Plan|ACTRoutes and Schedules

Alameda-Contra Costa Transit DistrictRobert del Rosario

Service Expansion PlanThe Remix Conference

October 5, 2015

Regional Transit Service

Approximately 1.42 million people live in AC Transit’s 364 square mile service area

Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, El Cerrito, Emeryville, Fremont, Hayward, Newark, Oakland, Piedmont, Richmond, San Leandro, and San Pablo & eight Unincorporated Areas

AC Transit at a Glance• 196,778 Average Weekday Boardings

• Operating and Capital Budget of nearly $395 Million in FY 15-16

• 1.9 million revenue service hours and 24.4 million miles per year

• 151 Bus Lines• 68 Local / 31 Transbay Express / 5 All-

Nighter / 47 Supplementary

• Approximately 5,500 Bus Stops

• 586 Buses

• Serve 13 Cities and 8 Unincorporated Areas in Alameda & Contra Costa Counties

What is Plan|ACT?

Routes & SchedulesWhere and when transit

service is available

InfrastructureTransit Speed, Reliability,Amenities

Policies & VisionRecommended levels of

service, like Span and Frequency

Service Expansion Plan (SEP)

Major Corridors Plan Short Range Transit Plan (SRTP)

Measure BB Sales Tax

$1.8 Billion Investment in AC Transit (over 30 years)

Service Expansion Plan• AC Transit’s Comprehensive Operations Analysis

• 240,000 Additional Service Hours

• Return service levels to 2009 pre-recession

• Developed Guiding Principles• Public Survey Input• Industry Best Practices• Serve Demand

• Population and Job Densities

• 45 Local Route Change Proposals

• Introduction of Flex Service

Timeline

• 11/11/15 – Hold Public Hearing

• March 2015 – March 2016 – Implementation of SEP

SEP Guiding PrinciplesGuiding PrinciplesFill in the grid. • Increasing frequency, especially

midday, evenings, and weekends

Get you where you’re going. • Extend lines to major destinations

Improve performance. • Adjust routes to reduce delay and

improve reliability• Maximize resources like Road

Supervision and restroom facilities by terminating in common locations

Using Remix for the SEP• Real-time Route

Adjustments and Cost Implications

• Develop and Toggle through Multiple Alternatives

• User-friendly Interface

• Compare Routes with Demographic Layers

SEP Title VI AnalysisService Equity Analysis

• Streamlined and Automated Process to develop raw data for various analyses

• Immediate output can be analyzed quickly and easily

• Analysis can be done earlier in the planning process instead of after the run-cut

SEP Title VI Analysis

Service Quality Analysis

• Compare travel times from randomly generated minority/non-minority and low-income/not low-income origins and to key destinations between the existing network and the SEP

• Through use of the “Jane” isochrone function on Remix, AC Transit Planners hope to be able to determine if there is a degradation or improvement in travel time to key destinations under the SEP

SEP Title VI Analysis

Service Quality Analysis (Cont’d)

• AC Transit anticipates that using “Jane” provides a cursory test to determine if there are Title VI impacts related to travel time. If the test results are positive, we may need to conduct further, more detailed analyses.

• The ideal next function would be to use the “Jane” isochrone tool to determine the possible change in financial cost of travel when comparing the existing network to a proposed network

Next Steps

2014 2015 2016Summer Fall Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter Spring

SEP

SRTP

MajorCorridors

Draft Final

Public Outreach Meetings

Major Milestones

Draft Final

Final & Title VI Report

Implementation

Plan|ACTRoutes and Schedules

Alameda-Contra Costa Transit DistrictRobert del Rosario

Service Expansion PlanThe Remix Conference

October 5, 2015