FY 22 Service Proposals CHARLOT TESVILLE AREA TRANSIT MAY 2021 CAT System Optimization Support Services 1 Existing CAT Network Pre-COVID • 13 routes (including Free Trolley) • Service span generally 6 am to 12 midnight • Limited Sunday service (4 routes) • Accessibility (within ¼ mile of weekday service): • 62,500 population • 19,700 minority population • 4,500 low-income households • 2,850 no-vehicle households COVID • No change in service coverage • Evening service ends by 9 pm • Reduced frequency on select routes • Sunday service eliminated CAT System Optimization Support Services 2 Historical Trends Characteristic 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Ann. Ridership 2,405,151 2,275,515 2,423,740 2,337,877 2,189,612 2,052,376 Ann. Rev. Hours 88,895 93,823 104,572 103,199 97,665 103,824 Ann. O&M Cost $6,614,851 $7,125,489 $7,188,657 $6,998,446 $7,421,700 $7,915,506 Riders/Rev. Hr. 27.1 24.3 23.2 22.7 22.4 19.8 Cost/Rev. Hr. $74.41 $75.95 $68.74 $67.82 $75.99 $76.24 Source: National Transit Database Reports CAT System Optimization Support Services 3 Historical Trends • Annual Ridership has been on a downward trajectory (-15% over 5 years) • Annual bus-hours have averaged over 100,000 since 2015 (+17% over 5 years) • Result has been declining service productivity (-27% over 5 years) Annual CAT Ridership Annual CAT Revenue Bus-Hours Pass. Trips / Revenue Bus-Hour 3,000,000 120,000 30.0 27.1 104,572 103,199 103,824 2,405,151 2,423,740 97,665 24.3 2,500,000 2,275,515 2,337,877 100,000 93,823 25.0 23.2 22.7 2,189,612 88,895 22.4 2,052,376 19.8 2,000,000 80,000 20.0 1,500,000 60,000 15.0 1,000,000 40,000 10.0 500,000 20,000 5.0 0 0 0.0 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 CAT System Optimization Support Services 4 Recent Route Trends: Weekday • In 2019, Routes 5, 7 and the Free Average Weekday Ridership Trolley consists of 65-70% of 2,500 weekday system ridership • Fall 2019 weekday ridership 21% 2,000 1,500 higher than Summer 2019, with over 1,000 90% of the increased ridership on 500 Route 7 and the Free Trolley • Summer 2020 weekday ridership is 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 T 54% lower than Summer 2019 Route • Weekday service hours have been Summer '19 Fall '19 Summer' 20 reduced by 29% in response to • Summer 2019 Ridership = 5,734 ridership loss • Fall 2019 System Ridership = 6,966 • 75% of the weekday ridership loss is • Summer 2020 Ridership = 2,650 on Routes 5, 7 and the Free Trolley Summer 2019 period ridership: 7/22-8/24 Fall 2020 period ridership: 9/29-11/2 Summer 2020 period ridership: 7/20-8/25 CAT System Optimization Support Services 5 Recent Route Trends: Saturday • In 2019, total Saturday ridership was Average Saturday Ridership approx. 75% of weekday ridership 2,000 1,800 1,600 • Routes 5, 7 and the Free Trolley 1,400 1,200 consists of 70-75% of Saturday 1,000 800 system ridership • Fall 2019 Saturday ridership was 17% 600 400 200 0 higher than Summer 2019 • Summer 2020 weekday ridership is 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 T Route Summer '19 Fall '19 Summer' 20 49% lower than Summer 2019 • Saturday service levels have been • Summer 2019 Ridership = 3,122 reduced by 25% in response to • Fall 2019 System Ridership = 3,939 ridership loss • Summer 2020 Ridership = 1,195 • 90% of the Saturday ridership loss is on Routes 5, 7 and the Free Trolley CAT System Optimization Support Services 6 Recent Route Trends: Sunday Average Sunday Ridership 450 400 • In 2019, total Sunday ridership was 13-14% of weekday ridership 350 300 250 200 • Fall 2019 Sunday ridership was 19% higher than Summer 2019 150 100 50 0 • In response to COVID, there is currently no Sunday service 2 9 12 T Route Summer '19 Fall '19 