Midland Penetanguishene Transit Committee Penetanguishene Town Office - Committee Room Tuesday December 10 th , 2019 – 9:00 a.m. 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS i) Minutes from Midland Penetanguishene Transit Committee – Dated August 27 th , 2019. Recommended Action: THAT the minutes of the August 27 th , 2019 Midland Penetanguishene Transit Committee be adopted as presented. 3. ITEMS OF REFERENCE i) Penetanguishene Transit Route Ridership Update – September 2019 4. MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION i) Review of Penetanguishene & Midland Transit Routes ii) Transit System Map Publishing through Google Maps – Update iii) Online Transit Fare Purchasing - Update iv) County Transit System Update – November 12, 2019 Committee of the Whole Report CCW-2019-375 v) Changes to the Midland Penetanguishene Transit fare prices – October 9, 2019 Committee of the Whole Report RDS-2019-32 5. NEW BUSINESS 6. QUESTIONS & INQUIRIES 7. NEXT MEETING • TBD – Town of Penetanguishene, Committee Room 8. ADJOURNMENT MIDLAND PENETANGUISHENE TRANSIT COMMITTEE PENETANGUISHENE COMMITTEE ROOM Tuesday August 27 th , 2019 – 9:00 a.m. MINUTES PRESENT: Councillor Debbie Levy (Town of Penetanguishene) (JH)Jeff Hamelin (Town of Penetanguishene) Jim Hutchinson (Town of Penetanguishene) Councillor Carole McGinn (Town of Midland) (SB)Shawn Berriault (Town of Midland) Natalie Murdoch (Town of Midland) Absent Bryan Murray (Town of Penetanguishene) Carmen Gignac (Town of Penetanguishene) Guest (TL)Tim Leitch (Township of Tiny) 1. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 9:03 am Prior to commencing the meeting JH requested that each committee attendee introduce themselves. 2. ADOPTION OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING The minutes for May 14 th , 2019 meeting were approved as printed. Moved by Councillor Debbie Levy Seconded by Councillor Carole McGinn 3. ITEMS OF REFERENCE i) Penetanguishene Transit Route Ridership Update – April 2019 JH went through the transit ridership update as presented in the package that was distributed prior to the meeting. MIDLAND PENETANGUISHENE TRANSIT COMMITTEE MINUTES 4. MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION i) Review of Penetanguishene & Midland Transit Routes JH reviewed the transit routes to bring forward any concerns or issues with the current route. Nothing was brought forward. JH briefly touched on the route deviations on the Penetanguishene route to which SB stated any deviations were due to road construction projects. ii) Town of Penetanguishene Special Event Transit Service – Update The following events were identified as standing items; Buttertart festival, Canada Day Fireworks, Pirates of the Bay, Pumpkinferno and the 2019 Battle of Georgian Bay. No further discussion took place. iii) Transit System Map Publishing through Google Maps – Update JH brought the item forward for discussion. SB clarified what the status of the item was and clarified that both Midland and Penetanguishene will be going online with the Transit Map Publishing on Google Maps. iv) Online Transit Fare Purchasing - Update JH discussed the Online Transit Fare Purchasing System which was supplemented by SB. 5. NEW BUSINESS i) Discussion regarding potential the Transit Partnership between Beausoleil First Nations and Tiny Township –Tim Leitch – Update TL provided the group with insight regarding the discussions that have taken place between Beausoleil First Nations and Tiny Township and the potential for both groups to work together and ultimately provide a service that will tie into the Simcoe County Linx route and the Midland Penetanguishene Transit Routes. Tiny Township anticipates moving ahead with a Transportation Study in the coming year. ii) SB updated the group with information about the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Fund announcement that included a monetary award for the Town of Midland. 6. QUESTIONS & INQUIRIES TL brought forward a question relating to the budgetary schedule that was produced as part of the Transit Ridership Update that was produced for the Town of Penetanguishene Council. SB clarified that some information MIDLAND PENETANGUISHENE TRANSIT COMMITTEE MINUTES relating to transits costs between Penetanguishene and Midland was not presented. JH stated that Penetanguishene could update the budgetary schedule and provide the information to TL. Action Item: Penetanguishene to update the Budgetary Schedule and provide to TL for review. 7. NEXT MEETING The next meeting was scheduled for December 10, 2019 at 9:00am – Town of Penetanguishene, Committee Room 8. