CHAPTER III STATUS AND PERFORMANCE OF MAJOR TRANSIT SYSTEMS

The State Department of Transportation is groupings. It will also provide an overview of trends in required by Section 18-b of Transportation Law to report “Effectiveness,” “Efficiency” and “Economy” statistical on the efficiency, effectiveness and economy of transit measures comprised of the following ratios: service. This Chapter addresses this requirement by presenting an overview of trends in the performance of C “Effectiveness” is measured by the revenue the State’s transit systems. passenger to revenue vehicle mile ratio;

The Chapter is divided into two sections. C “Efficiency” is measured by the operating cost per revenue vehicle mile ratio; • A Statewide overview of the performance of transit systems, grouped by service type and C “Economy” is measured by the operating common market characteristics. revenue to operating cost ratio.

• A detailed reporting on the status and Effectiveness, efficiency and economy performance performance of specific transit systems that measure figures in this report include data for all report financial and operating statistics to the sponsored operators that reported 17-a statistics for Department of Transportation under the 2001. Prior to the 2001 edition, tables have included requirements of Section 17-a of State financial and operational data for the largest systems Transportation Law. within the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Commuter District. Thus the more comprehensive five In 2001, the Department of Transportation, Passenger year statistics in this report will not in every case match Transportation Division engaged in an extensive effort to those found in previous Transit Annual Reports. Non- improve the quality, consistency and management of the urbanized and small city systems are not required to data it collects under both the 17a and STOA formula submit 17-a statistics. The SUZAs that are included in payment processes. this analysis are: the Utica Transit Authority (UTA), Greater Glens Falls Transit (GGFT), Broome County This Report presents the operating statistics overview Transit, Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT), material on a calendar year basis, consistent with the 17-a and the Chemung County Transit System (CCTS). reporting years of the vast majority of transit systems that are covered in the more detailed section of the report on specific transit systems.

The New York State Department of Transportation classifies transit systems as either downstate or upstate. Downstate systems serve the Metropolitan Transportation Commuter District and include: Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) - Transit (MTA-NYCT), two MTA commuter rail operations, and local bus systems serving the counties of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Dutchess, Putnam, Orange, and Rockland. Systems serving the remainder of the State comprise the upstate transit system grouping, including the four public transportation authorities, intercity bus operations and systems serving small urbanized areas (SUZAs), non- urbanized area counties, and small cities.

The overview section of this chapter will summarize five year ridership and vehicle mile trends by these service

III-1 RIDERSHIP TRENDS MTA NYC Transit ridership in 2001 accounted for 83.9 The State Operating Assistance Program (STOA) percent of NYS ridership. In total NYC transit provided statewide ridership reached its highest level -- 2.56 billion service to 2.2 billion passengers, in 2001. MTA NYCT passengers -- since the inception of the STOA program in bus experienced a 5.9% increase in their ridership in 1974. STOA-eligible ridership has risen at an annualized 2001, providing 740 million passenger trips. Ridership rate of 3.48 percent from 1991 to 2001. Downstate on MTA NYCT Subway grew by 1.8 percent despite systems account for 97.4 percent of total statewide service disruptions in some areas due to infrastructure ridership, 89.0 percent of which is attributable to transit damage inflicted by the collapse of the World Trade operations within New York City. Upstate systems serve Center buildings on September 11th and the subsequent 2.6 percent of New York State’s (NYS) transit riders. loss of jobs located in New York City.

Figure III-1 shows downstate ridership increasing by 2.9 MTA Commuter Rail services ridership was virtually percent from 2000 to 2001. The largest increase occurred unchanged from the 2000 level, with an increase of just on the NYC Transit bus systems where 41 million more under 1 percent. Over 138 million revenue passengers trips were made in 2001 than in 2000.

Figure III-1 Downstate Revenue Passengers

NEW YORK STATE CY CY CY CY %Change % Change % Change SYSTEMS 1991 1997 2000 2001 91 to 01 97 to 01 00 to 01 NYCT: Subway 1,000,582,752 1,135,892,614 1,385,191,735 1,410,293,368 40.9% 24.2% 1.8% Bus 455,566,153 540,912,155 698,898,862 739,997,360 62.4% 36.8% 5.9% Paratransit N/A 735,083 1,696,269 2,017,217 N/A 174.4% 18.9% NYCT Subtotal: 1,456,148,905 1,677,539,852 2,085,786,866 2,152,307,945 47.8% 28.3% 3.2% Commuter Rail: LIRR 73,314,178 78,642,913 85,339,521 85,526,669 16.7% 8.8% 0.2% MNCR (A) 40,344,350 46,377,741 51,439,153 52,499,109 30.1% 13.2% 2.1% Commuter Rail Subtotal: 113,658,528 125,020,654 136,778,674 138,025,778 21.4% 10.4% 0.9% MTA Total: 1,569,807,433 1,802,560,506 2,222,565,540 2,290,333,723 45.9% 27.1% 3.0% Other New York City: Staten Island Ferry 19,640,658 17,730,859 18,501,051 18,174,833 -7.5% 2.5% -1.8% NYC Private Bus 82,341,085 86,468,290 110,606,797 112,668,479 36.8% 30.3% 1.9% Other NYC Total: 101,981,743 104,199,149 129,107,848 130,843,312 28.3% 25.6% 1.3% Suburban Bus Systems: Westchester Co. 28,570,565 29,688,391 29,719,945 29,655,281 3.8% -0.1% -0.2% Nassau Co. 26,366,156 26,662,693 30,056,678 30,919,077 17.3% 16.0% 2.9% Suffolk Co. 4,069,062 4,858,621 4,801,987 5,002,731 22.9% 3.0% 4.2% Rockland Co. 4,031,274 4,098,465 4,653,628 4,689,419 16.3% 14.4% 0.8% Other Formula Bus (B) 2,522,777 2,693,429 2,749,611 2,800,355 11.0% 30.3% 1.9% Downstate Suburban Bus: 65,559,834 68,001,599 71,981,849 73,066,863 11.5% 7.4% 1.5% Intercity Bus Companies 1,336,756 1,713,365 1,863,773 1,807,637 35.2% 5.5% -3.0% Trans-Hudson Service (C) 151,831 231,137 237,238 253,356 66.9% 9.6% 6.8% Downstate Total: 1,738,837,597 1,976,705,756 2,425,756,248 2,496,304,891 43.6% 26.3% 2.9%

A) Includes only revenue passengers with origins and destinations in New York State. B) Other Formula Bus Systems: Dutchess Co., Orange Co., Putnam Co., City of Long Beach, City of Glen Cove and City of Poughkeepsie. C) Tappan Zee Bridge Bus Service provided under contract to Rockland County.

III-2 Figure III-2 Upstate Revenue Passengers

NEW YORK STATE CY CY CY CY %Change % Change % Change SYSTEM 1991 1997 2000 2001 91 to 01 97 to 01 00 to 01 Upstate Authorities: NFTA 30,621,176 22,915,958 23,268,469 22,373,173 -26.9% -2.4% -3.8% R-GRTA 15,127,894 13,352,766 13,571,646 14,178,802 -6.3% 6.2% 4.5% CNYRTA 11,702,786 9,370,760 8,607,900 9,402,116 -19.7% 0.3% 9.2% CDTA 10,946,805 9,694,406 9,601,497 10,587,027 -3.3% 9.2% 10.3% Upstate Authority Total: 68,398,66 55,333,890 55,049,512 56,541,118 -17.3% 2.2% 2.7% Small Urbanized Area (SUZA): Broome County Transit 2,624,112 3,033,774 2,742,840 2,665,832 1.6% -12.1% -2.8% Utica-Rome Urbanized Area Utica Transit Authority N/A 1,990,662 1,231,368 1,129,227 N/A -43.3% -8.3% City of Rome, VIP 362,751 243,246 243,162 247,163 -31.9% 1.6% 1.6% Chemung County Transit (A) 1,104,826 870,579 752,059 739,481 -33.1% -15.1% -1.7% Tompkins/Ithaca Urbanized Tompkins County (B) 1,188,420 1,479,451 2,609,403 2,692,451 33.2% 14.6% 3.2% City of Ithaca (C) 832,946 869,122 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Greater Glens Falls Transit 242,681 284,901 319,690 316,448 30.4% 11.1% -1.0% 1) SUZA Total 6,355,736 8,771,735 7,898,522 7,790,602 22.6% -11.2% -1.4% 2) Small City and County 6,163,196 3,178,582 3,271,548 3,484,861 -43.5% 9.6% 6.5% City/County Systems (1+2) 12,518,932 11,950,317 11,170,070 11,275,463 -9.9% -5.6% 0.9% Intercity Bus Companies (D) (E) 922,036 1,018,507 127,105 121,887 -86.8% -88.0% -4.1% Upstate Total: 81,839,629 68,302,714 66,346,687 67,938,468 -17.0% -0.5% 2.4%

A) Includes services provided by the operator in Tioga, Schuyler and Chemung Counties. B) Inlcudes services sponsored by Tompkins County: Tioga Transport, Tompkins County Rural, CU Transit and Gadabout. C) Includes Ithaca Transit and Swarthout & Ferris. As of 1st quarter 97-98 this is sponsored by Tompkins County. D) The number of operators in this category has changed over time. E) Intercity routes were restructured in 1999. For additional information see Chapter V. The number of operators in these categories has changed over time.

were served by MTA Commuter Rail services in 2001. Ridership for the Small Urbanized Areas (SUZAs) NYCDOT sponsored private operators experienced a 1.9 decreased by a 1.4 percent in 2001 over 2000, while the percent increase in ridership, serving over 112 million small city and rural county systems experienced an revenue passengers in 2001. increase of 6.5 percent.

In addition, Downstate Suburban bus systems experienced In 2001, subsidized intercity bus service decreased by a modest 1.5 percent growth in ridership to over 73 4.1 percent. Several factors may have contributed to the million revenue passengers in 2001. decrease in passengers. These factors are described in Chapter 4.

Figure III-2 shows overall ridership upstate between 1991 and 2001. Upstate ridership, accounting for approximately 2.6 percent of the statewide total, increased by 2.4 percent between 2000 and 2001. This increase in ridership is due to the efforts of the systems in this category to meet the changing transportation demands of the areas that they service. The upstate systems as a group last experienced an increase, 1.6 percent, in ridership in 1999.

The four upstate authorities account for 83 percent of upstate ridership. These systems experienced an increase in ridership of 2.7 percent between 2000 and 2001. CDTA, CNYRTA, and RGRTA had an average increase in ridership of 8 percent from 2000 to 2001.

III-3 (SCT) saw an increase in TRANSIT SERVICE TRENDS revenue vehicle miles in 2001. SCT’s revenue vehicle miles grew by 8.4 percent from 2000 to 2001. The overall level of transit service available in New York State, as measured by revenue vehicle miles of service, Figure III-4 shows that revenue vehicle miles of service remained virtually unchanged (less than 1 percent) from for the upstate transit systems remained stable from 2000 2000 to 2001. to 2001. The four upstate authorities, accounting for 57.6 percent of the upstate total revenue miles, Figure III-3 presents revenue vehicle mile data for the experienced less than 1 percent decrease in revenue downstate systems, which provided 92.4 percent of the vehicle miles from 2000 to 2001. revenue vehicle miles of service in the State. In total, the MTA provides 87.5 percent of the revenue miles of The combined SUZA systems operated 1.2 percent more service in the downstate area. revenue miles in 2001 than in 2000 while small City, and rural County systems, as a whole, provided a 5.1 percent The increase in MTA-NYCT bus vehicle miles increased increase in service miles in 2001. 1.9 percent, 1.9 million revenue miles, from 2000 to 2001. These service increases were instituted to meet the Fares have remained very stable over the ten year period continued increases in ridership demand and to provide 1991 to 2001, with most systems maintaining fares at additional options to areas where subway service was 1996 levels. The 30.9 percent increase in State transit effected by the terrorists attacks on September 11th. funding since SFY 1996-1997, detailed in the preceding Chapter, has enabled transit systems in the State's Revenue miles of service also increased for downstate suburban bus operators by approximately 4 percent from 2000 to 2001.

Due to the introduction of new services associated with the recommendations from the Bus study, Figure III-3 Downstate Revenue Vehicle Miles

NEW YORK STATE CY CY CY CY %Change % Change % Change SYSTEMS 1991 1997 2000 2001 91 to 01 97 to 01 00 to 01 NYCT: Subway 301,953,896 315,680,145 335,260,189 330,607,534 9.5% 4.7% -1.4% Bus 91,411,149 90,034,179 99,790,216 101,655,146 11.2% 12.9% 1.9% Paratransit N/A 6,589,291 18,824,991 22,201,813 N/A 236.9% 17.9% NYCT Subtotal: 393,365,045 412,303,615 453,875,396 454,464,493 15.5% 10.2% 0.1% Commuter Rail: LIRR 55,483,500 57,908,700 56,998,000 57,687,000 4.0% -0.4% 1.2% MNCR (A) 28,439,421 33,989,010 39,488,452 40,223,035 41.4% 18.3% 1.9% Commuter Rail Subtotal: 83,922,921 91,897,710 96,486,452 97,910,035 16.7% 6.5% 1.5% MTA Total: 477,287,966 504,201,325 550,361,848 552,374,528 15.7% 9.6% 0.4% Other New York City: Staten Island Ferry 152,128 160,661 164,385 163,298 7.3% 1.6% -0.7% NYC Private Bus 28,676,950 24,907,122 27,330,029 27,544,310 -3.9% 10.6% 0.8% Other NYC Total: 28,829,078 25,067,783 27,494,414 27,707,608 -3.9% 10.5% 0.8% Suburban Bus Systems: Westchester Co. 9,692,525 10,310,662 10,845,436 11,044,671 14.0% 7.1% 1.8% Nassau Co. 9,253,475 10,703,755 11,757,650 12,096,756 30.7% 13.0% 2.9% Suffolk Co. 6,126,343 7,520,875 8,450,252 9,158,232 49.5% 21.8% 8.4% Rockland Co. 5,796,255 6,256,555 6,984,466 7,296,531 25.9% 16.6% 4.5% Other Formula Bus (C) 3,454,230 4,354,563 5,007,787 5,167,242 49.6% 18.7% 3.2% Downstate Suburban Bus: 34,322,828 39,146,410 43,045,591 44,763,432 30.4% 14.3% 4.0% Intercity Bus Companies 4,933,887 5,642,219 6,229,132 6,336,743 28.4% 12.3% 1.7% Trans-Hudson Service (C) 209,828 284,081 242,837 369,929 76.3% 30.2% 52.3% Downstate Total: 545,583,587 574,341,818 627,373,822 631,552,240 15.8% 10.0% 0.7%

A) Includes only revenue vehicle miles in New York State. B) Other Formula Bus Systems: Dutchess Co., Orange Co., Putnam Co., City of Long Beach, City of Glen Cove and City of Poughkeepsie. C) Tappan Zee Bridge Bus Service provided under contract to Rockland County.

III-4 Figure III-4 Upstate Revenue Vehicle Miles

NEW YORK CY CY CY CY %Change % Change % Change SYSTEMS 1991 1997 2000 2001 91 to 01 97 to 01 00 to 01 Upstate Authorities: NFTA 9,820,183 9,032,153 9,589,372 9,605,268 -2.2% 6.3% 0.2% R-GRTA 7,649,447 8,432,455 8,927,389 9,045,043 18.2% 7.3% 1.3% CNYRTA 5,529,891 4,704,200 4,776,884 4,781,997 -13.5% 1.7% 0.1% CDTA 6,472,842 6,272,430 7,060,187 6,729,832 4.0% 7.3% -4.7% Upstate Authority Total: 29,472,363 28,441,238 30,353,832 30,162,140 2.3% 6.1% -0.6% Small Urbanized Area (SUZA): Broome County Transit 1,530,381 1,635,319 1,863,237 1,888,740 23.4% 15.5% 1.4% Utica-Rome Urbanized Area Utica Transit Authority N/A 1,160,349 1,140,108 1,076,435 N/A -7.2% -5.6% City of Rome, VIP 189,081 234,113 228,791 229,113 21.2% -2.1% 0.1% Chemung County Transit (A) 1,260,492 1,136,648 1,260,844 1,293,707 2.6% 13.8% 2.6% Tompkins/Ithaca Urbanized Tompkins County (B) 854,706 1,052,364 1,628,378 1,707,418 39.8% 18.5% 4.9% City of Ithaca (C) 366,691 388,626 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Greater Glens Falls Transit 222,918 282,950 313,041 316,596 42.0% 11.9% 1.1% 1) SUZA Total 4,424,269 5,890,369 6,434,399 6,512,009 47.2% 10.6% 1.2% 2) Small City and County (D) 8,928,706 9,150,788 11,874,831 12,476,155 39.7% 36.3% 5.1% City/County Systems (1+2) 13,352,975 15,041,157 18,309,230 18,988,164 42.2% 26.2% 3.7% Intercity Bus Companies (D) 4,600,706 4,829,861 3,040,861 3,010,825 -34.6% -37.7% -1.0% Upstate Total: 47,426,044 48,312,256 51,703,923 52,161,129 10.0% 8.0% 0.9%

A) includes services provided by the operator in Tioga, Schuyler and Chemung Counties. B) includes all services sponsored by Tompkins County: Tioga Transport, Tompkins County Rural, CU Transit and Gadabout. C) includes Ithaca Transit and Swarthout & Ferris. As of 1st quarter 97-98 this is sponsored by Tompkins County. D) The number of operators in these categories has changed over time.

Figure III-6 urbanized and rural areas to maintain fares at or below the national average, making transit a viable and MTA-Long Island Bus and Westchester affordable transportation alternative. Fares $1.75

$1.65 Fare increases, over the ten year period from 1991 to $1.55 MTA-LIB 2001, by peer group transit systems are shown in Figures $1.45 III-5 through III-10 $1.35 Westchester $1.25

$1.15 CPI

$1.05

$0.95

$0.85 Figure III-5 91 93 95 97 99 01 92 94 96 98 00 MTA-NYCT and NYC Private Bus (Local) Calendar Year Fares $1.80 Figure III-7 $1.70 Rockland and Suffolk $1.60 Fares $1.60 $1.50 MTA-NYCT $1.50 $1.40 $1.40 NYC Privates $1.30 $1.30 $1.20 Rockland $1.20 CPI $1.10 $1.10 $1.00 Suffolk $0.90 $1.00 $0.80 $0.90 $0.70 CPI 91 93 95 97 99 01 92 94 96 98 00 $0.60 Calendar Year $0.50 $0.40 $0.30 $0.20 91 93 95 97 99 01 92 94 96 98 00 Calendar Year

III-5 Figure III-8 CDTA and CNYRTA Fares ridership on transit service oriented to $1.10 $1.05 . This is seen in the strong $1.00 performance of all MTA systems as well as $0.95 CDTA $0.90 commuter services sponsored by downstate $0.85 CNYRTA suburban counties. $0.80 $0.75 CPI $0.70 C A more dispersed pattern of population and $0.65 employment in downstate suburban areas has $0.60 $0.55 presented a challenge in servicing this changing $0.50 91 93 95 97 99 01 market. Downstate suburban county transit 92 94 96 98 00 State Fiscal Year (ending) systems have experienced modest growth in ridership but higher growth in revenue miles. Figure III-9 Services are having to extend into new areas NFTA and R-GRTA and expanded hours of the day to serve Fares changing demand. $1.35 $1.25 C Upstate, core transit service areas, the NFTA $1.15 traditional upstate urban centers, have

$1.05 R-GRTA experienced declining population, while overall

$0.95 transit service regions have grown or remained CPI

$0.85 fairly stable. The service challenge for Upstate Authorities and SUZAs has been to adequately $0.75 serve existing, if shrinking traditional markets, $0.65 91 93 95 97 99 01 while tapping growing markets in the suburban 92 94 96 98 00 State Fiscal Year (ending) portions of their service areas. In the past, flat or declining ridership corresponding with slight Figure III-10 increases in service were experienced as these Broome and Utica Fares systems adjust service to new market $1.20 conditions. A few of the systems’ have seen an

$1.10 increase in their riderships, from 2000 to 2001, due to their efforts to adjust to the changing $1.00 Broome patterns of demand for service. $0.90 Utica $0.80 CPI Transit Service Performance Measures $0.70

$0.60 Service Effectiveness: The ratio of revenue passengers

$0.50 to revenue vehicle miles is the statistical measure 91 93 95 97 99 01 92 94 96 98 00 NYSDOT uses for the system-wide effectiveness of Calendar Year transit service. At an aggregate level, by transit system, this effectiveness measure provides only a generalized picture.

Driving the trends in ridership and service are a number Figure III-11 of factors that will be described for each of the major Revenue Passengers per Revenue Vehicle Mile systems in the detailed system sections that follow. On a broad level, the following demographic shifts and other Annualized Operator 1997 2001 Change 1997-2001 factors have contributed to the trends described above: MTA NYC Transit Rail 3.72 4.31 3.75% MTA NYC Transit Bus 5.80 6.02 0.94% C Downstate population growth has been very MTA Commuter Rail 1.39 1.48 1.58% strong, particularly in New York City. This, NYCDOT Private Bus 3.55 4.09 3.60% Downstate Suburban Bus 1.75 1.65 -1.46% along with substantial fare discounting initiatives Upstate Authorities 1.93 1.82 -1.46% in the MetroCard program, have driven up Upstate Small Urbanized 1.50 1.14 -6.63%

III-6 Figure III-12 and III-14, every category of service experienced an Rev. Passengers per Rev. Mile Annualized Change 1997-2001 increase in cost per mile over the five year period.

The most common reasons for these cost increases were Upstate Small Urbanized increases in the level of service, liability costs, and Upstate Authorities salaries and benefits of employees. Downstate Suburban Bus In general, the fact that most New York State’s transit NYCDOT Private Bus systems were able to keep cost per mile growth to less MTA Commuter Rail Figure III-13 MTA NYC Transit Bus Operating Cost per Revenue Vehicle Mile MTA NYC Transit Rail

-8% -6% -4% -2% 0% 2% 4% Annualized Operator 1997 2001 Change 1997-2001 MTA NYC Transit Rail $6.11 $6.83 2.82% MTA NYC Transit Bus $11.97 $12.54 1.17% Service effectiveness differs dramatically among routes MTA Commuter Rail $13.98 $17.56 5.87% NYCDOT Private Bus $9.48 $10.48 2.54% within a particular system, and this measure averages out Downstate Suburban Bus $5.56 $5.77 0.93% those differences by aggregating at the system level. But Upstate Authorities $5.63 $6.38 3.18% for comparative purposes among systems and from year Upstate Small Urbanized $3.45 $3.48 0.22% to year the measure provides some useful insights into CPI Rate 160.5 177.1 2.49% service and usage trends. Figure III-14 Over the five year period, from 1997 to 2001, as shown in Operating Cost per Rev. Mile Annualized Change 1997-2001 figures III-11 and III-12, MTA-NYCT Rail and NYCDOT saw the greatest increases in effectiveness, as measured by this ratio. The NYC Subway system showed the CPI Rate largest improvement in this measure over the five year Upstate Small Urbanized period from 1997 to 2001, at an annualized increase of Upstate Authorities 3.75 percent. NYC Transit Bus had the best performance Downstate Suburban Bus on this measure carrying 6.02 passengers per mile in NYCDOT Private Bus 2001, an annualized increase of 0.94 percent over the five MTA Commuter Rail year period. NYCDOT sponsored private bus operators MTA NYC Transit Bus improved on this measure by 3.6 annualized percentage MTA NYC Transit Rail points, carrying 4.1 passengers per mile in 2001. 0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6%

The MTA commuter rail systems experienced a modest in 1.58 percent annualized increase over the five year period than or near to the rate of inflation is a positive sign that carrying 1.48 passengers per mile in 2001. expanding service to meet new and emerging market conditions can be done in a cost effective manner. The downstate suburban bus systems along with the Upstate Authories and SUZAs each experienced declines Service Economy is measured by the ratio of operating in this measure. This reflects the changing market revenue to operating cost. This ratio is presented in conditions, a dispersing population and employment Figures III-15and III-16 for each transit grouping. A pattern, described in the previous section. The SUZA’s major influence on this measure is the amount of farebox experienced the largest five year annualized decline, 6.63 revenue a system is able to generate, a function of percent. Downstate suburban bus and Upstate Authorities ridership and fares. each experienced a more modest decline of 1.46 percent in this measure. This measure reflects a combination of passenger per mile and fare revenue trends. Over the five year period Service Efficiency is measured by the operating cost per from 1997 to 2001 all categories of transit systems saw revenue vehicle mile. This measure reflects a unit price this cost recovery ratio decline. For many systems, this view of transit service. is due to increases in cost that are outpacing any As seen in the efficiency data is shown on Figures III-13 increases in revenues. Often, personal wage and fringe

III-7 benefit increases were a contributing factor to the rise in performance of major urbanized area transit systems. costs. Each transit system section will describe ridership, service trends in the context of changing market Downstate this can be attributed to increased expenses conditions and service initiatives, as well as an associated with service increases, coupled with reduced analysis of service effectiveness, efficiency and economy over the five year period from 1997 to 2001. Figure III-15 Operating Revenue to Operating Cost

Annualized Operator 1997 2001 Change 1997-2001 MTA NYC Transit Rail 87.60% 72.52% -4.61% MTA NYC Transit Bus 51.95% 46.76% -2.60% MTA Commuter Rail 46.58% 40.06% -3.70% NYCDOT Private Bus 50.72% 43.54% -3.74% Downstate Suburban Bus 47.84% 44.62% -1.73% Upstate Authorities 36.44% 32.43% -2.87% Upstate Small Urbanized 33.80% 32.55% -0.94%

Figure III-16 Operating Rev to Operating Cost Annualized Change 1997-2001

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Upstate Authorities

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-5% -4% -3% -2% -1% 0%

revenue growth attributable to Metrocard pricing incentives. Despite record growth in riders, fare revenue did not keep pace with expenses. New York City Transit Rail experienced the greatest reduction in cost recovery ratio (4.61 percent), but still covers more of their costs (72.52 percent) than any other category of operators.

The trend for downstate suburban bus also reflects the impact of Metrocard, described above, where it has been implemented, primarily by MTA Long Island Bus. But the overall trend primarily reflects the cost for service increases that have exceeded fare revenue resulting from increased ridership.

System Status Report

A detailed update on the status and performance of major transit system in New York State follows. This Section will present an overview of trends in the

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New York City Transit (MTA-NYCT), a subsidiary of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), operates the NYC subway system, extensive bus service, contracts for the provision of paratransit service in New York City and manages the Staten Island Railway (SIR). Due to the manner in which MTA- NYCT reports on the operation of the SIR, that system will be discussed in a separate section of this Chapter. damage caused by the attack at $855 Million. Lost revenue and additional expenses - service equipment, The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 had an and overtime costs for rescue and debris removal; enormous impact on the operations and focus of MTA additional security; emergency electrical generation; NYC Transit. The transit agency responded to the crisis and other costs - were estimated at $482 million. in an exemplary fashion. Bus Operators near ground Nearly all property damage and expense costs and much zero got as many passengers as they could into ash- of the lost revenue are expected to be reimbursed by covered buses and drove them out of danger. Buses insurance. provided the bulk of the emergency response transportation for weeks, including an emergency Despite the impact of the terrorist attacks NYCT shuttle system bringing Firefighters, Police, EMS, and experienced ridership growth in 2001.Overall system the military to Ground Zero. Transit provided over ridership increased by 3.1 percent from 2000 to 2001. 225 buses during the first week of the emergency, over This annual growth is nearly half that of the 6.4 percent a 150 buses a day in he second week, and at least 50 annualized rate of growth over the 5-year period from buses a day through December. 1997 through 2001. Subway ridership increased 1.8 percent in 2001 and increased at an annualized growth In December 2001, the MTA estimated property rate of 5.6 percent from 1997 to 2001. Bus ridership

MTA NYC Transit - Total MTA NYC Transit - Total Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles

2,250 465 2,150 450 2,050 435 1,950 420

1,850 Millions Millions 405 1,750 390 1,650 375 1,550 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

III-9 MTA NYC Transit Admin Subway Bus Paratransit Total 2001 Characteristics Revenue Passengers 1,405,304,701 739,482,866 2,017,217 2,146,804,784 Number of Vehicles 6,643 4,465 890 (a) 11,998 Number of Employees 5,219 27,322 14,277 650 47,468 Revenue Vehicle Miles 325,923,674 101,025,661 22,201,813 449,151,148 Revenue Vehicle Hours 17,645,707 12,912,801 2,050,235 32,608,743 Total Operating Revenue 1,614,522,400 693,277,600 29,500,000 (b) 2,337,300,000 Total Operating Expense 804,890,000 (c) 1,750,600,000 1,129,600,000 86,910,000 (d) 3,772,000,000 Operating Expense /Rev. Vehicle Mile 5.37 11.18 3.91 8.40 Operating Expense / Rev. Vehicle Hour 99.21 87.48 42.39 115.67 Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Mile 4.31 7.32 0.09 4.78 Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Hour 79.64 57.27 0.98 65.84 Total Operating Revenue / Op. Expense 0.92 0.61 0.34 0.62 Operating Expense / Revenue Passenger 1.25 1.53 43.08 1.76 Total Op. Revenue / Revenue Passenger 1.15 0.94 14.62 1.09 (a) Contractor vehicles - Not included in MTA reported total, (b) Includes NYC fare re-imbursement subsidy as “operating revenue”., (c) Admin expenses also cover administrative employees listed in subway, paratransit, and bus modal totals. (d) Cost of contracting service.

increased by 5.8 percent in 2001 and at an annualized subway service is limited, continued to be very strong. rate of 8.1 percent over the 5-year period from 1997 to 2001. To keep up with increasing demand NYCT has increased service and improved service quality. Bus This ridership performance results from a variety of service has increased by nearly 2 percent, from 98.9 factors including the MetroCard Program, which has million revenue miles in 2000 to 101 million miles in encouraged non-work related discretionary trips as well 2001. From 1997 to 2001 revenue miles of service as improvements in NYCT’s overall level and quality of increased at an annualized rate of 3.8 percent. Subway service. service, increased by less than 1 percent from 323.2 million revenue miles in 2000 to 325.9 million revenue MetroCard has implemented a series of fare initiatives, miles in 2001. Over the five year period subway service designed to make transit more convenient and less increased at an annualized rate of 1.7 percent. Service costly for the transit customer. For a summary of when quality also improved in terms of better on-time these fare initiatives were initiated please see Table IV- performance, and fewer incidences of equipment 4 of the 1998 Annual Report on Public Transportation failure. Assistance Programs in New York State. On a systemwide basis NYC Transit operational costs The average non-student fare declined to $1.06 in 2001 increased by 4.1 percent from 2000 to 2001. Over the due to increased usage of discounted MetroCards. In five year period costs have increased at an annualized 2001, 70 percent of all trips were taken using a growth rate of 6.1 percent. The chief factors that drove discounted MetroCard compared to 67 percent in 2000. the greater than inflationary cost increase was an 3 Unlimited ride passes accounted for 43.2 percent of percent increase in the number of employees and 2001 trips and bonus MetroCards provided 26.9 percent increases in salary of 3 percent in 2000 and 4 percent in of trips. 2001.

MetroCard fare policies have been of particular benefit NYCT Subway: Subway ridership increased 1.8 to Bus usage. Bus use is traditionally more percent, from 2000 to 2001, to 1.4 billion revenue discretionary than subway use and thus fare policies passengers: the highest subway ridership figure since designed to reduce marginal cost of additional transit the advent of the STOA program. Subway revenue trips have provided a substantial incentive for increased vehicle miles increased by less than 1 percent from usage. 2000 to 2001. The revenue passenger to revenue vehicle mile ratio has consistently increased over the 5 Subway ridership, the dominant mode bringing people year period from 1997 to 2001, with an annualized from the outer boroughs into Manhattan has continued increase of 3.8 percent. In 2001, the ratio increased by a growth trend. Similarly, bus ridership on routes that 1 percent. feed the subway and routes operating in areas where

III-10 NYCT continued to maintain a high Mean Distance Between Failures (MDBF), averaging 109,000 miles in 200, down slightly from 2000's MDBF of 110,180 miles. The high MDBF reflects NYCT’s continuing commitment of adhering to car-maintenance schedules and equipment-improvement programs. On-Time Performance, based on scheduled train trips, continued to improve in 2000. Terminal On-Time performance increased to 96 percent in 2000 up from 94.9 percent in 1999.

The 63rd Street Tunnel was opened for subway service in mid-December 2001. This opening marked the completion of one of the largest construction projects in recent New York history and resulted in having an 35 buses or 0.8 percent from 2000. There was a immediate impact on reducing congestion on the relatively small number of bus deliveries in 2001 (99 Blvd lines. Up to 15 trains per hour have been buses compared with 471 buses in 2000 and 705 in added to service between Queens and Manhattan. 1999). The average fleet age increased by 0.18 years or 3.2 percent on 2001 from 5.58 year to 5.76 years. NYCT put into service 570 high-tech subway cars in Despite this increase in fleet age, the Department 2001. This brings the total number of high-tech subway achieved significant improvement in bus reliability as cars up to 670 cars on the A Division (numbered lines). compared with 2000. The MDBF in 2001 was 3,242 In addition, the first 12 cars for the B Division (lettered miles, 24.3 percent better than the 2000 average of lines), were received and tested. 2,608 and 50.9 percent better than the 1999 average of 2,149. NYCT - Paratransit: NYCT contracts out paratransit service to several providers, the largest being Atlantic Paratrans and American Transit. Paratransit ridership has grown nearly 13 percent from 2000 to 2001, and increased at an annualized rate of 28.7 percent from 1997 to 2001. The denial rate - the measure of requested trips that could not be provided - remained under 1 percent for the second consecutive year.

This dramatic growth in ridership is largely due to the service increases instituted to ensure compliance with the American’s with Disabilities Act. NYCT ordered 250 new paratransit vehicles, taking delivery of 190 in 2001, with the remaining 60 scheduled for delivery in 2002. Revenue Vehicle Miles increased nearly 18 NYCT Bus: 2001 bus ridership was 739 million, percent in 2001 and over a five year period service nearly a 5.8 percent increase over 2000. The recent increased at an annualized rate of 35.5 percent. Because increases in ridership, coupled with a less than service growth out paced ridership increases, the proportionate increase in vehicle miles of nearly 2 service effectiveness measure for paratransit declined percent led to an increase in revenue passengers per by 4.2 percent from 2000 to 2001 and by an annualized revenue mile of 3.6 percent in 2001. This continued a rate of 5 percent from 1997 to 2001. positive 5-year trend during which the annualized increase in this measure of service effectiveness was 4.1 Service growth is also the principal reason for costs percent. increasing by 28.2 percent from 2000 to 2001, and also drove growth over the 5-year period at an annualized The bus fleet continued to expand in 2001 to rate of 35.6 percent. Cost growth, per revenue mile, accommodate additional ridership. The total number of grew 8.8 percent from 2000 to 2001. However, over the buses used in revenue service in 2001 was 4,465 up by five year period the cost per mile increased at an

III-11 annualized rate of less than 1 percent.

The Passenger Revenue to Operating Cost ratio has been between 2 to 4 percent over the past five years. Paratransit service is very cost intensive and it is difficult to generate economies of scale without having a high rate of subscription service.

