Transcript 20031218item6GCBudget.ppt

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Governance Council Meeting
Fiscal Year 2004
LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION
AUTHORITY
GATEWAY CITIES SERVICE SECTOR
December 18, 2003
Goals & Objectives
 Create a safety conscious culture throughout the MTA and its
customers and business partners
 Improve transit systems
 Attract, develop and retain employees
 Create a positive image of the MTA
 Deliver quality capital projects on time and within budget
 Provide leadership for the region’s mobility agenda through responsive
planning and resource allocation
 Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the agency
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Service Sector Goals and
Objectives
Goals
 Managers and supervisors have been charged with the following
tasks:
– Managing their departments towards more efficient allocation and
utilization of resources
– Increasing communications with stakeholders and the community
– Enhancing quality of service
– Improving customer satisfaction
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FY04 Budget Assumptions
Operating Assumptions
 Begin revenue operation of the 22-mile Gold Line light rail system from
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downtown Union Station to Sierra Madre Villa in Pasadena on July1,
2003.
Increase Metro Bus service on the highest ridership lines through
optimizing the system wide bus schedules and reducing service on low
productivity lines.
Implement three new Rapid Bus lines: Vernon/La Cienega, Soto, and
Crenshaw/Rossmore.
Implement a fare restructuring program in January 2004 to provide an
estimated $16.6 million in additional revenues in FY04.
Improve the bus and rail vehicle preventive maintenance programs
through scheduled mid-life overhaul programs.
Improve safety of passengers and pedestrians by continuing the S-1
Gards retrofitting project.
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FY04 Budget Assumptions
Capital Assumptions
 Capital projects were funded in agency-wide priority order using criteria
developed by Executive Management: safety, customer improvements,
previously committed, and mandated.
 Approved capital projects receive an annual appropriation, capital projects are
controlled by the life-of-project budget that is approved by the Board.
 Revenues in the capital program are a combination of grant and local matching
funds.
 Final design and engineering and beginning construction of the 14-mile San
Fernando Valley Metro Rapidway and accompanying bikeway is the major
transit construction related project in FY04 budget.
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SECTORIZATION . . .
Budget Direction and Autonomy
ISSUES TO BE RESOLVED:
 Determining manpower allocations
 Fleet composition and management
 Restructuring of bus service
 Direct charging of allocated costs from centralized
functions
 Systems for passenger counting
– To validate subsidy for passenger to determine any formulas
for funding
 Consent decree service and costs
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Fiscal Year Risks
 Risks
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Fluctuation of fuel prices
Workers’ Compensation reduction of $6 million
Impact of labor negotiations
FY04 budgeted average labor rates in budget and
overtime burn rates assumptions
– Farebox assumptions and fare media mix
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Boardings – All Sectors
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Farebox Revenue – All
Sectors FY04-Q1
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