Summer' 20 • Summer 2019 Ridership = 787 • Fall 2019 System Ridership = 940 • Summer 2020 Ridership = 0 CAT System Optimization Support Services 7 Primary Service Objectives • Provide service on South 1st Street South (Route 6) • Provide service to The Center on Rio Road (Route 11) • Restore Sunday service to pre-Pandemic levels or better • Provide consistent 30-minute or better weekday service (all-day) on/along: • US 29 corridor (Routes 5 & 7) • Avon Street (Route 2) • 5th Street (Route 3) • Richmond Road (Route 10) • No route to have frequencies worse than 60 minutes • Improve Trolley service levels back to 15 minutes CAT System Optimization Support Services 8 Proposed Systemwide Changes • Downtown staging location modified during reconstruction of Belmont (9th Street) Bridge • loop via High Street (EB) and Market Street (WB) • Bus staging between 6th Street and 8th Street • Routes from east return (outbound) to High Street via 7th Street • Consistent Weekday and Saturday span of service: • 6:00 am to 11:00 pm for major routes • 6:30 am to 9:00 pm for all other routes • Consistent Sunday span of service • 7:30 am to 9:00 pm for all routes operating on Sunday CAT System Optimization Support Services 9 Proposed Network: Peak Period Existing FY22 Proposed Network Map Network Map Weekday Service Weekday Service Frequencies Frequencies CAT System Optimization Support Services 10 Proposed Network: Midday Period Existing FY22 Proposed Network Map Network Map Weekday Service Weekday Service Frequencies Frequencies CAT System Optimization Support Services 11 Specific Network Improvements  Improved service between UVA campus/Hospital and US 29 corridor (Routes 5 and 7)  New crosstown service from south Charlottesville to US 29 corridor (Route 8)  Proposed routes operating at 30-minute or better all-day weekday service (Routes 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, Trolley)  Additional weekend service coverage (Routes 1, 3, 10)  New coverage in county along Mill Creek Drive and to Monticello High School (Route 2B)  New coverage in city with Route 5 extension to UVA Hospital and 1st Street South CAT System Optimization Support Services 12 Revenue Hours & Costs County City Total Route Route Name Proposal Percentage Hours Cost Percentage Hours Cost Cost 1 PVCC & Woolen Mills 4,900 25% 1,225 $98,012 75% 3,675 $294,037 $392,049 2A Downtown-Fifth St. Station 6,300 35% 2,205 $176,422 65% 4,095 $327,641 $504,063 2B Downtown-PVCC 4,000 64% 2,560 $204,826 36% 1,440 $115,214 $320,040 3 Downtown-Southwood 9,100 39% 3,549 $283,955 61% 5,551 $444,136 $728,091 3E Downtown-Belmont Park 3,700 0% 0 $0 100% 3,700 $296,037 $296,037 4 Downtown-Cherry Ave & Harris Rd 6,100 0% 0 $0 100% 6,100 $488,061 $488,061 5 UVA-Barracks Ctr.-Fashion Sq. Mall 20,800 66% 13,728 $1,098,377 34% 7,072 $565,831 $1,664,208 6 Downtown-Ridge Street 3,500 0% 0 $0 100% 3,500 $280,035 $280,035 7 Emmet Street /Seminole Trail to Walmart 25,000 42% 10,500 $840,105 58% 14,500 $1,160,145 $2,000,250 7S Route 7 Suppl. Peak Service 2,300 0% 0 $0 100% 2,300 $184,023 $184,023 8 Prospect Ave-Barracks Road 4,600 9% 414 $33,124 91% 4,186 $334,922 $368,046 9 Downtown - Fashion Sq. 5,800 18% 1,044 $83,530 82% 4,756 $380,528 $464,058 10 Pantops 9,100 72% 6,552 $524,226 28% 2,548 $203,865 $728,091 11 Downtown-Locust Avenue & Rio Road 4,600 63% 2,898 $231,869 37% 1,702 $136,177 $368,046 T Free Trolley 17,000 0% 0 $0 100% 17,000 $1,360,170 $1,360,170 TOTALS 126,800 35% 44,675 $3,574,447 65% 82,125 $6,570,000 $10,145,268 CAT System Optimization Support Services 13 Transit Network Accessibility • 30-minute or better weekday service • Overall population accessibility = +20.1% • Minority population accessibility = +16.4% • Low-income population