III-12 FINANCIAL INFORMATION - MTA NYC TRANSIT - SYSTEM TOTAL

Sources of Total System 2001 Operating Funds Summary of Total System 2001 Operating Expenses

Fares $2,272,100,000 Salaries $2,343,400,000 Local $492,200,000 Fringe $744,300,000 State $892,000,000 Ins $47,800,000 Federal $0 Fuel $192,000,000 Other $65,200,000 Other $444,500,000 Total $3,721,500,000 Total $3,772,000,000

MTA NYC Transit Total MTA NYC Transit Total Operating Revenues & Subsidies Operating Expenses

Other (1.75%) Federal (0.00%) Other (11.78%) State (23.97%) Fuel (5.09%) Ins (1.27%)

Fringe (19.73%) Fares (61.05%) Salaries (62.13%) Local (13.23%)

Financial Trend Analysis over the past five years: Fleet Characteristics over the past five years:

MTA NYC Transit Total MTA NYC Transit Total Operating Revenue and Subsidy Total and Peak Vehicles 4.0

3.0 12,000.0

2.0 Billions 1.0 7,000.0

0.0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year 2,000.0 Total Fleet Peak Fleet TOTAL GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

MTA NYC Transit - Total System - Operations and Performances Statistics

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized 00 to 01 % Change

Rev. Passengers 1,673,323,083 1,829,962,606 1,950,198,315 2,081,785,537 2,146,804,784 3.12% 6.43% Rev. Veh. Miles 397,527,291 405,568,134 419,236,953 440,908,991 449,151,148 1.87% 3.10%

Op. Cost $2,977,400,000 $3,035,900,000 $3,214,300,000 $3,625,000,000 $3,772,000,000 4.06% 6.09% Op. Rev. $2,209,661,000 $2,143,000,000 $2,187,700,000 $2,306,200,000 $2,337,300,000 1.35% 1.41%

Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 4.21 4.51 4.65 4.72 4.78 1.23% 3.23% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $7.49 $7.49 $7.67 $8.22 $8.40 2.15% 2.90% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 74.21% 70.59% 68.06% 63.62% 61.96% -2.60% -4.41%

National CPI 160.50 163.00 166.60 172.20 177.10 2.85% 2.49% NYSMA CPI 170.80 173.60 177.00 182.50 187.10 2.52% 2.30%

MTA NYC Transit MTA NYC Transit MTA NYC Transit Rev.Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 50.0 $10.00 1.65 $9.00 1.50 40.0 $8.00 1.35 1.20 30.0 $7.00 1.05 $6.00 0.90 20.0 $5.00 0.75 0.60 $4.00 0.45 10.0 $3.00 0.30 $2.00 0.15 0.0 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 $1.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year III-13 MTA NYC Transit - Operating and Performance Statistics by Mode - Subway and Bus

MTA NYC Transit 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Subway 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 1,131,676,000 1,203,000,000 1,283,000,000 1,381,000,000 1,405,304,701 1.76% 5.56% Rev. Veh. Miles 304,094,000 305,747,000 312,894,000 323,177,000 325,923,674 0.85% 1.75% Op. Cost $1,475,800,000 $1,413,100,000 $1,505,100,000 $1,628,000,000 $1,750,600,000 7.53% 4.36% Op. Rev. $1,628,874,400 $1,544,882,400 $1,541,336,400 $1,624,780,400 $1,614,522,400 -0.63% -0.22% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 3.72 3.93 4.10 4.27 4.31 0.90% 3.75% Op Cost/Pass Mile $4.85 $4.62 $4.81 $5.04 $5.37 6.62% 2.57% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 110.37% 109.33% 102.41% 99.80% 92.23% -7.59% -4.39%

MTA NYC Transit - Subway MTA NYC Transit - Subway Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 1,500 335 1,450 330 1,400 325 1,350 320 1,300 315 Millions Millions 1,250 310 1,200 305 1,150 300 1,100 295 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

MTA NYC Transit - Subway MTA NYC Transit - Subway MTA NYC Transit - Subway Rev.Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost $10.00 2.00 4.5 $9.00 1.75 1.50 3.8 $8.00 $7.00 1.25 3.0 $6.00 1.00 2.3 $5.00 0.75 $4.00 1.5 0.50 $3.00 0.25 0.8 $2.00 0.00 0.0 $1.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

MTA NYC Transit 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Bus 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 540,912,000 626,000,000 666,000,000 699,000,000 739,482,866 5.79% 8.13% Rev. Veh. Miles 86,844,000 90,669,000 94,347,000 98,907,000 101,025,661 2.14% 3.85% Op. Cost $861,700,000 $918,800,000 $1,013,100,000 $1,173,900,000 $1,129,600,000 -3.77% 7.00% Op. Rev. $566,786,600 $577,017,600 $623,463,600 $656,119,600 $693,277,600 5.66% 5.17% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 6.23 6.90 7.06 7.07 7.32 3.57% 4.12% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $9.92 $10.13 $10.74 $11.87 $11.18 -5.79% 3.03% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 65.78% 62.80% 61.54% 55.89% 61.37% 9.81% -1.72%

MTA NYC Transit - Bus MTA NYC Transit - Bus Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 800 770 103 740 101 710 98 680 96 650 93 Millions

Millions 620 91 590 560 88 530 86 500 83 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

MTA NYC Transit - Bus MTA NYC Transit - Bus MTA NYC Transit - Bus Operating Revenue to Operating Cost Rev.Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile 0.90 7.5 $15.00 6.8 $13.00 0.75 6.0 5.3 $11.00 0.60

4.5 $9.00 0.45 3.8 $7.00 3.0 0.30 2.3 $5.00 1.5 0.15 $3.00 0.8 0.00 0.0 $1.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-14 MTA NYC Transit - Operating and Performance Statistics by Mode - Paratransit

MTA NYC Transit 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Paratransit 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 735,083 962,606 1,198,315 1,785,537 2,017,217 12.98% 28.71% Rev. Veh. Miles 6,589,291 9,152,134 11,995,953 18,824,991 22,201,813 17.94% 35.48% Op. Costs $27,716,833 $29,280,187 $30,931,721 $69,145,293 $86,910,000 25.69% 33.07% Op. Rev. $14,000,000 $21,100,000 $22,900,000 $25,300,000 $29,500,000 16.60% 20.48% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.11 0.11 0.10 0.09 0.09 -4.21% -5.00% Op.Cost/Pass Mile $4.21 $3.20 $2.58 $3.67 $3.91 6.57% -1.78% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 50.51% 72.06% 74.03% 36.59% 33.94% -7.23% -9.46%

MTA NYC Transit Paratransit MTA NYC Transit - Paratransit Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 2,250 25 2,000 23 20 1,750 18 1,500 15 1,250 Millions 13 Thousands 1,000 10 750 8 500 5 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

MTA NYC Transit - Paratransit MTA NYC Transit - Paratransit MTA NYC Transit - Paratransit Rev.Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 1.0 $4.50 0.90 0.8 $3.75 0.75 $3.00 0.60 0.5 $2.25 0.45 $1.50 0.30 0.3 $0.75 0.15

0.0 $0.00 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-15 MTA NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT STATEN ISLAND RAILWAY 370 Jay Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 (718) 330-4321 Web Site: www.mta.nyc.ny.us

State Legislative Districts: Senate: 10 - 34 Assembly: 23 - 83

Base Fare: $1.50 Last Increase: $ .25 on 11/12/95

MTA Staten Island Railway (SIR) operates 24 hour service between the St. George Ferry Terminal and Tottenville stations, serving 22 stations along the length of Staten Island. The service is primarily oriented to the Manhattan commuter market, providing connections to with the Staten Island Ferry at St. George’s Terminal.

The Staten Island travel market has become less centered on travel to Manhattan, as employment on Staten Island has grown. From 1990 to 2000 Staten Island employment increased 23.5 percent compared to In 2001 the revenue passengers per revenue vehicle the more modest increase in Manhattan employment of mile, a measure of service effectiveness, declined by 1.68 percent. Travel within Staten Island, as well as to 8.3 percent. This reflects the decrease in ridership employment locations in , has become an coinciding with an increase in service miles. However, increasingly significant share of travel. over the 5 year period service effectiveness, like the level of service, has essentially remained flat. After a period of decline in the early 1990's, ridership on the SIR has stabilized since 1997 growing at an From 2000 to 2001 cost per mile increased 1.6 percent. annualized rate of 1.37 percent. However, ridership did Over the five year period from 1997 to 2001, the decline by 3 percent in 2001. SIR vehicle miles of annualized increase was 6.3 percent. Operating costs service increased by 5.8 percent from 2000 to 2001. rose 7.5 percent from 2000 to 2001. Over 45 percent of The five year trend in service has, however, essentially the change in costs was due to salaries and wages which remained flat. increased 5.37 percent from 2000 to 2001. A salary increase of 3 percent in 2000, followed by an additional

MTA Staten Island Railway MTA Staten Island Railway Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles

2,270 5 2,210 4 2,150 2,090 3 Millions 2,030 Thousands 2 1,970 1,910 1 1,850 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

III-16 MTA Staten Island Railway 2001 Characteristics Revenue Passengers 3,963,590 Number of Vehicles 64 Number of Employees 303 Revenue Vehicle Miles 2,148,000 Revenue Vehicle Hours 27,305 Total Operating Revenue 4,824,000 Total Operating Expense 25,668,000 Operating Expense /Rev. Vehicle Mile 11.95 Operating Expense / Rev. Vehicle Hour 940.05 Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Mile 1.85 Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Hour 145.16 Total Operating Revenue / Op. Expense 0.19 Operating Expense / Revenue Passenger 6.48 Total Op. Revenue / Revenue Passenger 1.22

4 percent in 2001 along with an 18.8 percent increase in fringe benefits in 2001 drove these cost increases.

Revenue to cost ratio, a measure of service “economy” has been negatively impacted by the fare initiatives of the MetroCard program, declining NYC Staten Island Ferry Ridership as well as increasing operating costs. The cost recovery ratio dropped from 33.1 percent in 1997, the year MetroCard was implemented, to 18.8 percent in the year 2001.

An important reason for the decline in cost recovery ratio is the nature of the fare collection system on SIR. Revenues are collected only at St George. This means that morning inbound riders pay. Outbound afternoon riders also pay upon entering the system at St George, but now, the vast majority of them enter with a free transfer because they have already paid a MetroCard Fare in Manhattan. Also, no fare is collected for local travel on the system (i.e. not to/from St George).

III-17 FINANCIAL INFORMATION - MTA - Staten Island Railway

Sources of Total System 2001 Operating Funds Summary of Total System 2001 Operating Expenses

Fares $4,192,000 Salaries $15,985,000 Local $17,901,000 Fringe $4,966,000 State $2,658,000 Ins $300,000 Federal $0 Fuel $0 Other $26,015,000 Other $4,417,000 Total $50,766,000 Total $25,668,000

MTA - Staten Island Railway MTA - Staten Island Railway Operating Revenues & Subsidies Operating Expenses

Fares (8.26%) Other (17.21%) Fuel (0.00%) Ins (1.17%)

Other (51.24%) Local (35.26%) Fringe (19.35%) Salaries (62.28%)

State (5.24%) Federal (0.00%)

Financial Trend Analysis over the past five years: Fleet Characteristics over the past five years:

MTA Staten Island Railway MTA Staten Island Railway Operating Revenue and Subsidy Total, Peak and Accessible Vehicles 50 200 45 40 175 35 150 30 25 125 20

Millions 100 15 10 75 5 50 0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 25 Year 0 TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE TOTAL GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES Total Fleet Peak Fleet 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

MTA Staten Island Railway Operations and Performance Statistics

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Operations 00 to 01 % Change

Rev. Passengers 3,753,001 4,108,000 3,946,242 4,088,000 3,963,590 -3.04% 1.37% Rev. Veh. Miles 2,103,000 2,131,000 2,148,491 2,030,000 2,148,000 5.81% 0.53%

Op. Cost $19,691,000 $20,641,000 $21,789,000 $23,866,000 $25,668,000 7.55% 6.85% Op. Rev. $6,517,000 $4,607,000 $4,617,000 $5,003,000 $4,824,000 -3.58% -7.24%

Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 1.78 1.93 1.84 2.01 1.85 -8.37% 0.84% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $9.36 $9.69 $10.14 $11.76 $11.95 1.64% 6.29% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 33.10% 22.32% 21.19% 20.96% 18.79% -10.35% -13.19%

National CPI 160.50 163.00 166.60 172.20 177.10 2.85% 2.49% NYSMA CPI 170.80 173.60 177.00 182.50 187.10 2.52% 2.30%

MTA Staten Island Railway MTA Staten Island Railway MTA Staten Island Railway Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $17.00 0.90 3.0 $15.00 0.75 2.5 $13.00 $11.00 2.0 0.60 $9.00 0.45 1.5 $7.00 1.0 $5.00 0.30 0.5 $3.00 0.15 $1.00 0.00 0.0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-18 MTA Jamaica Station Jamaica, NY 11435 (718) 330-4321 Web Site: www.mta.nyc.ny.us/lirr/index.html

State Legislative Districts: Senate: 1 - 22, 25 - 28, 30 Assembly: 1 - 44, 48 - 58, 62 - 67, 70, 73

Base Fare: Distance-based - Average $4.20 Last Increase: 9% (avg.) On 11/12/95

The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) provides commuter rail service between Nassau and Suffolk counties and New York City, and is the largest commuter rail system in the nation. The LIRR was incorporated in 1834. In 1966, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) acquired all of the capital stock of the LIRR from its parent, the Railroad Company. In February 1980, the LIRR’s Certificate of Incorporation was amended to convert it into a subsidiary public benefit corporation of the MTA. 57.7 Million miles. Service quality can be measured in terms of equipment reliability, on-time performance, The LIRR’s 2001 ridership of 85.6 million passengers level of cleanliness, and the general level of safety. constituted a less than 1 percent increase over 2000 Equipment reliability has improved as measured by the ridership. Over the five year period from 1997 to 2001 increasing average Mean Distance Between Failure ridership increased at annualized rate of 2.1 percent. (MDBF) rate, which increased by 7.9 percent for Despite of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, LIRR’s entire fleet (from 28,405 miles in 2000 to ridership in 2001 was the highest it has been since 30,660 miles in 2001). 1949. Achieving a MDBF performance target of 36,000 miles Contributing to ridership growth is the increased level will be aided by the LIRR’s Fleet Strategy. The of service coupled with an increase in the quality of overhaul of the M-1 cars, was completed in 2001. This service. Revenue miles of service increased by 1.2 will be followed by the M-3 mid-life overhauls and the percent from 2000 to 2001, from 56.9 Million miles to purchase of the new M-7 cars. It is anticipated that 88

MTA Long Island Rail Road MTA Long Island Rail Road Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 90 60,000 89 59,500 87 59,000 86 58,500 84 58,000 83 57,500

Millions 81 57,000 80 Thousands 56,500 78 56,000 77 55,500 75 55,000 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

III-19 MTA Long Island Rail Road cost was principally the result of higher salary and 2001 Characteristics fringe benefit costs. These cost increases coupled with Revenue Passengers 85,602,984 the increase in vehicle miles caused the cost per mile, a Number of Vehicles 1,238 measure of service “efficiency” to increase by nearly Number of Employees 6,424 twice the rate of inflation from 2000 to 2001. Over the Revenue Vehicle Miles 57,687,000 five year period 1997-2001 operating cost per vehicle Revenue Vehicle Hours 1,831,049 mile increased at the annualized rate of 5.3 percent. Total Operating Revenue 383,973,000 Total Operating Expense 883,708,000 The recent cost increases associated with service Operating Expense /Rev. Vehicle Mile 15.32 improvement, have led to a declining cover ratio Operating Expense / Rev. Vehicle Hour 482.62 (operating revenues to operating costs), a measure of Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Mile 1.48 service “economy.” The cover ratio dropped from 54 Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Hour 46.75 percent in 2000 to 51 percent in 2001. The 5 year trend Total Operating Revenue / Op. Expense 0.43 for this measure also dropped, but not as dramatically, Operating Expense / Revenue Passenger 10.32 declining at an annualized rate of 2.7 percent from 1997 Total Op. Revenue / Revenue Passenger 4.49 to 2001.

M-7 cars will be placed into service by the end of 2002. Note that an overhaul includes replacing nine major systems: HVAC, propulsion, automatic train control, brake equipment, door operators, heat circuit breaker panels, toilet, buffer/train line systems, inverters and new trucks.

In 2001 the overall On-Time Performance was 93.1 percent, a modest improvement over the 92.7 percent achieved in 2000. Qualitatively the LIRR improved the comfort of its cars with an intensified effort to fix onboard climate control systems. The car availability requirement of the AM peak was 820, exceeding the goal of 812.

The level of cleanliness on trains is a key contributing factor to the quality of service experienced by customers. Approximately 98.9 percent of all scheduled cleanings were completed exceeding the 2001 goal.

FRA reportable employee accidents were reduced 10.3 percent to 137 reportable accidents in 2001. No customer accidents, attributable to the equipment, were reported in 2001.

The increased level of service coupled with the smaller increase in ridership caused the revenue passengers per revenue vehicle mile, a measure of service “effectiveness,” to decline by slightly less than 1 percent in 2001. The 5-year analysis period, however, showed that the ratio improved at an annualized rate of 2.2 percent.

LIRR experienced a 7.1 percent increase in costs from 2000 to 2001 corresponding with a 5.2 percent annualized increase from 1997 to 2001. The increase in

III-20 FINANCIAL INFORMATION - MTA - LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD

Sources of Total System 2001 Operating Funds Summary of Total System 2001 Operating Expenses

Op. Revenue $408,222,000 Salaries $375,497,000 MTA Subsidy $344,803,000 Fringe $169,803,000 Federal Subsidy $0 Insurance $18,560,000 Fuel $45,467,000 Other $143,698,000 Total $753,025,000 Total $753,025,000

MTA - Long Island Rail Road MTA - Long Island Rail Road Operating Revenues and Subsidies Operating Expenses

Other (19.08%)

Fuel (6.04%) MTA Subsidy (45.79%) Salaries (49.87%) Insurance (2.46%) Op. Revenue (54.21%)

Fringe (22.55%)

Financial Trend Analysis over the past five years: Fleet Characteristics over the past five years:

MTA Long Island Road MTA Long Island Rail Road Operating Revenue and Subsidy Total and Peak Vehicles 600 14 13 500 12 11 400 10 9 300 8

Millions 7 Thousands 200 6 100 Hundreds 5 4 0 3 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2 1 Year 0 Total Fleet Peak Fleet TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE TOTAL GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

MTA- Long Island Rail Road Total Operations and Perfromance Statistics

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Operations 00 to 01 % Change

Rev. Passengers 78,663,000 80,272,000 82,113,322 85,340,000 85,602,984 0.31% 2.14% Rev. Veh. Miles 57,909,000 57,969,000 57,385,000 56,998,000 57,687,000 1.21% -0.10%

Op. Cost $709,898,000 $745,040,000 $851,309,000 $860,912,000 $923,045,000 7.22% 6.78% Op. Rev. $349,362,000 $353,677,000 $365,213,000 $379,981,000 $383,973,000 1.05% 2.39%

Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 1.36 1.38 1.43 1.50 1.48 -0.89% 2.23% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $12.26 $12.85 $14.84 $15.10 $16.00 5.94% 6.89% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 49.21% 47.47% 42.90% 44.14% 41.60% -5.75% -4.12%

National CPI 160.50 163.00 166.60 172.20 177.10 2.85% 2.49% NYSMA CPI 170.80 173.60 177.00 182.50 187.10 2.52% 2.30%

MTA Long Island Rail Road MTA Long Island Rail Road MTA Long Island Railroad Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $17.00 0.90 3.0 $15.00 0.75 2.5 $13.00 $11.00 2.0 0.60 $9.00 0.45 1.5 $7.00 1.0 $5.00 0.30 0.5 $3.00 0.15 $1.00 0.00 0.0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-21 MTA METRO-NORTH RAILROAD 347 Madison Avenue - 12th floor New York, New York 10017 (212) 340-3024 Web Site: http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/mnr/index.html

State Legislative Districts: Senate: 26 - 28, 30 - 41 Assembly: 63, 64, 68, 73 - 99

Base Fare: Distance-based, Average $4.63 Last Increase: 9% (avg.) on 11/12/95

The Metro-North Railroad (MNR), incorporated as a subsidiary of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in 1982, provides commuter rail service from the northern suburbs of New York City, terminating in Manhattan at Grand Central Terminal. MNR provides service on the Harlem and Hudson Lines in Dutchess, Putnam, Westchester and Bronx Counties, the New Haven Line starting in and operating through Westchester and Bronx suburban job growth. Passenger counts in the spring Counties. MNR also contracts with New Jersey indicate reverse commutation had increased over 7.2 Transit to provide service on the Pascack and Port percent over passenger counts taken in 2000. Passenger Jervis Lines through Rockland and Orange Counties to counts in the Fall after the terrorist attacks indicate the . reverse commutation had increased by 7.9% over counts taken in the Fall of 2000. In 2001 Metro-North carried a record 73.1 million customers (including totals from Connecticut). This The overall strong ridership performance, to a large represents an increase of 1.8 percent over 2000 extent, is due to Metro-North’s outstanding quality and ridership, a 3.4 percent annualized increase over a 5- quantity of service. year period from 1997 to 2001.

The loss of the PATH terminal at the WTC forced Revenue vehicle miles of service went up by 1.3 percent Port Jervis and Pascack Valley line riders to take now from 2000 to 2001 and increased at an annualized rate of overcrowded PATH trains into Midtown Manhattan. 3.2 percent over the five year period from 1997 to 2001. Reverse commutation ridership increased due to This level of service is being provided with a fleet that

MTA Metro North Railroad MTA Metro North Railroad Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 76 53 75 52 73 51 72 50 70 49 69 48 Millions 67 Millions 47 66 46 64 45 63 44 61 43 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

III-22 MTA Metro North Railroad 1997 to 2001 the measure was virtually unchanged, 2001 Characteristics increasing from 1.42 to 1.43. Revenue Passengers 73,111,000 Number of Vehicles 1,077 From 2000 to 2001 operating costs, excluding Number of Employees 5,178 depreciation and other corporate incidental costs, grew at Revenue Vehicle Miles 51,087,788 5.4 percent, a little less than twice the national inflation Revenue Vehicle Hours 1,304,152 rate of 2.85 percent. Wages and Salaries went up by 7.5 Total Operating Revenue 365,922,000 percent and Fringe Benefits went up 10 percent; Total Operating Expense 725,940,000 accounting for most of the cost increase. Operating Expense /Rev. Vehicle Mile 14.21

Operating Expense / Rev. Vehicle Hour 556.64 The rate of increase in miles was exceeded by the rate of Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Mile 1.43 increase in operating cost. The cost per mile increased by Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Hour 56.06 nearly 4.1 percent from 2000 to 2001. Over five years, Total Operating Revenue / Op. Expense 0.50 however, the operating cost (excluding depreciaiton and Operating Expense / Revenue Passenger 9.93 other incidental costs) per mile remained very stable, Total Op. Revenue / Revenue Passenger 5.01 increasing at 1.6 percent annualized, well below the includes a large percentage of vehicles (the electric M- annualized inflation rate for that time period. 1 Fleet) that are nearly 30 years old. The replacement vehicles for this class (the M-7 cars) are scheduled to The higher than inflationary operating costs coupled with enter service beginning in 2005. The Diesel push pull consistent ridership growth at essentially flat fares have portion of the fleet, was replaced in the late 1990's. 13 caused the 2001 cover ratio (Operating Revenues to Genesis Dual Mode Locomotives were delivered in Operating costs) to decrease by 3.5 percent from 60.85 2001. percent in 2000 to 58.7 percent in 2001. Over the five years, however, the cover ratio declined by slightly less The aging electrical car fleet, coupled with adverse than 1 percent. The decline in cover ratio over the five weather conditions contributed to the 7 percent decline year period is primarily driven by cost increases in the Mean Distance Between Failures (MDBF) from associated with increasing the quality and quantity of 54,355 in 2000 to 50,390 miles in 2001. Overall on- service. time performance remained high, at 96.6 percent.

In addition to providing more service and better quality service, Metro-North has been focusing on improving other passenger amenities such as new and/or improved station facilities and more customer parking.

In 2001, a total of 1,075 new and 2,040 improved parking spaces were made available to Metro-North’s customers. Metro-North also began selling tickets to its customers via the MTA’s web-site in mid-January 2000. By the end of 2001, over $1 Million in tickets has been sold through the “web Ticket” and “Mail&Ride on the Web” programs. On the annual Customer Satisfaction Survey conducted during the fourth quarter, customers gave Metro-North an overall service a rating of 7.9 on a scale of 1 to 10; an improvement from the 7.6 rating in 2000.

Revenue passengers per revenue vehicle mile, a measure of service “effectiveness,” improved slightly in 2001, as passenger increases kept pace with service mile increases. Likewise, for the five-year period

III-23 FINANCIAL INFORMATION - MTA - Metro North Railroad

Sources of Total System 2001 Operating Funds Summary of Total System 2001 Operating Expenses

Op. Revenue $365,922,000 Salaries $314,988,000 MTA Subsidy $231,683,000 Fringe $127,020,000 Ins $15,651,000 Fuel $40,035,000 Other $99,911,000 Total $597,605,000 Total $597,605,000

MTA - Metro North Railroad MTA - Metro North Railroad Operating Revenues and Subsidies Operating Expenses

Other (16.72%)

MTA Subsidy (38.77%) Fuel (6.70%) Ins (2.62%) Salaries (52.71%) Op. Revenue (61.23%)

Fringe (21.25%)

Financial Trend Analysis over the past five years: Fleet Characteristics over the past five years:

MTA Metro North Railroad MTA Metro North Railroad Operating Revenue and Subsidy Total, Peak and Accessible Vehicles 750 675 1600 600 1400 525 450 1200 375 1000 300 Millions 225 800 150 600 75 Thousands 0 400 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 200 Year 0 TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE TOTAL GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES Total Fleet Peak Fleet 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

MTA Metro North Railroad Operations and Performance Statistics

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Operations 00 to 01 % Change

Rev. Passengers 63,854,000 66,409,000 68,533,000 71,843,000 73,111,000 1.76% 3.44% Rev. Veh. Miles 45,010,000 46,752,000 48,341,000 50,444,000 51,087,788 1.28% 3.22%

Op. Cost $486,950,000 $506,949,000 $568,799,999 $565,795,000 $597,605,000 5.62% 5.25% Op. Rev. $313,807,000 $327,380,000 $338,840,000 $359,853,000 $365,922,000 1.69% 3.92%

Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 1.42 1.42 1.42 1.42 1.43 0.48% 0.22% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $10.82 $10.84 $11.77 $11.22 $11.70 4.29% 1.97% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 64.44% 64.58% 59.57% 63.60% 61.23% -3.73% -1.27%

National CPI 160.50 163.00 166.60 172.20 177.10 2.85% 2.49% NYSMA CPI 170.80 173.60 177.00 182.50 187.10 2.52% 2.30%

MTA Metro North Railroad MTA Metro North Railroad MTA Metro North Railroad Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost

3.5 $17.00 $15.00 0.90 3.0 $13.00 0.75 2.5 $11.00 0.60 2.0 $9.00 1.5 $7.00 0.45 1.0 $5.00 0.30 $3.00 0.5 0.15 $1.00 0.00 0.0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-24 NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Passenger Transport Division Battery Maritime Bldg, Third Floor New York, NY 10004 (212) 487-8300 Web Site: http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/dot/home.html

State Legislative Districts: Senate: 7, 9 - 23, 25 - 34 Assembly: 16, 17, 20 - 58, 62 - 83

The New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) sponsors seven private transit operators within New York City: Command Bus, , , Queens Surface, , Liberty Lines Express, and New York Bus Tours. Also, NYCDOT contracted with Atlantic Express to provide express commuter services from South Shore of Staten Island. The service with two express routes commenced on June 24, 2001.

The NYCDOT system is comprised of 1,300 buses, more than 1/4 the size of the MTA NYC Transit bus fleet, and 2001 was very difficult year for the New York City and constitutes the 9th largest fleet and the largest privately NYCDOT sponsored public transit system. Service was operated fleet in the nation. seriously impacted by the terrorist attacks of September 11 and the major disruption of transportation network Five of seven original operators provide local and that followed. The major transportation network express service, while two provide exclusively express impacts directly affected express commuter services service. Together, there are 35 express and 47 local from Brooklyn, provided by Command Bus, and Staten routes. Liberty Lines and New York Bus Tours provide Island, provided by Atlantic Express. These services express services from the Bronx to Manhattan. Green were barred from the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel for a Bus Lines, Jamaica Buses, Queens Surface and Triboro period causing major disruption and inefficiencies to Coach provide local service in Queens and express their service, even as recovery was underway. Also, the service from Queens to Manhattan. Command Bus city economy lost more than 95,000 private sector jobs provides local service in Brooklyn and express service and unemployment climbed to 7.4 percent. from Brooklyn to Manhattan. A number of the Queens local services also extend to adjacent boroughs, i.e. Despite these unparalleled challenges, transit system Queens Surface to the Bronx and Manhattan, Jamaica to ridership on the New York City sponsored private bus Nassau, and Green Bus Lines to Brooklyn and companies increased 1.9 percent in 2001. These results Manhattan. were affected by a significant shift from autos to public

NYCDOT - Sponsored Services NYCDOT - Sponsored Services Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 120 29 115 28 110 27 105 26 100 95 25 Millions Millions 90 24 85 23 80 75 22 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

III-25 NYCDOT BUS Green Jamaica Command Queens Liberty NY Bus Triboro Atlantic Total 2001 Characteristics Bus Lines Bus Bus Surface Lines Tours Coach Revenue Passengers 35,671,118 11,056,802 3,209,379 29,032,677 2,935,898 4,014,399 26,578,641 198,291 112,697,205 Number of Vehicles 235 103 136 337 86 143 260 24 1,324 Number of Employees 688 260 265 842 231 233 563 0 3,082 Revenue Vehicle Miles 5,640,342 1,984,357 2,770,644 6,951,012 2,521,703 3,346,565 4,169,480 169,356 27,553,459 Revenue Vehicle Hours 620,908 206,627 222,353 606,614 209,710 247,136 493,891 0 2,607,239 Total Operating Revenue 30,452,016 9,890,991 6,691,662 31,304,863 8,191,179 11,253,311 27,245,789 685,808 125,715,619 Total Operating Expense 60,216,839 26,046,254 22,016,224 79,553,327 19,798,883 26,169,953 51,694,894 1,592,226 287,088,600 Operating Expense /Rev. Vehicle Mile 10.68 13.13 7.95 11.44 7.85 7.82 12.40 9.40 10.42 Operating Expense / Rev. Vehicle Hour 96.98 126.05 99.01 131.14 94.41 105.89 104.67 - 110.11 Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Mile 6.32 5.57 1.16 4.18 1.16 1.20 6.37 0 4.09 Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Hour 57.45 53.51 14.43 47.86 14.00 16.24 53.81 - 43.22 Total Operating Revenue / Op. Expense 0.51 0.38 0.30 0.39 0.41 0.43 0.53 0.43 0.44 Operating Expense / Revenue Passenger 1.69 2.36 6.86 2.74 6.74 6.52 1.94 8.03 2.55 Total Op. Revenue / Revenue Passenger 0.85 0.89 2.09 1.08 2.79 2.80 1.03 3.46 1.12

transportation after September 11 in response to to 27.6 million in 2001 at 2.8 percent annualized significant restrictions imposed on single occupant growth rate. This service increase was needed to vehicles entering Manhattan during rush hours and long accommodate the ridership increase over this period. term closure of Brooklyn Battery and Holland Tunnels. Ridership data showed increased travel directly within NYCDOT acquired three buses for Command Bus in Queens and Brooklyn boroughs and fewer people 2001 and the private carrier bus fleet increased from traveling to Manhattan. Six out of seven operators 1,134 in 1997 to 1,294 in 2001. This increase in fleet showed ridership growth, with the largest increase size was necessary to accommodate the large ridership contributed by Queens Surface at 3.4 percent. increases. This was accomplished by maintaining the fleet replacement and delaying retirement of older Over the five year period, ridership increased from 87 buses. A total 675 buses, 51.8 percent of the total fleet, million in 1997 to 112.7 million in 2001, a 6.7 percent are over-age (older 12 years). Three operators Jamaica annualized growth rate, and 29.4 percent growth overall. Buses, Liberty Lines Express, and New York Bus Tours The largest ridership gains were among the NYCDOT have total average bus fleet age older than 12 years. To operations in Queens. meet ADA requirements 937 buses, 72 percent, are equipped with wheelchair lifts. The major reasons for dramatic and sustained increases in ridership are: New York City has committed to promoting alternative fuel buses and the current fleet contains 356 • Successful implementation of MetroCard Gold Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) vehicles, 28 percent of “One City- One Fare” Policy and fare the fleet. NYCDOT completed construction of new initiatives together with MTA-NYCT. This CNG bus garage facilities for Command buses in policy provided fare discounts, universal free Southeast Brooklyn and for Queens Surface in College transfer, and other fare initiatives. Point Queens in 1998. The CNG commitment caused delays in acquiring new buses, as facilities to

• This was a period of significant job growth in accommodate them were not available. New York City. In terms of system performance, systemwide operating After two years of growth passenger revenue declined in costs increased 5.8 percent from 2000 to 2001. 2001 by 1 percent. This is in part driven by the increased Operating costs from 1997-2001 increased at 5.4 use of MetroCard time based discounts. Time based fares percent annual rate. Contributing to these expenses in allows for riders to pay 86 cents per trip on average, year 2001 were large increases in health insurance cost, reducing the yield per passenger. Over the longer term casualty and liability cost and increased Con Edison 1997 to 2001 passenger revenue increased at annualized rates for heat, light and power. rate of 4.7 percent reflecting the dramatic ridership increases more than compensating for fare discounts. Command, Queens Surface, NY Bus and especially Triboro made investments in the repair of aged buses in As ridership growth slowed in year 2001, revenue year 2001. All these companies have half of their buses vehicle miles remained stable growing by a slight 0.8 aged over the useful life of 12 years. Moreover, Triboro percent. Over the five year period, revenue vehicle miles fixed so many buses in 2001 that they exceeded the cap have increased in every year, from 24.6 million in 1997 and as a result, the City withheld 1.2 million dollars

III-26 from this company. Triboro paid out of their own pockets for some the repair work performed in 2001.

Non revenue (deadhead) miles increased for Triboro and Queens Surface because of 9/11 incident. Transporting key police, fire and construction worker personnel to and from Ground Zero in the days following 9/11contributed to the increase in deadhead miles. These companies also provided transportation for victims’ families to and from prayer and funeral services.

NYCDOT has retained AIG Insurance to restructure the liability costs for these operations. NYCDOT has also assumed greater role in this process from traditional oversight role to active management. These actions have contained the casualty and liability costs for the system.

Operating cost per mile went up 5 percent from 2000 to 2001, however this increase is still lower than operating expense growth for the same time. Over a five year period, cost per mile increased at a rate of 2.5 percent, less than the annualized inflation rate for that time period. This indicates costs that are generally under control, and account mostly for service increases.

The revenue passenger to revenue vehicle mile ratio increased by 1.1 percent from 2000 to 2001. Over the past 5 years the ratio increased at an annualized rate of 3.7 percent. This is an indication of system efficiency, as ridership grew faster than service expansion and at the same time, indication that particularly during peak periods, service is overcrowded and often operates at peak capacity.

The combination of the fare discounts and cost increases caused the “cover ratio”, (revenue to cost ratio) to decrease at an annualized rate of 3.6 percent from 1997 to 2001. Decline of “the ratio” accelerated in year 2001 by 7.2 percent from 47.2 percent in 2000 to 43.8 percent in 2001 due to the stated above rise of operating expenses and declined passenger revenue.

Under agreement with MTA-NYCT, NYCDOT’s obligation to provide paratransit service is met by MTA’s Access-A-Ride Service. No paratransit service is provided by NYCDOT, although NYC supports MTA’s service financially.

III-27 FINANCIAL INFORMATION - NYCDOT SPONSORED PRIVATE OPERATORS

Sources of Total System 2001 Operating Funds Summary of Total System 2001 Operating Expenses

Fares $125,715,619 Salaries $138,893,915 Local $107,779,202 Fringe $79,349,649 State $52,687,361 Ins $8,409,466 Federal $0 Fuel $7,986,899 Other $0 Other $52,448,671 Total $286,182,182 Total $287,088,600

NYCDOT NYCDOT Operating Revenues & Subsidies Operating Expenses

Other (0.00%) Federal (0.00%) State (18.41%) Other (18.27%)

Fuel (2.78%) Fares (43.93%) Ins (2.93%) Salaries (48.38%)

Local (37.66%) Fringe (27.64%)

Financial Trend Analysis over the past five years: Fleet Characteristics over the past five years:

NYCDOT NYCDOT Operating Revenue and Subsidy Total, Peak and Accessible Vehicles 300 1400 250 1200 200 1000 150 800

Millions 100 600 50 400 0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 200 Year 0 Total Fleet Peak Fleet Accessible

TOTAL GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

NYCDOT Sponsored Private Bus Operators - Operations and Performance Statistics - System Total

NYCDOT 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Operations 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 87,101,180 95,641,528 103,682,234 110,606,797 112,697,205 1.89% 6.65% Rev. Veh. Miles 24,642,115 25,619,324 26,531,810 27,330,029 27,553,459 0.82% 2.83%

Op. Cost $232,906,915 $238,963,678 $255,170,828 $271,281,110 $287,088,600 5.83% 5.37% Op. Rev. $118,124,321 $114,225,701 $120,847,377 $127,981,514 $125,715,619 -1.77% 1.57%

Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 3.53 3.73 3.91 4.05 4.09 1.06% 3.72% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $9.45 $9.33 $9.62 $9.93 $10.42 4.97% 2.47% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 50.72% 47.80% 47.36% 47.18% 43.79% -7.18% -3.61%

National CPI 160.50 163.00 166.60 172.20 177.10 2.85% 2.49% NYSMA CPI 170.80 173.60 177.00 182.50 187.10 2.52% 2.30%

NYCDOT-Total Operations NYCDOT-Total Operations NYCDOT-Total Operations Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 5.0 $ 11.00 4.5 $ 10.00 0.90 4.0 $ 9.00 0.75 3.5 $ 8.00 3.0 $ 7.00 0.60 2.5 $ 6.00 0.45 2.0 $ 5.00 1.5 $ 4.00 0.30 1.0 $ 3.00 0.15 0.5 $ 2.00 0.0 $ 1.00 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-28 NYCDOT Sponsored Transit Services - Operating and Performance Statistics by Operaor - Green and Jamaica Bus Lines

Green 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Bus Lines 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 29,262,860 31,440,210 33,567,174 34,933,437 35,671,118 2.11% 5.08% Rev. Veh. Miles 4,940,210 5,430,250 5,574,296 5,631,659 5,640,342 0.15% 3.37% Op. Cost $50,214,676 $51,720,822 $54,710,432 $57,603,765 $60,216,839 4.54% 4.65% Op. Rev. $29,283,358 $29,751,364 $31,769,078 $33,396,046 $30,452,016 -8.82% 0.98% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 5.92 5.79 6.02 6.20 6.32 1.95% 1.65% Op Cost/Rev. Mile $10.16 $9.52 $9.81 $10.23 $10.68 4.38% 1.24% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 58.32% 57.52% 58.07% 57.98% 50.57% -12.77% -3.50%

NYCDOT-Green Bus Lines NYCDOT-Green Bus Lines Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles

39 6,400 37 6,100 35 5,800 5,500 33 5,200

Millions 31

Thousands 4,900 29 4,600 27 4,300 25 4,000 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

NYCDOT-Green Bus Lines NYCDOT-Green Bus Lines NYCDOT-Green Bus Lines Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 7.0 $11.00 $10.00 0.90 6.0 $9.00 0.75 5.0 $8.00 $7.00 0.60 4.0 $6.00 0.45 $5.00 3.0 $4.00 0.30 2.0 $3.00 0.15 $2.00 1.0 $1.00 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

Jamaica 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Bus Lines 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 8,454,998 9,657,111 10,210,889 11,044,839 11,056,802 0.11% 6.94% Rev. Veh. Miles 1,965,204 1,998,650 1,997,418 1,992,046 1,984,357 -0.39% 0.24% Op. Cost $22,206,563 $22,501,732 $24,048,462 $25,289,458 $26,046,254 2.99% 4.07% Op. Rev. $9,330,140 $9,585,512 $10,012,855 $10,914,464 $9,890,991 -9.38% 1.47% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 4.30 4.83 5.11 5.54 5.57 0.50% 6.68% Op.Cost/Rev. Mile $11.30 $11.26 $12.04 $12.70 $13.13 3.39% 3.82% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 42.02% 42.60% 41.64% 43.16% 37.97% -12.01% -2.50%

NYCDOT-Jamaica Bus Lines NYCDOT-Jamaica Bus Lines Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles

14 2,400 13 2,250 11 2,100 10 1,950 Millions

8 Thousands 1,800 7 1,650 5 1,500 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

NYCDOT-Jamaica Bus Lines NYCDOT-Jamaica Bus Lines NYCDOT-Jamaica Bus Lines Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 7.0 $13.00 0.90 6.0 $11.00 0.75 5.0 $9.00 . 0.60 4.0 $7.00 0.45 3.0 $5.00 0.30 2.0 $3.00 0.15 1.0 $1.00 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-29 NYCDOT Sponsored Transit Services - Operating and Performance Statistics by Operator

Queens 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Surface 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 24,017,022 25,014,781 26,509,760 28,079,213 29,032,677 3.40% 4.86% Rev. Veh. Miles 6,303,858 6,440,358 6,542,592 6,956,792 6,951,012 -0.08% 2.47% Op. Cost $66,415,363 $66,684,203 $71,234,948 $76,105,922 $79,553,327 4.53% 4.62% Op. Rev. $31,204,752 $28,829,852 $29,248,637 $30,550,262 $31,304,863 2.47% 0.08% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 3.81 3.88 4.05 4.04 4.18 3.48% 2.32% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $10.54 $10.35 $10.89 $10.94 $11.44 4.62% 2.09% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 46.98% 43.23% 41.06% 40.14% 39.35% -1.97% -4.34%

NYCDOT-Queens Surface NYCDOT-Queens Surface Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 35 33 7,800 30 7,400 28 7,000 25 6,600 6,200 Millions 23 Thousands 20 5,800 18 5,400 15 5,000 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

