Transportation innovation

academy Mike Terry, IndyGo

May 14, 2015

About IndyGo

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o  Municipal Corporation Ø  Independent board with 4 members appointed by

City- County Council, 3 appointed by Mayor Ø  The IndyGo budget is subject to review and approval

by both the IndyGo Board of Directors as well as the City- County Council

o  Nearly 550 employees, most represented by ATU Local1070 o  Largest transit system in Indiana

Revenue Breakdown

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Service & Fleet Overview

o  31 local service fixed routes o  County-wide ADA paratransit service

Ø  70 paratransit vehicles (maintenance and operation contracted)

o  Approx. 160 fixed route vehicles Ø  133 peak service

fixed route vehicles Ø  Average fleet age

for fixed route 10 years

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Ridership

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

10.29 MILLION!

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Downtown Transit Center

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Electric buses

o  $10M TIGER grant o  22 remanufactured vehicles o  130 mile range o  4 hour charge o  In service later this year

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Solar Project

o  Federally-funded project o  Currently in-progress o  1 Megawatt system o  Offset the charging of 13 electric buses

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Red Line EBRT

o  $2M TIGER VI planning grant o  Fully electric BRT line o  35 mile route serving Hamilton, Marion and Johnson o  Connects 169,000 jobs, 4 universities o  +/- 40 stops

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IndyGo Forward

Ridership Goal Coverage Goal

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Current system

2021 high ridership

Operational efficiencies

o  Wellness/onsite clinic o  Health care costs contained o  Reducing tort claims o  State of good repair: facility o  Predictive bus maintenance o  Customer service: Ø  on-time performance Ø  safety Ø  real-time information Ø web & social media

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Organizational efficiencies

Preparing for scalable growth o  Training and development (skills and leadership) o  Succession planning (organizational strength) o  Financial/grant management o  Compliance

Ø  FTA Ø  civil rights Ø  financial oversight Ø  procurement

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Bottom line

Are we worth the investment? o  Our job is to provide safe, reliable and customer "

focused transit service o  In the most cost effective and efficient manner o  Must demonstrate we are good stewards of public investment o  Referendum (tax increase for service expansion)

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