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Trinity Railway Express Advisory Committee Thursday, September 17, 2020, 2:30Pm Due to the COVID-19 Virus and Current Extension Dallas Area Rapid Transit Trinity Metro P.O. Box 660163 801 Cherry Street, Suite 850 Dallas, Texas 75266-7210 Fort Worth, Texas 76102 214.749.3278 817.215.8600 DART.org Ridetrinitymetro.org TRINITY RAILWAY EXPRESS Trinity Railway Express Advisory Committee Thursday, September 17, 2020, 2:30pm Due to the COVID-19 virus and current extension of the Disaster Declaration issued by the Governor, all TRE Board Meetings are closed to the public. All meetings will take place by videoconference and will be available at https://www.dart.org/about/board/boardvideo.asp. DART Committee Members Trinity Metro Committee Members Patrick J. Kennedy Charles Edmonds (Chair) Gary Slagel Jeff Davis Rick Stopfer Tito Rodriguez 1. Call to Order 2. Approval of Minutes June 18, 2020 3. *Safety Update [5 minutes] 4. *TRE Operations Report [5 minutes] 5. *TRE Quarterly Financial Report as of June 30, 2020 [5 minutes] 6. * TRE FY21 Operating & Capital Budget [5 minutes] 7. *Update on TRE Capital Projects - Maintenance of Way [10 minutes] 8. *Update on TRE Capital Projects - Vehicles [5 minutes] 9. *TRE Interlocal Agreement between DART and Trinity Metro and Discussion of Inclusion of Silver Line and TEXRail Activities into TRE Advisory Committee [10 minutes] 10. Modification of Existing Permanent Easement along the TRE Right-of-Way between I-35W and the Trinity River in Fort Worth with the Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD) [5 minutes] 11. Contract Modification for the Positive Train Control (PTC) Equipment on the New Locomotives [5 minutes] 12. *Update on Positive Train Control (PTC) [5 minutes] 13. PTC Maintenance Support Contracts (Operations & Maintenance Contract and Wabtec Agreement) [10 minutes] 14. Identification of Future Agenda Items 15. Adjournment *Briefing Item The Trinity Railway Express Advisory Committee may go into Closed Session under the Texas Open Meetings Act, Section 551.071,Consultation With Attorney, for any legal issues arising regarding any item listed on this Agenda. TRINITY RAILWAY EXPRESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES June 18, 2020 The Trinity Railway Express Advisory Committee convened at 2:30 pm on Thursday, June 18, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 virus, meeting rooms were closed to the public. This meeting took place by videoconference and is available at https://www.dart.org/about/board/boardvideo.asp. The following Committee members were present: Chair Charles Edmonds, Gary Slagel, Jeff Davis, Patrick Kennedy, Tito Rodriguez, and Richard Stopfer. Others present were: Gary Thomas, Bob Baulsir, Tim McKay, Bonnie Murphy, Jon-Erik Arjanen, Fred Crosley, Harlene Kennedy, Katy Galindo, Paul Bourzikas, Matt Lannon, Anthony Fuller, Claude Smith, Megan Tang, Julia Casarez, Richey Thompson, Gordon Shattles, Brandi Stringer, Armando Reyes, Melissa Chrisman, Glenn Miller, Jessica Powers, Deputy Chief Matt Walling, Kevin Hunt, Lupe Hernandez, Cole Dempsey, Shannon Hergenrader, and Vicki Evans. 1. Call to Order Charles Edmonds called the Trinity Railway Express (TRE) Advisory Committee meeting to order at 2:38 pm. 2. *Safety Briefing Anthony Fuller, Chief Operating Officer, provided the safety briefing to the Committee on how overall illnesses and causes have affected the country and the world. Influenza in Texas produced a high flu rate and high number of deaths. The pandemic of the Coronavirus has affected our everyday way of living. Worldwide protests have inspired more dialogue on racial injustice and equality. During these stressful times, make sure to take care of yourselves, getting plenty of sleep and eating well. Keep in mind that, personally as well as globally, COVID-19 is spiking in cases daily. Continue to wash hands frequently, social distance when in public, and wear facial coverings. Mr. Fuller recognized Mr. Thomas and Mr. Baulsir for getting ahead of the industry and let it be known what DART and Trinity Metro stand for. He commended their support of each employee’s character and capabilities, and comfort to know they care about justice, equality and non-racial biases for all. 3. Approval of Minutes: April 15, 2020 A motion was made by Mr. Rodriguez to approve the Trinity Railway Express Advisory Committee minutes. The motion was seconded by Mr. Slagel, and the minutes were unanimously approved. 