NYCDOT-Queens Surface NYCDOT-Queens Surface NYCDOT-Queens Surface Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 5.0 $12.00 4.5 $11.00 0.90 4.0 $10.00 0.75 3.5 $9.00 3.0 $8.00 0.60 $7.00 2.5 $6.00 0.45 2.0 $5.00 1.5 $4.00 0.30 1.0 $3.00 0.15 0.5 $2.00 0.0 $1.00 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

Command 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Bus Lines 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 2,343,363 2,721,898 2,974,165 3,170,849 3,209,379 1.22% 8.18% Rev. Veh. Miles 2,770,362 2,698,553 2,746,852 2,763,282 2,770,644 0.27% 0.00% Op. Cost $19,014,977 $19,637,287 $19,678,329 $20,321,282 $22,016,224 8.34% 3.73% Op. Rev. $6,770,367 $6,248,121 $6,453,238 $6,729,137 $6,691,662 -0.56% -0.29% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.85 1.01 1.08 1.15 1.16 0.95% 8.18% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $6.86 $7.28 $7.16 $7.35 $7.95 8.05% 3.73% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 35.61% 31.82% 32.79% 33.11% 30.39% -8.21% -3.88%

NYCDOT-Command Bus Lines NYCDOT-Command Bus Lines Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 4,000 3,750 2,900 3,500 2,750 3,250 3,000 2,600 2,750 2,450 2,500 Thousands Thousands 2,250 2,300 2,000 2,150 1,750 1,500 2,000 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

NYCDOT-Command Bus Lines NYCDOT-Command Bus Lines NYCDOT-Command Bus Lines Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 5.0 $10.00 4.5 $9.00 0.90 4.0 $8.00 3.5 $7.00 0.75 3.0 $6.00 2.5 0.60 $5.00 2.0 0.45 1.5 $4.00 1.0 $3.00 0.30 0.5 $2.00 0.15 0.0 $1.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 $0.00 0.00 Year 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

III-30 NYCDOT Sponsored Transit Services - Operating and Performance Statistics by Operator

Liberty 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Lines 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 2,407,798 2,802,432 3,020,444 2,974,187 2,935,898 -1.29% 5.08% Rev. Veh. Miles 2,436,846 2,466,101 2,515,797 2,534,629 2,521,703 -0.51% 0.86% Op. Cost $16,029,098 $17,019,329 $18,674,274 $18,904,939 $19,798,883 4.73% 5.42% Op. Rev. $9,277,481 $8,376,256 $8,517,364 $8,340,285 $8,191,179 -1.79% -3.07% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.99 1.14 1.20 1.17 1.16 -0.78% 4.19% Op.Cost/Rev. Mile $6.58 $6.90 $7.42 $7.46 $7.85 5.27% 4.52% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 57.88% 49.22% 45.61% 44.12% 41.37% -6.22% -8.05%

NYCDOT-Liberty Lines NYCDOT-Liberty Lines Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles

3,500 2,700 3,250 2,600 3,000 2,500 2,750 2,400 2,300 Thousands 2,500 Thousands 2,200 2,250 2,100 2,000 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2,000 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

NYCDOT-Liberty Lines NYCDOT-Liberty Lines NYCDOT-Liberty Lines Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 5.0 $10.00 4.5 $9.00 0.90 4.0 $8.00 3.5 0.75 $7.00 3.0 0.60 2.5 $6.00 2.0 $5.00 0.45 1.5 $4.00 0.30 1.0 $3.00 0.5 0.15 $2.00 0.0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 $1.00 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

Triboro 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Coach 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 17,666,139 20,752,535 23,559,999 26,460,393 26,578,641 0.45% 10.75% Rev. Veh. Miles 3,533,294 3,673,511 4,054,258 4,148,199 4,169,480 0.51% 4.23% Op. Cost $38,462,815 $39,859,517 $44,104,584 $48,426,595 $51,694,894 6.75% 7.67% Op. Rev. $21,103,269 $21,333,530 $23,638,351 $27,055,875 $27,245,789 0.70% 6.60% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 5.00 5.65 5.81 6.38 6.37 -0.07% 6.26% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $10.89 $10.85 $10.88 $11.67 $12.40 6.20% 3.31% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 54.87% 53.52% 53.60% 55.87% 52.70% -5.66% -1.00%

NYCDOT-Triboro Coach NYCDOT-Triboro Coach Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles

34 4,500 31 4,250 29 26 4,000 24 3,750 21 Millions

19 Thousands 3,500 16 14 3,250 11 3,000 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

NYCDOT-Triboro Coach NYCDOT-Triboro Coach NYCDOT-Triboro Coach Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 10.0 9.0 $13.00 0.90 8.0 $11.00 0.75 7.0 6.0 $9.00 0.60 5.0 $7.00 0.45 4.0 $5.00 3.0 0.30 2.0 $3.00 0.15 1.0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 $1.00 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-31 NYCDOT Sponsored Transit Services - Operating and Performance Statistics by Operator - New York Bus Tours

NY Bus 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Tours 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 2,949,000 3,252,561 3,839,803 3,943,879 4,014,399 1.79% 8.02% Rev. Veh. Miles 2,692,341 2,911,901 3,100,597 3,303,422 3,346,565 1.31% 5.59% Op. Cost $20,563,423 $21,540,788 $22,719,799 $24,629,149 $26,169,953 6.26% 6.21% Op. Rev. $11,154,954 $10,101,066 $11,207,854 $10,995,445 $11,253,311 2.35% 0.22% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 1.10 1.12 1.24 1.19 1.20 0.48% 2.30% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $7.64 $7.40 $7.33 $7.46 $7.82 4.89% 0.59% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 54.25% 46.89% 49.33% 44.64% 43.00% -3.68% -5.64%

NYCDOT-NY Bus Tours NYCDOT-NY Bus Tours Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles

4,400 4,100 3,750 3,800 3,400 3,500 3,050 3,200 Thousands

Thousands 2,900 2,700 2,600 2,350 2,300 2,000 2,000 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

NYCDOT-NY Bus Tours NYCDOT-NY Bus Tours NYCDOT-NY Bus Tours Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 5.0 $10.00 4.5 $9.00 0.90 4.0 $8.00 3.5 0.75 $7.00 3.0 $6.00 0.60 2.5 2.0 $5.00 0.45 $4.00 1.5 0.30 1.0 $3.00 0.5 $2.00 0.15 0.0 $1.00 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-32 STATEN ISLAND FERRY New York City DOT 1 Bay Street Staten Island, NY 10301 (718) 876-5255 Web Site: http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/dot/home.html

State Legislative Districts: Senate: 23-25 Assembly: 59-62

Base Fare: Free for walk on passengers

The New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) operates the Staten Island Ferry which runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week between Manhattan and Staten Island. Effective July 4, 1997 the fare was eliminated for walk on passengers.

Carrying 65,000 daily passengers, the Staten Island Ferry has the largest ridership of any single route ferry system in the world. The ferry connects 15 bus routes and the Staten Island Railway in Staten Island with Manhattan and its vast network of public transit at South Ferry. Its of several subway lines. This extra service ran from vessels sail every fifteen minutes in peak periods. Its 6AM-10AM and from 3PM to 8PM and at its peak it Barbieri and Kennedy Class vessels carry up to 6,000 carried 3,000 daily commuters per day. Even after and 4,000 respectively. restoration of N & R subway lines, ridership has remained at about 1,500-1,600 daily commuters. The The City fiscal year from July 1, 2001 till June 30, 2002 Brooklyn ferry service was turned over to New York was a very difficult year for the Staten Island Ferry. In Waterway on June 24, 2002, to operate with more the immediate aftermath of the September 11 terrorist appropriately sized smaller vessels. attacks the Ferry shut down regular service for one week. In addition, the ferry ran extra boats in order to help Despite September 11 attacks and slowing economy, transport emergency and medical personnel and Staten Island Ferry ridership actually grew by 3.3 equipment on a 24 hour basis. percent. These results in part reflect the significant restrictions imposed on the motorists entering On September 17 the city commenced a new free ferry Manhattan in the aftermath of the attacks. These service from Pier 4 Brooklyn Army Terminal with two restrictions included the banning of Single Occupant shuttle bus routes in Brooklyn to cope with the shutdown Vehicles (SOVs) on all three Brooklyn-Manhattan

Staten Island Ferry Staten Island Ferry Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 21 250

20 225

19 200

18 175 Millions

17 Thousands 150

16 125

15 100 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

III-33 Staten Island Ferry Ferry Boat 2001 Characteristics Revenue Passengers 18,635,852 concessions and vehicle revenues. After September 11 Number of Vehicles 7 all vehicles on the ferry as well as ferry charters or Number of Employees 536 contracts for revenue were prohibited. Commercial Revenue Vehicle Miles 171,465 advertisements and concessions revenue were Revenue Vehicle Hours 16,487 substantially reduced (23.6 percent) because of Total Operating Revenue 1,345,002 construction on both terminals. This caused operating Total Operating Expense 49,595,770 revenues to decrease 45.5 percent in CFY 01. Operating Expense /Rev. Vehicle Mile 289.25 Operating Expense / Rev. Vehicle Hour 3,008.17 The increase in operating expenses and dramatic Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Mile 108.69 decrease in operating revenues reduced the cover ratio Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Hour 1,130.34 from 5.5 percent in CFY 00 to 2.7 percent in CFY 01.. Total Operating Revenue / Op. Expense 0.03 Operating Expense / Revenue Passenger 2.66 The City also, began a substantial investment program Total Op. Revenue / Revenue Passenger 0.07 in the Staten Island Ferry infrastructure, comprised of $120 million (total) for three new ferries to replace the bridges and the Brooklyn Battery tunnel during rush Kennedy Class vessels, $185 million for a new hours. Additional riders from the new Brooklyn ferry Whitehall Terminal at South Ferry Manhattan, and were also a factor in the ridership increase. $106 for a rehabilitation of the St George Terminal in Staten Island. The estimated completion of Whitehall In the five year period beginning in 1997, ridership was Terminal construction is June 2004, followed by St. nearly flat (down 0.8 percent). Ferry ridership initially George terminal July 2004. Delivery of the three new rose from 1997 to 1998, with the fare elimination and ferry vessels are anticipated in August 2003, MetroCard one-fare policy. However ridership again December 2003 and April 2004. began to fall beginning in 1999, as express bus service enhancements were introduced and the express bus fares were reduced to $3.00. Throughout this period, many riders chose to use the improving express bus services, which afforded one seat rides from close to home to their destinations in Manhattan, rather than the three seat ride involving the Ferry.

Service levels were stable and despite a minor decline in ridership for the last 5 years, the number of passengers riding these large capacity vessels continues to warrant the service levels of up to four vessels per hour.

Ferry operating costs increased 9.6percent in CFY 01, at a higher rate than the 5-year annualized increase of 7.7 percent. Direct costs associated with Post-September 11 recovery and the operation of the Brooklyn ferry drove this accelerated increase. Direct operators salary and wages increased by 9.6 percent, and vehicle maintenance salary and wages raise by 14.6 percent. The City anticipates reimbursement from FEMA for direct costs associated with the September 11 recovery.

Cost increases, coupled with a slight decrease in vessel miles caused the cost per mile ratio to increase 10.2 percent in CFY 01, at a double rate of the five year annualized increase of 5.7 percent.

As noted earlier, the passenger fare on the Staten Island Ferry, is free. However, revenues are generated by

III-34 FINANCIAL INFORMATION - STATEN ISLAND FERRY

Sources of Total System 2001 Operating Funds Summary of Total System 2001 Operating Expenses

Fares $260,877 Salaries $34,056,136 Local $32,096,768 Fringe $9,705,999 State $16,154,000 Insurance $0 Federal $0 Fuel $2,175,265 Other $1,084,125 Other $3,658,370 Total $49,595,770 Total $49,595,770

Staten Island Ferry Staten Island Ferry Operating Revenues & Subsidies Operating Expenses

Other (2.19%) Other (7.38%) Federal (0.00%) Fares (0.53%) Fuel (4.39%) Insurance (0.00%)

State (32.57%) Fringe (19.57%)

Local (64.72%) Salaries (68.67%)

Financial Trend Analysis over the past five years: Fleet Characteristics over the past five years:

Staten Island Ferry Staten Island Ferry Operating Revenue and Subsidy Total, Peak and Accessible Vehicles 60 10 50 9 8 40 7 30 6 5 Millions 20 4 3 10 2 0 1 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 0 Year Total Fleet Peak Fleet Accessible

TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE TOTAL GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Staten Island Ferry - Operations and Performance Statistics

Staten Isl Ferry 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Operations 00 to 01 % Change

Rev. Passengers 19,263,674 19,851,000 19,000,298 18,039,511 18,635,852 3.31% -0.82% Rev. Veh. Miles 158,873 171,309 173,212 172,474 171,465 -0.59% 1.93%

Op. Cost $36,873,625 $39,302,167 $43,204,392 $45,269,818 $49,595,770 9.56% 7.69% Op. Rev. $2,380,278 $2,471,543 $2,623,434 $2,466,958 $1,345,002 -45.48% -13.30%

Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 121.25 115.88 109.69 104.59 108.69 3.91% -2.70% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $232.09 $229.42 $249.43 $262.47 $289.25 10.20% 5.66% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 6.46% 6.29% 6.07% 5.45% 2.71% -50.23% -19.49%

National CPI 160.50 163.00 166.60 172.20 177.10 2.85% 2.49% NYSMA CPI 170.80 173.60 177.00 182.50 187.10 2.52% 2.30%

Staten Island Ferry Staten Island Ferry Staten Island Ferry Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Revenue to Operating Cost 150.0 $300.00 0.90 125.0 $275.00 0.75 100.0 $250.00 0.60 75.0 $225.00 0.45 50.0 $200.00 0.30 25.0 $175.00 0.15 0.0 $150.00 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-35 NASSAU COUNTY TRANSIT SERVICE MTA LONG ISLAND BUS 700 Commercial Avenue Garden City, NY 11530 (516) 542-1423 Web Site: www.mta.nyc.ny.us/libus/index.html

State Legislative Districts: Senate: 2, 4 - 12 Assembly: 8 - 26, 29, 31 - 33

Base Fare: $1.50 Last Increase: $.35 on 4/1/91

This section discusses transit services provided in Nassau County by both MTA-Long Island Bus and the City of Long Beach. MTA-Long Island Bus, a subsidiary of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, operates fixed route and paratransit services in Nassau County and in Queens, where it connects with MTA-NYCT subway and bus services. MTA-Long Island Bus also provided service to JFK airport during this reporting period. 1997 to 2001, reaching 30.7 million in 2001. While Over the 1997-2001 period, "MTA-LIB" has continued MTA-LIB has held its base fare at $1.50 for the entire to experience growth in ridership, with an increase of five year period, its participation in MetroCard has 16 percent over this period. Annual percentage growth caused the average revenue per passenger to drop from over the past two years have slowed to roughly half of $1.20 in 1997 to $1.05 in 2001. Both STOA and what it was for 1998 and 1999. The increases from County subsidies significantly increased between 2000 1997-1999 were driven largely by the fare and service and 2001: STOA increased 18 percent from $30.4 changes that MTA-LIB implemented during this period. million to $35.9 million and Nassau County's contribution increased 12 percent from $7.4 million to Fixed Route Services: Fixed Route Services: MTA- $8.3 million. LIB's fixed route services accounted for nearly 99 percent of their riders in 2001. Fixed route ridership increased at an annualized rate of 3.7 percent from

MTA-Long Island Bus Operated Services MTA-Long Island Bus-Operated Services Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 35 12,500 33 12,000 30 11,500 28 11,000 Millions

25 Thousands 10,500 23 10,000 20 9,500 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

III-36 Nassau County: MTA-Long Island Bus MTA LI Bus MTA LI Bus MTA LI Bus Long Beach Long Beach Long Beach 2001 Characteristics Fixed Route Paratransit Total Fixed Route Paratransit Total Revenue Passengers 30,705,759 213,318 30,919,077 478,335 6,037 484,372 Number of Vehicles 325 74 399 12 2 14 Number of Employees 896 147 1,043 22 3 25 Revenue Vehicle Miles 9,880,768 2,215,988 12,096,756 228,068 7,495 235,563 Revenue Vehicle Hours 802,720 161,481 964,201 22,342 22,342 44,684 Total Operating Revenue 32,468,991 642,396 33,111,387 492,717 3,018 495,735 Total Operating Expense 80,050,632 6,885,422 86,936,054 1,487,332 92,558 1,579,890 Operating Expense /Rev. Vehicle Mile 8.10 3.11 7.19 6.52 12.35 6.71 Operating Expense / Rev. Vehicle Hour 99.72 42.64 90.16 66.57 4.14 35.36 Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Mile 3.11 0.10 2.56 2.10 0.81 2.06 Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Hour 38.25 1.32 32.07 21.41 0.27 10.84 Total Operating Revenue / Op. Expense 0.41 0.09 0.38 0.33 0.03 0.31 Operating Expense / Revenue Passenger 2.61 32.28 2.81 3.11 15.33 3.26 Total Op. Revenue / Revenue Passenger 1.06 3.01 1.07 1.03 0.50 1.02

Revenue miles, a measure of the amount of service that route and paratransit services within its municipal MTA LIB offers, increased 1.7 percent to 9.9 million boundaries. The total ridership for the Long Beach miles between 2000 and 2001. system has experienced a long term trend of decline. Since 1997, total fixed route ridership has dropped 20 Paratransit Services: Paratransit services since 1998 percent to 478,335. Paratransit ridership, which are growing at a continually decreasing rate: 33 percent represents 1 percent of total ridership continues to grow for 1998 to 1999; 15 percent for 1999 to 2000 and 10 and increased 18.8 percent to 6,037 between 2000 and percent for 2000 to 2001. 2001 ridership was 213,318. 2001. In an effort to counteract the decrease in fixed The continual reduction of the percent rate of increase route ridership, vehicle miles of service increased may indicate that ridership is stabilizing and hence almost 20 percent between 1997 and 2001. Total within several years, paratransit ridership changes may system costs have increased at an annualized rate of 2.5 more directly reflect changes in fixed route ridership. percent during this five year period.

The revenue passenger per revenue vehicle mile, a Paratransit services have been provided since 1998. measure of service effectiveness, has increased at an Ridership for these services has continually increased annualized rate of 2.9 percent over the 1997 to 2001 over the years, from 3,694 in 1998 to 6,037 in 2001. period for fixed route services and has remained virtually constant for paratransit services.

The cost per mile for fixed route services has increased at the relatively low annual rate of 2.4 percent over the 1997 to 2001 period. This is a rate is in line with inflation. The cost per mile for paratransit services has remained constant since 1998. Despite the dramatic increases in paratransit services, the costs of operating this service remain low: $3.11 per mile in 2001 versus $8.10 per mile for the fixed route services.

The total system’s ratio of operating revenue to operating cost, a measure of service economy, remained at the same level in 2001 as it was for 2000: 38 percent. This is a slight decrease over the ratio as it was in 1997 when it was 43 percent. For fixed route services, the ratio was 41 percent in 2001; for paratransit it was 9 percent.

City of Long Beach Transit

The City of Long Beach operates local transit fixed

III-37 FINANCIAL INFORMATION - MTA LONG ISLAND BUS -SYSTEM TOTAL

Sources of Total System 2001 Operating Funds Summary of Total System 2001 Operating Expenses

Fares $31,809,198 Salaries $48,640,771 Local $11,788,082 Fringe $19,690,075 State $38,988,307 Ins $2,309,349 Federal $3,728,107 Fuel $4,119,300 Other $1,302,189 Other $12,176,559 Total $87,615,883 Total $86,936,054

MTA Long Island Bus MTA Long Island Bus Operating Revenues & Subsidies Operating Expenses

Other (1.49%) Federal (4.26%) Other (14.01%)

Fuel (4.74%) Fares (36.31%) Ins (2.66%)

State (44.50%) Salaries (55.95%) Fringe (22.65%)

Local (13.45%)

Financial Trend Analysis over the past five years: Fleet Characteristics over the past five years:

MTA Long Island Bus MTA Long Island Bus Operating Revenue and Subsidy Total, Peak and Accessible Vehicles 100 450 400 80 350 60 300 40 Millions 250 20 200 150 0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 100 Year Total Fleet Peak Fleet Accessible

TOTAL GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

MTA Long Island Bus - Total System -Operations and Performances Statistics

MTA-LI Bus 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Operations 00 to 01 % Change

Rev. Passengers 26,662,693 28,141,031 29,398,193 30,056,678 30,919,077 2.87% 3.77% Rev. Veh. Miles 10,703,755 10,931,823 11,361,529 11,757,650 12,096,756 2.88% 3.11%

Op. Cost $74,331,793 $76,193,439 $78,963,582 $85,234,333 $86,936,054 2.00% 3.99% Op. Rev. $32,105,707 $30,915,379 $32,132,128 $32,499,189 $33,111,387 1.88% 0.77%

Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 2.49 2.57 2.59 2.56 2.56 -0.01% 0.65% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $6.94 $6.97 $6.95 $7.25 $7.19 -0.86% 0.86% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 43.19% 40.57% 40.69% 38.13% 38.09% -0.11% -3.10%

National CPI 160.50 163.00 166.60 172.20 177.10 2.85% 2.49% NYSMA CPI 170.80 173.60 177.00 182.50 187.10 2.52% 2.30%

MTA-Long Island Bus MTA-Long Island Bus MTA-Long Island Bus Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. toOperating Cost 3.5 $10.00 0.90 3.0 $9.00 $8.00 0.75 2.5 $7.00 0.60 2.0 $6.00 1.5 $5.00 0.45 $4.00 1.0 0.30 $3.00 0.15 0.5 $2.00 0.0 $1.00 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-38 MTA Long Island Bus - Operating and Performance Statistics by Mode - Fixed Route and Paratransit

MTA-LI Bus 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Fixed Route 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 26,549,239 28,015,955 29,232,346 29,862,912 30,705,759 2.82% 3.70% Rev. Veh. Miles 9,562,991 9,581,002 9,556,832 9,720,091 9,880,768 1.65% 0.82% Op. Cost $70,564,045 $71,989,760 $73,375,938 $78,863,271 $80,050,632 1.51% 3.20% Op. Rev. $31,764,361 $30,543,261 $31,638,806 $31,918,365 $32,468,991 1.73% 0.55% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 2.78 2.92 3.06 3.07 3.11 1.15% 2.86% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $7.38 $7.51 $7.68 $8.11 $8.10 -0.15% 2.36% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 45.01% 42.43% 43.12% 40.47% 40.56% 0.22% -2.57%

MTA-Long Island Bus Fixed Route MTA-Long Island Bus-Fixed Route Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 10,500 34 10,250 32 10,000 30 9,750 28 9,500

Millions 26 9,250 Thousands 24 9,000 22 8,750 20 8,500 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

MTA-Long Island Bus-Fixed Route MTA-Long Island Bus-Fixed Route MTA-Long Island Bus-Fixed Route Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. toOperating Cost 3.5 $10.00 $9.00 0.90 3.0 $8.00 0.75 2.5 $7.00 2.0 $6.00 0.60 1.5 $5.00 0.45 1.0 $4.00 0.30 $3.00 0.5 $2.00 0.15 0.0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 $1.00 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

MTA-LI Bus 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Paratransit 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 113,454 125,076 165,847 193,766 213,318 10.09% 17.10% Rev. Veh. Miles 1,140,764 1,350,821 1,804,697 2,037,559 2,215,988 8.76% 18.06% Op. Cost $3,767,748 $4,203,679 $5,587,644 $6,371,062 $6,885,422 8.07% 16.27% Op. Rev. $341,346 $372,118 $493,322 $580,824 $642,396 10.60% 17.13% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.10 0.09 0.09 0.10 0.10 1.23% -0.81% Op. Cost/Rev.Mile $3.30 $3.11 $3.10 $3.13 $3.11 -0.63% -1.52% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 9.06% 8.85% 8.83% 9.12% 9.33% 2.34% 0.74%

MTA-Long Island Bus Paratransit MTA-Long Island Bus-Paratransit Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles

250 2,900 225 2,600 200 2,300 175 2,000 150 1,700 125 Thousands

Thousands 1,400 100 1,100 75 800

50 500 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

MTA-Long Island Bus-Paratransit MTA-Long Island Bus-Paratransit MTA-Long Island Bus-Paratransit Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.50 $10.00 3.00 $9.00 0.90 2.50 $8.00 0.75 $7.00 2.00 $6.00 0.60 1.50 $5.00 0.45 $4.00 1.00 0.30 $3.00 0.50 $2.00 0.15 0.00 $1.00 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-39 FINANCIAL INFORMATION - LONG BEACH TRANSIT - TOTAL SYSTEM

Sources of Total System 2001 Operating Funds Summary of Total System 2001 Operating Expenses

Fares $415,109 Salaries $1,080,300 Local $743,046 Fringe $286,864 State $341,108 Ins $58,849 Federal $0 Fuel $63,960 Other $80,626 Other $89,917 Total $1,579,889 Total $1,579,890

City of Long Beach City of Long Beach Operating Revenues & Subsidies Operating Expenses

Other (5.10%) Other (5.69%) Federal (0.00%) Fuel (4.05%) Fares (26.27%) Ins (3.72%) State (21.59%)

Fringe (18.16%)

Salaries (68.38%)

Local (47.03%)

Financial Trend Analysis over the past five years: Fleet Characteristics over the past five years:

City of Long Beach City of Long Beach Operating Revenue and Subsidy Total, Peak and Accessible Vehicles 18 1,500 16 14 1,000 12 10

Thousands 500 8 6 4 0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2 Year 0 Total Fleet Peak Fleet Accessible TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE TOTAL GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

City of Long Beach Total Operations and Perfromance Statistics

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Operations 00 to 01 % Change

Rev. Passengers 544,211 468,182 472,674 487,996 484,372 -0.74% -2.87% Rev. Veh. Miles 189,811 204,192 206,753 208,986 235,563 12.72% 5.55%

Op. Cost $1,349,345 $1,418,538 $1,439,142 $1,480,873 $1,579,890 6.69% 4.02% Op. Rev. $486,590 $485,833 $460,223 $484,503 $495,735 2.32% 0.47%

Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 2.87 2.29 2.29 2.34 2.06 -11.94% -7.97% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $7.11 $6.95 $6.96 $7.09 $6.71 -5.35% -1.44% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 36.06% 34.25% 31.98% 32.72% 31.38% -4.09% -3.42%

National CPI 160.50 163.00 166.60 172.20 177.10 2.85% 2.49% NYSMA CPI 170.80 173.60 177.00 182.50 187.10 2.52% 2.30%

City of Long Beach City of Long Beach City of Long Beach Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $10.00 $9.00 0.90 3.0 $8.00 0.75 2.5 $7.00 2.0 $6.00 0.60 $5.00 1.5 0.45 $4.00 0.30 1.0 $3.00 0.5 $2.00 0.15 $1.00 0.00 0.0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-40 City of Long Beach Transit - Operating and Performance Statistics by Mode - Fixed Route and Paratransit

City of Long Beach 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Fixed Route 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 544,211 464,488 468,741 482,915 478,335 -0.95% -3.17% Rev. Veh. Miles 189,811 198,682 201,017 202,521 228,068 12.61% 4.70% Op. Cost $1,349,345 $1,349,365 $1,367,327 $1,389,823 $1,487,332 7.02% 2.46% Op. Rev. $486,590 $483,986 $458,257 $481,963 $492,717 2.23% 0.31% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 2.87 2.34 2.33 2.38 2.10 -12.04% -7.52% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $7.11 $6.79 $6.80 $6.86 $6.52 -4.97% -2.13% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 36.06% 35.87% 33.51% 34.68% 33.13% -4.47% -2.10%

City of Long Beach-Fixed Route City of Long Beach-Fixed Route Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 250 850 225 750 650 200

550 175 Thousands Thousands 450 150 350 125 250 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

City of Long Beach-Fixed Route City of Long Beach-Fixed Route City of Long Beach-Fixed Route Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $10.00 $9.00 3.0 0.90 $8.00 0.75 2.5 $7.00 2.0 $6.00 0.60 $5.00 1.5 0.45 $4.00 1.0 $3.00 0.30 $2.00 0.5 0.15 $1.00 0.0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

City of Long Beach 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Paratransit 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 0 3,694 3,933 5,081 6,037 18.82% 17.60% Rev. Veh. Miles 0 5,510 5,736 6,465 7,495 15.93% 10.69% Op. Cost $0 $69,173 $71,815 $91,050 $92,558 1.66% 10.09% Op. Rev. $0 $1,847 $1,966 $2,540 $3,018 18.82% 17.59% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile N/A 0.67 0.69 0.79 0.81 2.49% 6.24% Op. Cost/Rev.Mile N/A $12.55 $12.52 $14.08 $12.35 -12.31% -0.54% Op. Rev./Op. Cost N/A 2.67% 2.74% 2.79% 3.26% 16.88% 6.82%

City of Long Beach-Paratransit City of Long Beach-Paratransit Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 10 10 9 9 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 Thousands Thousands 3 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

City of Long Beach-Paratransit City of Long Beach-Paratransit City of Long Beach-Paratransit Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $15.00 0.90 3.0 $13.00 0.75 2.5 $11.00 0.60 2.0 $9.00 0.45 1.5 $7.00 0.30 1.0 $5.00 0.5 $3.00 0.15 0.0 $1.00 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-41 WESTCHESTER COUNTY BEE LINE 100 East First Street Mount Vernon, NY 10550 (914) 813-7700 Website: www.beelinebus.com

State Legislative Districts: Senate: 33 - 37 Assembly: 84 - 90

Base Fare: $1.40 Last Increase: $.15 in 2/96

Westchester County’s “Bee Line” system provides fixed route and paratransit service throughout Westchester County, as well as several innovative shuttle services connecting riders with the Metro North Railroad. The Bee Line system handles over 29 million passengers annually. The County contracts with three private bus operators to provide service on its fixed routes and contracts with two operators for the paratransit service. Westchester County’s New York City-oriented commuter travel market is served by the Metro North Railroad, discussed in a separate section of this Report, as well as a set of express bus services provided by the Bee Line system.

Fixed route ridership has remained virtually the miles operated; PTLA Enterprises Inc. provides unchanged over the past five years with an service in the northwestern part of the county and Port annualized decrease of 0.3 percent. Fixed Route Chester Rye Transit Inc. operates one route between Revenue Vehicle Miles experienced a slight decrease Port Chester and Rye. over the five year period with an annualized decrease The Bee Line system operates a diverse fixed route of 0.3 percent. The Westchester county Bee Line transit fleet and has done so for over two decades. The System continues to carry more than 100,000 riders fleet currently includes 204 standard 40 foot transit each weekday. buses, 68 articulated buses, used on the heaviest local Bee Line’s fixed route operators are Liberty Lines routes (typically, those serving outlying NYCT Transit Inc., which accounts for 96 percent of the subway stations in the Bronx), 36 “Over the Road” passengers carried and approximately 79 percent of Coaches on its express route into Manhattan, and 60

Westchester BeeLine -Total Operations WestchesterBeeLine -Total Operations Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Mile 30,200 10,650 29,900 29,600 10,450 29,300 10,250 29,000 10,050 28,700 9,850 Thousands 28,400 Thousands 28,100 9,650 27,800 9,450 27,500 9,250 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

III-42 WESTCHESTER COUNTY Admin Fixed Route Paratransit Total 2001 Characteristics Motor Bus Service Revenue Passengers 29,478,778 176,495 29,655,273 Number of Vehicles 365 54 419 Number of Employees 39 706 12 757 Revenue Vehicle Miles 8,398,634 1,913,521 10,312,155 Revenue Vehicle Hours 708,987 119,995 828,982 Total Operating Revenue 4,153,460 35,907,781 0 40,061,241 Total Operating Expense 8,157,280 69,501,790 4,419,112 82,078,182 Operating Expense/Rev. Vehicle Mile 8.28 2.31 7.96 Operating Expense/Rev. Vehicle Hour 98.03 36.83 99.01 Rev. Passengers/Rev. Vehicle Mile 3.51 0.09 2.88 Rev Passengers/Rev.Vehicle Hour 41.58 1.47 35.77 Total Operating Revenue/Op. Expense 0.52 0.00 0.49 Operating Expense/Rev.Passenger 2.36 25.04 2.77 Operating Revenue/Rev. Passenger 1.22 0.00 1.35 shuttle vans. New 30 foot transit buses are being added to service some of the heavier shuttle routes, • Operating costs increased, due to increases in that have outgrown the capacity of the shuttle vans. salary/wages, fringe benefits, and casualty & The fleet of 68 articulated buses were acquired in liability insurance. A new contract with the 2001 as part of Westchester County’s capital Transport Workers Union (TWU) was agreed program. The fixed route fleet is comprised of 368 upon in March, 2001. buses, of which 57 percent are accessible. • Increased prevalence of shuttle and regional The county has developed an innovative system of services, which typically recover between shuttle and regional services, including the “Platinum 15-20 percent of their operating costs due in Mile Shuttles” to the outlying corporate office parks part to Uniticket free or reduced fare transfers along the Cross Westchester Corridor (I-287) in and to connecting services. near White Plains. The shuttles provide feeder service to both the Metro North Railroad (MNR) and regular Overall operating costs from 2000 to 2001 increased Bee Line fixed route services. They are an important above inflation due to increases in wages, utilities, transit link enabling commuters, including reverse casualty and liabilities. commuters, to access the corporate parks via transit. The network of regional services is integrated with Revenue passengers per vehicle mile, a measure of the county fixed route system at the White Plains service effectiveness, remained stable for the Bee “TransCenter” Intermodal Station. They also connect Line system over the five year period, because miles with interRegional services from Connecticut and and passengers have remained constant. other counties at the TransCenter. The operating expenses per vehicle mile for the Bee The total Westchester County transit system Line system increased 5.5 percent in 2001. This is due operating cost is $82.1 million, of which 49 percent is to growth in operating expenses amidst stable revenue covered from total operating revenues. This revenue miles. Over the five year period, the efficiency of the to cost ratio, operating ratio, is a measure of “service system has decreased at a slower annualized rate of 3.5 economy,” percent.

The operating ratio for the Bee Line’s fixed route bus Paratransit Service is provided by Academy Bus system operated at 52 percent in 2001, which is a Company and Suburban Paratransit Corp. under the decrease from the preceding year when the Bee-Line supervision and scheduling direction of the County fixed route operators posted a 54 percent cover ratio. Office for the Disabled, with DOT support. Prior to There are several reasons for the decrease in the 1999 this service was supervised by WCDOT. economy (operating ratio) of the Bee Line’s fixed Westchester County operated paratransit to meet the route system: demand for services to the elderly and disabled even prior to the 1990 passage of the Americans with • The fare remained constant during this Disabilities Act. period;

III-43 Bee Line Paratransit has seen a 9 percent increase in Revenue passengers with only a 4.6 percent increase in revenue vehicle miles. Generally, paratransit service has a larger increase in vehicle miles in proportion to the increase in ridership because Demand Responsive paratransit origins/destinations are more dispersed than those of the fixed route riders. Bee-Line paratransit increased the productivity of the paratransit system increasing passengers at twice the rate of Revenue Vehicle miles. This was a positive trend increasing the effectiveness of the paratransit system by 4.2 percent.

Although the cost recovery ratio on the paratransit service is much lower than that of the general fixed route service, this is an important service for the mobility of handicapped individuals who can not be transported on the fixed route system.

III-44 FINANCIAL INFORMATION - WESTCHESTER COUNTY BEE-LINE - SYSTEM TOTAL

Sources of Total System 2001 Operating Funds Summary of Total System 2001 Operating Expenses

Fares $35,907,781 Salaries $39,030,860 Local $13,792,660 Fringe $12,052,237 State $25,353,751 Ins $2,084,458 Federal $2,870,530 Fuel $3,324,098 Other $4,153,460 Other $25,586,529 Total $82,078,182 Total $82,078,182

Westchester County Westchester County Operating Revenues & Subsidies Operating Expenses

Other (5.06%) Federal (3.50%) Other (31.17%)

Salaries (47.55%) Fares (43.75%) State (30.89%) Fuel (4.05%) Ins (2.54%) Fringe (14.68%) Local (16.80%)

Financial Trend Analysis over the past five years: Fleet Characteristics over the past five years:

Westchester County Westchester County Operating Revenue and Subsidy Total, Peak and Accessible Vehicle 500 80 400 60 300 40 Millions 200 20

0 100 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year 0

TOTAL GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Westchester County Beeline - System Total Operations and Performances Statistics

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual 00 to 01 % Change

Rev. Passengers 29,675,655 29,940,813 29,573,885 29,725,013 29,655,273 -0.23% -0.02% Rev. Veh. Miles 10,015,102 10,230,254 10,188,592 10,279,966 10,312,155 0.31% 0.73%

Op. Cost $69,538,236 $72,099,950 $73,719,943 $77,589,723 $82,078,182 5.78% 4.23% Op. Rev. $36,724,394 $37,329,622 $37,741,620 $38,757,825 $40,061,241 3.36% 2.20%

Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 2.96 2.93 2.90 2.89 2.88 -0.55% -0.75% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $6.94 $7.05 $7.24 $7.55 $7.96 5.45% 3.47% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 52.81% 51.77% 51.20% 49.95% 48.81% -2.29% -1.95%

National CPI 160.50 163.00 166.60 172.20 177.10 2.85% 2.49% NYSMA CPI 170.80 173.60 177.00 182.50 187.10 2.52% 2.30%

Westchester Westchester Westchester Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $10.00 $9.00 0.90 3.0 $8.00 0.75 2.5 $7.00 2.0 $6.00 0.60 1.5 $5.00 0.45 $4.00 1.0 0.30 $3.00 0.5 $2.00 0.15 0.0 $1.00 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-45 Westchester County Bee-Line - Operating and Performance Statistics by Mode - Fixed Route and Paratransit

Bee-Line 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Fixed Route 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 29,520,020 29,785,320 29,422,764 29,563,074 29,478,778 -0.29% -0.03% Rev. Veh. Miles 8,486,466 8,663,808 8,540,083 8,450,850 8,398,634 -0.62% -0.26% Op. Cost $57,071,183 $59,616,385 $61,409,492 $66,113,700 $69,501,790 5.12% 5.05% Op. Rev. $36,091,871 $36,284,402 $35,944,681 $35,928,094 $35,907,781 -0.06% -0.13% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 3.48 3.44 3.45 3.50 3.51 0.33% 0.23% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $6.72 $6.88 $7.19 $7.82 $8.28 5.78% 5.32% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 63.24% 60.86% 58.53% 54.34% 51.66% -4.93% -4.93%

Westchester-Fixed Route Westchester-Fixed Route Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 31,000 9,000 30,700 8,900 30,400 8,800 30,100 8,700 29,800 8,600 29,500 8,500 29,200 Thousands Thousands 8,400 28,900 28,600 8,300 28,300 8,200 28,000 8,100 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

Westchester-Fixed Route Westchester-Fixed Route Westchester-Fixed Route Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 4.0 $10.00 3.5 $9.00 0.90 $8.00 3.0 0.75 $7.00 2.5 0.60 $6.00 2.0 $5.00 0.45 1.5 $4.00 0.30 1.0 $3.00 0.15 0.5 $2.00 0.00 0.0 $1.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

Bee-Line 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Paratransit Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual 00-01 % Change Rev. Passengers 155,635 155,493 151,121 161,939 176,495 8.99% 3.19% Rev. Veh. Miles 1,528,636 1,566,446 1,648,509 1,829,116 1,913,521 4.61% 5.77% Op. Cost $3,286,846 $3,321,292 $4,035,638 $4,130,772 $4,419,112 6.98% 7.68% Op. Rev. $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 NA* NA* Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.10 0.10 0.09 0.09 0.09 4.18% -2.44% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $2.15 $2.12 $2.45 $2.26 $2.31 2.26% 1.80% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% NA* NA*

Westchester-Paratransit Westchester-Paratransit Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Mile 185 2,200 180 2,050 175 1,900 170 1,750 165 1,600 160 1,450 Thousands Thousands 155 150 1,300 145 1,150 140 1,000 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

Westchester-Paratransit Westchester-Paratransit Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile $10.00 3.5 *Para Revenue Not $9.00 3.0 Reported Separately $8.00 2.5 $7.00 2.0 $6.00 1.5 $5.00

1.0 $4.00

0.5 $3.00 $2.00 0.0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 $1.00 Year 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year

III-46 SUFFOLK COUNTY TRANSIT Department of Public Works - Transportation Division 335 Yaphank Avenue Yaphank, NY 11980 (516) 852-4880 Web Site: http://www.sct-bus.org/

State Legislative Districts: Senate: 1-5, 8 Assembly: 1 - 11

Base Fare: $1.50 Last Increase: $.25 on 8/26/91

Suffolk County Transit (SCT) contracts with 13 private bus operators for fixed route and paratransit services. The County fixed route service is comprised of two categories:

• Purchase of Service (POS) - bus routes for which the county sponsors and provides the local funding match to STOA.