accessibility = +15.2% • Population accessibility improvements: • Weekdays = +1.7% • Saturdays = +5.0% • Sundays = +10.4% • Job accessibility improvements • Weekdays = +1.7% • Saturdays = +3.7% • Sundays = No significant change CAT System Optimization Support Services 14 Temporary Downtown Routing • Temporary need to modify routing during portion of FY 22 while Ninth Street Bridge is reconstructed • Buses will travel east on High Street, west on Market Street • Bus staging on Market Street between 6th and 8th Streets CAT System Optimization Support Services 15 Route 1 Existing Proposed (No Alignment Change) Day Span Freq. Day Span Freq. Weekday 6:30-21:30 60 min. Weekday 6:30-21:30 60 min. Saturday 6:30-21:00 60 min. Saturday No Service No Service Sunday No Service No Service Sunday No Service No Service CAT System Optimization Support Services 16 Route 1 Proposed Service Modifications Revenue Hours • No change to alignment (besides downtown for Existing* Proposed bridge reconstruction) Ann. Hours 4,100 4,900 • Weekday frequencies remain at 60-minutes City/County % 75/25 75/25 • Add Saturday service at 60-minute frequencies • No Sunday service Accessibility Metrics Weekday Access Metric Existing* Proposed General Pop. 9,800 9,800 Minority Pop. 2,400 2,400 Low Income 800 800 Pop. Jobs 15,500 15,500 Existing Ridership: Weekday=149 * Pre-pandemic CAT System Optimization Support Services 17 Routes 2A and 2B Existing Proposed Day Span Freq. Day Span Freq. 2A/2B: 60 Weekday 6:30-23:00 30 min.* Weekday 6:00-23:00 min. each Saturday 6:30-23:00 30 min.* 2A/2B: 60 Saturday 6:00-23:00 Sunday 7:30-17:16 30 min.* min. each Sunday 7:30-21:00 2A: 60 min. * One Direction Service CAT System Optimization Support Services 18 Routes 2A and 2B Proposed Service Modifications Revenue Hours • Route 2 modified to operate bi-directional on Avon Existing* Proposed Street Ann. Hours 5,700 9,600 • Two patterns: City/County % 70/30 55/45 • 2A operates to/from Willoughby Square at 60-minute frequencies, seven days a week • 2B operates to/from PVCC at 60-min from 6 am to 7 Accessibility Metrics pm, weekdays and Saturdays Weekday Access Metric • Combined weekday frequency on common trunk = Existing* Proposed 30 minutes General Pop. 11,400 9,600 • Westbound stop needed at 5th Street Station Minority Pop. 4,300 2,600 Low Income 900 700 Pop. Jobs 11,400 13,500 Existing Ridership: Weekday=176, Saturday=171, Sunday=142 * Pre-pandemic CAT System Optimization Support Services 19 Routes 2A and 2B Pop. & Empl. Accessibility Existing Proposed CAT System Optimization Support Services 20 Routes 2A and 2B Minority & Low-Income Pop. Accessibility Existing Proposed CAT System Optimization Support Services 21 Routes 3 and 3E EXISTING Existing Proposed Route 3 Proposed Route 3E Day Span Freq. Day Span Freq. Day Span Freq. Weekday 6:30-23:30 30 min. Weekday 6:00-23:00 30 min. Weekday 6:30-21:00 60 min. Saturday 6:30-23:30 60 min. Saturday 6:00-23:00 60 min. Saturday 6:30-21:00 60 min. Sunday No Service No Service Sunday 7:30-21:00 60 min. Sunday No Service No Service CAT System Optimization Support Services 22 Routes 3 and 3E Proposed Service Modifications Revenue Hours • Route 3 modified to begin/end downtown. Existing* Proposed • Frequencies are improved to 30-minutes weekdays Ann. Hours 7,000 3 = 9,100 until 6 pm. 3E = 3,700 City/County % 75/25 72/28 • Weekday evening, Saturday and Sunday frequencies are 60-minute frequencies (Route 3 currently does not operate on Sundays) Accessibility Metrics • Route 3E (Belmont Park segment) broken into Weekday Access Metric separate route operating at 60-minute frequencies Existing* Proposed weekdays and Saturdays. General Pop. 16,700 16,700 • Route 3 is interlined with Route 10 Minority