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Wherever Your Path May Lead ….
RTS Takes You There!
FPTA /CTD 2015 Annual Training and Expo
Marketing Network (FTMN)
Session 1 Transit Discount Programs
Serving Our Community
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Service Area Population: 159,508 UZA
Service Area:
92 sq. miles
Employees:
297
Fleet Size:
128 buses
Fleet Age:
10 years
City Routes:
33 (86 buses)
Campus Routes:
10 (18 buses)
Later Gator:
5 (13 buses)
ADA Service
22 vans
RTS contracts with MV Transportation
Serving Our Community
FY 2014 Productivity
Service Period
Total Service
Hours
City/County
Campus
Later Gator
Special Service
Total
Passenger
Trips
Passengers
Per Hour
250,328
9,152,696
37
39,790
1,463,963
37
8,082
197,774
25
2,503
300,703
44,027
10,858,460
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RTS Programs
 Employee Bus Pass Program
 Based on UF Student Program
 Employer Purchase Option
 Discount Pass Program
 For non-profits
 ADA and Paratransit Program
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FY2015 RTS Budget ($24,442,515)
Other,
$626,977 or 2.6%
SF,
$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%
FDOT,
$2,478,267 or
10.1%
UF,
$12,579,480 or
51.5%
Fare and Passes
County, $914,301
or 3.7%
City
FTA
FDOT
County
UF
SF
Other
RTS Fare Schedule
Adults
Senior Citizens 65+
Valid Photo ID Required
Students Grade K-12
No ID Required
Medicaid & Medicare Recipients
Valid Photo ID & Medicaid/Medicare Card
Required
Veterans & Active Duty Military
Valid Veteran/Military Photo ID Required
Cash Fare
One Way Only
All-Day
Pass
Monthly
Pass
Semester
Pass
$1.50
$3.00
$35.00
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$3.00
$17.50
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$0.75
$3.00
$17.50
$60.00
$0.75
$3.00
$17.50
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$0.75
$3.00
$17.50
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$0.75
Fares
University of Florida and Santa Fe
College Students, Faculty & Staff
Unlimited Prepaid Access with Valid Gator 1 or SF 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
Unlimited Prepaid Access with Valid Employee Photo ID
ADA Certified Persons
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
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RTS Employee Bus Pass Program
Employee Bus Pass Program
Agency
Employees
Amount
1,324
$ 8,937.00
County
200
$ 1,350.00
GRU
862
$ 5,818.50
Florida Works
750
$ 5,062.50
Job Corps
200
Oaks Mall
350
$ 2,362.50
SFC
1,020
$ 6,885.00
Shands
8,265
$ 55,788.75
City
Skanska
UF employees and spouses
100
$
$
1,350.00
675.00
14,219
$ 95,978.25
UF retirees
2,282
$ 15,403.50
VA Hospital
2,630
$ 17,752.50
32,202
$217,363.50
TOTAL
Discount Pass Program
 Provides not-for-profit groups discount
pass options for their clients
 Groups purchase passes with Buy-OneGet-One (BOGO) match
 Purchase one (1) full fare pass
 Get 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
ADA Certified Rider Discount
RTS makes rides available and accessible to
everyone, including those with disabilities.
ADA Certified individuals can ride any RTS
fixed-route service free of charge by showing a
valid ADA card.
RTS offers temporary ADA Certification during
the application to:
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Oncology patients
Dialysis patients
History of UF-RTS Partnership
 1995 - Campus Development Agreement
 Evaluate and mitigate impacts on public facilities
 September 1997 - Demonstration Project
 Use of CDA, city, and county funds for 1 year
 Added 800,000 passenger trips
 1998 - Transportation Access Fee Began
 Charged each student $.19 per credit hour
 2015 – Transportation Access Fee
 Charged each student $9.44 ($8.91 for RTS)
per credit hour
Results of UF-RTS Partnership
 RTS Facts and Figures:
 Ridership increased 368% between FY 1997
(2.2 M) and FY 2015 (10.3 M)
 Increased fleet from 47 buses in 1997 to
128 in 2015
 RTS created 223 full-time jobs from 1997 to
2015 increasing the workforce to 297
people
RTS Fiscal Year Ridership (1996-2014)
Passenger Trips per Revenue Hour (2013)
Results of UF-RTS Partnership
 RTS Facts and Figures:
 Transformation of City of Gainesville into a
“transit intensive community”
 RTS has highest per capita trip rate in Florida
 Developers realize that a successful project must
incorporate transit access into their design
 New Transfer Station funded by private
development
Passenger Trips per Capita (2013)
Operating Expense per Passenger Trip (2013)
Santa Fe College (SF)-RTS Partnership
 History of SF-RTS Partnership:
 10 years SF expressed desire to
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Improve transit service to campus
Establish transportation fee similar to UF to fund
enhanced transit service.
 Governor Scott signed Bill 2150 May 26, 2011
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Allowed SF to implement fee by student government
referendum not to exceed $6/credit hour.
 SF Student Government approved $3/fee.
SF-RTS Partnership
 Facts and Figures FY 2015:
 SF-RTS meet annually to discuss service needs
and determine budget and credit hour fee.
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SF provides funding for 8 Routes
 Routes 10, 23, 27 39, 43, 62, 76 and 77
 $856,624 SF funds for RTS operating costs.
 SF contribution includes grant revenue
reduction and supplemental expenses for AVL
provision and fare box recovery capture.
RTS – Academic Partnerships
 RTS and the City of Gainesville would be very
different if 20 years ago UF had decided to
exhaust existing resources instead of
supporting and enhancing local transit.
 The RTS-UF Partnership “primed the pump”
for future economic growth, increased
transportation options and encouraged
sustainability initiatives.
Thank You!
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