• Pass-Through - Additional routes for which it passes through STOA and some portion of by 13.5 percent. local support. In addition, the county sponsors the Huntington Area Rapid Transit (HART) Ridership for the SCT (POS) fixed route system system. HART is a local fixed route and increased over the 1997 to 2001 period at an annualized paratransit bus service within the town limits rate of 1.3 percent per year. The Pass-Through service operated and underwritten by the Town of ridership decreased at an annualized rate of 2.7 percent Huntington. over this same period. Part of this decrease is explained by a shifting of some routes from Pass Through to POS. Like much of the suburban NY region, Suffolk County experienced significant population and economic Total Suffolk County fixed route ridership rose to a five growth between 1990 and 2000, with population year high of 4,584,999 in 2001. The 2001 ridership increasing by 7.4 percent and employment increasing increased 4.2 percent over 2000.

Suffolk County Total Transit Services Suffolk County Total Transit Services Revenue Vehicle Mile Revenue Passengers 10,000 6,300 9,500 9,000 5,850 8,500 5,400 Thousands 8,000 Thousands 4,950 7,500 7,000 4,500 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

III-47 SUFFOLK COUNTY Fixed Route Bus Suffolk 2001 Characteristics "Purchase of Fixed Route Bus SCT SCT HART HART County Service" "Pass-Through" Paratransit Subtotal Fixed Route Paratransit Total Revenue Passengers 4,005,804 579,195 115,005 4,700,004 276,661 14,363 4,991,028 Number of Vehicles 141 33 47 221 12 9 242 Number of Employees 0 0 0 0 23 6 29 Revenue Vehicle Miles 5,862,588 1,178,067 1,711,714 8,752,369 327,293 61,398 9,141,060 Revenue Vehicle Hours 309,874 55,784 116,782 482,440 22,371 4,931 509,742 Total Operating Revenue 5,384,718 1,800,144 330,190 7,515,052 291,376 26,658 7,833,086 Total Operating Expense 17,808,404 3,578,538 3,959,509 25,346,451 2,126,880 581,010 28,054,341 Operating Expense /Rev. Vehicle Mile 3.04 3.04 2.31 2.90 6.50 9.46 3.07 Operating Expense / Rev. Vehicle Hour 57.47 64.15 33.91 52.54 95.07 117.83 55.04 Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Mile 0.68 0.49 0.07 0.54 0.85 0.23 0.55 Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Hour 12.93 10.38 0.98 9.74 12.37 2.91 9.79 Total Operating Revenue / Op. Expense 0.30 0.50 0.08 0.30 0.14 0.05 0.28 Operating Expense / Revenue Passenger 4.45 6.18 34.43 5.39 7.69 40.45 5.62 Total Op. Revenue / Revenue Passenger 1.34 3.11 2.87 1.60 1.05 1.86 1.57

S66 to hourly service; S40 to 30 minute Total fixed route revenue miles of service increased service. between 1997 and 2001 at an annualized rate of 2.8 percent to 7,040,655. A significant portion of this Additional service changes, based on the findings of the increase occurred in 2001 with the introduction of a Long Island Bus Study, will be instituted as part of a number of new services that were recommended by the $3,000,000 CMAQ grant. Long Island Bus Study. Operating costs for SCT paratransit services increased Paratransit ridership within the county has grown at an annualized rate of 23.3 percent from 1997 to dramatically at an annualized rate of almost 26.1 2001. Paratransit costs in Suffolk County are about 14 percent. Total 2001 ridership was 115,005. Between percent of total costs, about double the typical 2000 and 2001, ridership increased 25.2 percent. proportion. This is due in part to the need to provide the mandated complementary service throughout the HART's fixed route ridership continued a long term extensive network of fixed route services throughout the decline. Between 1997 and 2001, ridership declined very large service area of the County. The base cost of nearly 19 percent to 276,661. Between 2000 and 2001, fixed route service is low, because many services ridership declined 4.6 percent. HART's paratransit operate at one hour or larger headways. However, the ridership has risen some 90 percent since 1997. County’s large and dispersed geographic service area Paratransit ridership increased 2.8 percent between presents an operational obstacle to realizing service 2000 and 2001. economies for paratransit.

The county has been actively reviewing its service as HART operating costs for the fixed route service have well as new service opportunities in response to shifting remained stable, between $1.9-$2.0 million over the demographic and employment patterns and changing five year time period. HART's paratransit operating ridership demand. In 2001, $800,000 in matched costs increased at an annualized rate of 11.9 percent for CMAQ funding was dedicated to pay for a number of the five year period---a significant reduction from the service upgrades, including: 18 percent annualized rate for the 1996 to 2000 period. This change may indicate that costs may be stabilizing • Route extension: Route S58 to Riverhead; S57 as the service matures. to MacArthur Airport; 3D to SUNY Stony Brook; S66/S68 to Suffolk Community Passengers per revenue mile, a measure of service College and County Center in Riverhead; and effectiveness, trended downward over the five year the S68 to SIL's Industrial Park. period for the POS service. Passengers per revenue mile for the Suffolk County paratransit services, though, • Increased frequencies: Routes S33/S57 and trended up at 5.1 percent annualized. HART's fixed

III-48 route service experienced an annualized decline, which is consistent with their loss of ridership and fairly stable miles of service. HART's paratransit service an annualized increase in passengers per revenue mile of 6.4 percent.

The ratio of operating revenue to operating costs, a measure of service economy, has remained fairly constant for both the POS service and the paratransit service over the five year period.

III-49 FINANCIAL INFORMATION - SYSTEM TOTAL - SUFFOLK COUNTY TRANSIT

Sources of Total System 2001 Operating Funds Summary of Total System 2001 Operating Expenses

Fares $7,753,040 Salaries $1,463,773 Local $11,286,836 Fringe $766,517 State $7,807,198 Ins $146,821 Federal $921,127 Fuel $85,214 Other $80,046 Other $25,592,016 Total $27,848,247 Total $28,054,341

Suffolk County Suffolk County Operating Revenues & Subsidies Operating Expenses

Salaries (5.22%) Other (0.29%) Fringe (2.73%) Federal (3.31%) Ins (0.52%) Fuel (0.30%) Fares (27.84%) State (28.03%)

Local (40.53%) Other (91.22%)

Financial Trend Analysis over the past five years: Fleet Characteristics over the past five years:

Suffolk County Suffolk County Operating Revenue and Subsidy Total, Peak and Accessible Vehicles

250 30 25 200 20 15 150

Millions 10 100 5 0 50 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Total Fleet Peak Fleet Accessible Year

TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE TOTAL GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Suffolk County Transit - Total System - Operations and Performance Statistics

Suffolk County 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Total Operations 00 to 01 % Change

Rev. Passengers 4,849,332 4,921,331 4,832,622 4,794,653 4,991,028 4.10% 0.72% Rev. Veh. Miles 7,503,556 7,844,651 8,171,089 8,450,252 9,141,060 8.17% 5.06%

Op. Cost $23,979,842 $23,134,440 $24,087,600 $26,137,610 $28,054,341 7.33% 4.00% Op. Rev. $7,172,828 $7,378,260 $7,359,486 $7,342,632 $7,833,086 6.68% 2.23%

Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.65 0.63 0.59 0.57 0.55 -3.77% -4.13% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $3.20 $2.95 $2.95 $3.09 $3.07 -0.78% -1.01% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 29.91% 31.89% 30.55% 28.09% 27.92% -0.61% -1.71%

National CPI 160.50 163.00 166.60 172.20 177.10 2.85% 2.49% NYSMA CPI 170.80 173.60 177.00 182.50 187.10 2.52% 2.30%

Suffolk County Suffolk County Suffolk County Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost $ 10.00 3.50 $ 9.00 3.00 $ 8.00 0.90 2.50 $ 7.00 0.75 $ 6.00 2.00 0.60 $ 5.00 1.50 $ 4.00 0.45 1.00 $ 3.00 0.30 0.50 $ 2.00 0.15 0.00 $ 1.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 0.00 Year 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

III-50 Suffolk County Transit - Operating and Performance Statistics by Mode - Fixed Route and Paratransit

Suffolk County 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Fixed Route 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 3,810,270 3,858,327 3,811,035 3,806,214 4,005,804 5.24% 1.26% Rev. Veh. Miles 5,116,370 5,122,837 5,261,149 5,441,298 5,862,588 7.74% 3.46% Op. Cost $16,430,474 $14,874,253 $15,403,831 $16,765,506 $17,808,404 6.22% 2.03% Op. Rev. $4,994,271 $5,055,067 $5,006,359 $5,020,562 $5,384,718 7.25% 1.90% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.74 0.75 0.72 0.70 0.68 -2.32% -2.13% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $3.21 $2.90 $2.93 $3.08 $3.04 -1.41% -1.38% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 30.40% 33.99% 32.50% 29.95% 30.24% 0.97% -0.13%

Suffolk County-Fixed Route Suffolk County-Fixed Route Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Mile

6,500 4,150 6,250 4,000 6,000 3,850 5,750 5,500 3,700 5,250 Thousands Thousands 3,550 5,000 3,400 4,750 3,250 4,500 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

Suffolk County-Fixed Route Suffolk County-Fixed Route Suffolk County-Fixed Route Rev. Passenger/Rev. Vehicle Mile Op. Cost/Op. Vehicle Mile Operating Revenue to Operating Cost 3.5 $10.00 3.0 $9.00 0.90 2.5 $8.00 $7.00 0.75 2.0 $6.00 0.60 1.5 $5.00 0.45 1.0 $4.00 $3.00 0.30 0.5 $2.00 0.15 0.0 $1.00 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

Suffolk County 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Paratransit 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 45,424 60,812 74,762 91,853 115,005 25.21% 26.14% Rev. Veh. Miles 824,865 1,117,184 1,319,183 1,418,162 1,711,714 20.70% 20.02% Op. Cost $1,710,489 $2,091,649 $2,638,224 $3,210,863 $3,959,509 23.32% 23.35% Op. Rev. $132,579 $176,335 $217,023 $263,273 $330,190 25.42% 25.62% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.06 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.07 3.73% 5.10% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $2.07 $1.87 $2.00 $2.26 $2.31 2.17% 2.77% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 7.75% 8.43% 8.23% 8.20% 8.34% 1.70% 1.85%

Suffolk County-Paratransit Suffolk County-Paratransit Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Mile 125 1,850 110 1,650 95 1,450 80 1,250 65 1,050 Thousands 50 Thousands 850 35 650 20 450 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

Suffolk County-Paratransit Suffolk County-Paratransit Suffolk County-Paratransit Rev. Passenger/Rev. Vehicle Mile Op. Cost/Op. Vehicle Mile Operating Revenue to Operating Cost $10.00 3.5 $9.00 0.90 3.0 $8.00 $7.00 0.75 2.5 $6.00 0.60 2.0 $5.00 0.45 1.5 $4.00 0.30 1.0 $3.00 $2.00 0.15 0.5 $1.00 0.00 0.0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-51 Suffolk County Transit - Operating and Performance Statistics by Mode - Fixed Route Pass-Through and Huntington

Suffolk County 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized FR - Pass Throughs 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 644,895 669,380 629,606 592,653 579,195 -2.27% -2.65% Rev. Veh. Miles 1,190,507 1,225,558 1,217,157 1,207,763 1,178,067 -2.46% -0.26% Op. Cost $3,498,304 $3,665,386 $3,563,648 $3,669,365 $3,578,538 -2.48% 0.57% Op. Rev. $1,690,030 $1,792,366 $1,781,436 $1,718,495 $1,800,144 4.75% 1.59% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.54 0.55 0.52 0.49 0.49 0.19% -2.39% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $2.94 $2.99 $2.93 $3.04 $3.04 -0.02% 0.83% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 48.31% 48.90% 49.99% 46.83% 50.30% 7.41% 1.02%

Suffolk County-FR-Pass Throughs Suffolk County-FR-Pass Throughs Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Mile 1,300 800 1,250 750 700 1,200 650 1,150 600 Thousands 1,100 Thousands 550 1,050 500 450 1,000 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

Suffolk County-FR-Pass Throughs Suffolk County-FR-Pass Throughs Suffolk County-FR-Pass Throughs Rev. Passenger/Rev. Vehicle Mile Op. Cost/Op. Vehicle Mile Operating Revenue to Operating Cost

3.5 $10.00 0.90 3.0 $9.00 0.75 $8.00 2.5 $7.00 0.60 2.0 $6.00 0.45 1.5 $5.00 0.30 $4.00 1.0 $3.00 0.15 0.5 $2.00 0.00 0.0 $1.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

Suffolk County 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized HART - Fixed Route 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 341,100 322,326 306,975 289,958 276,661 -4.59% -5.10% Rev. Veh. Miles 329,875 330,777 326,806 328,873 327,293 -0.48% -0.20% Op. Cost $1,969,613 $2,057,777 $2,028,485 $1,970,356 $2,126,880 7.94% 1.94% Op. Rev. $341,047 $329,586 $327,922 $311,860 $291,376 -6.57% -3.86% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 1.03 0.97 0.94 0.88 0.85 -4.13% -4.91% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $5.97 $6.22 $6.21 $5.99 $6.50 8.47% 2.14% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 17.32% 16.02% 16.17% 15.83% 13.70% -13.44% -5.69%

Suffolk County HART-Fixed Route Suffolk County HART-Fixed Route Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Mile 375 400 350 350 325

300 300 Thousands Thousands 250 275

250 200 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

Suffolk County HART Fixed Route Suffolk County HART Fixed Route Suffolk County HART Fixed Route Rev. Passenger/Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost $10.00 3.5 $9.00 0.90 $8.00 3.0 0.75 $7.00 2.5 $6.00 0.60 2.0 $5.00 0.45 $4.00 1.5 $3.00 0.30 1.0 $2.00 0.15 0.5 $1.00 $0.00 0.00 0.0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-52 Suffolk County Transit - Operating and Performance Statistics by Mode - Huntington Paratransit

Suffolk County 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized HART - Paratransit 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 7,643 10,486 10,244 13,975 14,363 2.78% 17.08% Rev. Veh. Miles 41,939 48,295 46,794 54,156 61,398 13.37% 10.00% Op. Cost $370,962 $445,375 $453,412 $521,520 $581,010 11.41% 11.87% Op. Rev. $14,901 $24,906 $26,746 $28,442 $26,658 -6.27% 15.65% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.18 0.22 0.22 0.26 0.23 -9.35% 6.44% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $8.85 $9.22 $9.69 $9.63 $9.46 -1.73% 1.70% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 4.02% 5.59% 5.90% 5.45% 4.59% -15.87% 3.38%

Suffolk County-Hart Paratransit Suffolk County-Hart Paratransit Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Mile

20 65 18 60 15 55 13 50 10 45

Thousands 40 8 Thousands 35 5 30 3 25 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

Suffolk County-HART Paratransit Suffolk County-HART Paratransit Suffolk County-HART Paratransit Rev. Passenger/Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost $11.00 3.5 $10.00 $9.00 0.90 3.0 $8.00 2.5 $7.00 0.75 $6.00 0.60 2.0 $5.00 1.5 $4.00 0.45 $3.00 0.30 1.0 $2.00 0.5 $1.00 0.15 $0.00 0.0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-53 ROCKLAND COUNTY 50 Sanatorium Road Pomona, NY 10970 (845) 364-3434

State Legislative Districts: Senate: 38 Assembly: 92 - 94

Base Fare (TOR): $.90 Last Increase: $.30 in May 1996

Public Transportation, supported by STOA, in Rockland County is comprised of five distinctly different services, provided in a variety of institutional and market settings. The range of services include local services within towns and within the County, and commuter services to Westchester County and to Manhattan. Each of these five service categories is described below.

Transport of Rockland (TOR): Rockland County economy, increased to 20 percent which is still contracts with two private operators to provide fixed somewhat low for a suburban system. This rate is route bus service under the name driven to a large degree by stable fare levels, supported (TOR). The Fixed Route operators are Rockland in turn, by the County’s use of funds it receives from Coaches and Hudson Transit, both subsidiaries of MTA pursuant to an agreement from the 1980's. Coach USA. Passenger revenue increases of 36.4 percent coupled STOA eligible TOR passengers increased 13.5 percent with a proportionally smaller increase of 13.1 percent from 2000 to 2001, and over the five year period from for operating expenses caused the cost recovery ratio to 1997 to 2001 there was an 10.5 percent annualized increase 20.6 percent in 2001 for the Transport of increase in ridership. This consistent growth in Rockland Fixed-Route system. This significant one year ridership is largely due to increases in Rockland increase in the cost recovery ratio from 2000 to 2001 County’s population, employment, as well as service reversed the previous five year trend analysis (1996 to improvements and the maintenance of stable fares. 2000) which had been represented with an annualized 3 percent decrease. TOR’s cost recovery ratio, a measure of system

Rockland County Sponsored Services Rockland County Sponsored Services Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 8,500 5,400 8,250 5,200 8,000 7,750 5,000 7,500 4,800 7,250 4,600 7,000 Thousands Thousands 6,750 4,400 6,500 4,200 6,250 4,000 6,000 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Year Year

III-54 Rockland County Fixed Route Paratransit Tappanzee Commuter Municipal Total 2001 Characteristics TOR TRIPS Express Bus Bus Revenue Passengers 1,823,389 55,887 291,834 2,583,831 226,314 4,981,255 Number of Vehicles 43 18 29 170 12 272 Number of Employees 33 22 33 297 15 400 Revenue Vehicle Miles 1,248,375 382,281 603,907 5,245,069 420,806 7,900,438 Revenue Vehicle Hours 65,486 28,521 29,506 12,139 30,643 166,295 Total Operating Revenue 1,185,344 45,326 252,088 20,054,878 98,882 21,636,518 Total Operating Expense 5,971,664 1,543,005 3,216,900 24,642,713 1,509,543 36,883,825 Operating Expense /Rev. Vehicle Mile 4.78 4.04 5.33 4.70 3.59 4.67 Operating Expense / Rev. Vehicle Hour 91.19 54.10 109.03 2,030.04 49.26 221.80 Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Mile 1.46 0.15 0.48 0.04 0.54 0.63 Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Hour 27.84 1.96 9.89 212.85 7.39 29.95 Total Operating Revenue / Op. Expense 0.20 0.03 0.08 0.81 0.07 0.59 Operating Expense / Revenue Passenger 3.28 27.61 11.02 9.54 6.67 7.40 Total Op. Revenue / Revenue Passenger 0.65 0.81 0.86 7.76 0.44 4.34

The efficiency of the TOR fixed route system, as suburban market as well as a very low fare structure for measured by cost per revenue vehicle mile, decreased commuter express services using Over-the-Road from 2000 to 2001. The cost per mile increased from Coaches. $4.67 to $4.78, a 2.4 percent increase. This change in efficiency is due to operating costs increasing at a The objective of the service consolidation is to reduce greater rate than the revenue vehicle miles. Over the the number of trips across the Hudson River to five year period from 1997 to 2001 the cost per mile Westchester County, increase the occupancy of increased at an annualized rate of 2.5 percent. services, and provide faster more direct services. By using a transfer point at Palisades Center, having shuttle The effectiveness of the fixed route system increased feeder buses, and having buses to White Plains operate 2.7 percent over 2000 because of a greater increase in directly without a stop at the Tarrytown MNR station, ridership in proportion to revenue vehicle miles. Over this service has been reoriented to provide better the five year period, service effectiveness increased at service at lower cost. Preliminary operating results are an annualized rate of 4.8 percent. very promising.

Tappan Zee Express: Rockland County contracts with Starting in October 2001 the Tappan Zee Express the same two private carriers that operate TOR, to started a temporary Thruway bypass service. This provide the Tappan Zee Express suburban commuter premium service was put into place to avoid delays at bus service. These services were consolidated on April the Exit 8 renovation construction area and ensure a 1, 2001 to provide a more efficient and effective quicker ride for transit users. The Thruway By-pass operation. TZX 2, 3 and 5 became feeder shuttles to the uses a 16 passenger bus that is able to exit I-287/I-87 TZX 1 and TZX4 which crosses the Tappan Zee Bridge near the Tappan Zee toll booth, and go under the bridge to serve Tarrytown and White Plains. to Route 119. This vehicle type, unlike conventional commuter buses, can negotiate the turns of the By-pass The bulk of the TZX ridership is on the TZX 1 which route. There are six by-pass runs in the morning from carries 87 percent of the revenue passengers and Suffern through Nyack into White Plains. The service accounts for 88 percent of the total revenue. The cost carries about 1,000 passenger per month. The Thruway recovery ratio of the Tappan Zee Express increased bypass service is expected to terminate in the late fall of 15.8 percent from 2000 to 2001. The reason for this 2003 once the construction of the I-287 / I-87 corridor increase in Operating Ratio is passenger revenue is complete. increased 17.7 percent while operating costs only increased 1.6 percent. Despite this increase, the cover TRIPS: The TRIPS countywide complementary ratio of this service is relatively low, due to strong paratransit service is operated directly by the County. In competition from the private automobile in this 2001 TRIPS had an increase of Revenue passengers of

III-55 2.6 percent while the Revenue Vehicle Miles increased of the STOA eligible passengers and 66 percent of the 6.8 percent. Given that the origins/destinations of STOA eligible revenue vehicle miles of the Rockland people using the TRIPS system is more dispersed, the County system. Revenues decreased 8.4 percent while level of service increases necessitated to sustain this expenses decreased 8 percent causing the Operating ridership growth is nearly twice that of the fixed route Ratio of these pass-through systems to remain virtually system. Although the cost recovery ratio on paratransit unchanged at 81.3 percent. In 2000 the operating ratio service is lower than the general fixed route services was 81.6 percent. The commuter bus operations this is an important component of the services offered decreased their expenses in anticipation of decreasing for the mobility of handicapped individuals who can not passenger revenue to maintain the 81 percent operating be transported on the fixed route system. ratio for 2001.

The Rockland County also sponsors a series of “Pass These services achieve a high operating ratio, the Through” Local and Private Transit Services for highest observed in the STOA Program, because of the Statewide Mass Transportation Operating Assistance high demand in Rockland County for commuter (STOA) funding that do not receive County financial services and an appropriate fare charged for the ride to support. Manhattan. This is an important component of the Rockland County Transportation System because of the Municipal Bus “Pass-Through” Systems: The pass efficiency of moving passengers and meeting the through public transit systems (“Municipal Pass demands of the commuters on a daily basis. These are Throughs”) are operated by the towns of Clarkstown efficient services run without local operating assistance. and Spring Valley. The towns provide additional financial support for these systems. The Spring Valley In 2001 Revenue passengers for these largely New Jitney and Clarkstown Mini Trans comprise 4.5 percent York City oriented services declined by 5.5 percent of the passengers and 5.3 percent of the revenue vehicle which may in part reflect a short term reduction of trips miles in proportion to the Grand Total Rockland immediately following the terrorist attacks of County Systems. September 11th.

The Operating Ratio of these public transit systems was 6.6 percent for 2001 versus 7.3 percent for 2000. STOA eligible revenue passengers decreased 12.4 percent from 2000 to 2001. The decrease in the Operating Ratio is attributable to the decrease in revenues of 10 percent while Operating expenses remained stable. There was a decrease in “efficiency” for the Muncipal Pass throughs due to stable operating costs that corresponded with a decrease in revenue miles, equating to a 8.0 percent increase in cost per mile. The five year data shows STOA Eligible Revenue Passengers decreasing at an annualized rate of 8.1 percent.

One of the factors for the decrease in STOA Eligible passengers is that the Rockland County TOR Fixed Route system took over the Monsey Shopper route from the Spring Valley Jitney.

Commuter Bus: The “pass-through” Commuter Bus services include, , Leisure Lines, and Kaser Bus. The first two of these are part of Coach USA. These two operators and Monsey run commuter services to Manhattan. Kaser runs service from its named community to Kiamesha Lake, NY.

The private pass-through systems generate 52 percent

III-56 FINANCIAL INFORMATION - ROCKLAND COUNTY TRANSIT - SYSTEM TOTAL

Sources of Total System 2002 Operating Funds Summary of Total System 2002 Operating Expenses

Fares $21,013,555 Salaries $14,183,830 Local $5,597,811 Fringe $4,188,224 State $7,170,781 Ins $1,110,690 Federal $2,109,177 Fuel $1,789,899 Other $1,216,228 Other $15,611,182 Total $37,107,552 Total $36,883,825

Rockland County Rockland County Operating Expenses Operating Revenues & Subsidies

Other (3.28%) Federal (5.68%)

Salaries (38.46%) State (19.32%) Other (42.33%)

Fares (56.63%)

Local (15.09%) Fuel (4.85%) Fringe (11.36%) Ins (3.01%)

Financial Trend Analysis over the past five years: Fleet Characteristics over the past five years:

Rockland Rockland County Operating Revenue and Subsidy Total, Peak and Accessible Vehicles 40 300 250 30 200

20 150 Millions 10 100 50 0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 0 Year Total Fleet Peak Fleet Accessible

TOTAL GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Rockland County Transit - Total System - Operations and Performance Statistics

Rockland 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Operations 00 to 01 % Change

Rev. Passengers 4,342,186 4,539,996 4,670,675 4,930,080 4,981,255 1.04% 3.49% Rev. Veh. Miles 6,632,914 6,883,664 7,145,303 7,460,142 7,900,438 5.90% 4.47%

Op. Cost $31,073,416 $33,451,339 $35,848,202 $38,228,218 $36,883,825 -3.52% 4.38% Op. Rev. $20,237,753 $20,687,263 $21,577,568 $23,116,973 $21,636,518 -6.40% 1.68%

Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.65 0.66 0.65 0.66 0.63 -4.59% -0.93% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $4.68 $4.86 $5.02 $5.12 $4.67 -8.89% -0.09% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 65.13% 61.84% 60.19% 60.47% 58.66% -2.99% -2.58%

National CPI 160.50 163.00 166.60 172.20 177.10 2.85% 2.49% NYSMA CPI 170.80 173.60 177.00 182.50 187.10 2.52% 2.30%

Rockland County Rockland County Rockland County Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $10.00 0.90 3.0 $9.00 $8.00 0.75 2.5 $7.00 2.0 $6.00 0.60 1.5 $5.00 0.45 $4.00 0.30 1.0 $3.00 0.5 $2.00 0.15 $1.00 0.0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-57 Rockland County Transit - Operating and Performance Statistics by Mode - Fixed Route and Paratransit

Transport of Rockland 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Fixed-Route 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 1,222,192 1,405,190 1,526,911 1,605,808 1,823,389 13.55% 10.52% Rev. Veh. Miles 1,012,527 1,039,973 1,125,027 1,129,461 1,248,375 10.53% 5.37% Op. Cost $4,394,976 $4,802,692 $5,203,106 $5,279,031 $5,971,664 13.12% 7.97% Op. Rev. $816,002 $766,807 $826,731 $868,899 $1,185,344 36.42% 9.78% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 1.21 1.35 1.36 1.42 1.46 2.73% 4.88% Op Cost/Rev. Mile $4.34 $4.62 $4.62 $4.67 $4.78 2.35% 2.46% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 18.57% 15.97% 15.89% 16.46% 19.85% 20.60% 1.68%

Transport of Rockland Transport of Rockland Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles

2,050 1,300 1,900 1,250 1,200 1,750 1,150 1,600 1,100 1,450

Thousands 1,050 Thousands 1,300 1,000 1,150 950 1,000 900 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

Transport of Rockland Transport of Rockland Transport of Rockland Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $10.00 0.90 3.0 $9.00 $8.00 2.5 0.75 $7.00 0.60 2.0 $6.00 1.5 $5.00 0.45 1.0 $4.00 0.30 0.5 $3.00 0.15 $2.00 0.0 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 $1.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

TRIPS 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Paratransit 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 43,099 48,809 50,027 54,471 55,887 2.60% 6.71% Rev. Veh. Miles 235,217 293,803 322,337 358,033 382,281 6.77% 12.91% Op. Cost $1,016,038 $955,125 $1,142,764 $1,486,256 $1,543,005 3.82% 11.01% Op. Rev. $34,796 $38,054 $36,166 $41,943 $45,326 8.07% 6.83% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.18 0.17 0.16 0.15 0.15 -3.91% -5.49% Op.Cost/Rev. Mile $4.32 $3.25 $3.55 $4.15 $4.04 -2.77% -1.68% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 3.42% 3.98% 3.16% 2.82% 2.94% 4.09% -3.76%

Rockland TRIPS Rockland TRIPS Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 70 500 65 450 60 400 55 350 50 300 250

45 Thousands Thousands 40 200 35 150 30 100 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

Rockland TRIPS Rockland TRIPS Rockland TRIPS Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $10.00 $9.00 0.90 3.0 $8.00 0.75 2.5 $7.00 0.60 2.0 $6.00 1.5 $5.00 0.45 1.0 $4.00 0.30 $3.00 0.5 0.15 $2.00 0.00 0.0 $1.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-58 Rockland County Transit - Operating and Performance Statistics by Mode - Tapanzee Express and Municpal Bus

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Tappanzee Express 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 243,721 250,385 253,533 276,452 291,834 5.56% 4.61% Rev. Veh. Miles 376,359 491,124 476,918 475,676 603,907 26.96% 12.55% Op. Cost $1,915,727 $3,019,432 $3,056,029 $3,164,994 $3,216,900 1.64% 13.84% Op. Rev. $194,280 $204,153 $208,858 $214,112 $252,088 17.74% 6.73% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.65 0.51 0.53 0.58 0.48 -16.85% -7.06% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $5.09 $6.15 $6.41 $6.65 $5.33 -19.94% 1.14% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 10.14% 6.76% 6.83% 6.77% 7.84% 15.84% -6.24%

Rockland Tappanzee Express Rockland Tappanzee Express Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 320 690 310 640 300 290 590 280 540 270 490 260 440 Thousands Thousands 250 390 240 340 230 290 220 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

Rockland Tappanzee Express Rockland Tappanzee Express Rockland Tappanzee Express Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $11.00 0.90 3.0 $10.00 2.5 $9.00 0.75 2.0 $8.00 0.60 $7.00 1.5 0.45 $6.00 1.0 0.30 $5.00 0.15 0.5 $4.00 0.00 0.0 $3.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

Rockland 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Municipal Bus 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 318,006 279,399 258,773 258,375 226,314 -12.41% -8.15% Rev. Veh. Miles 502,457 489,541 461,345 454,125 420,806 -7.34% -4.34% Op. Cost $1,477,829 $1,414,820 $1,438,757 $1,507,460 $1,509,543 0.14% 0.53% Op. Rev. $180,636 $154,288 $155,919 $109,989 $98,882 -10.10% -13.98% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.63 0.57 0.56 0.57 0.54 -5.47% -3.99% Op.Cost/Rev. Mile $2.94 $2.89 $3.12 $3.32 $3.59 8.07% 5.09% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 12.22% 10.91% 10.84% 7.30% 6.55% -10.22% -14.44%

Rockland Municipal Bus Rockland Municipal Bus Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles

350 540 330 520 310 500 290 480 270 460

Thousands 440 Thousands 250 230 420 210 400 190 380 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

Rockland Municipal Bus Rockland Municipal Bus Rockland Municipal Bus Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $10.00 3.0 $9.00 0.90 $8.00 2.5 0.75 $7.00 0.60 2.0 $6.00 1.5 $5.00 0.45 $4.00 1.0 0.30 $3.00 0.15 0.5 $2.00 0.0 $1.00 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-59 Rockland County Transit - Operating and Performance Statistics by Mode - Commuter Bus

Commuter Bus 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Pass-Through 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 2,515,168 2,556,213 2,581,431 2,734,974 2,583,831 -5.53% 0.68% Rev. Veh. Miles 4,506,354 4,569,223 4,759,676 5,042,847 5,245,069 4.01% 3.87% Op. Cost $22,268,846 $23,259,270 $25,007,546 $26,790,477 $24,642,713 -8.02% 2.56% Op. Rev. $19,012,039 $19,523,961 $20,349,894 $21,882,030 $20,054,878 -8.35% 1.34% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.56 0.56 0.54 0.54 0.49 -9.17% -3.07% Op.Cost/Rev. Mile $4.94 $5.09 $5.25 $5.31 $4.70 -11.56% -1.25% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 85.38% 83.94% 81.38% 81.68% 81.38% -0.36% -1.19%

Commuter Bus Pass-Through Commuter Bus Pass-Through Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 2,900 5,600 2,825 5,400 2,750 5,200 2,675 5,000 2,600 4,800 4,600

2,525 Thousands Thousands 2,450 4,400 4,200 2,375 4,000 2,300 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

Commuter Bus Pass-Through Commuter Bus Pass-Through Commuter Bus Pass-Through Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $10.00 0.90 3.0 $9.00 $8.00 0.75 2.5 $7.00 0.60 2.0 $6.00 1.5 $5.00 0.45 1.0 $4.00 0.30 $3.00 0.5 0.15 $2.00 0.0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 $1.00 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-60 DUTCHESS COUNTY TRANSIT SYSTEM 14 Commerce Street Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 473-0171

State Legislative Districts: Senate:

Base Fare: $ .75 Last Increase: 1993

Dutchess County contracts with two private operators to provide transit service: Progressive Transportation Services, provides service within the County, as the Dutchess County “LOOP” and is a “pass-through” STOA operator that provides commuter service on an inter-county basis. In Dutchess County, the City of Poughkeepsie also operates a fixed route bus system within the City limits. This section will describe the City Bus system trends in addition to those services that are sponsored by Dutchess County. MTA Metro North Railroad also provides commuter rail service in the County oriented to New York City.

Fixed Route Service: Dutchess County LOOP, primarily serves the urban areas located along the Hudson River in the western part of the County. In 2001 the LOOP fixed route service accounted for 86 Another component of the LOOP system is the percent percent of the 752,746 total system passengers Commuter Train Connection which serves 3 Dutchess carried, and 75 percent of the total STOA Eligible County Metro North Stations: City of Poughkeepsie, Miles operated. Beacon and New Hamburg. The STOA-eligible passengers and vehicle miles of the Commuter Train The “effectiveness” of the LOOP Fixed Route system, Connection are included within the Fixed Route LOOP measured by passengers per revenue mile, has declined system totals in this report. over the five year period at an annualized rate of 3.9 percent. This is the result of the revenue vehicle miles

Dutchess County Dutchess County Revenue Vehicle Mile Revenue Passengers 885 2,485 2,400 865 2,315 845 2,230 2,145 825 2,060 1,975 805

Thousands 1,890 Thousands 785 1,805 1,720 765 1,635 745 1,550 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

III-61 DUTCHESS COUNTY Fixed Route Paratransit Rural Dutchess County Poughkeepsie 2001 Characteristics Motor Bus Service Service Total Bus Revenue Passengers 652,936 29,676 74,444 757,056 385,782 Number of Vehicles 30 10 12 52 10 Number of Employees 41 15 19 75 12 Revenue Vehicle Miles 1,178,194 162,554 233,324 1,574,072 223,573 Revenue Vehicle Hours 51,766 11,643 10,162 73,571 20,972 Total Operating Revenue 2,679,994 483,608 1,988,597 5,152,199 229,678 Total Operating Expense 2,453,989 585,638 3,068,457 6,108,084 1,053,757 Operating Expense /Rev. Vehicle Mile 2.08 3.60 13.15 3.88 4.71 Operating Expense / Rev. Vehicle Hour 47.41 50.30 301.95 83.02 50.25 Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Mile 0.55 0.18 0.32 0.48 1.73 Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Hour 12.61 2.55 7.33 10.29 18.40 Total Operating Revenue / Op. Expense 1.09 0.83 0.65 0.84 0.22 Operating Expense / Revenue Passenger 3.76 19.73 41.22 8.07 2.73 Total Op. Revenue / Revenue Passenger 4.10 16.30 26.71 6.81 0.60

increasing 4.3 percent while revenue passengers Dutchess County Paratransit accounts for 3.9 percent of increased 0.2 percent over the five year period. the total passengers carried with 29,727 STOA Eligible Revenue Passengers for 2001. Operating Revenue Operating Revenues increased 6.6 percent from 2000 increased 6.4 percent from 2000 to 2001 with a five to 2001 and have increased significantly over the 5 year increase annualized at 9.8 percent. year period with a 13.7 percent annualized increase. Costs for the LOOP Fixed Route Service have The County’s Rural Dial-a-Ride primarily serves the increased 7.2 percent from 2000 to 2001 but over the 5 non-urbanized eastern portions of Dutchess county. year period, costs only increased 3.2 percent at an Ridership for Rural Dial-A-Ride has remained stable annualized rate. from 2000 to 2001 with a slight decrease of 0.5 percent. This stable ridership trend is mirrored over the five The ratio of operating costs to operating revenues, a year period with an annualized decrease of 0.7 percent measure of service economy, decreased slightly for the for these services. LOOP fixed route system in 2001 to 61.6 percent. The decrease in the Operating Ratio in 2001 is due to Operating Revenues and Operating Expenses for these operating costs increasing slightly more than operating services have had significant increases over the five revenues. The 5 year trend, however, shows an year period. Operating Revenues were $1,214,373 in annualized increase in Operating Ratio of 10.2 percent. 1997 and $1,988,597 in 2001 increasing at an Operating costs have increased 3.2 percent while annualized rate of 13.1 percent. Operating Expenses Operating Revenues increased by 13.7 percent. The increased from $2,032,663 in 1997 to $3,233,743 in major influence on the Operating Ratio for the Dutchess 2001 increasing at an annualized rate of 12.3 percent. County Fixed Route system is the contract service for The major influence on these increases in revenue and Medicaid Passengers. expenses, is the contract service for Medicaid Passengers. Operating costs per revenue vehicle miles is a measure of service efficiency. The efficiency of the Dutchess Commuter Bus: Leprechaun Lines provides inter- County Fixed Route decreased due to costs increasing county service between Poughkeepsie and White Plains, 7.2 percent while revenue vehicle miles decreased 0.6 Westchester County. Operating and performance percent from 2000 to 2001. With miles remaining statistics have not been reported consistently across the virtually unchanged and the Operating Costs increasing, five year period and are not included in the County the Cost to operate the system per Revenue Vehicle totals as a result. However statistics reported for STOA Mile increased 6.4 percent. An increase in the Cost per formula payments indicate that ridership on these mile decreases the efficiency of the system. services has increased from 31,904 riders in 1997 to 78,817 riders in 2001. Revenue miles of service over Paratransit: Paratransit service in Dutchess County is this period increased from 302,330 miles in 1997 to provided to eligible elderly and disabled residents in 418,603 miles in 2001. accordance with the Americans Disabilities Act (ADA).

