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__________________________________________ Proposed FY07 Budget Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Office of Management and Budget One Gateway Plaza Los Angeles, CA 90012-2952 Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Proposed FY07 Budget Table of Contents The LA Story ........................................................................................................................ iii Budget Highlights..................................................................................................................1 Funding and Expense/Expenditure Summaries ..................................................................3 Enterprise Fund Summary of Revenues and Expenses .......................................................4 Service Levels .........................................................................................................................5 FY07 Bus Operating Statistics...............................................................................................6 Fare Revenue..........................................................................................................................8 Enterprise Fund ...................................................................................................................10 Activity Based Bus Cost Model............................................................................................12 Activity Based Light Rail Cost Model..................................................................................14 Activity Based Heavy Rail Cost Model ................................................................................15 Modal Operating Statistics ..................................................................................................16 Capital Program Project List ...............................................................................................18 Governmental Funds...........................................................................................................22 Special Revenue Funds........................................................................................................24 Regional Programs ..............................................................................................................26 Fund Balances......................................................................................................................28 Organization Chart ..............................................................................................................29 Summary of FY07 Budgeted FTEs by Department............................................................30 Summary Expenditures.......................................................................................................32 Debt Service Schedule .........................................................................................................34 Propositions A & C, and TDA Administration Expenditures and Funding......................36 Summary of Revenues and Carryover by Source ...............................................................38 Public Transportation Services Corporation.......................................................................40 Agency Funds ......................................................................................................................40 Service Authority for Freeway Emergencies.......................................................................44 Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority ..................................................................46 Proposed FY07 Budget Table of Contents • i Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Proposed FY07 Budget This Page Intentionally Left Blank. ii • Table of Contents Proposed FY07 Budget Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Proposed FY07 Budget The LA Story It’s an uplifting tale fit for the movies: idealistic transit agency tackles deeply ingrained car culture and triumphs through innovation, optimism and perseverance. Customer satisfaction is at an all-time high – The latest survey showed that 84% of customers were satisfied with Metro service, and 83% believed service has improved over the previous year. Complaints are at an all-time low – Metro’s complaints have never been lower. In terms of The hero of this tale is Metro – the Los both actual complaints per month and Angeles County Metropolitan complaints per 100,000 boardings, monthly Transportation Authority. Over the past complaint totals have dropped 25% this year. year, Metro stole the scene time and again with service innovations, technological Service productivity has outpaced service advances and customer - focused allocations – Metro increased revenue service initiatives. By the time the curtain came hours 1.4%, while passengers per hour grew down, we had one of the most productive 4.7%. This nearly 3-to-1 ratio made Metro the years in our history, and one of the most second most productive transit agency in the satisfied customer bases in the nation. United States. In short, Metro’s 2005 was a blockbuster, Metro aggressively added filled with moments worth remembering new services and honoring. Metro worked tirelessly to improve operations Ridership and revenues are up – Metro’s investment in new services and system improvements are paying major dividends. Ridership and farebox collections both increased. The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system grew rapidly – With more than 300 Metro Rapid buses and 30 Metroliners, Metro is at the halfway point in creating the most extensive BRT network in the country. Twenty-eight Rapid lines with 700+ vehicles will be in operation by 2008. Proposed FY07 Budget TThe LA StoryT • iii Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Proposed FY07 Budget Metro added clean, bold, innovative, New Express services launched – The high-capacity vehicles agency pulled out all the stops on two new Metro Express lines – 450X and 577X. Using existing transitways, these routes are faster than driving alone. Metro offers the coolest, cleanest, most modern vehicles on the road – Sleek designs and vibrant colors highlight one of the most modern fleets on the road today. Color scheme features red for Rapid buses, blue for Metro Orange Line opens to 83,000 riders Express buses, and orange for Local buses. – “We begin a new era” Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa declared at the opening 2,000th Clean Air Bus delivered – celebration of the 14-mile busway. Since its Commemorating Earth Day, Metro reached a grand opening in October, the 18,000 daily milestone receiving its 2,000th CNG bus. boardings are 3-times the original projections. Metro boasts the largest clean-air fleet in the nation. Partnerships with local operators make system more seamless – Metro is fortunate Metro continues to order new buses – 200 to partner with local municipal operators to new high-capacity CNG vehicles were ordered expand Rapid lines, create new services and to replace older vehicles. These buses will be offer the regional EZ Transit Pass program. assigned to the busiest bus lines. The order Next on tap is TAP – a regional smart card includes 94 articulated buses – the 60-foot system. Metro Liners – and 100 45-foot buses and six 40-foot hybrid coaches. Metro attracted new customers Metro Blue Line reached record ridership – The 2nd most successful light rail line in the nation, the 22-mile Blue Line posted more than 76,000 average weekday boardings, the highest ridership since it opened in 1990. L.A.’s ridership doubles national averages – An APTA report confirmed Metro is doing relatively well in generating ridership. The New rail car airmailed to L.A. –The first of report showed that Metro bested the national 50 new 2550 light rail cars was flown to Los average by almost double. Angeles via a giant Russian-built cargo plane. These new rail cars were designed to operate Discretionary customers grew by 40% – on any Metro light rail line. They are Those hard-to-get “choice” riders now account scheduled to run on the Gold Line when it for three of every 10 riders, up from two of extends to East Los Angeles. every 10 just three years ago. iv • TThe LA StoryT Proposed FY07 Budget Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Proposed FY07 Budget Large capacity vehicles improved Prototype bus terminal opened – Metro productivity – Metro was able to carry more completed a new prototype bus terminal that people with fewer buses thanks to the new offers passenger and employee amenities. 46-seat NABI 45-foot “Compo-Bus” which is This facility is the model for future Metro bigger but significantly lighter than a customer facilities. conventional steel-framed bus. In addition Metro added new 60-foot articulated CNG buses to the fleet that seat 50 percent more passengers than a standard 40-foot bus. Metro advanced L.A.'s rapid transit system National panel gives subway tunneling the green light – Metro worked with federal officials to assemble an expert panel to revisit tunneling in Los Angeles. The panel endorsed safe tunneling under the heavily congested Wilshire corridor, paving the way to reverse a Gold Line extension under construction – decade-old federal ban on subway construction Metro initiated construction of the $989.9 in Los Angeles. million Metro Gold Line’s Eastside Extension. The six-mile line, which includes 1.8-mile twin tunnels, is slated to open in late 2009. Exposition Light Rail line to start construction – The newest extension of the 62-station Metro