4. *Safety Update Anthony Fuller, Chief Operating Officer, briefed the Committee as follows (presentation on file in the Office of Board Support): Safety 1 5. *TRE Operations Report Anthony Fuller, Chief Operating Officer, briefed the Committee as follows (presentation on file in the Office of Board Support): TRE Monthly Ridership Graph, October – May, FY19-FY20 TRE Average Weekday Ridership Graph, October – May, FY19-FY20 TRE Average Saturday Ridership Graph, October – May, FY19-FY20 Total Boarding by Station, October – May, FY19-FY20 Total Boarding by Station – FY20 Q3 Vs FY19 Q3 FY20 vs FY19 Monthly OTP Actual, October - May Reasons/Causes of Train Delays / # and % of Trains Delayed Over Threshold Per Month in Q3 FY20 Percentage of Train Delays Exceeding the Threshold Q3 FY20 TRE Current Procedures for COVID-19 (4 slides) Mr. Slagel inquired about an article’s statements of a congregant of people getting COVID transmitted through the air and internal areas, specifically ventilation and circulation of air being most important. When mentioning ventilation, would that be the same approach? Mr. Fuller stated the fogger, which gets into the ventilation system, helps clean out the filters and the circulation of air. Another positive aspect for the TRE and selling point to get riders to come back is our station stops are frequent. Although the doors are constantly being opened and closed, it is allowing that transfer of fresh air from the outside in. Mr. Slagel also inquired about a Philadelphia company that would not allow employees to ride the local transit but would allow them to ride the Amtrak system. Is Amtrak doing anything different or would it be based on them being a federal agency? Mr. Fuller stated that based on the calls he is on with other agencies, he believes that they are all doing the same procedures and process, using foggers and industrial cleaners, and cleaning in between services due to a lot of the equipment stays out for an extended period of time. From his knowledge, Amtrak is not doing anything differently than others. 6. *TRE Train Schedule Paul Bourzikas, Assistant Vice President, Commuter Rail, briefed the Committee on the TRE train schedule. On March 23rd, in response to COVID-19, TRE reduced the daily schedule by 28 trains, operating one-hour headways between Fort Worth and Dallas. The Saturday schedule was duplicated during the weekdays, Monday through Friday. With the current schedule, the first eastbound train departing T&P at 5:51AM places the train arriving in Dallas prior to 7:00 AM. This schedule is for anyone needing to be at these stations at an earlier time. The earlier trains have historically had significant daily ridership. With the reduction and COVID restrictions, and as people return to work, there has been a slow increase in daily ridership in the last couple of weeks; around 100 or so riders per day. In response to feedback from riders received, on June 22nd, TRE will enhance the current schedule by adding two (2) additional trains. The trains will depart Fort Worth T&P at 4:51 AM and 6:21 AM, arriving to Dallas prior to 6:00 AM and 7:30 AM for an earlier start. TRE will continue to 2 monitor the ridership data for specific ridership trends and propose additional enhanced services where it is warranted to help increase daily ridership. Mr. Arjanen spoke regarding the schedule, stating Bell Helicopter has a circulator that Trinity Metro runs for them. In conversation, Bell Helicopter stated they would not put on the circulator until TRE returns to full service. Although TRE is adding two (2) trains now, what is the timeline to return to full service. Understanding that ridership will increase some, the concern is getting back the customers. After losing customers running hour headways when its 95 degrees outside, it will be a tremendous challenge. What will we be looking for to return to full service? Mr. Bourzikas stated TRE would continue to monitor ridership due to the significant reduction in passengers. Mr. Arjanen stated that there has been some cost savings currently, but with the offset from fare box recovery, what would be the number to return to full service? At 77% pre-COVID ridership, looking at the numbers put out today, would put TRE close to the ballpark of offsetting the cost savings just based off the fare box recovery. His biggest concern is losing that ridership for a long period of time and having to regain that passenger loyalty to come back to the TRE. Ms. Murphy stated there are no plans currently return to full service; however, ridership will need to be watched when the extra trains are added. There were several complaints that there was not an earlier train going for commuters to get to work on time; that is the reason we are adding service. Mr. McKay stated although he doesn’t have an issue with putting dollars out into service, we should think about the ridership potential as opposed to starting full service and have only 20 riders. He agrees there should be conversation to take a look at what that would mean and if it makes sense to do that. That could mean dropping in tailored service instead of putting full-service back in. Mr. Baulsir stated that TEXRail will be going to full service and 30-minute headways on Sunday and some of the bus service will be put back in place. As long as everyone is aware that, to some extent, the agencies will go a bit in different directions because that’s the way it will play out.
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