III-62 City of Poughkeepsie Bus System

The City of Poughkeepsie provides fixed route bus service within the City limits and contracts with Progressive Transportation Services Inc. to provide administrative support. The City of Poughkeepsie’s Fixed Route Bus Fleet is 100 percent ADA accessible.

Revenue passengers on the City of Poughkeepsie Bus system decreased from 2000 to 2001 5.3 percent, and over the five year period of 1997 to 2001 decreased by an annualized rate of 3.3 percent.

The percentage of operating costs covered by operating revenues, a measure of service economy, decreased in 2001 to 21.8 percent. The decrease in the Operating Ratio in 2001 is because operating costs increased 4.4 percent while Operating Revenue increased only .6 percent. The operating revenue to operating cost ratio decreased slightly over the five year period, 1997 to 2001 by an annualized 0.3 percent.

Revenue passengers per revenue vehicle mile, a measure of service effectiveness, decreased 6.3 percent in 2001, with revenue passengers declining while revenue vehicle miles increased. Over the 5 year period, however, the effectiveness of the system improved at an annualized rate of 0.8 percent as a result of the reduction in miles outpacing the decline in ridership.

Cost per revenue vehicle mile increased over the five year time frame by 5.7 percent.

III-63 FINANCIAL INFORMATION - DUTCHESS COUNTY - SYSTEM TOTAL

Sources of Total System 2001 Operating Funds Summary of Total System 2001 Operating Expenses

Fares $944,723 Salaries $2,692,878 Local $196,050 Fringe $551,014 State $1,638,822 Insurance $114,833 Federal $432,500 Fuel $414,437 Other $3,221,008 Other $3,745,121 Total $6,433,103 Total $7,518,283

Dutchess County Dutchess County Operating Revenues & Subsidies Operating Expenses

Fares (14.69%)

Local (3.05%) Salaries (35.82%)

Other (50.07%) Other (49.81%) State (25.47%)

Fringe (7.33%) Federal (6.72%) Insurance (1.53%) Fuel (5.51%)

Financial Trend Analysis over the past five years: Fleet Characteristics over the past five years:

Dutchess County Dutchess County Operating Revenue and Subsidy Total, Peak and Accessible Vehicles 8 7 60 6 5 50 4 40

Millions 3 2 30 1 0 20 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 10 Total Fleet Peak Fleet Accessible TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE TOTAL GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Dutchess County Transit - System Total - Operations and Performance Statistics

Operating 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Statistics 00 to 01 % Change

Rev. Passengers 758,387 813,533 798,250 831,131 802,211 -3.48% 1.41% Rev. Veh. Miles 1,463,168 1,984,596 1,646,136 1,982,405 1,947,596 -1.76% 7.41%

Op. Cost $4,749,285 $7,464,148 $5,498,545 $7,458,288 $7,518,283 0.80% 12.17% Op. Rev. $2,449,503 $3,475,709 $3,307,025 $3,936,840 $4,165,731 5.81% 14.20%

Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.52 0.41 0.48 0.42 0.41 -1.75% -5.58% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $3.25 $3.76 $3.34 $3.76 $3.86 2.61% 4.43% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 51.58% 46.57% 60.14% 52.78% 55.41% 4.97% 1.81%

National CPI 160.50 163.00 166.60 172.20 177.10 2.85% 2.49% NYSMA CPI 170.80 173.60 177.00 182.50 187.10 2.52% 2.30%

Dutchess County Dutchess County Dutchess County Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $10.00 3.0 $9.00 0.90 $8.00 2.5 0.75 $7.00 0.60 2.0 $6.00 1.5 $5.00 0.45 $4.00 1.0 0.30 $3.00 0.15 0.5 $2.00 0.0 $1.00 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-64 Dutchess County Transit- Operating and Performance Statistics by Mode - Fixed Route and Paratransit

Dutchess County 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Fixed Route 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 647,001 663,965 684,231 656,631 652,936 -0.56% 0.23% Rev. Veh. Miles 994,585 1,107,377 1,118,318 1,168,904 1,178,194 0.79% 4.33% Op. Cost $2,159,800 $2,433,072 $2,266,816 $2,289,071 $2,453,989 7.20% 3.24% Op. Rev. $902,847 $1,065,020 $1,291,624 $1,417,735 $1,510,829 6.57% 13.74% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.65 0.60 0.61 0.56 0.55 -1.35% -3.93% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $2.17 $2.20 $2.03 $1.96 $2.08 6.36% -1.04% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 41.80% 43.77% 56.98% 61.93% 61.57% -0.60% 10.16%

Dutchess County - Fixed Route Dutchess County - Fixed Route Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Mile 720 1,350 1,300 705 1,250 690 1,200 675 1,150 660 1,100 1,050 Thousands Thousands 645 1,000 630 950 615 900 600 850 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

Dutchess County - Fixed Route Dutchess County - Fixed Route Dutchess County - Fixed Route Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $10.00 0.90 3.0 $9.00 $8.00 0.75 2.5 $7.00 0.60 2.0 $6.00 1.5 $5.00 0.45 $4.00 1.0 0.30 $3.00 0.15 0.5 $2.00 0.0 $1.00 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

Dutchess County 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Paratransit 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 34,959 33,152 33,988 29,324 29,676 1.20% -4.01% Rev. Veh. Miles 163,411 184,391 186,859 151,841 162,554 7.06% -0.13% Op. Cost $556,822 $618,862 $585,675 $585,638 $628,879 7.38% 3.09% Op. Rev. $332,283 $407,073 $414,402 $454,441 $483,608 6.42% 9.84% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.21 0.18 0.18 0.19 0.18 -5.47% -3.89% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $3.41 $3.36 $3.13 $3.86 $3.87 0.31% 3.22% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 59.67% 65.78% 70.76% 77.60% 76.90% -0.90% 6.55%

Dutchess County Paratransit Dutchess County Paratransit Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 40.0 210 38.5 200 37.0 190 35.5 180 34.0 170 32.5 160 31.0 Thousands Thousands 29.5 150 28.0 140 26.5 130 25.0 120 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

Dutchess County Paratransit Dutchess County Paratransit Dutchess County Paratransit Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $10.00 3.0 $9.00 0.90 $8.00 2.5 0.75 $7.00 2.0 $6.00 0.60 1.5 $5.00 0.45 $4.00 0.30 1.0 $3.00 0.15 0.5 $2.00 0.00 0.0 $1.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-65 Dutchess County Transit - Operating and Performance Statistics by Mode - Rural Demand Responsive

Dutchess County 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Rural DR 00 - 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 76,427 77,737 80,031 74,099 74,444 0.47% -0.66% Rev. Veh. Miles 305,172 336,727 340,959 256,952 233,324 -9.20% -6.49% Op. Cost $2,032,663 $2,433,054 $2,646,054 $3,068,457 $3,233,743 5.39% 12.31% Op. Rev. $1,214,373 $1,704,468 $1,600,999 $1,839,244 $1,988,597 8.12% 13.12% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.25 0.23 0.23 0.29 0.32 10.64% 6.24% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $6.66 $7.23 $7.76 $11.94 $13.86 16.06% 20.10% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 59.74% 70.05% 60.51% 59.94% 61.50% 2.59% 0.73%

Dutchess County-Rural DR Dutchess County-Rural DR Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 95 450 90 420 85 390 80 360 330 75 300 70 270 Thousands Thousands 65 240 60 210 55 180 50 150 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

Dutchess County-Rural DR Dutchess County-Rural DR Dutchess County-Rural DR Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $14.50 0.90 3.0 $13.00 $11.50 0.75 2.5 $10.00 0.60 2.0 $8.50 1.5 $7.00 0.45 $5.50 1.0 0.30 $4.00 0.5 $2.50 0.15 0.0 $1.00 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-66 FINANCIAL INFORMATION - CITY OF POUGHKEEPSIE BUS SYSTEM

Sources of Total System 2001 Operating Funds Summary of Total System 2001 Operating Expenses

Fares $229,678 Salaries $491,003 Local $253,329 Fringe $126,431 State $292,909 Ins $67,789 Federal $277,840 Fuel $0 Other $0 Other $368,534 Total $1,053,756 Total $1,053,757

Poughkeepsie Poughkeepsie Operating Revenues & Subsidies Operating Expenses

Other (0.00%) Fares (21.80%) Federal (26.37%) Other (34.97%)

Salaries (46.60%)

Local (24.04%) Fuel (0.00%) State (27.80%) Ins (6.43%) Fringe (12.00%)

Financial Trend Analysis over the past five years: Fleet Characteristics over the past five years:

City of Poughkeepsie City of Poughkeepsie Revenue and Subsidy Total, Peak and Accessible Vehicles 1,200 11 10 1,000 9 8 800 7 600 6 5

Thousands 400 4 3 200 2 0 1 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 0 Year Total Fleet Peak Fleet Accessible

TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE TOTAL GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

City of Poughkeepsie Bus System - Operations and Performance Statistics

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual 00 to 01 % Change

Rev. Passengers 441,069 443,383 418,794 407,509 385,782 -5.33% -3.29% Rev. Veh. Miles 263,950 275,590 243,255 221,212 223,573 1.07% -4.07%

Op. Cost $995,612 $1,043,643 $1,071,523 $1,009,524 $1,053,757 4.38% 1.43% Op. Rev. $219,282 $246,976 $251,376 $228,427 $229,678 0.55% 1.16%

Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 1.67 1.61 1.72 1.84 1.73 -6.33% 0.81% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $3.77 $3.79 $4.40 $4.56 $4.71 3.28% 5.73% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 22.02% 23.66% 23.46% 22.63% 21.80% -3.67% -0.26%

National CPI 160.50 163.00 166.60 172.20 177.10 2.85% 2.49% NYSMA CPI 170.80 173.60 177.00 182.50 187.10 2.52% 2.30%

Poughkeepsie Poughkeepsie Poughkeepsie Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Revenue to Operating Cost $10.00 3.5 $9.00 0.90 3.0 $8.00 0.75 2.5 $7.00 0.60 2.0 $6.00 1.5 $5.00 0.45 $4.00 1.0 0.30 $3.00 0.5 0.15 $2.00 0.0 $1.00 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-67 ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM Orange County Planning Department 124 Main Street Goshen, NY 10924 (845) 291-2318

State Legislative Districts: Senate: 38-40 Assembly: 94-96, 98

Base Fare (Fixed Route): $1.00 Last Increase: No increase since inception.

Orange County sponsors 20 individual transit operators to provide service in the County. The services that these operators provide can fall into four general categories: Commuter Bus; Fixed Route; Rural Dial-A-Bus; and Paratransit services.

Commuter Bus services typically provide service between Orange County and New York City, although some relatively minor services to adjacent counties also do not provide inter-municipal service. , an fall into this category. Fixed Route bus services are intercity carrier, provides significant local inter- operated in small urban areas, such as the City of municipal service, but not to all communities. Newburgh and Middletown. Rural Dial-A-Bus services are non-traditional demand responsive operations that The County’s population growth if nearly 11 percent primarily serve the non-urbanized portions of the between 1990 and 2000 and employment growth of 14 county. Paratransit services, for eligible elderly and percent make Orange County among the fastest growing disabled residents in accordance to the American counties in the State. Total ridership for transit services Disabilities Act, are provided on a complementary basis in Orange County, not counting the commuter rail to the portions of the County that are covered by Fixed service provided by MetroNorth Railroad, has increased Route service. at an annualized rate of 3.8 percent from 1997 to 2001, reflecting the strong economic conditions in the region. Orange County does not have a unified county wide transit system. The Fixed Route and Dial-A-Ride Commuter Bus Services: These services carry the services function within their respective Towns and majority of the county’s transit riders. The largest Cities, with connections to adjacent municipalities in commuter carrier, Hudson Transit d/b/a Shortline, is not some instances. Commuter Services, likewise, typically sponsored by Orange County but contracts directly with

Orange County - Sponsored Services Orange County - Sponsored Services Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 3,000 1,000 965 2,750 930 2,500 895 2,250 860 2,000 825 1,750 790 Thousands Thousands 755 1,500 720 1,250 685 1,000 650 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

III-68 ORANGE COUNTY Fixed Route Paratransit Rural Commuter Bus Total 2001 Characteristics Motor Bus Service D.A.B Service Revenue Passengers 276,274 5,437 114,678 532,749 929,138 Number of Vehicles 14 4 26 39 83 Number of Employees 12 0 29 72 113 Revenue Vehicle Miles 273,105 17,004 450,110 1,521,303 2,261,522 Revenue Vehicle Hours 12,844 NA 39,319 32,027 84,190 Total Operating Revenue 270,617 6,011 123,120 6,662,537 7,062,285 Total Operating Expense 918,738 166,007 1,088,002 10,764,369 12,937,116 Operating Expense /Rev. Vehicle Mile 3.36 9.76 2.42 7.08 5.72 Operating Expense / Rev. Vehicle Hour 71.53 NA 27.67 336.10 153.67 Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Mile 1.01 0.32 0.25 0.35 0.41 Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Hour 21.51 NA 2.92 16.63 11.04 Total Operating Revenue / Op. Expense 0.29 0.04 0.11 0.62 0.55 Operating Expense / Revenue Passenger 3.33 30.53 9.49 20.21 13.92 Total Op. Revenue / Revenue Passenger 0.98 1.11 1.07 12.51 7.60

New York State DOT for state operating subsidies operators themselves contribute the required funds to through the State’s Intercity (“14-g”) program. Short the county. Line is not represented in this analysis. The largest of Orange County-sponsored New York City commuter Fixed Route Services: Fixed Route services in 2001 carriers are Monroe Bus and New Jersey Transit. accounted for 276,274 or 30 percent of the county’s total passengers. Unlike the Commuter Services, Fixed In 2001, Commuter Bus services accounted for almost Route passengers have declined over the past five years, 57 percent of the county’s 929,138 passengers. These at an annualized rate of 1.1 percent with ridership services have shown significant growth over the past 5 dropping from 288,622 in 1997. The decline in years as ridership has risen at an annualized rate of 8.8 ridership has occurred even though the amount of percent (from 337,290 in 1997 to 472,054 in 2001). service (i.e. Revenue Vehicle Miles) has remained nearly constant. Operating costs continue to rise at a The revenue miles of service have, likewise, expanded rate that is more than double inflation for the five year dramatically over the 1997-2001 period, rising at an period. annualized rate of 11.5 percent from 865,624 to 1,336,514. This growth in ridership and amount of Fixed Route services have historically been heavily service is largely the result of the continued strength in subsidized and the “coverage” of their expenses by the economy of New York City and the surrounding passenger revenues has accordingly been significantly area. lower than the Commuter Services. The ratio of passenger revenues to expenses declined from 34.1 The ratio of operating revenues to operating costs for percent in 1997 to 29.5 percent in 2001. These Fixed these services has decreased over the five year period Route services are provided by two at risk private for from 94 percent of the expenses in 1997 to 60.8 percent profit companies. in 2001. While this trend equates to an annualized 3.6 percent decline, the cost recovery in this range is a very Rural Dial-A-Bus: These nine municipal run systems strong performance relative to most subsidized transit are advance reservation demand responsive services modes. Most of the Commuter Services are operated by that pick riders up at their homes or other origins. at risk private for profit providers using Over-the-Road Ridership for Rural Dial-A-Bus services has declined Coaches with the exception being, two important over the 1997-2001 period, from a high of 121,083 in routes, operated by New Jersey Transit to the 1997 to 114,678 in 2001. Ridership for these services Warwick/Greenwood Lake area. currently represents 12.3 percent of the county sponsored service total. Commuter services receive no local subsidy. Orange County receives STOA payments based on the Expenses for these services have generally risen at a operating statistics of these services and they are rate commensurate with inflation. As with most rural “passed through” to the operators. Where a local match services, there is a high need for subsidization: to the STOA is required for these services, the passenger revenues cover only 11-12 percent of

III-69 operating expenses during the 1997-2001 period. Each of these systems are operated by their respective towns, which provide the necessary local subsidy to match STOA.

Paratransit: Complementary Paratransit services were started in 1996. The ridership for these services is currently 5,437 which represents about 0.6 percent of the county’s transit ridership. As these services have become established, usage has grown dramatically, with a 27 percent increase between 2000and 2001. Revenue miles rose by a 12.6 percent from 1999 to 2000.

Operating costs, though, appear to have stabilized: they changed 3.1 percent between 2000 and 2001. Operating cost per mile actually decreased 8.4 percent between 2000 and 2001. This apparent stabilization of costs is likely only to be temporary, as expected additions to the paratransit fleet in 2002 and 2003 may cause significant increases to occur . Of the County sponsored services, paratransit relies most heavily on subsidies for their operating funding, with passenger revenues covering less than 4 percent of their total expenses in 2001. These services are provided by Monroe Bus and Newburgh Beacon Bus, both of whom operate fixed route or commuter service in the County.

III-70 FINANCIAL INFORMATION - ORANGE COUNTY - SYSTEM TOTAL

Sources of Total System 2001 Operating Funds Summary of Total System 2001 Operating Expenses

Fares $6,946,291 Salaries $4,428,120 Local $1,221,835 Fringe $1,310,152 State $1,785,835 Ins $601,746 Federal $496,627 Fuel $856,273 Other $366,911 Other $5,740,825 Total $10,817,499 Total $12,937,116

Orange County Orange County Operating Revenues & Subsidies Operating Expenses

Other (3.39%) Federal (4.59%)

State (16.51%) Salaries (34.23%) Other (44.37%)

Local (11.29%) Fares (64.21%) Fringe (10.13%) Fuel (6.62%) Ins (4.65%)

Financial Trend Analysis over the past five years: Fleet Characteristics over the past five years:

Orange County Orange County Operating Revenue and Subsidy Total,Peak and Accessible Vehicles 12 70 10 60 8 50 6 40 Millions 4 30 2 20 0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 10 Year Total Fleet Peak Fleet Accessible

TOTAL GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Orange County - Total System - Operations and Performances Statistics

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized 00 to 01 % Change

Rev. Passengers 748,653 785,999 782,307 854,897 929,138 8.68% 5.55% Rev. Veh. Miles 1,638,955 1,778,940 1,934,730 2,087,430 2,261,522 8.34% 8.38%

Op. Cost $6,873,001 $6,724,144 $8,131,337 $10,669,195 $12,937,116 21.26% 17.13% Op. Rev. $3,893,307 $4,096,220 $5,351,330 $6,470,754 $7,062,285 9.14% 16.05%

Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.46 0.44 0.40 0.41 0.41 0.32% -2.62% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $4.19 $3.78 $4.20 $5.11 $5.72 11.92% 8.07% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 56.65% 60.92% 65.81% 60.65% 54.59% -9.99% -0.92%

National CPI 160.50 163.00 166.60 172.20 177.10 2.85% 2.49% NYSMA CPI 170.80 173.60 177.00 182.50 187.10 2.52% 2.30%

Orange County Orange County Orange County Rev.Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $10.00 0.90 3.0 $9.00 2.5 $8.00 0.75 $7.00 2.0 0.60 $6.00 0.45 1.5 $5.00 1.0 $4.00 0.30 0.5 $3.00 0.15 $2.00 0.0 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 $1.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-71 Orange County Transit - Operating and Performance Statistics by Mode - Fixed Route and Commuter Bus

Orange County 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Fixed Route 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 288,622 285,902 280,530 283,152 276,274 -2.43% -1.09% Rev. Veh. Miles 289,818 280,820 283,108 280,814 273,105 -2.75% -1.47% Op. Cost $816,494 $785,755 $856,620 $948,722 $918,738 -3.16% 2.99% Op. Rev. $278,745 $279,370 $278,349 $282,791 $270,617 -4.30% -0.74% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 1.00 1.02 0.99 1.01 1.01 0.33% 0.39% Op Cost/Rev. Mile $2.82 $2.80 $3.03 $3.38 $3.36 -0.43% 4.53% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 34.14% 35.55% 32.49% 29.81% 29.46% -1.18% -3.62%

Orange County-Fixed Route Orange County-Fixed Route Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 350 350 325 325 300 300 275 275 Thousands Thousands 250 250 225 225 200 200 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

Orange County-Fixed Route Orange County-Fixed Route Orange County-Fixed Route Rev.Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $10.00 0.90 3.0 $9.00 $8.00 0.75 2.5 $7.00 0.60 2.0 $6.00 0.45 1.5 $5.00 $4.00 0.30 1.0 $3.00 0.15 0.5 $2.00 0.00 0.0 $1.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

Orange County 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Commuter Bus 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 337,290 379,564 389,014 460,419 532,749 15.71% 12.11% Rev. Veh. Miles 865,624 1,023,671 1,187,358 1,342,609 1,521,303 13.31% 15.14% Op. Cost $4,957,577 $4,849,185 $6,172,067 $8,532,533 $10,764,369 26.16% 21.39% Op. Rev. $3,491,234 $3,692,984 $4,952,820 $6,065,219 $6,662,537 9.85% 17.53% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.39 0.37 0.33 0.34 0.35 2.12% -2.63% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $5.73 $4.74 $5.20 $6.36 $7.08 11.34% 5.43% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 70.42% 76.16% 80.25% 71.08% 61.89% -12.93% -3.18%

Orange County-Commuter Bus Orange County-Commuter Bus Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 1,600 560 515 1,400 470 1,200 425 380 1,000 Thousands

Thousands 335 290 800 245 200 600 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

Orange County-Commuter Bus Orange County- Commuter Bus Orange County-Commuter Bus Rev.Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Revenue to Operating Cost 3.5 $10.00 0.90 3.0 $9.00 $8.00 2.5 0.75 $7.00 0.60 2.0 $6.00 0.45 1.5 $5.00 $4.00 1.0 0.30 $3.00 0.15 0.5 $2.00 0.0 $1.00 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-72 Orange County Transit - Operating and Performance Statistics by Mode - Paratransit and Rural Dial-a-Bus

Orange County 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Paratransit 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 1,658 2,186 2,974 4,277 5,437 27.12% 34.57% Rev. Veh. Miles 8,322 6,568 9,045 15,103 17,004 12.59% 19.56% Op. Cost $172,005 $156,212 $159,650 $161,016 $166,007 3.10% -0.88% Op. Rev. $3,316 $4,246 $5,948 $8,550 $6,011 -29.70% 16.03% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.20 0.33 0.33 0.28 0.32 12.91% 12.55% Op.Cost/Rev. Mile $20.67 $23.78 $17.65 $10.66 $9.76 -8.43% -17.10% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 1.93% 2.72% 3.73% 5.31% 3.62% -31.81% 17.07%

Orange County-Paratransit Orange County-Paratransit Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles

7 24 6 21 18 5 15 4 12 3 Thousands

Thousands 9 2 6 1 3 0 0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

Orange County-Paratransit Orange County-Paratransit Orange County-Paratransit Rev.Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 0.90 3.0 $1,001.00 0.75 2.5 $801.00 0.60 2.0 $601.00 0.45 1.5 $401.00 0.30 1.0 $201.00 0.15 0.5 0.0 $1.00 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

Orange County 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Rural D.A.B. 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 121,083 118,347 109,789 107,049 114,678 7.13% -1.35% Rev. Veh. Miles 475,191 467,881 455,219 448,904 450,110 0.27% -1.35% Op. Cost $926,925 $932,992 $943,000 $1,026,924 $1,088,002 5.95% 4.09% Op. Rev. $120,012 $119,620 $114,213 $114,194 $123,120 7.82% 0.64% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.25 0.25 0.24 0.24 0.25 6.84% -0.00% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $1.95 $1.99 $2.07 $2.29 $2.42 5.66% 5.51% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 12.95% 12.82% 12.11% 11.12% 11.32% 1.76% -3.31%

Orange County-Rural D.A.B. Orange County-Rural D.A.B. Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 200 600 175 550 150 500 125 450 100 400 75 350 Thousands Thousands 50 300 25 250 0 200 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

Orange County-Rural D.A.B. Orange County-Rural D.A.B. Orange County-Rural D.A.B. Rev.Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $10.00 3.0 $9.00 0.90 $8.00 2.5 0.75 $7.00 2.0 $6.00 0.60 1.5 $5.00 0.45 1.0 $4.00 $3.00 0.30 0.5 $2.00 0.15 0.0 $1.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 0.00 Year 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

III-73 PUTNAM AREA RAPID TRANSPORTATION 841 Fair Street Carmel, NY 10512 (845)878-7433 http://www.putnamcountyny.com/PART/part.html

State Legislative Districts: Senate: 37 Assembly: 91

Base Fare: $ 1.25 Last Increase: $.25 in October 1996

Putnam County contracts with a private operator to provide fixed route bus service under the name Putnam Area Rapid Transportation. The operator, Red & Tan Tours, runs 5 routes, 3 intra-county and 2 inter-county. MTA Metro North Railroad service to Manhattan is also available in the county, and is discussed in a separate section of this Report.

Fixed Route: In 2001 the PART fixed route bus system accounted for 96 percent of the 148,230 STOA eligible passengers carried of the county’s total. The reflected in the ridership increases experienced by the fixed route system primarily serves the Eastern part of Metro North Railroad, serving Manhattan, discussed in the county, with one route serving the shopping areas in a previous section of this Chapter. the western portion of the county 3 days a week. Route #1 is the strongest route in the PART system carrying PART’s Fixed Route revenue miles of service approximately 54 percent of the passengers and services decreased in 2001 by 1.2 percent. Effectiveness, as the MTA Metro North station at Brewster. measured by the ratio of revenue passengers to revenue vehicle miles, improved 6.1 percent in 2001 as a result After ridership decreases in 1999 and 2000, fixed route of the decrease in revenue miles coupled with the ridership from 2000 to 2001 increased 4.8 percent. increase in passengers. Over the five year period the Over the five year period 1997 to 2001 ridership effectiveness of the PART system increased at an decreased at an annualized rate of 2.3 percent. annualized rate of 3.1 percent.

The strength of the New York City economy and its The “economy” of the PART Fixed Route system, impact on the transit market in Putnam County is measured by system’s ratio of operating revenue to

Putnam County Putnam County Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 185 595 560 175 525 165 490 155 455 Thousands 145 Thousands 420 135 385 125 350 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Year Year

III-74 PART Fixed Route Paratransit 2001 Characteristics Motor Bus Total Revenue Passengers 143,322 5,528 148,850 Number of Vehicles 7 2 9 Number of Employees 0 0 0 Revenue Vehicle Miles 373,489 57,420 430,909 Revenue Vehicle Hours 18,490 2,297 20,787 Total Operating Revenue 122,481 10,932 133,413 Total Operating Expense 1,038,983 209,770 1,248,753 Operating Expense /Rev. Vehicle Mile 2.78 3.65 2.90 Operating Expense / Rev. Vehicle Hour 56.19 91.32 60.07 Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Mile 0.38 0.10 0.35 Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Hour 7.75 2.41 7.16 Total Operating Revenue / Op. Expense 0.12 0.05 0.11 Operating Expense / Revenue Passenger 7.25 37.95 8.39 Total Op. Revenue / Revenue Passenger 0.85 1.98 0.90 operating cost also improved in 2001 increasing by 1.9 percent. Operating cost increased 2.4 percent while the Operating Revenue increased 4.4 percent.

Paratransit: Red & Tan also operates PART’s paratransit services. Paratransit revenue passengers increased by a dramatic 40.1 percent from 2000 to 2001. Although ridership for these services, 5,528, represents only 3.7 percent of the county’s total transit ridership paratransit service accounts for 16.7 percent of the total PART system cost. Paratransit ridership has continued steady annualized growth of 23 percent since 1997. Operating costs for these services increased 58.6 percent from 2000 to 2001 and have increased 32.4 percent at an annualized rate from 1997 to 2001.

Although the cost recovery ratio on paratransit service, 5.2 percent, is lower than that of the fixed route services, this is an important and ADA mandated component of the services provided by PART.

III-75 FINANCIAL INFORMATION - PUTNAM AREA RAPID TRANSIT - SYSTEM TOTAL

Sources of Total System 2002 Operating Funds Summary of Total System 2002 Operating Expenses

Fares $133,413 Salaries $0 Local $750,136 Fringe $0 State $338,204 Insurance $0 Federal $0 Fuel $54,708 Other $0 Other $1,194,045 Total $1,221,753 Total $1,248,753

Putnam County Putnam County Operating Revenues & Subsidies Operating Expenses Salaries (0.00%) Other (0.00%) Fringe (0.00%) Federal (0.00%) Insurance (0.00%) Fares (10.92%) Fuel (4.38%) State (27.68%)

Local (61.40%) Other (95.62%)

Financial Trend Analysis over the past five years: Fleet Characteristics over the past five years:

Putnam County Putnam County Operating Revenue and Subsidy Total, Peak and Accessible Vehicles

1,400 10 9 1,200 8 1,000 7 800 6 600 5

Thousands 400 4 3 200 2 0 1 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Total Fleet Peak Fleet Accessible Year 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 TOTAL GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE Putnam Area Rapid Transit - Total System - Operations and Performance Statistics

PART 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Operations 00 to 01 % Change

Rev. Passengers 159,187 159,408 148,235 140,558 148,230 5.46% -1.77% Rev. Veh. Miles 487,981 462,269 414,914 415,477 430,909 3.71% -3.06%

Op. Cost $921,883 $1,106,845 $1,101,181 $1,146,869 $1,248,753 8.88% 7.88% Op. Rev. $125,478 $127,604 $127,209 $125,440 $133,413 6.36% 1.54%

Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.33 0.34 0.36 0.34 0.34 1.68% 1.34% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $1.89 $2.39 $2.65 $2.76 $2.90 4.98% 11.29% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 13.61% 11.53% 11.55% 10.94% 10.68% -2.32% -5.87%

National CPI 160.50 163.00 166.60 172.20 177.10 2.85% 2.49% NYSMA CPI 170.80 173.60 177.00 182.50 187.10 2.52% 2.30%

Putnam County Putnam County Putnam County Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost $10.00 3.5 $9.00 0.90 3.0 $8.00 0.75 2.5 $7.00 $6.00 0.60 2.0 $5.00 0.45 1.5 $4.00 0.30 1.0 $3.00 0.15 0.5 $2.00 $1.00 0.00 0.0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-76 Putnam Area Rapid Transit - Operating and Performance Statistics by Mode - Fixed Route and Paratransit

PART 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Fixed Route 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 157,297 158,235 147,809 136,754 143,322 4.80% -2.30% Rev. Veh. Miles 462,860 444,213 389,514 378,134 373,489 -1.23% -5.22% Op. Cost $853,609 $1,031,937 $997,851 $1,014,597 $1,038,983 2.40% 5.04% Op. Rev. $120,190 $123,180 $121,909 $117,334 $122,481 4.39% 0.47% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.34 0.36 0.38 0.36 0.38 6.11% 3.08% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $1.84 $2.32 $2.56 $2.68 $2.78 3.68% 10.82% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 14.08% 11.94% 12.22% 11.56% 11.79% 1.94% -4.34%

Putnam County-Fixed Route Putnam County-Fixed Route Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles

180 530 170 505 480 160 455 150 430 405 Thousands 140 Thousands 380 130 355 120 330 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

Putnam County-Fixed Route Putnam County-Fixed Route Putnam County-Fixed Route Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $10.00 0.90 3.0 $9.00 0.75 2.5 $8.00 2.0 $7.00 0.60 $6.00 0.45 1.5 $5.00 1.0 $4.00 0.30 0.5 $3.00 0.15 $2.00 0.0 0.00 $1.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

PART 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Paratransit 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 2,606 2,214 2,650 3,945 5,528 40.13% 20.68% Rev. Veh. Miles 25,121 18,056 25,400 37,343 57,420 53.76% 22.96% Op. Cost $68,274 $74,908 $103,330 $132,272 $209,770 58.59% 32.40% Op. Rev. $5,288 $4,424 $5,300 $8,106 $10,932 34.86% 19.91% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.10 0.12 0.10 0.11 0.10 -8.87% -1.85% Op. Cost/Rev.Mile $2.72 $4.15 $4.07 $3.54 $3.65 3.14% 7.68% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 7.75% 5.91% 5.13% 6.13% 5.21% -14.96% -9.43%

Putnam County-Paratransit Putnam County-Paratransit Revenue Vehicle Miles Revenue Passengers 65.00 65 60.00 60 55.00 55 50.00 50 45.00 45 40.00 40 35.00 35 30.00 Thousands

Hundreds 30 25.00 25 20.00 20 15.00 15 10.00 10 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

Putnam County-Paratransit Putnam County-Paratransit Putnam County-Paratransit Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $10.00 $9.00 3.0 0.90 $8.00 2.5 $7.00 0.75 2.0 $6.00 0.60 1.5 $5.00 0.45 $4.00 1.0 $3.00 0.30 0.5 $2.00 0.15 0.0 $1.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 0.00 Year Year 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year

III-77 NIAGARA FRONTIER TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY 181 Ellicott Street Buffalo, NY 14205 (716) 855-7300 Web Site: www.nfta.com

State Legislative Districts: Senate: 57 - 61 Assembly: 138 - 148

Base Fare: $1.25 Last Increase: $0.15 on 7/1/95

The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA) was created by the New York State Legislature in 1967 with the task of implementing regional transportation in Erie and Niagara counties.

The NFTA created NFT-Metro (Metro), a separate operating subsidiary, in 1974, to coordinate fixed route bus service within the NFTA district. In 1985, Metro began operation of the Buffalo Light Rapid Rail Transit (LRRT) system along a 6.4 mile dedicated right-of-way varied over the five-year period, with a low of 9.0 linking the State University of New York at Buffalo million revenue vehicle miles in FY 1997-98 to a high South Campus to Downtown Buffalo. NFTA also of nearly 9.9 million miles in FY 1999-00. The greatest operates paratransit, demand responsive, and shuttle annualized decline in transit service over the five-year service within the two county area and provides period was on the light rail system, with a drop of 1.6 contract service with area schools, colleges, and percent. While track miles have remained constant for businesses. the 6.4 mile light rail system, revenue vehicle miles of service have declined with the reduction in service Systemwide transit service, as measured by revenue frequency. Conversely, the greatest growth in revenue vehicle miles of service, increased or decreased from vehicle miles was for NFTA’s paratransit system, which year to year with no consistent trend between FY 1997- increased at an annualized rate of 17.6 percent over the 98 and FY 2001-02. The level of service provided

NFTA-Operated Services NFTA-Operated Services Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 11 27 26 10 25 24 23 9 Millions Millions 22 21 8 20 19 7 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Year Year

III-78 Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority Fixed Route Light Paratransit Rural Total FY 01-02 Characteristics Motor Bus Rail Service Service Revenue Passengers 17,860,020 3,555,233 53,754 68,090 21,537,097 Number of Vehicles 317 27 26 0 370 Number of Employees 787 152 41 0 980 Revenue Vehicle Miles 8,072,463 838,377 556,618 81,281 9,548,739 Revenue Vehicle Hours 787,990 74,473 29,373 7,852 899,688 Total Operating Revenue 17,769,621 3,328,118 122,477 124,051 21,344,267 Total Operating Expense 61,606,168 15,709,997 1,812,741 490,564 79,619,470 Operating Expense/Rev. Vehicle Mile 7.63 18.74 3.26 6.04 8.34 Operating Expense/Rev. Vehicle Hour 78.18 210.95 61.71 62.48 88.50 Rev. Passengers/Rev. Vehicle Mile 2.21 4.24 0.10 0.84 2.26 Rev. Passengers/Rev. Vehicle Hour 22.67 47.74 1.83 8.67 23.94 Total Operating Revenue/Op. Expense 0.29 0.21 0.07 0.25 0.27 Operating Expense/Revenue Passenger 3.45 4.42 33.72 7.20 3.70 Total Op. Revenue/Revenue Passenger 0.99 0.94 2.28 1.82 0.99

FY 1997-98 to FY 2001-02 period, as NFTA implemented their complementary paratransit service to The largest loss in ridership in FY 2001-02 occurred on meet Federal ADA requirements. NFTA’s urban fixed route buses, which showed a loss of more than 1.2 million riders (6.5 percent). Similarly, More recently, system-wide service increased slightly the 27 car LRRT system only carried 3.6 million more than 1 percent from FY 2000-01 to FY 2001-02. revenue riders in FY 2001-02, a decrease of more than However, level of service varied by mode, as fixed 467,000 riders (11.6 percent) from FY 2000-01. route urban bus increased 0.5 percent; paratransit increased 20.5 percent; rural bus decreased 1.1 Conversely, NFTA’s complementary paratransit system, percent; and light rail service decreased 4.4 percent. known as PAL (Paratransit Access Line), showed a Rail service was eliminated on Sunday evenings, except ridership increase of 19.2 percent in FY 2001-02, for special events, and peak headways were increased nearly 9,000 more revenue passengers over FY 2000- from 5 to 7 minutes. 01. In addition, NFTA’s rural buses carried an additional 4,600 riders in FY 2001-02, an increase of System-wide transit ridership, as measured by revenue 7.3 percent over FY 2000-01. passengers, decreased at an annualized rate of 1.6 percent between FY 1997-98 and FY 2001-02. In FY In FY 1998-99, the NFTA completed a transportation 1999-00, NFTA ridership exceeded the 25 million mark restructuring study known as “Hublink”. This study for the first time in five years. However, ridership in FY analyzed scenarios for linking transfer hubs with Metro 2000-01declined almost 8 percent from the prior year. bus and rail services, van-pools, and other modes of Ridership continued to drop in FY 2001-02. From FY transportation in the Buffalo-Niagara region. By FY 2000-01 to FY 2001-02 , revenue passengers, which 2001-02, the NFTA had completed construction of includes STOA-eligible riders and transfers, declined a several transit hubs and implemented employment total of 7.3 percent, a loss of 1.7 million passengers. shuttles in areas such as Lockport and North Many factors have negatively impacted ridership, Tonawanda under the Hublink (now Metrolink) including the following: transportation concept.

