Wherever Your Path May Lead …. RTS Takes You There!

New City Commissioner Presentation April, 2014

FY 14 RTS Organization Chart

Transit Director (1) Transit Program Coordinator (1) Staff Specialist (2) Account Clerks (3) Technical Systems Analyst Sr. (.5) TOTAL EMPLOYEES 289.5 FTE* *does not include Senior Buyer or interns Transit Maintenance Mgr. (1) Transit Services Coordinator ADA (1) Chief Transit Planner (1) Department Mktg/Comm Sup. (1) Senior Buyer (1) Assistant Transit Maintenance Manager (1) Transit Fleet Supervisors (3) Transit Fleet Mechanic II (11) Transit Fleet Mechanic I (11) Transit Facility Supervisor (1) Vehicle Service Attendants (11) Parts Specialists (3) Maintenance Worker III (1) Maintenance Worker I (3) Transit Planners (2) Planning Assistant (1) Planning Intern (2) Transit Operations Mgr. (1) Mktg/Comm Spec. (1) Customer Serv.

Support Spec. (2) Mktg/Comm Assistant (1) Assistant Transit Operations Mgr.(1) Transit Supervisors (8) Scheduler (1) Safety and Security Supervisor (1) Customer Service Supervisor (1) Trainer (1) Dispatchers (3) Clerks (3) Mktg/Comm Intern (1) Transit Operators (205)

33 City Routes

10 Campus Routes

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Five (5) Later Gator Routes

Serving Our Community

         Service Area: 92 sq. miles Service Area Population: 159,508 UZA 290 employees Fleet Size: 126 buses Fleet Age: 10 years City Routes: 33 (86 buses) Campus Routes: Later Gator: 10 (18 buses) 5 (13 buses) ADA Service RTS contracts with MV Transportation 22 vans

Serving Our Community

Service Period FY 2014 Productivity Total Service Hours Passenger Trips Passengers Per Hour City/County Campus Later Gator Special Service Total 250,328 39,790 8,082 2,503 300,703 9,152,696 1,463,963 197,774 44,027 10,858,460

• Saturday service represents 6% of total annual hours with approximately equivalent share of total ridership

37 37 25 18 36

• Sunday service represents 2% of total annual hours with approximately equivalent share of total ridership .

RTS Fiscal Year Ridership (1996-2014)

Passenger Trips per Capita (2013)

Passenger Trips per Revenue Hour (2013)

Operating Expense per Passenger Trip (2013)

RTS Fare Schedule

Adults Senior Citizens 65+ Students Grade K-12 No ID Required Medicaid & Medicare Recipients Valid Photo ID Required Veterans & Active Duty Military Valid Veteran/Military Photo ID Required University of Florida and Santa Fe College Students, Faculty & Staff

Cash Fare (One Way Only)

$1.50

$0.75

Fares

$0.75

$0.75

$0.75

All-Day Pass

$3.00

$3.00

$3.00

$3.00

$3.00

Monthly Pass

$35.00

$17.50

$17.50

$17.50

$17.50

Semester Pass

$60.00

Unlimited Prepaid Access with Valid Gator 1 ID Shands, City of Gainesville & GRU Employees Unlimited Prepaid Access with Valid Employee Photo ID Veterans Affairs, Florida Works, Job Corps, Oaks Mall, Skanska & Alachua County Employees* Unlimited Prepaid Access with Valid Employee Photo ID UF Retirees ADA Certified Persons Unlimited Prepaid Access with Valid Employee Photo ID Unlimited Prepaid Access with Valid ADA Photo ID *Contact employer for eligibility Note: Passes only valid for Day/Month/Semester purchased and not valid for special services 12

FY2015 RTS Budget ($24,442,515) SF, Other, $626,977 or 2.6% $959,056 or 3.9% Fare and Passes, $1,233,978 or 5% City, $3,000,457 or 12.3% FTA, $2,650,000 or 10.8% UF, $12,579,480 or 51.5%

Fare and Passes City FTA FDOT

County, $914,301 or 3.7%

County UF SF Other

FDOT, $2,478,267 or 10.1%

RTS Programs

       Marketing Program (Customer Service, Advertising, Website) Employee Pass Program Discount Pass Program (for non-profits) Bus Tracking System: “Gator Locator” Google Online Trip Planner ADA and Paratransit Program RTS Summer Training Program 14

Marketing Program

 Bus Advertising    Bus Wraps Exterior Interior Ads  Print Advertising  Schedules  Revenue over  $343,000 in FY14  New printer  Produce exterior ads, signage, banners, etc., Estimated 30% savings doing in-house 15

Web Site

Social Media Become a fan of RTS on Facebook to receive rider alerts and other updates

Employee Bus Pass Program

Agency

City County GRU Florida Works Job Corps Oaks Mall SFC Shands Skanska UF employees and spouses UF retirees VA Hospital

TOTAL Employees

1,324 200 862 750 200 350 1,020 8,265 100 14,219 2,282 2,630

32,202 Amount

$ 8,937.00

$ 1,350.00

$ 5,818.50

$ 5,062.50

$ 1,350.00

$ 2,362.50

$ 6,885.00

$ 55,788.75

$ 675.00

$ 95,978.25

$ 15,403.50

$ 17,752.50

$217,363.50

Discount Pass Program

   Program to provide not-for-profit groups with discount pass options for their clientele Groups purchase passes with Buy-One-Get One match (purchase full fare pass and receive additional pass at no charge) FDOT funded program for 2013 – 2015    $10,000 total funding each year 22 groups helped in 2013-14 9 groups participating in 2015

Bus Tracking System: “Gator Locator”

New Mobile App & Desktop Version Shown

Google Transit Online Trip Planner

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ADA and Paratransit

RTS Contracts with MV Transportation to provide Paratransit Service and Demand Response Service. MV provides approximately 10,000 trips a month.

RTS leases MV 22 Cutaway Paratransit vans to provide service to Alachua County and the City of Gainesville.

Current Projects

Completed

 Comprehensive Operational Analysis   New Revenue Collection System (Fareboxes) Transit Development Plan (TDP)

On-Going

  Bus Stop Improvements Security Cameras at Rosa Park Station  Butler Plaza Transfer Station

New Fareboxes

  Faster boarding Swipe card technology   Issues credit vouchers for overpayment (>$0.25) Daily pass = 24 hour pass  Monthly pass = 31 days (Daily and Monthly passes valid for time shown after first use in farebox)

Corrine Brown Transit Facility

• • • Why the need?

Existing facility only housed 50-70 buses. RTS fleet comprised of 126 buses Federal Transit Administration after review of facilities would not allow new bus purchase without facility to maintain them.

Received $38 million in FTA Grants for design build • • • Grand Opening on November 17, 2014 Administration moved November 20, 2014 Operations and Maintenance Staff moved February 1, 2015 24

Corrine Brown Transit Facility

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RTS Challenges

 Reduction in Revenues  (Federal, State and City) Funds for Capital Projects  (Buses, amenities, equipment, etc.) Funds for Service Enhancements  Funds for Technology Applications  Changes in Medicaid  Service Expansion Demands

Thank You!

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