Pop. 5,600 5,600 • Route 3E is interlined with Route 9 Low Income 1,300 1,300 • May want to consider another Route # for 3E (e.g., 13) Pop. Jobs 14,700 14,700 Existing Ridership: Weekday=288, Saturday=273 * Pre-pandemic CAT System Optimization Support Services 23 Route 4 Existing Proposed (No alignment change) Day Span Freq. Day Span Freq. 23 peak/ Weekday 6:30-21:00 60 min. Weekday 6:30-23:00 70 midday Saturday 6:30-21:00 60 min. Saturday 6:30-23:00 70 min. Sunday No Service No Service Sunday No Service No Service CAT System Optimization Support Services 24 Route 4 Proposed Service Modifications Revenue Hours • Continue pandemic 60-minute service frequencies Existing* Proposed with existing alignment Ann. Hours 8,600 6,100 • Span is 6:30 am to 9:00 pm, weekdays and City/County % 100/0 100/0 Saturdays only • Interline Route 4 with Route 6 at Willoughby Square to provide additional recovery time Accessibility Metrics Weekday Access Metric Existing* Proposed General Pop. 15,400 15,400 Minority Pop. 5,900 5,900 Low Income 1,400 1,400 Pop. Jobs 18,300 18,300 Existing Ridership: Weekday=373, Saturday=102 * Pre-pandemic CAT System Optimization Support Services 25 Route 5 Existing Proposed Day Span Freq. Day Span Freq. Weekday 6:15-22:30 30 min. Weekday 6:00-23:00 30 min. Saturday 6:15-22:30 30 min. Saturday 6:00-23:00 30 min. Sunday No Service No Service Sunday No Service No Service CAT System Optimization Support Services 26 Route 5 Proposed Service Modifications Revenue Hours • Terminate north end of Route 5 at Fashion Square Existing* Proposed • Extend south end of alignment to UVA Hospital Ann. Hours 15,200 20,800 • Operate at 30-minute weekday frequencies City/County % 8/92 34/66 • Option: Instead of operating to/from Fashion Square, Route 5 could operate to Walmart with no Accessibility Metrics change in service requirements or costs Weekday Access Metric Existing* Proposed General Pop. 12,100 21,200 Minority Pop. 4,100 7,500 Low Income 800 1,800 Pop. Jobs 18,000 27,500 Existing Ridership: Weekday=725, Saturday=502 * Pre-pandemic CAT System Optimization Support Services 27 Route 5 Pop. & Empl. Accessibility Existing Proposed CAT System Optimization Support Services 28 Route 5 Minority & Low-Income Pop. Accessibility Existing Proposed CAT System Optimization Support Services 29 Route 6 Existing Proposed Day Span Freq. Day Span Freq. Weekday 6:30-23:30 60 min. Weekday 6:30-21:00 60 min. Saturday 6:30-23:30 60 min. Saturday 6:30-21:00 60 min. Sunday No Service No Service Sunday No Service No Service CAT System Optimization Support Services 30 Route 6 Proposed Service Modifications Revenue Hours • Modify route alignment to use 1st Street South Existing* Proposed • Eliminate Route 6 SB deviation to UVA Hospital – Ann. Hours 5,500 3,500 all trips operate direction to/from Willoughby City/County % 100/0 100/0 Square Shopping Center • Operate at 60-minute frequencies Accessibility Metrics • Interline with Route 4 at Willoughby Square Weekday Access Metric Existing* Proposed General Pop. 14,900 9,100 Minority Pop. 6,300 3,700 Low Income 1,500 800 Pop. Jobs 18,000 12,300 Existing Ridership: Weekday=296, Saturday=182 * Pre-pandemic CAT System Optimization Support Services 31 Route 6 Pop. & Empl. Accessibility Existing Proposed CAT System Optimization Support Services 32 Route 6 Minority & Low-Income Pop. Accessibility Existing Proposed CAT System Optimization Support Services 33 Route 7 Existing Proposed Day Span Freq. Day Span Freq. Weekday 6:30-23:00 20 min. Weekday 6:00-21:00 15/30 min.