• Significantly fewer Buffalo school transit This was possible due to the May 2001 agreement passes were used due to declining enrollment; between NFTA and the ATU employees to form • Loss of passengers due to the shut down of “Metrolink”, a new division of NFT-Metro that uses transit operations during major snowstorms; union drivers, at a reduced rate, for: • Marketing expenditures promoting ridership significantly reduced from the previous levels; • All new open to the public transit service that • Special events ridership (Buffalo Sabres, utilizes small transit vehicles with 24 or fewer Taste of Buffalo, etc.) declined. passenger seats; and • Slowing of the economy and loss of business. • All paratransit service, including nights and weekends currently operated by a private Despite the overall loss in passengers since FY 1999- carrier. 00, Metro continues to carry considerably more riders than any other Upstate regional transit provider.

III-79 The agreement enabled NFTA to more fully use smaller The NFTA continues to expend significant capital vehicles to implement new employer shuttles and other dollars to repair and rehabilitate the Light Rail system, non-traditional services (suburban circulators, etc). including rail cars, track, and infrastructure. Major rail Starting in Summer 2002, NFTA began running five capital needs include: the mid-life rebuild of the twenty- rubber-tired trolleys in Niagara Falls using ATU drivers seven car light rail vehicle fleet, estimated to cost $27 under the Metrolink agreement. These CNG trolleys million; a tunnel liner panel replacement program, were purchased with New York State Energy and estimated to cost $3 million; and a rail track fastener Research Development Agency (NYSERDA) funds, in replacement program, estimated to cost $8 million. The conjunction with the New York State Office of Parks, NFTA is exploring ways to finance these major rail Recreation and Historic Preservation. This “trolley” system improvements, while maintaining Metro’s other service is free to riders. More recently, NFTA rolling stock and infrastructure. implemented a Metrolink express bus service from the Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Downtown Metro also has two major capital construction projects Buffalo. underway. The first is the rehabilitation of the Metropolitan Transportation Center (MTC), a major NFTA accomplished many of its milestones in FY transfer station for urban and intercity passengers, 2001-02. NFTA took delivery of an additional 41 low located at it’s headquarters on Ellicott Street in floor transit buses. These buses use a ramp instead of Downtown Buffalo. Construction will proceed after stairs and have been well received by the riding public final negotiations with several intercity bus carriers, because of their safer, easier, and quicker boarding. including Greyhound, are resolved. These buses are equipped with voice announcement and CCTV (closed circuit television) systems. With the The second major project is the construction of a addition of these buses Metro’s fleet of 334 heavy duty proposed Buffalo Intermodal Transportation Center buses are 100 percent accessible under the Americans (BITC) on lower Main Street in Buffalo. As a member with Disabilities (ADA) regulations. NFTA has a of a project management team under the lead of the City negotiated procurement with Gillig Corporation for an of Buffalo, NFTA, in coordination with consultants, is additional 176 low floor buses. The NFTA fleet also reviewing engineering, design, environmental, and cost includes 25 paratransit vehicles, 10 small vehicles for impacts of the project. The BITC will replace the Metrolink service, and 27 light rail vehicles, all of former Amtrak station on Exchange Street, and allow which are ADA-compliant. for riders to easily connect with NFTA’s buses and light rail system. Approximately $8 million in federal, state, NFTA has successfully installed a fleet-wide AVL and local funds are available to construct this facility. system improving fleet operations, driver safety, and customer service. The new system utilizes global The following is a brief review of NFT-Metro’s positioning satellite (GPS) technology and automatic performance trends. The system-wide ratio of operating passenger counting to track ridership, revenues, and revenue to operating expenses, a measure of service fare media to individual bus stops. This data will help economy, was 26.8 percent for Metro in FY 2001-02, to improve service planning capabilities at Metro. representing more than a 13 percent drop from the prior year (near 31 percent). This recent drop was driven by The NFTA also completed the installation of a new two key factors: an 8.4 percent increase in operating 800mz communications system on it’s buses, expenses; and a 6.2 percent drop in operating revenue. paratransit, Metrolink, and rail system, including inside This ratio has declined at an annualized rate of the underground tunnels. approximately 5.5 percent during the five-year review period due to the continued loss of passenger revenue The installation of a new $3.5 million bus fare in association with increasing system expenses. collection system has recently been completed, replacing a system that was originally installed in 1988. Operating expenses grew from $73.5 million to $79.6 The project included the purchase and installation of million from FY 2000-01 to FY 2001-02, an increase of 400 registering fareboxes from GFI Genfare, vaulting more than $6 million. More than half of the cost and revenue handling equipment, and bus increase ($3.6 million) was in salaries, wages, and garage/network managing computer systems. fringe benefits due to a new labor contract agreement of 1.75 percent effective in August 2001, and a retroactive

III-80 payment of 3 percent, effective back to August 2000. The other major cost increase in FY 2001-02 was casualty and liability expenses. Prior to the recent spike in operating costs in FY 2001-02, NFTA had held operating expenses near the rate of inflation over the previous five-year period despite significant increases in fuel, lubricants, and utilities.

Operating revenues for Metro declined $1.4 million from FY 2000-01 to FY 2001-02. The primary factor was the loss of passenger revenue associated with the decline in ridership. In addition, non-user revenue declined slightly due to the loss of advertising revenue.

Cost per revenue vehicle mile for Metro, a measure of service efficiency, increased 7.3 percent from FY 2000- 01 to FY 2001-02, due to the large increase in operating costs, offset by a minor (1 percent) increase in vehicle miles. The cost per revenue vehicle mile only rose at an annualized change of 2.8 percent from FY 1997-98 to FY 2001-02, with the largest increase ($0.57/vehicle mile) occurring in the most recent year.

System-wide revenue passengers per revenue vehicle mile, a measure of service effectiveness, decreased from 2.4 pass/mile in FY 2000-01 to 2.2 pass/mile in FY 2001-02, a decline of 8.2 percent. The drop in effectiveness can be traced to the continued loss in revenue passengers, offset by a minor increase in overall revenue vehicle miles. The trend varies among the NFTA’s modes with ridership losses primarily attributed to the fixed route urban bus and light rail operations, where system effectiveness declined 6.9 percent and 7.5 percent, respectively, from FY 2000-01 to FY 2001-02.

Conversely, service effectiveness increased 8.5 percent on rural bus operations from FY 2000-01 to FY 2001- 02, due to increased ridership (7.3 percent) associated with a minor decrease (1 percent) in vehicle miles. Service effectiveness on PAL (complementary paratransit system) remained nearly constant (0.10 pass/mile) from FY 2000-01 to FY 2001-02, due to a similar increase in passengers (19 percent) and vehicle miles (20 percent). Passengers and vehicle miles increased as weekend and evening paratransit service that was previously contracted out to a third-party provider, was brought in-house. In addition, revenue vehicle miles increased to meet the dispersed geographic and travel time patterns that are typical of paratransit demand.

III-81 FINANCIAL INFORMATION - NFTA - SYSTEM TOTAL

Sources of Total System FY 01-02 Operating Funds Summary of Total System FY 01-02 Operating Expenses

Fares $20,428,314 Salaries $31,296,748 Local $30,738,159 Fringe $21,483,643 State $18,524,116 Ins $5,565,044 Federal $4,916,717 Fuel $2,500,825 Other $915,953 Other $18,773,210 Total $75,523,259 Total $79,619,470

NFTA NFTA Operating Revenues & Subsidies Operating Expenses

Other (1.21%) Federal (6.51%) Other (23.58%) Fares (27.05%) State (24.53%) Salaries (39.31%) Fuel (3.14%) Ins (6.99%)

Local (40.70%) Fringe (26.98%)

Financial Trend Analysis over the past five years: Fleet Characteristics over the past five years:

NFTA NFTA Operating Revenue and Subsidy Total, Peak and Accessible Vehicles 80 400 380 60 360 340 40 320

Millions 300 20 280 260 0 240 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 220 Year Total Fleet Peak fleet Accessible

TOTAL GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02

NFTA: System Total Operating and Performance Statistics

97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 % Change Annualized 00 to 01 % Change

Rev. Passengers 22,998,012 23,778,341 25,261,810 23,225,758 21,537,097 -7.27% -1.63% Rev. Veh. Miles 9,014,321 9,185,892 9,862,195 9,453,381 9,548,739 1.01% 1.45%

Op. Cost $67,376,959 $67,737,738 $73,086,770 $73,462,657 $79,619,470 8.38% 4.26% Op. Rev. $22,638,034 $22,224,268 $22,951,823 $22,746,330 $21,344,267 -6.16% -1.46%

Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 2.55 2.59 2.56 2.46 2.26 -8.20% -3.03% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $7.47 $7.37 $7.41 $7.77 $8.34 7.30% 2.77% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 33.60% 32.81% 31.40% 30.96% 26.81% -13.42% -5.49%

National CPI 160.50 163.00 166.60 172.20 177.10 2.85% 2.49% NYSMA CPI 170.80 173.60 177.00 182.50 187.10 2.52% 2.30%

NFTA-Operations NFTA-Operations NFTA-Operations Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost

3.5 17 3.0 15 0.90 2.5 13 0.75 2.0 11 0.60 9 1.5 0.45 7 1.0 5 0.30 0.5 3 0.15 0.0 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 1 0.00 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Year Year Year

III-82 NFTA - Operating and Performance Statistics by Mode - Fixed Route and Paratransit

NFTA 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 % Change Annualized Fixed Route Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 18,801,209 19,818,673 21,315,464 19,094,882 17,860,020 -6.47% -1.28% Rev. Veh. Miles 7,751,719 7,920,206 8,439,388 8,032,359 8,072,463 0.50% 1.02% Op. Cost $51,294,608 $51,128,126 $56,115,192 $56,243,036 $61,606,168 9.54% 4.69% Op. Rev. $18,834,094 $18,483,300 $18,947,334 $18,929,149 $17,769,621 -6.13% -1.44% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 2.43 2.50 2.53 2.38 2.21 -6.93% -2.27% Op Cost/Rev. Mile $6.62 $6.46 $6.65 $7.00 $7.63 8.99% 3.63% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 36.72% 36.15% 33.77% 33.66% 28.84% -14.30% -5.86%

NFTA-Fixed Route NFTA-Fixed Route Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles

10,000 24 9,500 22 9,000 20 8,500 18 8,000

Millions 16 7,500 Thousands 14 7,000 12 6,500 10 6,000 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Year Year

NFTA-Fixed Route NFTA-Fixed Route NFTA-Fixed Route Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $10.00 3.0 $9.00 0.90 $8.00 2.5 0.75 $7.00 2.0 $6.00 0.60 1.5 $5.00 0.45 $4.00 1.0 0.30 $3.00 0.5 $2.00 0.15 0.0 $1.00 0.00 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Year Year Year

NFTA 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 % Change Annualized Paratransit 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 29,205 29,411 40,787 45,112 53,754 19.16% 16.48% Rev. Veh. Miles 291,151 303,128 446,731 461,810 556,618 20.53% 17.59% Op. Cost $813,720 $976,069 $1,160,050 $1,414,059 $1,812,741 28.19% 22.17% Op. Rev. $67,310 $71,909 $96,161 $103,406 $122,477 18.44% 16.14% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.10 0.10 0.09 0.10 0.10 -1.14% -0.94% Op.Cost/Rev. Mile $2.79 $3.22 $2.60 $3.06 $3.26 6.36% 3.90% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 8.27% 7.37% 8.29% 7.31% 6.76% -7.61% -4.93%

NFTA-Paratransit NFTA-Paratransit Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 700 80 70 625 60 550 50 475 40 400

Thousands 30 325 Thousands 20 250 10 175 0 100 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Year Year

NFTA-Paratransit NFTA-Paratransit NFTA-Paratransit Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.50 $10.00 $9.00 0.90 3.00 $8.00 0.75 2.50 $7.00 0.60 2.00 $6.00 0.45 1.50 $5.00 $4.00 1.00 0.30 $3.00 0.15 0.50 $2.00 0.00 $1.00 0.00 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Year Year Year

III-83 NFTA - Operating and Performance Statistics by Mode - Rural and Light Rail

NFTA 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 % Change Annualized Rural 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 65,715 62,689 64,989 63,444 68,090 7.32% 0.89% Rev. Veh. Miles 78,738 80,675 81,267 82,142 81,281 -1.05% 0.80% Op. Cost $549,548 $443,516 $468,253 $465,006 $490,564 5.50% -2.80% Op. Rev. $120,006 $116,595 $125,378 $121,146 $124,051 2.40% 0.83% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.83 0.78 0.80 0.77 0.84 8.46% 0.09% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $6.98 $5.50 $5.76 $5.66 $6.04 6.61% -3.57% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 21.84% 26.29% 26.78% 26.05% 25.29% -2.94% 3.74%

NFTA-Rural NFTA-Rural Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles

140 120 120 110 100 100 80 90 60 80 Thousands Thousands 40 70 20 60 50 0 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Year Year

NFTA-Rural NFTA-Rural NFTA-Rural Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.50 $10.00 0.90 3.00 $9.00 $8.00 2.50 0.75 $7.00 0.60 2.00 $6.00 1.50 $5.00 0.45 $4.00 1.00 0.30 $3.00 0.15 0.50 $2.00 0.00 $1.00 0.00 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Year Year Year

NFTA 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 % Change Annualized Light Rail 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 4,101,883 3,867,568 3,840,570 4,022,320 3,555,233 -11.61% -3.51% Rev. Veh. Miles 892,713 881,883 894,809 877,070 838,377 -4.41% -1.56% Op. Cost $14,719,083 $15,190,027 $15,343,275 $15,340,556 $15,709,997 2.41% 1.64% Op. Rev. $3,616,624 $3,552,464 $3,782,950 $3,592,629 $3,328,118 -7.36% -2.06% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 4.59 4.39 4.29 4.59 4.24 -7.53% -1.99% Op.Cost/Rev. Mile $16.49 $17.22 $17.15 $17.49 $18.74 7.13% 3.25% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 24.57% 23.39% 24.66% 23.42% 21.18% -9.54% -3.64%

NFTA-Light Rail NFTA-Light Rail Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 995 4,800 960 4,500 925 4,200 890 3,900 855 Thousands Thousands 3,600 820 3,300 785 3,000 750 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Year Year

NFTA-Light Rail NFTA-Light Rail NFTA-Light Rail Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 5.0 4.5 $17.50 0.90 4.0 0.75 $14.00 3.5 0.60 3.0 $10.50 0.45 2.5 $7.00 0.30 2.0 $3.50 1.5 0.15 1.0 $0.00 0.00 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Year Year Year

III-84 ROCHESTER-GENESEE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY 1372 East Main Street P.O. Box 90629 Rochester, NY 14609 (716) 654-0200 Website: www.rgrta.org

State Legislative Districts Senate:53-56, 59-61 Assembly:128, 131-137, 147

Base Fare: $1.25 Last Increase: $0.25 on 4/1/96

Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority (RGRTA) operates fixed route, paratransit, and demand responsive transportation in the City of Rochester, and rural service in the surrounding counties of Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Wayne and Wyoming.

In State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2001-02, RGRTA experienced its strongest ridership performance since 1992-93. Fixed route ridership in SFY 2001-2002 grew by a strong 5.1 percent. RGRTA’s urban fixed route service, RTS, accounts for 95 percent of the total RGRTA system ridership and drove the ridership increases for both years. Overall system ridership grew over the past two years for various Over the five year period, SFY 1997-98 through reasons, most notably route extensions, the 2001-02, RGRTA ridership grew at an annualized application of JARC and Welfare-to-Work programs, rate of 1.6 percent. and by providing service to certain special events.

RGRTA-Operated Services RGRTA-Operated Services Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 14,700 9,500 14,450 9,250 14,200 13,950 9,000 13,700 8,750 13,450 8,500 13,200 Thousands 8,250 12,950 Thousands 12,700 8,000 12,450 7,750 12,200 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 7,500 Year 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Year

III-85 R-GRTA Fixed Route Paratransit Rural Total FY 01-02 Characteristics Motor Bus Service Service Revenue Passengers 13,592,823 164,621 424,190 14,181,634 Number of Vehicles 246 39 80 365 Number of Employees 501 64 59 624 Revenue Vehicle Miles 6,587,919 1,121,163 1,456,960 9,166,042 Revenue Vehicle Hours 533,943 61,884 79,000 674,827 Total Operating Revenue 16,700,941 545,637 1,265,549 18,512,127 Total Operating Expense 39,382,086 4,205,185 3,258,414 46,845,685 Operating Expense /Rev. Vehicle Mile 5.98 3.75 2.24 5.11 Operating Expense / Rev. Vehicle Hour 73.76 67.95 41.25 69.42 Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Mile 2.06 0.15 0.29 1.55 Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Hour 25.46 2.66 5.37 21.02 Total Operating Revenue / Op. Expense 0.42 0.13 0.39 0.40 Operating Expense / Revenue Passenger 2.90 25.54 7.68 3.30 Total Op. Revenue / Revenue Passenger 1.23 3.31 2.98 1.31

RGRTA’s combined rural services (Batavia Bus 2001-02 (8.7 percent). Miles increased in SFY 1998- Service (BBS), Wayne Area Transit Service (WATS), 99 and then declined the next two years in response Livingston Area Transit Service (LATS) and to declining ridership and a related shift of riders Wyoming Transit Service (WYTS) experienced the from paratransit to fixed route service. second year of slight ridership drop in SFY 2001-02, declining by a modest 0.8 percent. The ridership RTS installed a fleet-wide Automated Vehicle declines were caused by a slight drop in the number Location (AVL) system, completed in August of of clients riding “Special Service” routes, routes 2001, on its fixed route fleet. The AVL system is carrying clients to day programs such as Mental supporting improved fleet management, real time Health and the Office of the Aging. customer information and service planning.

Over the five year period 1997-98 through 2001-02, Over the five year period, the system-wide cost per rural ridership increased at an annualized rate of 0.4 revenue vehicle mile, a measure of service efficiency, percent. rose on an average annual basis by 3.6 percent, approximately 1.0 percent higher than the inflation Liftline, RGRTA’s paratransit service, ridership rate for this time period. The increase of 3.8 percent declined over the five year period starting in 1997-98 in 2001-02 was consistent with the five year trend. by over 10.0 percent. All of this decrease occurred in The five year increase trend was driven by 4.8 the last two years after increases in ridership the first percent average annual increases in labor costs and two years. The two year reversal in the paratransit 8.9 percent average increases in fringe benefits. ridership trend reflects a drop in its client pool following a recertification of clients eligible for The ratio of operating revenues to operating paratransit service. expenses, an indicator of service economy, was 39.5 percent for 2001-02. The annual change from 2000- The number of revenue miles of service operated by 01 to 2001-02 was an increase of 1.6 percent. The RGRTA increased by 7.5 percent over the 5 year ratio increased as cost grew significantly, but period. RTS provides over 70 percent of total operating revenues increased more significantly RGRTA miles. RTS increased the revenue miles by because of growth in passenger revenue and special over 10 percent for the five year period with growth reimbursements. However, the trend over the five every year, including 2.3 percent in SFY 2001-02. years, from 1997-98 through 2001-02, is an Revenue miles for rural services, however, grew at a annualized decline of 2.7 percent. The downward five slightly slower rate (6.5 percent) than RTS fixed- year trend reflects the escalation of personal wages route urban service increased. and fringe benefits, combined with less growth in passenger revenues. Liftline also decreased revenue miles from 1997-98 to 2001-02 by 1.6 percent annually. However, Passengers per mile, a measure of service Liftline miles of service significantly increased in effectiveness, was stable across the five year time

III-86 frame, decreasing by 0.7 percent reflecting a significant decrease in 1999-00 when costs grew dramatically. The one year trend was an increase of 1.5 percent.

The overall system performance measures, described above, are largely driven by the RTS statistics. RTS provides 95.4 percent of the trips that the urban fixed route system serves. Thus the fixed route performance measures mirror those described above. Ridership grew at a faster rate than miles of service resulting in increases in revenue passengers per mile for the last two years. However, the negative impact of the decline in passengers and increase in service in 1999-2000, resulted in a decrease in this measure for the whole five year period.

The passengers per mile measure for the paratransit system and the rural service declined mildly by approximately 1.0 percent per year on an average annual basis. However, paratransit passengers per mile declined by 21.8 percent with ridership significantly declining and miles increasing significantly. Rural services passenger per mile measure declined by 3.6 percent in 2001-02.

Cost per mile for paratransit increased over the five year period on average by 11.5 percent. This increase is due to cost increases which averaged 9.7 percent per year. The SFY 2001-02 negative performance trends for passengers per mile, operating cost per mile, and the ratio of operating revenue to operating cost are a reflection of: the increased costs to operate more miles of service while not generating much more operating revenue, and a decrease in eligible passengers due to recertification.

Rural service experienced a significant annualized change in cost per mile over the five year period of 4.4 percent, with sizeable increases of 11.0 percent and 6.6 percent in FY 00-01 and 01-02 respectively. Rural revenue to cost ratio had a five year average decrease of 2.2 percent, with a peaking ratio of 45.2 percent in 1999-00, followed by a two year decline to a cost recovery ratio of 38.8 percent. R-GRTA cost recovery ratio is still significantly better than the average for rural services in the State.

III-87 FINANCIAL INFORMATION - R-GRTA - SYSTEM TOTAL

Sources of Total System FY 01-02 Operating Funds Summary of Total System FY 01-02 Operating Expenses

Fares $16,117,755 Salaries $23,060,191 Local $12,212,582 Fringe $12,127,537 State $12,130,288 Ins $670,524 Federal $5,099,774 Fuel $2,047,424 Other $2,546,872 Other $8,940,009 Total $48,107,271 Total $46,845,685

R-GRTA R-GRTA Operating Revenues & Subsidies Operating Expenses

Other (5.29%) Other (19.08%) Federal (10.60%)

Fares (33.50%) Fuel (4.37%) Ins (1.43%) Salaries (49.23%)

State (25.22%) Fringe (25.89%)

Local (25.39%)

Financial Trend Analysis over the past five years: Fleet Characteristics over the past five years:

R-GRTA R-GRTA Operating Revenue and Subsidy Total, Peak and Accessible Vehicles 50 400 40 300 30

20 200 Millions 10 0 100 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Year 0 Tota Fleet Peak Fleet Accessible TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE TOTAL GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02

R-GRTA - System Total Operations and Performance Statistics

97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 % Change Annualized Operations 00 to 01 % Change

Rev. Passengers 13,303,015 13,928,894 12,982,726 13,550,542 14,181,634 4.66% 1.61% Rev. Veh. Miles 8,525,090 8,562,236 8,763,494 8,884,966 9,166,042 3.16% 1.83%

Op. Cost $37,764,948 $37,742,525 $40,872,768 $43,761,356 $46,845,685 7.05% 5.53% Op. Rev. $16,663,098 $16,664,399 $16,904,931 $17,026,612 $18,512,127 8.72% 2.67%

Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 1.56 1.63 1.48 1.53 1.55 1.45% -0.21% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $4.43 $4.41 $4.66 $4.93 $5.11 3.77% 3.64% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 44.12% 44.15% 41.36% 38.91% 39.52% 1.57% -2.72%

National CPI 160.50 163.00 166.60 172.20 177.10 2.85% 2.49% NYSMA CPI 170.80 173.60 177.00 182.50 187.10 2.52% 2.30%

R-GRTA Total Operations R-GRTA-Total Operations R-GRTA-Total Operations Rev. Passengers per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $10.00 3.0 $9.00 0.9 $8.00 2.5 0.8 $7.00 2.0 $6.00 0.6 1.5 $5.00 0.5 1.0 $4.00 0.3 $3.00 0.5 $2.00 0.2 0.0 $1.00 0.0 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Year Year Year

III-88 R-GRTA Operating and Performance Statistics by Mode - Fixed Route and Paratransit

R-GRTA 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 % Change Annualized Fixed Route 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 12,701,641 13,300,658 12,346,047 12,929,250 13,592,823 5.13% 1.71% Rev. Veh. Miles 5,964,166 5,976,742 6,263,742 6,437,302 6,587,919 2.34% 2.52% Op. Cost $32,288,212 $31,752,667 $34,776,713 $37,022,952 $39,382,086 6.37% 5.09% Op. Rev. $14,987,049 $14,692,182 $14,991,100 $15,328,632 $16,700,941 8.95% 2.74% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 2.13 2.23 1.97 2.01 2.06 2.73% -0.79% Op Cost/Rev. Mile $5.41 $5.31 $5.55 $5.75 $5.98 3.94% 2.51% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 46.42% 46.27% 43.11% 41.40% 42.41% 2.43% -2.23%

R-GRTA-Fixed Route R-GRTA-Fixed Route Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 14,000 7,500 13,750 7,000 13,500 13,250 6,500 13,000 6,000 12,750 12,500 5,500 Thousands Thousands 12,250 5,000 12,000 4,500 11,750 11,500 4,000 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Year Year

R-GRTA-Fixed Route R-GRTA-Fixed Route R-GRTA-Fixed Route Rev. Passengers per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $10.00 3.0 $9.00 0.90 $8.00 2.5 0.75 $7.00 0.60 2.0 $6.00 1.5 $5.00 0.45 1.0 $4.00 0.30 $3.00 0.5 0.15 $2.00 0.0 $1.00 0.00 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Year Year Year

R-GRTA 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 % Change Annualized Paratransit 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 183,088 194,697 202,531 193,740 164,621 -15.03% -2.62% Rev. Veh. Miles 1,195,589 1,200,041 1,090,320 1,031,516 1,121,163 8.69% -1.59% Op. Cost $2,902,610 $3,401,747 $3,431,558 $3,765,978 $4,205,185 11.66% 9.71% Op. Rev. $584,694 $820,299 $710,213 $541,922 $545,637 0.69% -1.71% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.15 0.16 0.19 0.19 0.15 -21.82% -1.05% Op.Cost/Rev. Mile $2.43 $2.83 $3.15 $3.65 $3.75 2.73% 11.49% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 20.14% 24.11% 20.70% 14.39% 12.98% -9.83% -10.41%

R-GRTA-Paratransit R-GRTA-Paratransit Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 250 1,300 225 1,250 1,200 200 1,150 175 1,100 1,050 Thousands 150 Thousands 1,000 125 950 100 900 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Year Year

R-GRTA-Paratransit R-GRTA-Paratransit R-GRTA-Paratransit Rev. Passengers per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $10.00 0.90 3.0 $9.00 $8.00 2.5 0.75 $7.00 0.60 2.0 $6.00 1.5 $5.00 0.45 $4.00 1.0 0.30 $3.00 0.15 0.5 $2.00 0.0 $1.00 0.00 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Year Year Year

III-89 R-GRTA - Operating and Performance Statistics by Mode - Rural

R-GRTA 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 % Change Annualized Rural 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 418,286 433,539 434,148 427,552 424,190 -0.79% 0.35% Rev. Veh. Miles 1,365,335 1,385,453 1,409,432 1,416,148 1,456,960 2.88% 1.64% Op. Cost $2,574,126 $2,588,111 $2,664,497 $2,972,426 $3,258,414 9.62% 6.07% Op. Rev. $1,091,355 $1,151,918 $1,203,618 $1,156,058 $1,265,549 9.47% 3.77% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.31 0.31 0.31 0.30 0.29 -3.57% -1.27% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $1.89 $1.87 $1.89 $2.10 $2.24 6.55% 4.36% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 42.40% 44.51% 45.17% 38.89% 38.84% -0.14% -2.17%

R-GRTA-Rural R-GRTA-Rural Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 500 1,600 475 1,550 450 1,500 425 1,450 1,400 400 1,350 375 1,300 Thousands Thousands 350 1,250 325 1,200 300 1,150 275 1,100 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Year Year

R-GRTA-Rural R-GRTA-Rural R-GRTA-Rural Rev. Passengers per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $10.00 0.90 3.0 $9.00 $8.00 0.75 2.5 $7.00 0.60 2.0 $6.00 0.45 1.5 $5.00 $4.00 0.30 1.0 $3.00 0.15 0.5 $2.00 0.00 0.0 $1.00 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Year Year Year

III-90 CENTRAL NEW YORK TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY PO Box 820 200 Cortland Avenue Syracuse, NY 13205-0820 (315) 442-3300 Web Site: www.centro.org

State Legislative Districts Senate: 46, 48, 49, 53 Assembly: 111, 117-121

Base Fare: $1.00 Last Increase: $0.25 in 2/1995

The Central New York Regional Transportation Authority (CNYRTA) provides urban /suburban fixed route, ADA paratransit, and rural services in Onondaga, Cayuga, and Oswego Counties. In addition, CNYRTA operates intercity fixed route and subscription services among points in the three counties; operates the William F. Walsh Regional Transportation Center in Syracuse (serving urban, regional, and intercity bus systems as well as Amtrak); and operates a subsidiary corporation which manages various parking facilities in the City of Syracuse.

Over the last five years, from SFY 97-98 through SFY annual increase), with a very slight drop (-0.6%) in FY 01-02, aggregate CNYRTA ridership has been stable, 01-02. However, there were significant changes within increasing by an annualized 0.05%. However, from FY the ridership of the paratransit services and the services 00-01 to FY 01-02, total system ridership decreased by operated in Oswego and Cayuga Counties during both 1.8%. The fixed-route urban system, which accounts for the five-year period and in FY 01-02. The total Oswego approximately 90% of all system rides, remained and Cayuga ridership decreased by about 8% per year relatively flat over the five-year period (+0.6% average during the five year period, and by 19% in FY 01-02.

CNYRTA-Operated Services CNYRTA-Operated Services Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 10,000 4,950 9,750 4,850 9,500 9,250 4,750 9,000 4,650 8,750 4,550 Thousands Thousands 8,500 4,450 8,250 4,350 8,000 4,250 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Year Year

III-91 CNYRTA Admin & Fixed Route Paratransit Rural Total* FY 01-02 Characteristics Fixed Facility Motor Bus Service Service Revenue Passengers 8,218,350 149,097 634,996 9,002,443 Number of Vehicles 158 17 30 205 Number of Employees 317 29 49 395 Revenue Vehicle Miles 3,214,780 558,463 1,018,931 4,792,174 Revenue Vehicle Hours 276,053 48,018 60,792 384,863 Total Operating Revenue 821,818 7,077,882 265,021 700,966 8,865,687 Total Operating Expense 1,158,279 22,222,788 2,168,806 3,678,590 29,228,463 Operating Expense /Rev. Vehicle Mile 6.91 3.88 3.61 6.10 Operating Expense / Rev. Vehicle Hour 80.50 45.17 60.51 75.95 Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Mile 2.56 0.27 0.62 1.88 Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Hour 29.77 3.11 10.45 23.39 Total Operating Revenue / Op. Expense 0.32 0.12 0.19 0.30 Operating Expense / Revenue Passenger 2.70 14.55 5.79 3.25 Total Op. Revenue / Revenue Passenger 0.86 1.78 1.10 0.98

The single greatest drivers of this trend were fluctuations in (1) the level of SUNY-subsidized rides Increased ridership on the Call-a-Bus paratransit in the City of Oswego, and (2) a decline in Auburn city service has driven an increase in the miles of service. ridership and the express subscription ridership between Revenue miles have increased by a significant Auburn and factory destinations in Syracuse. The annualized rate of 12 percent over the five year period former can be attributed to changes in student ridership and a steep one year increase in 01-02 of nearly 30 demand that was affected by various dormitory percent. construction projects at SUNY Oswego. The latter is largely attributed to a continued decline in the During FY 2001-02 CNYRTA operated a total fleet of population of the City of Auburn. 205 buses, 93 percent of which are fully ADA compliant. The entire fixed route fleet of 173 buses is In FY 01-02, the paratransit component of the fully ADA compliant. During 01-02, CNYRTA CNYRTA system, served more than 149,000 ADA continued to expand its CNG fueled fleet, building on eligible passengers, an increase of 21 percent from the what was already the largest alternative-fueled 00-01 level. This increase is attributable to the operation in upstate New York. The recent combined effects of hiring a mobility manager, incorporation of 78 new CNG buses into the fleet tightening of the scheduling process, and funding from helped hold down costs for parts and repairs. the Job Access Reverse Commute (JARC) and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) CNYRTA has conducted a strategic planning study – programs to provide more rides and more multiple Regional Mobility Action Plan (ReMAP). In FY 2001- passenger trips. For Call-a-Bus, over the five year 02 the authority implemented several route period beginning in 97-98 ridership grew by an changes/additions that were recommendations of annualized rate of 19 percent. ReMAP. CNYRTA intends to promote additional alternative hubs throughout the system but is focusing CNYRTA’s systemwide service levels, measured by on the development of a downtown common center to revenue miles of service, increased at an annualized rate ease the traffic flow and improve interconnection of of 1.3 percent over the five year period beginning in 97- routes. 98. Revenue miles of service remained at a relatively stable level for the urban fixed route mode, while Call- In FY 01-02 the overall costs of operating the system a-Bus and regional rural services experienced more increased by 6.0 percent over the last fiscal year. The significant increases. In 01-02, however, regional rural overall cost of employee salaries and wages were held service miles actually declined by 15.4 percent, with 22 generally constant, increasing only marginally by 0.6 and 8.4 percent drops for the Oswego and Cayuga percent. The overall increase was driven by the cost of service respectively. fringe benefits which increased by 8.6 percent from the

III-92 previous year. The increasing cost of health insurance and contractually mandated pension enhancements were the two primary contributing factors.

Total operating revenues increased by 6.0 percent from 2000-01 levels, aided by a 24 percent increase in “Non-User” revenue and a 6.9 percent increase in farebox revenue. The increases in the farebox revenues at a time when ridership has declined slightly is a result of accounting for the revenues from the advance sales of multi-trip swiper cards at the time of purchase, instead of when used.

In FY 2001-02 the system’s ratio of operating revenues to operating expenses, a measure of service economy, was 28.7 percent, which represented no change from the 2000-01 level. The lack of change was a result of both operating expenses and revenue increasing by the same rate of 6 percent.

The systemwide operating cost per revenue vehicle mile, a measure of service efficiency, was stable across the five year period, decreasing at an annualized rate of 0.2 percent from $5.90 in 1997-98 to $5.86 per revenue mile in 2001-02. This reflects the Authority’s significant cost control efforts. Costs increased by an average of 1 percent per year, well below the 2.3 percent annual inflation growth.

CNYRTA passengers per mile, a measure of service effectiveness, decreased by 1.5 percent from FY 00-01 and was stable over the five years, decreasing by approximately 1 percent on average per year. This reflects the relative stability of urban fixed route ridership and service during the period.

III-93 Financial Information (System Wide) - CNYRTA

Sources of Total System FY 01-02 Operating Funds (*) Summary of Total System FY 01-02 Operating Expenses (*)

Fares $7,787,227 Salaries $13,193,085 Local $6,257,721 Fringe $9,523,527 State $12,125,389 Insurance $1,098,959 Federal $1,605,227 Fuel $1,165,628 Other $1,078,460 Other $4,247,264 Total $28,854,024 Total $29,228,463

CNYRTA CNYRTA Operating Revenues & Subsidies Operating Expenses

Other (3.74%) Federal (5.56%) Other (14.53%) Fares (26.99%) Fuel (3.99%) Insurance (3.76%) Salaries (45.14%)

State (42.02%)

Local (21.69%) Fringe (32.58%)

* Includes facility and administration costs and revenues. Financial Trend Analysis over the past five years: Fleet Characteristics over the past five years

CNYRTA CNYRTA Operating Revenue and Subsidy Total, Peak and Accessible Vehicles

30 220 25 20 200 15 180

Millions 10 5 160 0 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 140 Year 120 Total Fleet Peak Fleet Accessible

TOTAL GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02

CNYRTA - System Total Transit Services - Operations and Performance Statistics

97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 % Change Annualized 00 to 01 % Change

Rev. Passengers 8,983,513 9,485,922 8,842,262 9,171,366 9,002,443 -1.84% 0.05% Rev. Veh. Miles 4,560,069 4,542,629 4,720,947 4,807,677 4,792,174 -0.32% 1.25%

Op. Cost $26,925,784 $24,235,796 $25,033,624 $26,470,958 $28,070,184 6.04% 1.05% Op. Rev. $8,070,115 $8,025,511 $8,093,621 $7,591,811 $8,043,869 5.95% -0.08%

Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 1.97 2.09 1.87 1.91 1.88 -1.52% -1.18% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $5.90 $5.34 $5.30 $5.51 $5.86 6.38% -0.20% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 29.97% 33.11% 32.33% 28.68% 28.66% -0.08% -1.12%

National CPI 160.50 163.00 166.60 172.20 177.10 2.85% 2.49% NYSMA CPI 170.80 173.60 177.00 182.50 187.10 2.52% 2.30%

CNYRTA-Operations CNYRTA-Operations CNYRTA-Operations Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost

3.5 $10.00 $9.00 0.90 3.0 $8.00 0.75 2.5 $7.00 2.0 $6.00 0.60 1.5 $5.00 0.45 $4.00 1.0 0.30 $3.00 0.5 $2.00 0.15 0.0 $1.00 0.00 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Year Year Year

III-94 CNYRTA- Operating and Performance Statistics by Mode - Fixed Route and Paratransit

CNYRTA 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 % Change Annualized CENTRO 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 8,016,441 8,486,805 8,077,792 8,264,244 8,218,350 -0.56% 0.62% Rev. Veh. Miles 3,102,018 3,091,156 3,153,801 3,170,600 3,214,780 1.39% 0.90% Op. Cost $20,877,176 $19,282,103 $19,962,687 $20,961,725 $22,222,788 6.02% 1.57% Op. Rev. $7,091,357 $7,069,479 $7,124,535 $6,591,550 $7,077,882 7.38% -0.05% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 2.58 2.75 2.56 2.61 2.56 -1.92% -0.27% Op Cost/Rev Mile $6.73 $6.24 $6.33 $6.61 $6.91 4.56% 0.67% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 33.97% 36.66% 35.69% 31.45% 31.85% 1.28% -1.60%

CNYRTA-Fixed Route CNYRTA-Fixed Route Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles

12 3,450 11 3,350 10 3,250 9 3,150 8 3,050 Millions Thousands 7 2,950 6 2,850 5 2,750 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Year Year

CNYRTA-Fixed Route CNYRTA-Fixed Route CNYRTA-Fixed Route Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost

3.5 $10.00 0.90 3.0 $9.00 $8.00 2.5 0.75 $7.00 0.60 2.0 $6.00 1.5 $5.00 0.45 1.0 $4.00 0.30 $3.00 0.5 0.15 $2.00 0.0 $1.00 0.00 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Year Year Year

Call-A-Bus 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 % Change Annualized Paratransit 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 74,185 83,748 88,828 123,395 149,097 20.83% 19.07% Rev. Veh. Miles 354,047 348,255 390,275 432,369 558,463 29.16% 12.07% Op. Cost $1,624,827 $1,726,620 $1,734,536 $1,839,890 $2,168,806 17.88% 7.49% Op. Rev. $203,696 $195,170 $221,875 $287,077 $265,021 -7.68% 6.80% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.21 0.24 0.23 0.29 0.27 -6.45% 6.24% Op.Cost/Rev Mile $4.59 $4.96 $4.44 $4.26 $3.88 -8.74% -4.09% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 12.54% 11.30% 12.79% 15.60% 12.22% -21.68% -0.64%

CNYRTA-Paratransit CNYRTA-Paratransit Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles

700 160 650 600 140 550 120 500 450 100 400 Thousands Thousands 80 350 300 60 250 40 200 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Year Year

CNYRTA-Paratransit CNYRTA-Paratransit CNYRTA-Paratransit Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $10.00 3.0 $9.00 0.90 2.5 $8.00 0.75 $7.00 2.0 0.60 $6.00 1.5 $5.00 0.45 1.0 $4.00 0.30 0.5 $3.00 $2.00 0.15 0.0 $1.00 0.00 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Year 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Year Year

III-95 CNYRTA - Operating and Performance Statistics by Mode - Rural

CNYRTA 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 % Change Annualized Rural 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 892,887 915,369 675,642 783,727 634,996 -18.98% -8.17% Rev. Veh. Miles 1,104,004 1,103,218 1,176,871 1,204,708 1,018,931 -15.42% -1.98% Op. Cost $4,423,781 $3,227,073 $3,336,401 $3,669,343 $3,678,590 0.25% -4.51% Op. Rev. $775,062 $760,862 $747,211 $713,184 $700,966 -1.71% -2.48% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.81 0.83 0.57 0.65 0.62 -4.20% -6.31% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $4.01 $2.93 $2.83 $3.05 $3.61 18.53% -2.57% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 17.52% 23.58% 22.40% 19.44% 19.06% -1.96% 2.12%

CNYRTA-Rural CNYRTA-Rural Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles

1,450 1,950 1,250 1,750 1,050 1,550 850 1,350

Thousands 650 Thousands 1,150 450 950 250 750 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Year Year

CNYRTA-Rural CNYRTA-Rural CNYRTA-Rural Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost

3.50 $10.00 $9.00 0.90 3.00 $8.00 0.75 2.50 $7.00 0.60 2.00 $6.00 $5.00 0.45 1.50 $4.00 0.30 1.00 $3.00 0.15 0.50 $2.00 $1.00 0.00 0.00 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Year Year Year

III-96 CAPITAL DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY 110 Watervliet Avenue Albany, NY 12206 (518) 482-1125 Web Site: www.cdta.org

State Legislative Districts: Senate: 42 - 44 Assembly: 102 - 108

Base Fare: $1.00 Last Increase: $0.25 on 4/1/95

The Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) was created by the New York State Legislature in 1967 to serve a regional transportation district encompassing Albany, Schenectady, Rensselaer, and Saratoga counties. CDTA operates fixed route bus, demand responsive complementary paratransit, shuttle van and school transportation contract services.