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 9:25am. The Corporation of The Town of Penetanguishene Committee of the Whole Report COMMITTEE: Transportation & Environmental Services Section COMMITTEE CHAIR: Councillor Michel Mayotte SUBJECT: Midland Penetanguishene Transit Ridership Monthly Update REPORT: RDS-2019-36 REPORT HIGHLIGHTS The purpose of this report is to provide Council with an update on the monthly ridership of the transit system along with a Stop Performance Report and the Revenue and Cost factors. This report will cover the month of September There were 2178 boardings during the month of September which is a increase in ridership of 428 from the previous month. An even ridership distribution has been observed in the month of September during the hours of 6:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. RECOMMENDATION THAT the report be received for information. BACKGROUND The Midland Penetanguishene Transit system commenced operation on February1st, 2016. Since that time, the Town of Penetanguishene through its operator (the Town of Midland) has implemented the Transit Fare program on its bus service. Transit riders are provided the option to either purchase a reloadable transit fare card or pay cash when they enter the bus. Transit fare software reads both card and cash transactions and counts it as a boarding and reduces the number of rides left on the card. With this program we are able to review the number of riders boarding the transit system. ANALYSIS For the month of September 2019, the Transit Fare software identified the following boardings on the Penetanguishene Transit Route which includes the increases and decreases, as seen in the graph below. The Corporation of The Town of Penetanguishene Committee of the Whole Report The diagram below summarizes the distribution of boardings on an hourly basis. 2 Hours % Boardings % Boardings Time Frame Aug/19 Sept/19 6:00 - 7:00 8.29% 9.64% 8:00 - 9:00 18.23% 22.18% 10:00 - 11:00 23.77% 19.10% 12:00 - 13:00 19.26% 19.38% 14:00 - 15:00 21.14% 20.34% 16:00 - 17:00 9.31% 9.23% 18:00 - 19:00 0.00% 0.14% The Transit Fare software is able to collect the number of boardings per stop, which is listed below. The gray highlighted area represents the transfer locations. The transfer locations in Midland include both transfers and paid boardings at these locations which accounts for the discrepancy in the monthly paid boardings and the cumulative transfer and boardings at each stop location summarized below. The Corporation of The Town of Penetanguishene Committee of the Whole Report The Transit Fare software also has the ability to record which stop transit riders are departing the bus. A table summarizing the transit ridership trip destinations for the month of September is provided below: Boardings Departures Boardings Departures Stop Name Aug/19 Aug/19 Sept/19 Sept/19 Church/Cambridge 49 48 55 37 Georgian Village 129 84 171 86 Poyntz & Park 9 12 23 23 Broad & Church 14 11 23 18 Gignac & John 31 28 23 23 Main & Beck 53 74 56 42 Lorne & Burke 38 32 21 43 Village Square Mall 377 369 487 397 Thompsons/Maria 6 3 10 15 Fox & Broad 21 39 13 12 Beck & Fox 14 11 99 7 Robert E & Fox 85 42 86 70 Robert & Centre 14 6 18 9 Robert/Town Hall 100 96 132 81 Waypoint 89 99 97 119 Superstore 15 89 13 67 Wendat 35 36 58 50 Medical Centre 36 11 93 17 Huronia Mall 1217 689 1819 742 Mountainview Mall 33 82 36 61 The Corporation of The Town of Penetanguishene Committee of the Whole Report The table below summarizes the operating costs and revenue for the Penetanguishene Transit System since January 2019: Penetanguishene Cost & Revenue for Penetanguishene/Midland Transit Revenue - Costs - Revenue - Renevue - Midland Revenue - Total Net Cost/ 2019 Costs - Midland Other Total Cost Grants Fares Fares OW Revenue (Revenue) January $ 4,180.75 $ 4,180.75 $ - $ 701.25 $ - $ - $ 701.25 $ 3,479.50 February $ 512.82 $ 512.82 $ - $ 1,069.75 $ - $ - $ 1,069.75 $ (556.93) March $ - $ - $ - $ 1,100.75 $ 7,004.93 $ 3,630.21 $ 11,735.89 $ (11,735.89) April $ - $ - $ - $ 1,107.00 $ 1,406.64 $ 2,513.64 $ (2,513.64) May $ 626.19 $ 626.19 $ 21,043.50 $ 1,150.00 $ 1,267.74 $ 23,461.24 $ (22,835.05) June $ 30.72 $ 30.72 $ - $ 968.00 $ 1,163.34 $ 2,131.34 $ (2,100.62) July $ 0.17 $ 0.17 $ - $ 991.75 $ 700.00 $ 1,691.75 $ (1,691.58) August $ 3,750.03 $ 3,750.03 $ - $ 989.50 $ 612.90 $ 1,602.40 $ 2,147.63 September $ - $ - $ - $ 840.00 $ 840.00 $ (840.00) October $ - $ - $ - November $ - $ - $ - December $ - $ - $ - Total $ - $ 9,100.68 $ 9,100.68 $ 21,043.50 $ 8,918.00 $ 7,004.93 $ 8,780.83 $ 45,747.26 $ (36,646.58) FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS There are no budgetary implications associated with this report. RISK MANAGEMENT There are no risk management related impacts associated with this report. COMMUNICATION & MARKETING There are no communication and/or marketing requirements associated with this report. RELEVANT BACKGROUND REPORT(S) N/A SUSTAINABILITY N/A STRATEGIC GOALS & OBJECTIVES It is a strategic goal of the municipality to maintain and enhance its transportation system. The Corporation of The Town of Penetanguishene Committee of the Whole Report Prepared by: Carmen Gignac, Public Works Administration Support in conjunction with Katie Lespérance, Accounting Clerk Reviewed by: Bryan Murray, P.Eng., Director of Public Works Carrie Robillard, CPA, CGA, Director of Finance/Treasurer Stacey Cooper, Clerk COW Meeting Date: November 13, 2019 Council Meeting Date: November 27, 2019 ATTACHMENTS N/A Electronic File Location: Q:\SERVER\Public Works\Bryan\Projects\Municipal\2019 Projects\Midland Pentanguishene Transit System\Monthly Ridership Updates\TE Report -September 2019 Monthly Transit Riders.doc (!:48 !WP R U O B R B A ro H (!:43 ad .