* Saturday 6:30-23:00 20 min. Saturday 6:00-21:00 30 min. Sunday*00 7:15-16:45 pm 60 min. Sunday 7:30-21:00 60 min. * - Route 12 provides Sunday service * - 15-min. peak period service south of Barracks CAT System Optimization Support Services 34 Route 7 Proposed Service Modifications Revenue Hours • Extend Route 7 to Walmart and operate 7- Existing* Proposed days/week Ann. Hours Rte 7 =24,800 27,300 • Operate at 30-minute frequencies on Rte 12 =1,100 weekdays and Saturdays City/County % 76/24 62/38 • Provide supplemental weekday peak period service between downtown and Barracks Accessibility Metrics Center, resulting in 15-minute peak period Weekday Access service along this segment Metric Existing* Proposed • Operate at 60-minute frequencies on Sundays General Pop. 19,500 18,700 • With extension of Route 7, Route 12 no Minority Pop. 6,600 7,600 longer needs to operate on Sundays Low Income 1,900 1,900 Pop. Jobs 36,800 32,600 Existing Ridership: Weekday=1,944, Saturday=1,468, Sunday (Route 12)=412 * Pre-pandemic CAT System Optimization Support Services 35 Route 7 Pop. & Empl. Accessibility Existing Proposed CAT System Optimization Support Services 36 Route 7 Minority & Low-Income Pop. Accessibility Existing Proposed CAT System Optimization Support Services 37 Route 8 Existing Proposed Day Span Freq. Day Span Freq. Weekday 6:30-21:00 60 min. 30 peak/60 Weekday 6:30-18:30 midday Saturday 6:30-21:00 60 min. Saturday 6:30-17:30 60 min. Sunday No Service No Service Sunday No Service No Service CAT System Optimization Support Services 38 Route 8 Proposed Service Modifications Revenue Hours • Modify Route 8 to operate as a new crosstown Existing* Proposed route between Shops at Stonefield and Willoughby Ann. Hours 5,400 4,600 Square City/County % 83/17 91/9 • Route operates weekdays and Saturdays at 60- minute frequencies • Option: Instead of operating to/from Willoughby Accessibility Metrics Square, change alignment to go to/from Weekday Access downtown, and modify Route 9 to go to/from Metric Existing* Proposed Willoughby Square General Pop. 12,000 18,700 Minority Pop. 3,900 7,600 Low Income 1,200 1,900 Pop. Jobs 26,000 20,300 Existing Ridership: Weekday=293, Saturday=150 * Pre-pandemic CAT System Optimization Support Services 39 Route 8 Pop. & Empl. Accessibility Existing Proposed CAT System Optimization Support Services 40 Route 8 Minority & Low-Income Pop. Accessibility Existing Proposed CAT System Optimization Support Services 41 Route 9 Existing Proposed Day Span Freq. Day Span Freq. Weekday 7:00-19:30 70 min. Weekday 6:30-21:00 60 min. Saturday 7:00-19:30 70 min. Saturday 6:30-21:00 60 min. Sunday 10:30-17:30 70 min. Sunday No Service No Service CAT System Optimization Support Services 42 Route 9 Proposed Service Modifications Revenue Hours • Eliminate Greenbrier & UVA Hospital service and Existing* Proposed modify route to serve Fashion Square Mall Ann. Hours 4,500 5,800 • Route continues to deviate to YMCA, with City/County % 100/0 82/18 pedestrian access to Charlottesville High School via pedestrian path from YMCA • Operate at 60-minute frequencies, Monday- Accessibility Metrics Saturday Weekday Access Metric • Option: instead of operating to Fashion Square Existing* Proposed Mall, Route 9 could operate to Shops at Stonefield General Pop. 13,300 10,800 with no change in service hours or costs. Route Minority Pop. 4,300 3,200 could also go to Willoughby Square instead of downtown, in conjunction with Route 8 alignment Low Income 1,400 800 adjustment. Pop. Jobs 21,100 21,500 Existing Ridership: Weekday=50, Saturday=43, Sunday=11 * Pre-pandemic CAT System Optimization Support Services 43 Route 9 Pop. & Empl. Accessibility Existing Proposed CAT System Optimization Support Services 44 Route 9 Minority & Low-Income Pop. Accessibility Existing Proposed CAT System Optimization Support Services 45 Route 10 Existing Proposed Day Span Freq. Day Span Freq. Weekday 6:30-23:30 60 min. Weekday 