CDTA’s systemwide STOA-eligible ridership increased a significant 12.2 percent (1.2 million passengers) from FY 2000-01 to FY 2001-02. The significant one year increase was driven, in large part, by increased fixed route service usage by the college student market. In contrast, CDTA’s paratransit system, STAR, showed a less than 1 percent increase in ridership in FY 2001-02. miles of service, increased less than 1 percent from FY Over the five year period, from FY 1997-98 to FY 2001- 2000-01 to FY 2001-02. Systemwide transit service 02, systemwide ridership increased from 9.61 million to increased at an annualized rate of 2.6 percent between 10.8 million, an annualized increase of nearly 2.9 FY 1997-98 and FY 2001-02. Over the five year percent. Most of the five year increase was driven by the period, fixed route service miles increased at an one year increase in FY 2001-02. annualized rate of 4.5 percent.

Systemwide service, as measured by revenue vehicle

CDTA Services CDTA Services Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 11,450 8,000 11,100 7,500

10,750 7,000 10,400 6,500 10,050 Thousands Thousands 6,000 9,700 9,350 5,500 9,000 5,000 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Year Year

III-97 CDTA Fixed Route Paratransit Total FY 00-01 Characteristics Motor Bus Service Revenue Passengers 10,678,740 94,608 10,773,348 Number of Vehicles 264 32 296 Number of Employees 526 61 587 Revenue Vehicle Miles 6,287,512 699,195 6,986,707 Revenue Vehicle Hours 447,548 52,909 500,457 Total Operating Revenue 14,047,993 300,000 14,347,993 Total Operating Expense 35,192,674 3,571,564 38,764,238 Operating Expense /Rev. Vehicle Mile 5.60 5.11 5.55 Operating Expense / Rev. Vehicle Hour 78.63 67.50 77.46 Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Mile 1.70 0.14 1.54 Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Hour 23.86 1.79 21.53 Total Operating Revenue / Op. Expense 0.40 0.08 0.37 Operating Expense / Revenue Passenger 3.30 37.75 3.60 Total Op. Revenue / Revenue Passenger 1.32 3.17 1.33

CDTA has restructured routes on an ongoing basis to better meet their passenger’s longer trip needs. In In 2002, CDTA’s Board approved a $7 million award addition, over the past two years, CDTA has added new for a fleet-wide radio & automatic vehicle locator services, funded with grants from the federal Job Access (AVL) system for its buses which will help improve and Reverse Commute (JARC) program and the New fleet operations, driver safety, and customer service. York State’s Temporary Assistance to Needy Families The project will take several years to complete all (TANF) program. These services, implemented in the phases. CDTA will also be replacing their fare four County region to meet welfare transportation needs, collection system, estimated at $3.8 million, over the include: Night Owl services on multiple routes and next two years. expanded hours of operation; connecting service to industrial parks and the Albany International Airport; The Rensselaer Intermodal Station, a $54 million, shuttle runs and reverse commuter, a transit pass 80,000 square foot facility owned and operated by program which provides 24 hour 7 day a week access to CDTA, opened in September of 2002 after several CDTA supported services; and a guaranteed ride and years of construction. In addition, CDTA is the lead safety net brokerage. agency for both the renovation of the Saratoga Springs Amtrak Station and the extension of a Scenic Rail line In FY1998-99, CDTA implemented ACCESS Transit, a north of Saratoga. Both projects are currently subsidiary, which brokers medicaid transportation for underway. three surrounding counties for a fixed price. ACCESS Transit provides a system where people requiring non- CDTA, in collaboration with local planning and emergency transportation for medical trips (under transportation agencies, is involved in a land use and Medicaid) call one central phone number to arrange transportation concepts study along a major regional trips. ACCESS Transit then arranges transportation for corridor (NY 5) between the cities of Albany and the client, bundles trips for efficiency, and reimburses Schenectady. Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) has emerged as transportation providers for the services rendered. In a service concept appropriate for the corridor. BRT FY2001-02, ACCESS Transit successfully brokered over incorporates frequent service, formal transfer stations, 400,000 trips. priority treatment (including signal preemption and dedicated transit lanes), off-board fare transactions, real In FY 2001-02 CDTA continued its fleet replacement time electronic arrival information and connecting program, reducing the average age of the fleet to less feeder services. than 3 years. CDTA also installed bike racks on a number of buses, which were well received by the The initial “stages” of the BRT project are planned to public, with expansion of this equipment to the be implemented in FY 2004-05. In addition to BRT, remainder of their fleet now underway. CDTA remains an active partner with NYSDOT and

III-98 other state and local agencies in traffic signal passengers/mile in FY2000-01 to 1.70 in FY 2001-02. improvements and transit priority projects along major However, this measure has remained fairly constant area highway corridors. over the 5 year time-frame, declining at an annualized rate of 1.5 percent. In FY 2001-02 CDTA’s fixed route service’s ratio of operating revenue to operating expense, a measure of In contrast, CDTA’s complementary paratransit system service economy, increased 5.9 percent (from 37.7 to STAR, showed system effectiveness dropping 6.5 39.9 percent) from FY 2000-01. This recent percent in FY2001-02 over the prior year due to a 7.6 improvement in system economy can be attributed to percent increase in service, associated with ridership several factors: remaining relatively constant. STAR services experienced an annualized decline of 9.2 percent in • Operating expenses remained relatively revenue vehicle miles from FY1997-98 to FY 2001-02. constant, decreasing approximately $44,000, from $38.8 million to $37.8 million. This From FY 1999-00 to FY 2000-01 there was dramatic 64 overall improvement occurred despite a 3.2% percent decline in STAR service miles along with a 27 increase in total personnel (salary, wages, percent decline in STOA-eligible passengers (34,000 fringe) costs, the majority of which was the riders). This resulted from a combination of tighter result of a 3 percent contractual increase in eligibility criteria and the availability of CDTA’s new salary. fixed route fleet of low-floor buses which are able to accommodate trips that previously required paratransit • Non-personnel expenses declined 8 percent, vehicles. primarily due to lower costs associated with fuel and lubricants, services associated with The efficiency of CDTA’s Fixed Route operating cost ACCESS Transit, casualty and liability, and to per revenue vehicle mile improved slightly with costs, a lesser degree, other materials and supplies. decreasing by 1 percent, from FY 2000-01 to 2001-02. This decrease in unit cost was attributable to operating • Operating revenue increased 5.3 percent in FY costs remaining constant, while service showed a minor 2001-02 over FY 2000-01. This was principally (1 percent) increase. Over the five year period due to county payments associated with beginning in FY1999-98, fixed route operating cost per ACCESS Transit. CDTA also continues to mile rose from $4.64 to $5.60, an annualized change of increase income through contract services (i.e. 4.8 percent. college shuttles) to help offset declining passenger revenue. STAR paratransit operating cost per mile declined 2.4 percent from FY 2000-01 to FY 2001-02 as service • It should be noted that incentives introduced to increased at a faster rate than operating costs. However, encourage increased ridership, such as monthly over the five year period STAR costs per mile increased and multi-ride passes, have impacted revenue at a significant annualized rate of 18.5 percent, by discounting the average fare per passenger. attributable to a 7.6 percent annualized increase in CDTA has held the base fare constant at $1.00 STAR expenses corresponding with a 9.2 percent since 1995. reduction in revenue vehicle miles.

In contrast, over the five year time frame from FY 1997- 98 to FY 2001-02, the fixed route operating revenue to expense ratio declined at an annualized rate of 1.3 percent. This resulted from growth in operating expenses (9.5 percent annualized) exceeding growth in operating revenues (8.1 percent annualized) over the five year period.

CDTA’s fixed route services experienced an 12 percent increase in the ratio of revenue passengers per revenue mile, a measure of service effectiveness, from 1.4

III-99 FINANCIAL INFORMATION - CDTA - SYSTEM TOTAL

Sources of Total System FY 01-02 Operating Funds Summary of Total System FY 01-02 Operating Expenses

Fares $9,365,105 Salaries $18,584,352 Local $9,052,967 Fringe $9,688,986 State $11,625,751 Ins $825,333 Federal $5,864,671 Fuel $1,719,369 Other $4,982,888 Other $7,946,198 Total $40,891,382 Total $38,764,238

CDTA CDTA Operating Revenues & Subsidies Operating Expenses

Other (12.19%) Other (20.50%) Fares (22.90%)

Federal (14.34%) Fuel (4.44%) Salaries (47.94%) Ins (2.13%)

Local (22.14%) Fringe (24.99%) State (28.43%)

Financial Trend Analysis over the past five years: Fleet Characteristics over the past five years:

CDTA CDTA Operating Revenue and Subsidy Total, Peak and Accessible Vehicles 50 350 300 40 250 30 200 20 150 Millions 100 10 50 0 0 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Total Fleet Peak Fleet Accessible Year 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE TOTAL GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES

CDTA - System Total Opeartions and Performance Statistics

97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 % Change Annualized 00 - 01 % Change

Rev. Passengers 9,611,281 9,677,072 9,690,761 9,599,226 10,773,348 12.23% 2.89% Rev. Veh. Miles 6,296,635 6,541,636 6,722,687 6,918,004 6,986,707 0.99% 2.63%

Op. Cost $27,118,083 $29,298,228 $35,678,531 $38,808,155 $38,764,238 -0.11% 9.34% Op. Rev. $10,481,504 $11,164,185 $13,408,107 $13,642,223 $14,347,993 5.17% 8.17%

Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 1.53 1.48 1.44 1.39 1.54 11.13% 0.25% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $4.31 $4.48 $5.31 $5.61 $5.55 -1.10% 6.54% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 38.65% 38.11% 37.58% 35.15% 37.01% 5.29% -1.08%

National CPI 160.50 163.00 166.60 172.20 177.10 2.85% 2.49% NYSMA CPI 170.80 173.60 177.00 182.50 187.10 2.52% 2.30%

CDTA-Total Operations CDTA-Total Operations CDTA-Total Operations Rev. Passengers per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $10.00 0.9 3.0 $9.00 $8.00 2.5 0.8 $7.00 0.6 2.0 $6.00 1.5 $5.00 0.5 $4.00 1.0 0.3 $3.00 0.5 $2.00 0.2 0.0 $1.00 0.0 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Year Year Year

III-100 CDTA Operating and Performance Statistics by Mode - Fixed Route and Paratransit

CDTA 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 % Change Annualized Fixed Route Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual 00 - 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 9,486,306 9,548,673 9,562,265 9,505,172 10,678,740 12.35% 3.00% Rev. Veh. Miles 5,267,596 5,538,490 5,707,750 6,268,008 6,287,512 0.31% 4.52% Op. Cost $24,451,904 $26,621,949 $32,405,708 $35,407,200 $35,192,674 -0.61% 9.53% Op. Rev. $10,289,563 $10,972,585 $13,213,107 $13,342,223 $14,047,993 5.29% 8.09% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 1.80 1.72 1.68 1.52 1.70 12.00% -1.45% Op Cost/Rev Mile $4.64 $4.81 $5.68 $5.65 $5.60 -0.91% 4.79% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 42.08% 41.22% 40.77% 37.68% 39.92% 5.93% -1.31%

CDTA-Fixed Route CDTA-Fixed Route Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 11,500 7,500 11,200 7,000 10,900 10,600 6,500 10,300 6,000 10,000 5,500 9,700 Thousands Thousands 9,400 5,000 9,100 4,500 8,800 8,500 4,000 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Year Year

CDTA-Fixed Route CDTA-Fixed Route CDTA-Fixed Route Rev. Passengers per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $10.00 0.90 3.0 $9.00 $8.00 2.5 0.75 $7.00 2.0 0.60 $6.00 1.5 $5.00 0.45 1.0 $4.00 0.30 $3.00 0.5 0.15 $2.00 0.0 $1.00 0.00 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Year Year Year

CDTA 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 % Change Annualized Paratransit 00 - 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 124,975 128,399 128,496 94,054 94,608 0.59% -6.72% Rev. Veh. Miles 1,029,039 1,003,146 1,014,937 649,996 699,195 7.57% -9.21% Op. Cost $2,666,179 $2,676,279 $3,272,823 $3,400,955 $3,571,564 5.02% 7.58% Op. Rev. $191,941 $191,600 $195,000 $300,000 $300,000 0.00% 11.81% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.12 0.13 0.13 0.14 0.14 -6.49% 2.74% Op.Cost/Rev. Mile $2.59 $2.67 $3.22 $5.23 $5.11 -2.37% 18.50% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 7.20% 7.16% 5.96% 8.82% 8.40% -4.78% 3.93%

CDTA-Paratransit CDTA-Paratransit Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 200 1,250 175 150 1,125 125 1,000 100 875 75 Thousands Thousands 750 50 25 625 0 500 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Year Year

CDTA-Paratransit CDTA-Paratransit CDTA-Paratransit Rev. Passengers per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $10.00 0.90 3.0 $9.00 $8.00 0.75 2.5 $7.00 0.60 2.0 $6.00 1.5 $5.00 0.45 $4.00 1.0 0.30 $3.00 0.15 0.5 $2.00 0.0 $1.00 0.00 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Year Year Year

III-101 CDTA - Operating and Performance Statistics by Mode - Rural

CDTA 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 % Change Annualized Rural 00 - 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 60,680 52,187 45,920 32,946 30,785 -6.56% -15.60% Rev. Veh. Miles 150,195 147,269 148,360 116,462 135,512 16.36% -2.54% Op. Cost $384,549 $389,743 $463,548 $367,320 $388,433 5.75% 0.25% Op. Rev. $52,019 $44,467 $38,912 $34,114 $30,600 -10.30% -12.42% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.40 0.35 0.31 0.28 0.23 -19.69% -13.40% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $2.56 $2.65 $3.12 $3.15 $2.87 -9.12% 2.86% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 13.53% 11.41% 8.39% 9.29% 7.88% -15.18% -12.64%

CDTA-Rural CDTA-Rural Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 225 90 200 75 175 60 150 45 125 Thousands Thousands 30 100 15 75 0 50 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Year Year

CDTA-Rural CDTA-Rural CDTA-Rural Rev. Passengers per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $10.00 3.0 $9.00 0.90 2.5 $8.00 0.75 $7.00 2.0 0.60 $6.00 0.45 1.5 $5.00 1.0 $4.00 0.30 0.5 $3.00 0.15 $2.00 0.0 0.00 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 $1.00 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 Year Year Year

III-102 BROOME COUNTY TRANSIT 413 Old Vestal Road Vestal, NY 13850 (607) 763-4464

State Legislative Districts: Senate: 51 Assembly: 123 & 124

Base Fare: $1.00 Last Increase: $0.20 in January 1996

Broome County Transit (BCT) provides service to a large portion of the County, covering eighty square miles, with concentration on the urbanized cores of the triple cities of Binghamton, Johnson City and Endicott. BCT’s services extend to Vestal, Westover, Endwell, Union, West Corners, and others.

Over the 5-year period from 1997 to 2001 ridership on the total Broome County system declined by an annualized rate of 3.2 percent. The ridership change from 2000 to 2001 continued this trend, declining at a slightly slower rate of 2.8 percent, with BCT serving a total of 2.7 million passenger trips. The longer term Revenue vehicle miles increased slightly in 2001 declines in ridership likely result from population and reflecting the increase in rural service and a slight employment declines in the service area, particularly in increase in urban fixed route services, growing by 1.4 the core area of Binghamton. percent from 2000 to 2001 following a 10 percent increase in 2000. Fixed route service, which accounts for 96 percent of all BCT trips, continued an annual decline of 3.0 With the exception of rural services, fares and services percent, matching the trend for the previous three years. were stable in 2001. Fare, service and program increases BCT’s rural service, however, increased 20.9 percent are going into place in 2002. The full fare passengers from 2000 to 2001. This rural ridership increase can be will no longer receive the off peak fixed-route discount attributed to increased service hours and frequency in of $0.50, instead they will be charged the full $1.00 base 2001.

Broome County Transit-Operated Service Broome County Transit-Operated Service Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 2,500 3,400 2,250 3,200 3,000 2,000 2,800 1,750 Thousands 2,600 Thousands 1,500

2,400 1,250 2,200 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1,000 Year 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year

III-103 BROOME COUNTY TRANSIT Fixed Route Paratransit Rural 2001 Characteristics Motor Bus Service Service Total Revenue Passengers 2,572,153 64,719 28,960 2,665,832 Number of Vehicles 47 10 8 65 Number of Employees 91 4 9 104 Revenue Vehicle Miles 1,346,159 312,047 230,534 1,888,740 Revenue Vehicle Hours 98,462 24,451 10,710 133,623 Total Operating Revenue 1,832,258 58,303 23,964 1,914,525 Total Operating Expense 5,310,655 893,988 459,377 6,664,020 Operating Expense /Rev. Vehicle Mile 3.95 2.86 1.99 3.53 Operating Expense / Rev. Vehicle Hour 53.94 36.56 42.89 49.87 Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Mile 1.91 0.21 0.13 1.41 Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Hour 26.12 2.65 2.70 19.95 Total Operating Revenue / Op. Expense 0.35 0.07 0.05 0.29 Operating Expense / Revenue Passenger 2.06 13.81 15.86 2.50 Total Op. Revenue / Revenue Passenger 0.71 0.90 0.83 0.72

fare. There are also expansions of service underway for the 5 years from 1997 to 2001 this measure remained week night and Saturday fixed-route and paratransit very stable, decreasing by a slight annualized rate of 0.5 services, and the addition of Sunday service. These percent. increases in services are funded in part by two new funding sources for BCT. State-sponsored TANF The increasing miles of service and a 3 percent annual program funds and a federal Jobs Access Reverse decline in revenue passengers over the past five years has Commute (JARC) program grant to provide increased led to a 7 percent annualized decrease in passengers per transportation for low income persons to commute to mile, a measure of service “effectiveness.” This measure work are being used. declined more moderately in 2001, by 4.1 percent, reflecting the slowing of the revenue mile increase in that From 2000 to 2001 the 2.8 percent decrease in ridership year.

and 1.4 percent increase in revenue vehicle miles The Broome County Transit paratransit operation, BC resulted in a 4.1 percent decline in passengers per mile, Lift, showed a slight growth in ridership of 1.2 percent, a measure of service “effectiveness.” This measure accompanied by a slight decrease in service miles of 0.5 declined over the 5-year period as well, at an percent. This combination led to a slight increase in annualized rate of 7 percent, reflecting the ridership passengers per mile of 1.7 percent. Driven by a nearly 17 and miles trends described above. percent increase in operating costs, BC Lift’s cost per mile increased from $2.44 in 2000 to $2.86 in 2001 with The cost recovery ratio (operating revenue to operating a corresponding 17.3 percent increase. The five year costs), a measure of service “economy,” was 28.7 average annual increase in cost per mile of 5.9 percent is percent for 2001. This constitutes a decline of 11 less dramatic but still significant. percent from 2000. Operating costs in 2001 increased by 2.7 percent over 2000, due primarily to wage and The 2001 rural services experienced a significant fringe benefit cost increases. Operating revenue increase (7.9 percent) in service provided and an even declined in 2001 by 8.7 percent, consistent with the larger increase in ridership of 20.9 percent. Passengers ridership decline and stable fares. Over the 5-year per mile therefore substantially increased by 12.9 percent period cost recovery declined by an annualized rate of in 2001. The five year trend in passengers per mile is 8.2 percent. considerably different, growing by a slight 0.3 percent on average per year. Vehicle miles and operating costs both increased in 2001, with costs increasing slightly faster than miles, Cost per mile for rural service declined by 3.5 percent on resulting in a small increase of 1.4 percent in cost per average per year from 1997 to 2001, with a greater vehicle mile, a measure of service “efficiency.” Over decrease of 7 percent from 2000 to 2001. Thus this

III-104 measure of service efficiency continues to show improvement. Cost recovery is relatively low on rural service because the miles to passenger ratio is much higher in serving the more dispersed patterns of rural travel. The BCT rates range from 4.3 to 5.2 percent across the years from 1997 to 2001. Thus the 14.6 percent increase in this ratio in 2001, while an improvement, should be considered with the relatively low numbers involved.

III-105 FINANCIAL INFORMATION - BROOME COUNTY TRANSIT - SYSTEM TOTAL

Sources of Total System 2001 Operating Funds Summary of Total System 2001 Operating Expenses

Fares $1,737,887 Salaries $3,066,669 Local $961,502 Fringe $1,944,146 State $2,418,558 Ins $149,658 Federal $1,623,800 Fuel $400,414 Other $176,638 Other $1,103,133 Total $6,918,385 Total $6,664,020

Broome County Transit Broome County Transit Operating Revenues & Subsidies Operating Expenses

Other (2.55%) Other (16.55%)

Federal (23.47%) Fares (25.12%) Fuel (6.01%) Ins (2.25%) Salaries (46.02%)

Local (13.90%) Fringe (29.17%) State (34.96%)

Financial Trend Analysis over the past five years: Fleet Characteristics over the past five years:

Broome County Tansit Broome County Transit Operating Revenue and Subsidy Total, Peak and Accessible Vehicles 70 7 60 6 5 50 4 40 3 Millions 30 2 20 1 10 0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 0 Year Total Fleet Peak Fleet Accessible

TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE TOTAL GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Broome County Transit - System Total Operations and Performance Statistics

Operating 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Statistics 00-01 % Change

Rev. Passengers 3,032,099 2,917,531 2,777,597 2,742,840 2,665,832 -2.81% -3.17% Rev. Veh. Miles 1,607,438 1,642,557 1,692,672 1,863,237 1,888,740 1.37% 4.11%

Op. Cost $5,585,222 $5,169,510 $5,597,553 $6,486,039 $6,664,020 2.74% 4.51% Op. Rev. $2,342,467 $1,891,578 $2,081,644 $2,096,711 $1,914,525 -8.69% -4.92%

Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 1.89 1.78 1.64 1.47 1.41 -4.12% -6.99% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $3.47 $3.15 $3.31 $3.48 $3.53 1.36% 0.38% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 41.94% 36.59% 37.19% 32.33% 28.73% -11.13% -9.02%

National CPI 160.50 163.00 166.60 172.20 177.10 2.85% 2.49% NYSMA CPI 170.80 173.60 177.00 182.50 187.10 2.52% 2.30%

Broome County Transit Broome County Transit Broome County Transit Rev. Passengers per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $10.00 0.90 3.0 $9.00 $8.00 0.75 2.5 $7.00 0.60 2.0 $6.00 1.5 $5.00 0.45 $4.00 1.0 0.30 $3.00 0.5 $2.00 0.15 0.0 $1.00 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-106 Broome County Transit- Operating and Performance Statistics by Mode - Fixed Route and Paratransit

Broome County Transit 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Fixed Route 00-01 % Change Rev. Passengers 2,949,003 2,832,102 2,693,319 2,654,899 2,572,153 -3.12% -3.36% Rev. Veh. Miles 1,160,864 1,168,827 1,218,064 1,335,900 1,346,159 0.77% 3.77% Op. Cost $4,772,207 $4,642,954 $4,776,901 $5,262,088 $5,310,655 0.92% 2.71% Op. Rev. $2,145,000 $1,825,875 $2,013,940 $2,018,092 $1,832,258 -9.21% -3.86% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 2.54 2.42 2.21 1.99 1.91 -3.86% -6.87% Op Cost/Rev. Mile $4.11 $3.97 $3.92 $3.94 $3.95 0.15% -1.02% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 44.95% 39.33% 42.16% 38.35% 34.50% -10.04% -6.40%

Broome CountyTransit-Fixed Route Broome County Transit-Fixed Route Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 1,500 3,750 1,400 3,250 1,300 2,750 1,200 2,250 Thousands Thousands 1,750 1,100 1,250 1,000 750 900 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

Broome County Transit-Fixed Route Broome County Transit-Fixed Route Broome County Transit-Fixed Route Rev. Passengers per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $10.00 0.90 3.0 $9.00 $8.00 0.75 2.5 $7.00 0.60 2.0 $6.00 0.45 1.5 $5.00 $4.00 0.30 1.0 $3.00 0.15 0.5 $2.00 0.00 0.0 $1.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

Broome County Transit 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Paratransit Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual 00-01 % Change Rev. Passengers 62,726 64,982 63,485 63,985 64,719 1.15% 0.79% Rev. Veh. Miles 282,438 307,128 288,910 313,585 312,047 -0.49% 2.52% Op. Cost $644,482 $636,597 $641,382 $765,842 $893,988 16.73% 8.53% Op. Rev. $181,440 $49,540 $51,130 $57,759 $58,303 0.94% -24.71% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.22 0.21 0.22 0.20 0.21 1.65% -1.70% Op.Cost/Rev. Mile $2.28 $2.07 $2.22 $2.44 $2.86 17.31% 5.85% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 28.15% 7.78% 7.97% 7.54% 6.52% -13.53% -30.62%

Broome County Paratransit Broome County Paratransit Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 150 400

125 350 100 300

75 250 Thousands Thousands 50 200 25 150

0 100 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

Broome County Paratransit Broome County Paratransit Broome County Paratransit Rev. Passengers per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.50 $10.00 $9.00 0.90 3.00 $8.00 0.75 2.50 $7.00 0.60 2.00 $6.00 0.45 1.50 $5.00 $4.00 0.30 1.00 $3.00 0.15 0.50 $2.00 0.00 $1.00 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-107 Broome County Transit - Operating and Performance Statistics by Mode - Rural

Broome County Transit 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Rural 00-01 % Change Rev. Passengers 20,370 20,447 20,793 23,956 28,960 20.89% 9.19% Rev. Veh. Miles 164,136 166,602 185,698 213,752 230,534 7.85% 8.86% Op. Cost $377,397 $301,805 $395,180 $458,109 $459,377 0.28% 5.04% Op. Rev. $16,027 $16,163 $16,574 $20,860 $23,964 14.88% 10.58% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.12 0.12 0.11 0.11 0.13 12.09% 0.30% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $2.30 $1.81 $2.13 $2.14 $1.99 -7.02% -3.51% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 4.25% 5.36% 4.19% 4.55% 5.22% 14.56% 5.28%

Broome County Transit-Rural Broome County Transit-Rural Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 275 32 250 30 28 225 26 200 24 175 Thousands

Thousands 22 150 20 125 18 16 100 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

Broome County Transit-Rural Broome County Transit-Rural Broome County Transit-Rural Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $10.00 0.90 3.0 $9.00 $8.00 0.75 2.5 $7.00 0.60 2.0 $6.00 1.5 $5.00 0.45 $4.00 1.0 0.30 $3.00 0.15 0.5 $2.00 0.0 $1.00 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-108 UTICA TRANSIT AUTHORITY Leland and Wurtz Avenue Utica, NY 13502 (315) 797-1121 Web site: http://www.borg.com/~myozuta/

State Legislative Districts: Senate: 47

Base Fare: $1.00 Last Increase: January, 1996

The Utica Transit Authority (UTA), created in 1970, provides fixed route bus and paratransit service within the City of Utica and the surrounding townships of New Hartford, Kirkland and Whitestown. UTA is sponsored in the STOA program by the City of Utica and the towns listed above. The UTA is part of a larger collection of transit systems that provide transit in the Mohawk Valley Area in Oneida and Herkimer Counties, including Rome VIP Bus, Birnie Bus Tours, Inc., Utica-Rome Bus Company, and Oneida County Rural Transit.

The UTA continues to struggle with funding to provide the current level of service in the Utica area. Several significant actions in 2001continue to exacerbate UTA’s financial problems. The Authority does not have taxing ability to raise funds on their own and is not part of a The towns of New Hartford and Whitestown have been municipal general budget process. In addition, UTA was the fastest growing areas in terms of commercial required to begin to pay back a portion of their earned development and large chain store openings. Growth of 2001 STOA payments as a result of the two prior STOA the suburban towns and the service-oriented economy Audits. The timing of subsidy payments has forced UTA creates a situation where transit has to serve a wider to enact a series of Revenue Anticipation Notes (RANs) dispersion of residences and employment in the area to continue to operate. The UTA has a structural budget and the flexible hours that residents are working in problem caused in part by the decrease in ridership, these service jobs. rising costs and subsidy sources such as local funds, that have not increased since the late 1980s. In addition to the population loss in the area since 1990 as described in the 2001 Annual Report analysis of the impact of the 2000 Census, there has been an increase

Utica Transit-Operated Services Utica Transit-Operated Services Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 2,750 1,200 2,500 1,175 2,250 1,150 2,000 1,125 1,750 1,100 1,500 1,075 Thousands Thousands 1,250 1,050 1,000 1,025 750 1,000 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

III-109 UTICA TRANSIT AUTHORITY Fixed Route Paratransit Total 2001 Characteristics Motor Bus Service Revenue Passengers 1,107,933 21,294 1,129,227 Number of Vehicles 35 7 42 Number of Employees 72 8 80 Revenue Vehicle Miles 950,627 125,808 1,076,435 Revenue Vehicle Hours 82,287 14,087 96,374 Total Operating Revenue 1,049,836 24,000 1,073,836 Total Operating Expense 3,693,140 393,439 4,086,579 Operating Expense /Rev. Vehicle Mile 3.88 3.13 3.80 Operating Expense / Rev. Vehicle Hour 44.88 27.93 42.40 Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Mile 1.17 0.17 1.05 Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Hour 13.46 1.51 11.72 Total Operating Revenue / Op. Expense 0.28 0.06 0.26 Operating Expense / Revenue Passenger 3.33 18.48 3.62 Total Op. Revenue / Revenue Passenger 0.95 1.13 0.95

in the proportion of the senior population within the run their core routes to the surrounding malls, hospitals UTA service area. This creates a more dependent transit and colleges and other places of economic vitality to the ridership in the city and surrounding towns. Seniors are area. For many of the residents who ride the bus, this is often more dependent on public transit to reach medical the only access to these centers. appointments, social events and other locations in the City and in the suburbs. 2001 operating expenses have increased overall by 4.5 percent from 2000 which is mainly due to the Fixed route ridership continued to fall in 2001. The loss outstanding RAN note taken in 2001 that had over in ridership from 2000 to 2001 was 8.3 percent. Some $50,000 remaining to pay at the end of the calender of this decline can be attributed to a change in the year. The annualized rate however, shows only a slight methodology for counting passengers. The changes are increase over the 5 year period. UTA’s largest expense, a result of two STOA program audits over the last six besides labor, salary and fringe benefits, that make up years. The statistics for 2000 and 2001 are still affected over 76 percent of expenses, is casuality and liability by these changes. A 15 percent decrease in the revenue insurance and health insurance. This is a result of the riders coupled with an 80 percent increase in transfers in insurance market changes for public transit in general 2001 over 2000 constitutes a major portion of the 8.5 after the events of 9/11 and the rising cost of health percent decline in UTA ridership. This result is a more care. than 13 percent annualized decrease in passengers over the last five years. However, the passenger revenue has The lack of increases in revenue from service and the remained almost constant at -0.5 percent over these increases in operating expenses, together with the same five years and increased 3.1 percent overall STOA audit fees have seriously impacted UTA’s between 2000 and 2001. The paying passengers have financial picture. UTA receives very little in local not changed, nor has their method of payment between assistance beyond the match to the dedicated portion of transfers and non-transfers. Only the methodology for STOA. In the other major upstate areas, Authorities counting the passengers has changed. each have a portion of the Mortgage Recording Tax (MRT) to assist them in paying for insurance funds and UTA’s overall route mileage has decreased by an for paying the local share of capital purchases. As a annualized rate of 1.9 percent over the last five years. result of this situation, UTA has been forced to UTA went through a thorough route analysis in 1996 purchase bonds from Oneida County to pay the local when they last raised fares and cutback some service. share for capital purchases such as lift replacements and They continue to only operate the most efficient and new buses. basic routes in order to keep costs down. UTA has limited sources of funding for any increases in service Cost per mile, a measure of service “efficiency” and has trimmed routes and trips where necessary to increased over 10 percent from 2000 to 2001 as a maintain a balanced budget. However, UTA continues to result of the cost increases and the necessary borrowing

III-110 described above. The annualized rate of increase of 3.6 mandatory service in 2001, the cost per mile, or the percent over from 1997 to 2001, which is slightly over measure of the system efficiency, has increased at an inflation for the period. annualized rate of 5.2 percent over the years 1997 to 2001. Cost increases together with the ridership decline has a serious impact on the recovery ratio, or “economy” of The overall increase in cost per mile, and the loss in the system. UTA continued the downward trend passengers and revenue cited above had an impact on between 2000 and 2001 of just over 1 percent which the “economy” of the paratransit service as the ratio of brought the measure to a five year low of 26.3 percent. revenue to cost dropped 15.9 percent from 2000 to Lastly, the effectiveness of the system is not reliable 2001. Over the last five years the paratransit service because the loss in ridership was not attributable to has an overall decline in the “economy” measure of 3 actual passengers, but rather to the accounting methods. percent.

Oneida County continues to receive capital Federal Aid The ratio of revenue passengers per mile for the in the form of discretionary funding through paratransit service, a measure of service “effectiveness” Congressional earmarks to improve and upgrade Union was also stable over the five year time frame, Station in Utica. This has allowed the intercity carriers: decreasing by 1.1 percent. This is mostly due to the Utica-Rome Bus Company, Birnie Bus Tours, Inc. and loss of passengers these past two years. Greyhound and Trailways to serve a central location. It has also provided UTA with a focal point in their transfer system which allows for timely intermodal connections including the Amtrak and Adirondack Scenic rail service.

Two new funding sources have contributed to developing a brokerage form of mobility management in Oneida County. The State-sponsored TANF fund source is being used as a match to the Federal Jobs Access-Reverse Commute (JARC) program.

A brokerage program has been set up with UTA as the sub-contractor to the County to assist low-income and unemployed residents of Oneida County. They will oversee coordination of services for all operators in the region for non-traditional hours of service and to augment existing fixed route service with other means of transport such as Taxi for guaranteed ride home and shared ride.

Ridership for UTA’s demand response service which is a complement to their fixed route has continued the downward trend in 2001 that occurred in 2000. This is mainly a result of the Community Solutions grant for the LINKs program that ran from 1999 through 2001. The grant provided local non-profit organizations with funding targeted for transportation for transit disabled passengers. The grant was not renewed for 2002 and UTA expects the demand responsive ridership to increase throughout 2002.

