE Subsidy (from PRTC
Jurisdictions)
$3.151M
$3.148M
0%
Total PRTC Subsidy
$8.922M $9.890M
11%
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Looking Beyond FY05 -- Bus
Expanded Bus Service:
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Increased OmniRide Route One service
(FY06)
Supplemental OmniLink Route One service
(FY06)
Possible longer-term service additions as
outgrowths of updated bus service plan
and prospective HOT lanes
Transit Center parking expansion
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Looking Beyond FY05 -- Rail
Capacity expansion as envisioned by
completed strategic plan and as
resources allow
Possible system extensions
Long-term agreement with AMTRAK
ensuring terminal access rights
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FY06 – FY09 Local Subsidy
Implications
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FY06___ FY07___ _FY08___FY09_
PWC
Manassas
Manassas Park
Stafford
Fredericksburg
$7.617M $6.742M
$6.632M $6.697M
.337M
.330M
.329M
.339M
.151M
.148M
.147M
.151M
.046M
.033M
.019M
.019M
.024M____.018M____ _.010M___ _.010M
Total
(Excluding VRE)
$8.175M
VRE Subsidy
$3.492M
from PRTC Jurisdictions)
Total Subsidy
$7.271M
$7.137M
$7.216M
$3.758M___$4.096M
$7.747M
$11.667M $11.029M
$11.233M $14.963M
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Projected Fuel Tax Revenue
7,500,000
7,000,000
6,500,000
6,000,000
5,500,000
5,000,000
4,500,000
4,000,000
3,500,000
3,000,000
2,500,000
2,000,000
1,500,000
1,000,000
500,000
0
FY05
FY06
FY07
FY08
FY09
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Projected Fuel Tax Fund Balances
14,000,000
12,000,000
10,000,000
8,000,000
6,000,000
4,000,000
2,000,000
0
FY05
FY06
FY07
FY08
FY09
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