6:00-21:00 30 min. Saturday 6:30-23:30 60 min. Saturday 6:00-21:00 60 min. Sunday No Service No Service Sunday 7:30-21:00 60 min. CAT System Optimization Support Services 46 Route 10 Proposed Service Modifications Revenue Hours • Eliminate Stony Point segment and replace with Existing* Proposed Pantops service in both directions of travel Ann. Hours 5,200 9,100 (shopping center currently only served in the City/County % 50/50 28/72 outbound direction) • Modify east end of route to provide bi-directional service Accessibility Metrics • Improve weekday frequencies Weekday Access Metric • Weekday evening and Saturday frequencies remain Existing* Proposed at 60 minutes General Pop. 5,700 5,500 • Add Sunday service at 60-minute frequencies Minority Pop. 1,300 1,200 • Interline with Route 3 to provide additional Low Income recovery time 400 400 Pop. Jobs 16,700 16,700 Existing Ridership: Weekday=214, Saturday=139 * Pre-pandemic CAT System Optimization Support Services 47 Route 11 Existing Proposed Day Span Freq. Day Span Freq. Weekday 6:00-22:00 60 min. Weekday 6:30-21:00 60 min. Saturday 6:00-17:30 60 min. Saturday 6:30-21:00 60 min. Sunday No Service No Service Sunday No Service No Service CAT System Optimization Support Services 48 Route 11 Proposed Service Modifications Revenue Hours • Add service to the Center on Rio Road – Existing* Proposed northbound only (no signal at Rio Road and Ann. Hours 4,400 4,600 Belvedere Blvd. City/County % 48/52 37/63 • Eliminate Locust/Peartree/St. Clair loop to provide time for new Rio Road service • Continue to operate at 60-minute frequencies, Accessibility Metrics weekdays and Saturdays Weekday Access Metric Existing* Proposed General Pop. 9,700 9,600 Minority Pop. 2,000 2,000 Low Income 600 600 Pop. Jobs 15,500 15,400 Existing Ridership: Weekday=215, Saturday=133 * Pre-pandemic CAT System Optimization Support Services 49 Trolley Existing Proposed (No Alignment Change) Day Span Freq. Day Span Freq. Weekday 6:30-23:30 15 min. Weekday 6:30-23:30 15 min. Saturday 6:30-23:30 15 min. Saturday 6:30-23:30 15 min. Sunday 8:00-17:00 20-23 min. Sunday 7:30-21:00 30 min. CAT System Optimization Support Services 50 Trolley Proposed Service Modifications Revenue Hours • Return route alignment to McCormick Rd. in UVA Existing* Proposed campus Ann. Hours 16,700 17,000 • Return weekday and Saturday service frequencies City/County % 100/0 100/0 to 15 minutes • Sunday service frequencies proposed at 30 minutes Accessibility Metrics Weekday Access Metric Existing* Proposed General Pop. 15,800 15,800 Minority Pop. 5,200 5,200 Low Income 1,600 1,600 Pop. Jobs 22,700 22,700 Existing Ridership: Weekday=2,243, Saturday=1,821, Sunday=375 * Pre-pandemic CAT System Optimization Support Services 51 Service Improvements Not Included • Route 6 • 30-minute weekday frequency (currently planned at 60-minutes) • Route 7 • 15-minute all-day weekday frequency along entire route (currently planned at 15-minutes to Barracks Road in peak periods only) • 30-minute Sunday frequency (currently planned at 60-minutes) • Route 8 • 30-minute weekday frequency (currently planned at 60-minutes) • Route 10 • 30-minute Saturday frequency (currently planned at 60-minutes) CAT System Optimization Support Services 52 Next Steps • Authorization/Approval of Service Improvements by City & County • Conduct Title VI analysis to determine if there are adverse service impacts to minority and low-income populations • Obtain input from public meetings and incorporate into plan (2 to 3 meetings) • Finalization of temporary/permanent downtown routing assumptions • Bus stop location work for roads with new service • Preparation of new schedules, blocking, run cuts CAT System Optimization Support Services 53