Costs for the paratransit service continue to go down from 2000 to 2001 as miles decreased with less passengers. Despite holding the line on expenses for this

III-111 Financial Information (System Wide) - UTICA TRANSIT AUTHORITY

Sources of Total System 2001 Operating Funds Summary of Total System 2001 Operating Expenses

Fares $991,373 Salaries $1,788,291 Local $314,927 Fringe $1,142,841 State $1,328,192 Ins $157,627 Federal $910,636 Fuel $215,128 Other $82,463 Other $782,692 Total $3,627,591 Total $4,086,579

Utica Transit Authority Utica Transit Authority Operating Revenues & Subsidies Operating Expenses

Other (2.27%) Other (19.15%) Federal (25.10%) Fares (27.33%) Fuel (5.26%) Salaries (43.76%) Ins (3.86%)

Local (8.68%) Fringe (27.97%) State (36.61%)

Financial Trend Analysis over the past five years: Fleet Characteristics over the past five years:

Utica Transit Authority Utica Transit Authority Revenue and Subsidy Total, Peak and Accessible Vehicles 4 50

3 40

2 30 Millions 1 20

0 10 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year 0 Total Fleet Peak fleet Accessible TOTAL GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE

UTICA TRANSIT AUTHORITY Total Operations

Operating 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Statistics 00 - 01 % Change

Rev. Passengers 1,990,662 1,386,610 1,385,049 1,231,368 1,129,227 -8.29% -13.21% Rev. Veh. Miles 1,160,349 1,180,827 1,147,862 1,140,108 1,076,435 -5.58% -1.86%

Op. Cost $3,818,074 $3,639,748 $3,757,033 $3,913,918 $4,086,579 4.41% 1.71% Op. Rev. $1,092,077 $1,076,128 $1,091,738 $1,040,766 $1,073,836 3.18% -0.42%

Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 1.72 1.17 1.21 1.08 1.05 -2.87% -11.57% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $3.29 $3.08 $3.27 $3.43 $3.80 10.59% 3.64% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 28.60% 29.57% 29.06% 26.59% 26.28% -1.18% -2.10%

National CPI 160.50 163.00 166.60 172.20 177.10 2.85% 2.49% NYSMA CPI 170.80 173.60 177.00 182.50 187.10 2.52% 2.30%

Utica Transit Utica Transit Utica Transit Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $10.00 $9.00 0.90 3.0 $8.00 0.75 2.5 $7.00 0.60 2.0 $6.00 0.45 1.5 $5.00 $4.00 0.30 1.0 $3.00 0.15 0.5 $2.00 0.0 $1.00 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-112 Utica Transit Authority - Operating and Performance Statistics by Mode - Fixed Route and Paratransit

UTA 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Fixed Route 00 - 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 1,963,402 1,358,727 1,360,064 1,208,134 1,107,933 -8.29% -13.33% Rev. Veh. Miles 1,006,290 1,013,501 998,940 998,684 950,627 -4.81% -1.41% Op. Cost $3,425,072 $3,240,640 $3,342,272 $3,519,518 $3,693,140 4.93% 1.90% Op. Rev. $1,064,979 $1,042,698 $1,059,804 $1,012,166 $1,049,836 3.72% -0.36% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 1.95 1.34 1.36 1.21 1.17 -3.66% -12.09% Op Cost/Rev Mile $3.40 $3.20 $3.35 $3.52 $3.88 10.24% 3.36% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 31.09% 32.18% 31.71% 28.76% 28.43% -1.15% -2.22%

Utica Transit-Fixed Route Utica Transit-Fixed Route Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 1,100 3,250 1,075 2,750 1,050 1,025 2,250 1,000 975 Thousands

Thousands 1,750 950 1,250 925 750 900 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

Utica Transit-Fixed Route Utica Transit-Fixed Route Utica Transit-Fixed Route Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.50 $10.00 0.90 3.00 $9.00 $8.00 0.75 2.50 $7.00 0.60 2.00 $6.00 1.50 $5.00 0.45 $4.00 1.00 0.30 $3.00 0.15 0.50 $2.00 0.00 $1.00 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

UTA 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Paratransit 00 - 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 27,260 27,883 24,985 23,234 21,294 -8.35% -5.99% Rev. Veh. Miles 154,059 167,326 148,922 141,424 125,808 -11.04% -4.94% Op. Cost $393,002 $399,108 $414,761 $394,400 $393,439 -0.24% 0.03% Op. Rev. $27,098 $33,430 $31,934 $28,600 $24,000 -16.08% -2.99% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.18 0.17 0.17 0.16 0.17 3.03% -1.10% Op.Cost/Rev Mile $2.55 $2.39 $2.79 $2.79 $3.13 12.14% 5.22% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 6.90% 8.38% 7.70% 7.25% 6.10% -15.88% -3.02%

Utica Transit-Paratransit Utica Transit-Paratransit Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 50 250

40 200

30 150

20 100 Thousands Thousands

10 50

0 0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

Utica Transit-Paratransit Utica Transit-Paratransit Utica Transit-Paratransit Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.50 $10.00 0.90 3.00 $9.00 $8.00 0.75 2.50 $7.00 0.60 2.00 $6.00 1.50 $5.00 0.45 $4.00 1.00 0.30 $3.00 0.15 0.50 $2.00 0.00 $1.00 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-113 CHEMUNG COUNTY TRANSIT SYSTEM 1201 Clemens Center Parkway Elmira, NY 14901 (607) 734-5212

State Legislative Districts: Senate: 52 Assembly: 127

Base Fare: $1.00 Last Increase: $.10 on 4/1/92

Chemung County’s public transit system serves a diverse market with the core service area centered on the City of Elmira, surrounding communities such as Horseheads, and rural portions of the County. CCTS also provides inter-county service to destinations such as Corning, Watkins Glen, Ithaca and parts of Tioga County. Chemung County contracts with a private operator, Chemung County Transit System (CCTS), a private transit operator to provide the service for three subsidiary of Coach USA. years, beginning in 2003.

In 2001 and 2002, the Metropolitan Planning System ridership declined by 1.1 percent in 2001, Organization for Chemung County (the Executive whereas in 2000 ridership increased by 1.8 percent Transportation Committee for Chemung County) over 1999. Over the five years from 1997 to 2001 conducted a comprehensive system study, including a average annual ridership declined by 3.2 percent, with route analysis. The major objective of the study was to significant ridership declines in the first two years. identify route changes and service strategies that better meet the needs of the increasingly dispersed pattern of Fixed route ridership, which in 2001 was 79 percent of population and employment that they serve. the total system ridership, has consistently declined over the five-year period. Rural ridership, comprising The transit system did not significantly change services 11 percent of total ridership, increased almost 4 percent during 2001, pending the study recommendations. The per year for the period. County is planning on implementing some of the changes beginning in 2003. In the fall of 2002 New fixed-route service additions, begun in CY 2000, Chemung County issued a Request For Proposals for a contributed to an overall 2.0 percent increase in revenue miles of service from 2000 to 2001. Fixed-route

Chemung County-Operated Services Revenue Passengers Chemung County-Operated Services Revenue Vehicle Miles 900 1,800 850 1,700 800 1,600 750 1,500

Thousands 700 1,400 Thousands 1,300 650 1,200 600 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1,100 Year 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year

III-114 Chemung County Transit Fixed Route Paratransit Rural Total 2001 Characteristics Motor Bus Service Service Revenue Passengers 559,145 66,578 79,644 705,367 Number of Vehicles 20 9 10 39 Number of Employees 42 12 19 73 Revenue Vehicle Miles 1,007,146 274,151 351,389 1,632,686 Revenue Vehicle Hours 55,423 19,033 9,919 84,375 Total Operating Revenue 1,355,453 464,498 239,232 2,059,183 Total Operating Expense 3,101,949 1,063,003 597,310 4,762,262 Operating Expense /Rev. Vehicle Mile 3.08 3.88 1.70 2.92 Operating Expense / Rev. Vehicle Hour 55.97 55.85 60.22 56.44 Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Mile 0.56 0.24 0.23 0.43 Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Hour 10.09 3.50 8.03 8.36 Total Operating Revenue / Op. Expense 0.44 0.44 0.40 0.43 Operating Expense / Revenue Passenger 5.55 15.97 7.50 6.75 Total Op. Revenue / Revenue Passenger 2.42 6.98 3.00 2.92

revenue miles increased by 3.8 percent, while paratransit services decreased and rural service Rural services operated in Schuyler, Steuben, and Tioga remained approximately the same. The 2001 service Counties experienced a 4.4 percent growth in ridership increases represented an actual slowing of the growth from 2000 to 2001. Ridership on rural services has trend in service miles, which had been expanding at an grown by an annualized 8.9 percent since 1997. Over average annual rate of nearly 6 percent since 1997. the same period revenue miles of service grew even more significantly, by almost 20 percent annualized, In 2001, Chemung County Transit acquired three buses contributing to increased ridership for these services. for their inter-county commuter runs. In anticipation of This increase in miles was caused primarily by the service changes associated with the route analysis study introduction of new service between Elmira and Bath, recommendations, the County intends to purchase 12 begun in the summer of 1998. This significant trend of smaller buses oriented toward more flexible service, increasing rural service has leveled off beginning in replacing forty-foot buses that have been in service 2000 with a 0.4 percent decline in both 2000 and 2001. since the late 1980's and early 1990's. A decline in population in the core service area from In addition to urban fixed route transit service, 1990 to 2000, along with growth in the more suburban Chemung County Transit also provides complementary areas of the region and the need for rural services, led paratransit (called STAMP) and rural fixed route to an increase in vehicle miles to serve these market service. Over the 5-year period from 1997 to 2001 areas. Growth in miles has exceeded the increase in STAMP ridership declined slightly. However, there ridership. As a result, service “effectiveness” as were significant declines in 1998 and again in 2000 that measured by passengers per revenue mile, declined by were countered by a dramatic increase of 18.3 percent 3 percent from 2000 to 2001 and an annual average of in 2001 bringing the level back to nearly that of 1997. over 8.6 percent decline since 1997. The 2001 increase in ridership appears to have been due to an increase in the number of Medicaid eligible Operating costs from 2000 to 2001 declined by 2.2 persons in Chemung County. percent. The primary reasons for this cost decrease include removing auxiliary service costs from the STAMP revenue miles have increased from 1997 to operating budget and cost cutting measures taken by the 2001 by an annualized 4.3 percent but have done so on private operator to stay within the contract funding an inconsistent basis of annual increases and decreases. available. As a result of a total cost decrease and a The miles of service decreased slightly, 1.5 percent, revenue mile increases for the 2001 year, cost per mile, from 2000 to 2001, while passenger trips were as a gauge of service “efficiency” improved by more increasing dramatically. The revenue miles’ decrease than 4 percent. The 2001 increase in efficiency was was a result of more efficient scheduling /coordination built on the prior year’s improved cost per mile rate. of vehicles. They were able to reduce the vehicles However, the prior year’s improvement was caused by needed from nine to eight buses. costs increasing slower than miles of service growth,

III-115 rather than a decline in operating costs.

Both operating costs and operating revenues decreased in 2001 as accounting for auxiliary services was separated out of the Chemung County Transit System’s operating budget. The operating revenues for the auxiliary services covered nearly 100 percent of operating costs for these services. Even though operating costs declined in 2001, the more significant 15.5 percent decrease in operating revenue resulted in a 13.6 percent decline in service “economy,” as measured by the operating revenue to operating cost ratio. The most significant factor in operating revenue is the County’s Medicaid transportation contract of more than $1 million. Coordination of services using this contract leads to a systemwide cover ratio of 43 percent in 2001, which is higher than that in similar sized systems in the State.

III-116 FINANCIAL INFORMATION - SYSTEM TOTAL - CHEMUNG COUNTY TRANSIT

Sources of Total System 2002 Operating Funds Summary of Total System 2002 Operating Expenses

Fares $1,841,183 Salaries $1,960,490 Local $318,000 Fringe $757,782 State $1,476,466 Ins $200,913 Federal $908,612 Fuel $302,806 Other $218,000 Other $1,540,271 Total $4,762,261 Total $4,762,262

Chemung County Transit Chemung County Transit Operating Revenues & Subsidies Operating Expenses

Other (4.58%) Federal (19.08%) Other (32.34%) Fares (38.66%) Salaries (41.17%)

Fuel (6.36%) State (31.00%) Ins (4.22%) Local (6.68%) Fringe (15.91%)

Financial Trend Analysis over the past five years: Fleet Characteristics over the past five years:

Chemung County Chemung County Operating Revenue and Subsidy Total, Peak and Accessible Vehicles

6 40 35 5 30 4 25 3 20 Millions 2 15 1 10 0 5 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Total Fleet Peak Fleet Accessible Year 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE TOTAL GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES

Chemung County Transit: System Total Operating and Performance Statistics

Chemung County 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Operations 01 to 02 % Change

Rev. Passengers 801,565 724,108 700,661 713,358 705,367 -1.12% -3.15% Rev. Veh. Miles 1,294,290 1,360,441 1,491,257 1,601,204 1,632,686 1.97% 5.98%

Op. Cost $3,719,249 $4,109,916 $4,596,016 $4,870,949 $4,762,262 -2.23% 6.37% Op. Rev. $1,526,820 $1,558,617 $2,230,429 $2,437,113 $2,059,183 -15.51% 7.76%

Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.62 0.53 0.47 0.45 0.43 -3.03% -8.61% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $2.87 $3.02 $3.08 $3.04 $2.92 -4.12% 0.37% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 41.05% 37.92% 48.53% 50.03% 43.24% -13.58% 1.31%

National CPI 160.50 163.00 166.60 172.20 177.10 2.85% 2.49% NYSMA CPI 170.80 173.60 177.00 182.50 187.10 2.52% 2.30%

Chemung County Transit Chemung County Transit Chemung County Transit Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost

3.5 $10.00 0.90 3.0 $9.00 $8.00 0.75 2.5 $7.00 0.60 2.0 $6.00 1.5 $5.00 0.45 $4.00 1.0 0.30 $3.00 0.15 0.5 $2.00 0.0 $1.00 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-117 Chemung County Transit- Operating and Performance Statistics by Mode - Fixed Route and Paratransit

Chemung County 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Fixed Route 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 677,790 605,027 562,580 580,786 559,145 -3.73% -4.70% Rev. Veh. Miles 892,110 899,403 886,541 969,989 1,007,146 3.83% 3.08% Op. Cost $2,288,615 $2,465,334 $3,145,951 $3,066,623 $3,101,949 1.15% 7.90% Op. Rev. $1,170,929 $1,074,413 $1,411,739 $1,406,197 $1,355,453 -3.61% 3.73% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.76 0.67 0.63 0.60 0.56 -7.28% -7.54% Op Cost/Rev Mile $2.57 $2.74 $3.55 $3.16 $3.08 -2.58% 4.68% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 51.16% 43.58% 44.87% 45.85% 43.70% -4.71% -3.87%

Chemung County Transit-Fixed Route Chemung County Transit-Fixed Route Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles

950 1,090 850 1,020 750 950 650 880 550 810 Thousands Thousands 450 740 350 670 250 600 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

Chemung County Transit-Fixed Route Chemung County Transit-Fixed Route Chemung County Transit-Fixed Route Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost

3.5 $10.00 0.90 3.0 $9.00 $8.00 2.5 0.75 $7.00 0.60 2.0 $6.00 1.5 $5.00 0.45 $4.00 1.0 0.30 $3.00 0.15 0.5 $2.00 0.0 $1.00 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

Chemung County 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Paratransit 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 67,220 60,255 60,679 56,292 66,578 18.27% -0.24% Rev. Veh. Miles 232,128 214,545 250,417 278,445 274,151 -1.54% 4.25% Op. Cost $929,810 $1,027,479 $731,219 $1,190,420 $1,063,003 -10.70% 3.40% Op. Rev. $269,329 $389,654 $362,526 $699,881 $464,498 -33.63% 14.60% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.29 0.28 0.24 0.20 0.24 20.13% -4.30% Op.Cost/Rev. Mile $4.01 $4.79 $2.92 $4.28 $3.88 -9.30% -0.81% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 28.97% 37.92% 49.58% 58.79% 43.70% -25.68% 10.83%

Chemung County Transit-Paratransit Chemung County Transit-Paratransit Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles

200 380 175 345 150 310 125 275 100 240

75 Thousands 205 Thousands 50 170 25 135 0 100 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

Chemung County Transit-Paratransit Chemung County Transit-Paratransit Chemung County Transit-Paratransit Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost

3.5 $10.00 0.90 3.0 $9.00 $8.00 0.75 2.5 $7.00 0.60 2.0 $6.00 0.45 1.5 $5.00 $4.00 1.0 0.30 $3.00 0.15 0.5 $2.00 0.0 $1.00 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-118 Chemung County Transit - Operating and Performance Statistics by Mode - Rural

Chemung County 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Rural Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 56,555 58,826 77,402 76,280 79,644 4.41% 8.94% Rev. Veh. Miles 170,052 246,493 354,299 352,770 351,389 -0.39% 19.90% Op. Cost $500,824 $617,103 $718,846 $613,906 $597,310 -2.70% 4.50% Op. Rev. $86,562 $94,550 $456,164 $331,035 $239,232 -27.73% 28.94% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.33 0.24 0.22 0.22 0.23 4.82% -9.14% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $2.95 $2.50 $2.03 $1.74 $1.70 -2.32% -12.84% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 17.28% 15.32% 63.46% 53.92% 40.05% -25.72% 23.38%

Chemung County Transit-Rural Chemung County Transit-Rural Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles

120 485 440 100 395 80 350 305 60 260 Thousands Thousands 40 215 170 20 125 0 80 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

Chemung County Transit-Rural Chemung County Transit-Rural Chemung County Transit-Rural Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost

3.5 $10.00 0.90 3.0 $9.00 $8.00 0.75 2.5 $7.00 0.60 2.0 $6.00 0.45 1.5 $5.00 $4.00 1.0 0.30 $3.00 0.15 0.5 $2.00 0.0 $1.00 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-119 GREATER GLENS FALLS TRANSIT 495 Queensbury Avenue Queensbury, NY 12804 (518) 792-1086

State Legislative Districts Senate: 43, 45 Assembly: 100, 109

Base Fare: $0.50 Last Increase: No increase since system inception.

The City of Glens Falls operates Greater Glens Falls Transit (GGFT), established in 1983, to provide fixed route bus service. GGFT operates with six 30 foot transit buses, six rubber-tired trolleys, and two lift-equipped vans for paratransit service. Fixed route bus service runs year-round, while GGFT’s fixed route trolleys operate from Memorial Day through Labor Day, within the Village of Lake George and to the City of Glens Falls. GGFT’s current fleet of vehicles is 100 percent accessible under the Americans with Disabilities Act Systemwide service, as measured by revenue vehicle (ADA) regulations. miles, increased 1.1 percent (more than 3,500 miles) from 2000 to 2001. This one year increase in In 2001, the GGFT system saw a slight decline of just systemwide service is a continuation of the trend of over 1 percent in systemwide ridership from 2000. All of service increases during the five year period. From the decline occurred on the fixed route system. 1997 to 2001, GGFT experienced nearly a 2.9 percent However, the GGFT system has experienced a strong 2.7 annualized rate of increase in systemwide service. percent annualized rate of increase in systemwide ridership over the past 5 years, 1997 to 2001. The majority of the 2001 increase resulted from the introduction of additional complementary paratransit The GGFT paratransit service, FAME, experienced a service to become ADA compliant. FAME now growth in ridership of nearly 5.2 percent in 2001. matches the same days and hours as GGFT’s fixed FAME has also experienced a steady increase in route summer trolley schedule. Accordingly, GGFT’s ridership, at an annualized rate of 4.3 percent, over the paratransit operation experienced a significant 17 five year period from 1997 to 2001. percent increase in service from 2000 to 2001.

Greater Glens Falls-Operated Services Greater Glens Falls-Operated Services Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Mile 400 340 375 325 350 310 325 300 295 275 Thousands 280 Thousands 250 265 225 250 200 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

III-120 GREATER GLENS FALLS TRANSIT SYSTEM Fixed Route Paratransit Total 2001 Characteristics Motor Bus Service Revenue Passengers 313,078 3,370 316,448 Number of Vehicles 12 2 14 Number of Employees 36 3 39 Revenue Vehicle Miles 293,925 22,671 316,596 Revenue Vehicle Hours 18,390 0 18,390 Total Operating Revenue 185,680 4,439 190,119 Total Operating Expense 770,659 78,213 848,872 Operating Expense /Rev. Vehicle Mile 2.62 3.45 2.68 Operating Expense / Rev. Vehicle Hour 41.91 - 46.16 Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Mile 1.07 0.15 1.00 Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Hour 17.02 - 17.21 Total Operating Revenue / Op. Expense 0.24 0.06 0.22 Operating Expense / Revenue Passenger 2.46 23.21 2.68 Total Op. Revenue / Revenue Passenger 0.59 1.32 0.60

GGFT’s current capital program consists of purchasing of 4.5 percent, nearly twice the National CPI index for 2 new replacement buses, a trolley, and updating major the same period, as the system continued to expand its garage components, such as the bus wash. GGFT also service. received additional federal dollars to build a new garage to provide indoor storage for the remainder of their fleet. Systemwide operating revenue increased by nearly 6 percent from 2000 to 2001 levels, due to an increase in Effective July 2001, GGFT initiated a bus to train passenger fare revenue primarily from the fixed route connection service at Amtrak’s Fort Edward station. trolley service. The base fare on the trolley, like the GGFT provides transit service to the station at regular fixed route bus, is $0.50. However, the one-way trip intervals, as well as providing bus service to train from Lake George to Glens Falls, popular during the passengers - upon prior notification from Amtrak. summertime, is $1.00. During its first year of operation, GGFT had only provided a small number of trips from the train station. The ratio of total operating revenue to total operating However, GGFT, in cooperation with area businesses, cost, a measure of service economy, was 22 percent in expects the service to increase as it becomes better 2001 increasing from the 2000 level of 21 percent. This known through increased marketing efforts. trend resulted from operating revenues increasing at a greater rate than operating expenses due to the factors For 2001, the small increase in systemwide service is mentioned above. Over the five year period from 1997 reflected in the modest growth of operating expenses, to 2001, the revenue to cost ratio remained virtually less than 1 percent, over 2000. Total personnel costs unchanged. increased by 1 percent in 2001, despite a labor contract increase of 3 percent, due to reduced overtime for Systemwide, operating cost per revenue vehicle mile, a vehicle maintenance employees, as GGFT operated measure of service efficiency, improved slightly from a newer transit vehicles. Non-personnel costs increased 11 2000 level of $2.69 to a 2001 level of $2.68 per percent from 2000 to 2001, due to a significant increase revenue vehicle mile. Over the five years from 1997 to in fuel and lubricants, and to a lesser extent utilities and 2001, this measure had an annualized increase of 1.6 insurance expenses. The increase in operating expenses percent. This is less than the CPI annualized rate of in 2001 were limited to the paratransit operations. increase of 2.4 percent. Operating expenses actually declined (more than 1 percent) on the fixed route bus service from 2000 to Overall, revenue passengers per revenue vehicle mile, 2001. a measure of service effectiveness, decreased 2.1 percent from 2000 to 2001 due to the trends in ridership Over the past five years (1997 to 2001), overall costs of and service mentioned above. This relative stability operating the system has increased at an annualized rate was mirrored in the five year trend with an annualized

III-121 decrease of less than 1 percent.

However, on FAME, revenue passengers per revenue vehicle mile, declined more than 10 percent from 2000 to 2001, due to the large increase in revenue miles in 2001. Across the five year period, passengers per revenue vehicle mile declined from 1997 to 2001 at an annualized decline of nearly 4.7 percent.

The operating cost per mile for FAME has remained steady over the five year period, but did have a 5 percent increase in 2001. Revenue to cost ratio, as with most paratransit service, is low relative to other modes ranging from a five year low of 5.1 percent in 1997 to a high of 7.4 percent in 2000. The annualized improvement of the revenue to cost ratio was 2.5 percent over the five years.

III-122 FINANCIAL INFORMATION - GREATER GLENS FALLS TRANSIT- SYSTEM TOTAL

Sources of Total System 2002 Operating Funds Summary of Total System 2002 Operating Expenses

Fares $156,850 Salaries $486,651 Local $100,000 Fringe $143,284 State $350,335 Insurance $24,964 Federal $235,795 Fuel $51,229 Other $33,269 Other $142,744 Total $876,249 Total $848,872

Greater Glens Falls Greater Glens Falls Revenues & Subsidies Operating Expenses

Other (3.80%) Fares (17.90%) Other (16.82%) Federal (26.91%) Fuel (6.03%) Local (11.41%) Insurance (2.94%) Salaries (57.33%) Fringe (16.88%)

State (39.98%)

Financial Trend Analysis over the past five years: Fleet Characteristics over the past five years:

Greater Glens Falls Greater Glens Falls Revenue and Subsidy Total, Peak and Accessible Vehicles

1000 14 800 12

600 10 8 400

Thousands 6 200 4 0 2 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 0 Year Total Fleet Peak fleet Accessible TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE TOTAL GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

GGFT System Total Operations and Performance Statistics

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized 00 to 01 % Change

Rev. Passengers 284,901 296,797 302,223 319,690 316,448 -1.01% 2.66% Rev. Veh. Miles 282,950 295,672 298,751 313,041 316,596 1.14% 2.85%

Op. Cost $711,725 $764,446 $769,678 $842,266 $848,872 0.78% 4.50% Op. Rev. $159,985 $161,203 $182,863 $179,384 $190,119 5.98% 4.41%

Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 1.01 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.00 -2.13% -0.18% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $2.52 $2.59 $2.58 $2.69 $2.68 -0.35% 1.61% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 22.48% 21.09% 23.76% 21.30% 22.40% 5.16% -0.09%

National CPI 160.50 163.00 166.60 172.20 177.10 2.85% 2.49% NYSMA CPI 170.80 173.60 177.00 182.50 187.10 2.52% 2.30%

Greater Glens Falls Greater Glens Falls Greater Glens Falls Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $10.00 0.90 3.0 $9.00 0.75 2.5 $8.00 $7.00 0.60 2.0 $6.00 0.45 1.5 $5.00 0.30 1.0 $4.00 $3.00 0.5 0.15 $2.00 0.00 0.0 $1.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-123 GGFT - Operating and Performance Statistics by Mode - Fixed Route and Paratransit

Greater Glens Falls 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Fixed Route 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 282,058 293,719 298,981 316,485 313,078 -1.08% 2.64% Rev. Veh. Miles 267,168 278,302 280,513 293,674 293,925 0.09% 2.41% Op. Cost $655,629 $706,125 $706,184 $778,629 $770,659 -1.02% 4.12% Op. Rev. $157,104 $158,127 $179,593 $174,651 $185,680 6.31% 4.27% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 1.06 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.07 -1.16% 0.22% Op Cost/Rev. Mile $2.45 $2.54 $2.52 $2.65 $2.62 -1.11% 1.67% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 23.96% 22.39% 25.43% 22.43% 24.09% 7.41% 0.14%

GGFT Fixed Route GGFT Fixed Route Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Mile 325 350 315 340 305 330 295 320 310 285 300 275 265

290 Thousands Thousands 280 255 270 245 260 235 250 225 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

Greater Glens Falls Greater Glens Falls Greater Glens Falls Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost $10.00 3.5 $9.00 0.90 3.0 $8.00 0.75 $7.00 2.5 0.60 $6.00 2.0 $5.00 0.45 1.5 $4.00 0.30 1.0 $3.00 0.15 0.5 $2.00 $1.00 0.00 0.0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

Greater Glens Falls 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Paratransit 00 to 01 % Change Rev. Passengers 2,843 3,078 3,242 3,205 3,370 5.15% 4.34% Rev. Veh. Miles 15,782 17,370 18,238 19,367 22,671 17.06% 9.48% Op. Cost $56,096 $58,321 $63,494 $63,637 $78,213 22.90% 8.66% Op. Rev. $2,881 $3,076 $3,270 $4,733 $4,439 -6.21% 11.41% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.17 0.15 -10.18% -4.69% Op.Cost/Rev. Mile $3.55 $3.36 $3.48 $3.29 $3.45 4.99% -0.74% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 5.14% 5.27% 5.15% 7.44% 5.68% -23.69% 2.53%

GGFT Paratransit GGFT Paratransit Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Mile

50 25 45 24 22 40 21 35 19 30 18 16

Hundreds 25 Thousands 20 15 13 15 12 10 10 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

GGFT Paratransit GGFT Paratransit GGFT Paratransit Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost

3.5 $10.00 0.90 3.0 $9.00 $8.00 2.5 0.75 $7.00 0.60 2.0 $6.00 1.5 $5.00 0.45 $4.00 1.0 0.30 $3.00 0.5 $2.00 0.15 0.0 $1.00 0.00 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-124 TOMPKINS CONSOLIDATED AREA TRANSIT 737 Willow Avenue Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 277-9388 Web site: www.tcatbus.com

State Legislative Districts: Senate: 50, 52 Assembly: 125

Base Fare: $1.00 Last Increase: $0.25 on 1/1/01

In 1998, New York State authorized the City of Ithaca, Tompkins County, and Cornell University to join together for the purpose of providing public transportation in the Tompkins County service area. As a result, Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT) was formed effective April 1, 1998. TCAT’s service area includes all of Tompkins County and the Towns of Richford, Berkshire and Newark Valley in Tioga County. The bulk of service is concentrated in the City of Ithaca including Cornell University.

Tompkins County serves as a regional employment center with about 52,000 jobs. Approximately 20 Urban fixed route ridership in the TCAT service area percent of the jobs are filled by those commuting into grew over the four years at an annualized rate of 2.6 the county. percent with a decline of 3.6 percent between 2000 and 2001. Ridership on rural fixed route services grew at an Statistical data for the various parts of the total system annualized rate of 14.8 percent. The extent of change in have been difficult for TCAT to verify for the period service providers and definition of urban versus rural before consolidation. However, the data available will service, prior to and after consolidation, cloud the be used to analyze the four year financial and operating distinction in the specific urban/rural trends. But the trends, across the primary modes served by TCAT trend for the total of rural route service is one of strong (Urban, Rural and Paratransit). Over the four year ridership growth. This is especially true last year when period from 1998 to 2001 total system ridership grew at it increased by 38.5 percent from 356,902 in 2000 to a 4.7 percent annualized rate, with a less than average 494,223 trips in 2001. increase of 2.5 percent from 2000 to 2001.

TCAT System Total TCAT System Total Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 3,050 2,200 2,900 2,050 2,750 1,900 2,600 1,750 2,450 1,600 Thousands 1,450 2,300 Thousands 1,300 2,150 1,150 2,000 1998 1999 2000 2001 1,000 Year 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year

III-125 Tompkins Area Consolidated Transit Fixed Route Paratransit Rural 2001 Characteristics Motor Bus Service Service Total Revenue Passengers 2,144,005 54,223 494,223 2,692,451 Number of Vehicles 42 24 26 92 Number of Employees 87 19 29 135 Revenue Vehicle Miles 993,498 294,086 419,834 1,707,418 Revenue Vehicle Hours 90,742 36,096 26,171 153,009 Total Operating Revenue 1,832,228 24,934 402,086 2,259,248 Total Operating Expense 4,795,489 454,969 1,420,885 6,671,343 Operating Expense /Rev. Vehicle Mile 4.83 1.55 3.38 3.91 Operating Expense / Rev. Vehicle Hour 52.85 12.60 54.29 43.60 Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Mile 2.16 0.18 1.18 1.58 Rev. Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Hour 23.63 1.50 18.88 17.60 Total Operating Revenue / Op. Expense 0.38 0.05 0.28 0.34 Operating Expense / Revenue Passenger 2.24 8.39 2.87 2.48 Total Op. Revenue / Revenue Passenger 0.85 0.46 0.81 0.84

TCAT’s paratransit system, as a component of the total system trend, has experienced particularly strong The ratio of operating revenue to operating expenses, a passenger growth. Over the four year period from 1998 measure of service economy, increased from 32.5 to 2001 paratransit ridership increased at an annualized percent in 2000 to 33.8 percent in 2001. This 4 percent rate of 13.9 percent, with the growth in 2001 of 13.8 change resulted from the 9.4 percent increase in percent consistent with the trend. operating revenues outpacing the 5.2 percent increase in operating cost. Passenger revenues increased as a System-wide, revenue vehicle miles, have risen since result of ridership increases and a full year of the fare 1998 at an annualized rate of 2.8 percent, largely driven increase that occurred in January, 2001. by a 7.5 percent increase from 1998 to 1999. In 2001 the growth in miles increased by only 1.6 percent. The Revenue passengers per revenue vehicle mile, a relatively minor miles increase in 2001 obscures the measure of system effectiveness, remained nearly more dramatic changes in service among the three constant, increasing only by 0.8 percent in 2001. The modes: paratransit service increased 20.7 percent; there four year annualized change from 1998 to 2001 is 1.8 was a 3.2 percent increase in rural services; and there percent. The slight increase in 2001 was due to slightly was a 3.5 percent decline in vehicle miles in the fixed higher increases in ridership than in service miles, as route service. The decrease in the dominant mode, rural ridership significantly increased. fixed-route service, was due to elimination of one route and slight service modifications on twelve other routes. The system operating expenses per revenue vehicle mile ratio increased from $3.78 in 2000 to $3.91 in Over the four years, the levels of paratransit miles 2001. Thus this service efficiency measure declined by consistently increased with an average annual increase nearly 3.5 percent in 2001. This is the result of a 5.2 of 15 percent, reflecting the annual increased demand percent increase in operating costs combined with the for services. In 2001 TCAT restored some of the slight increase 1.6 percent in miles of service. previously eliminated rural services (routes 40, 41, and 43), resulting in a 3.2 percent increase in vehicle miles. The significant operating cost increase in 2001 was a result of salary increases, increases in liability costs, TCAT’s fixed route fleet is growing both in number of and fringe benefits costs. Casualty and liability buses and in size of buses. TCAT is transitioning its insurance costs have increased nearly 85 percent from fleet from 35 foot long floor buses to 40 foot long low 1999 to 2001. This insurance cost increase was due to floor buses. The increase in the number of buses in the a general increase in insurance costs related to the fleet, and the increased size of some of the buses, is losses experienced in New York City 9/11/01. The four projected to require expansion of the TCAT bus year trend in cost per mile has been relatively flat with maintenance and storage facility. only a 1.8 percent average annual growth.

III-126 FINANCIAL INFORMATION - TOMPKINS AREA CONSOLIDATED TRANSIT (TCAT) - SYSTEM TOTAL

Sources of Total System 2001 Operating Funds Summary of Total System 2001 Operating Expenses

Fares $2,143,452 Salaries $2,986,419 Local $1,560,571 Fringe $927,750 State $2,424,393 Ins $428,144 Federal $508,332 Fuel $273,413 Other $154,437 Other $2,055,617 Cash Adjustment -$259,009 Total $6,671,343 Total $6,532,176

TCAT TCAT Operating Revenues & Subsidies Operating Expenses

Other (2.27%) Federal (7.49%) Other (30.81%) Fares (31.56%) Salaries (44.76%)

State (35.70%) Fuel (4.10%) Ins (6.42%) Local (22.98%) Fringe (13.91%)

Financial Trend Analysis over the past four years:

TCAT Operating Revenue and Subsidy

7 6 5 4 3 Millions 2 1 0 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year

TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE TOTAL GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES

TCAT - System Total Operations and Performance Statistics

Operating 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Statistics 00-01 % Change

Rev. Passengers 2,344,370 2,386,916 2,627,985 2,692,451 2.45% 4.67% Rev. Veh. Miles 1,570,498 1,689,022 1,680,149 1,707,418 1.62% 2.80%

Op. Cost $5,810,171 $6,082,697 $6,343,917 $6,671,343 5.16% 4.67% Op. Rev. $1,512,590 $1,973,693 $2,064,491 $2,259,248 9.43% 14.16%

Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 1.49 1.41 1.56 1.58 0.82% 1.83% Op. Cost/Rev. Mile $3.70 $3.60 $3.78 $3.91 3.48% 1.82% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 26.03% 32.45% 32.54% 33.86% 4.06% 9.07%

National CPI 163.00 166.60 172.20 177.10 2.85% 2.78% NYSMA CPI 173.60 177.00 182.50 187.10 2.52% 2.50%

TCAT TCAT TCAT Rev. Passengers per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $10.00 0.90 3.0 $9.00 $8.00 2.5 0.75 $7.00 0.60 2.0 $6.00 1.5 $5.00 0.45 $4.00 1.0 0.30 $3.00 0.5 $2.00 0.15 0.0 $1.00 0.00 1998 1999 2000 2001 1998 1999 2000 2001 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-127 TCAT- Operating and Performance Statistics by Mode - Fixed Route and Paratransit

TCAT Total 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Fixed Route 00-01 % Change Rev. Passengers 1,982,350 2,005,021 2,223,416 2,144,005 -3.57% 2.62% Rev. Veh. Miles 955,743 1,022,596 1,029,794 993,498 -3.52% 1.29% Op. Cost $4,341,268 $4,403,347 $4,838,374 $4,795,489 -0.89% 3.34% Op. Rev. $1,249,108 $1,696,717 $1,787,881 $1,832,228 2.48% 13.48% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 2.07 1.96 2.16 2.16 -0.05% 1.32% Op Cost/Pass Mile $4.54 $4.31 $4.70 $4.83 2.73% 2.03% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 28.77% 38.53% 36.95% 38.21% 3.40% 9.81%

TCAT Total Fixed Route TCAT Total Fixed Route Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 2,600 1,200 2,450 1,150 1,100 2,300 1,050 2,150 1,000 2,000 950

1,850 Thousands Thousands 900 1,700 850 1,550 800 1,400 750 1998 1999 2000 2001 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

TCAT Total Fixed Route TCAT Total Fixed Route TCAT Total Fixed Route Rev. Passengers per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $10.00 0.90 3.0 $9.00 $8.00 0.75 2.5 $7.00 0.60 2.0 $6.00 0.45 1.5 $5.00 $4.00 0.30 1.0 $3.00 0.15 0.5 $2.00 0.00 0.0 $1.00 1998 1999 2000 2001 1998 1999 2000 2001 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

TCAT 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Paratransit 00-01 % Change Rev. Passengers 36,565 42,906 47,667 54,223 13.75% 13.89% Rev. Veh. Miles 192,511 230,324 243,628 294,086 20.71% 15.01% Op. Cost $378,455 $637,756 $463,188 $454,969 -1.77% 6.26% Op. Rev. $11,211 $10,362 $16,321 $24,934 52.77% 30.18% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.19 0.19 0.20 0.18 -5.76% -0.98% Op.Cost/Pass Mile $1.97 $2.77 $1.90 $1.55 -18.63% -7.60% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 2.96% 1.62% 3.52% 5.48% 55.53% 22.51%

TCAT Paratransit TCAT Paratransit Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 150 400

125 350 100 300

75 250 Thousands Thousands 50 200 25 150

0 100 1998 1999 2000 2001 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

TCAT Paratransit TCAT Paratransit TCAT Paratransit Rev. Passengers per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.50 $10.00 0.90 3.00 $9.00 $8.00 0.75 2.50 $7.00 0.60 2.00 $6.00 0.45 1.50 $5.00 $4.00 0.30 1.00 $3.00 0.15 0.50 $2.00 0.00 $1.00 0.00 1998 1999 2000 2001 1998 1999 2000 2001 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

III-128 TCAT - Operating and Performance Statistics by Mode - Rural

TCAT Total 1998 1999 2000 2001 % Change Annualized Rural 00-01 % Change Rev. Passengers 325,455 338,989 356,902 494,223 38.48% 14.78% Rev. Veh. Miles 422,244 436,102 406,727 419,834 3.22% -0.19% Op. Cost $1,090,448 $1,041,594 $1,042,355 $1,420,885 36.31% 9.13% Op. Rev. $252,271 $266,614 $260,289 $402,086 54.48% 16.63% Rev. Pass/Rev. Mile 0.77 0.78 0.88 1.18 34.15% 15.00% Op. Cost/Pass Mile $2.58 $2.39 $2.56 $3.38 32.06% 9.33% Op. Rev./Op. Cost 23.13% 25.60% 24.97% 28.30% 13.32% 6.87%

TCAT Total Rural TCAT Total Rural Revenue Passengers Revenue Vehicle Miles 600 500 525 475

450 450 375 425 Thousands Thousands 300 400 225 375 150 350 1998 1999 2000 2001 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year

TCAT Total Rural TCAT Total Rural TCAT Total Rural Rev. Passenger per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Cost per Rev. Vehicle Mile Operating Rev. to Operating Cost 3.5 $10.00 0.90 3.0 $9.00 $8.00 2.5 0.75 $7.00 0.60 2.0 $6.00 1.5 $5.00 0.45 1.0 $4.00 0.30 $3.00 0.5 0.15 $2.00 0.0 $1.00 0.00 1998 1999 2000 2001 1998 1999 2000 2001 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year Year Year

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