Banning Transit System
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
DRAFT #3 BANNING TRANSIT SYSTEM FY 2007/08 – 2009/10 SHORT RANGE TRANSIT PLAN A cooperative effort between the Banning Municipal Transit System and the Beaumont Municipal Transit Agency. Revised 05/30/07 - 1 - DRAFT #3 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................. 4 History of the Banning Municipal Transit System .......................................................... 4 Services Provided………………………………………………………………………. 5 Pass Transit Fare Structure .............................................................................................. 6 Population Served ............................................................................................................ 7 Fleet Characteristics......................................................................................................... 7 Facilities........................................................................................................................... 8 SERVICE CHARACTERISTICS................................................................................... 8 Ridership Projections....................................................................................................... 8 RIDERSHIP CHARACTERISTICS .............................................................................. 9 Ridership Demographics.................................................................................................. 9 Major Destinations......................................................................................................... 11 PASSENGER AMENITIES........................................................................................... 11 SERVICE RELATED ISSUES...................................................................................... 11 REGIONAL SERVICES AND ADJACENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS......................... 12 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.......................................................................................... 13 KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS....................................................................... 13 NEW SERVICE IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION ................................. 15 Pass Transit System Administration Analysis……………………………………… .. .15 Marketing Plan for Transit in the Pass Area.................................................................. 15 Research Day Pass vs. Transfers ................................................................................... 15 REGULATORY AND COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS ..................................... 15 The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990................................................................ 16 Title VI........................................................................................................................... 16 Alternatively fueled vehicles (RCTC Policy)............................................................... 16 STA Compliance............................................................................................................ 16 BANNING MUNICIPAL TRANSIT SYSTEM TABLES .......................................... 17 Banning Table 1: Fleet Inventory .................................................................................. 17 Banning Table 2: Transit Service .................................................................................. 18 Banning Table 2a: Non-Exempt Fixed Route Transit Service ................................. 18 Banning Table 2b: Non-Exempt ADA-Paratransit Service...................................... 19 Banning Table 2c: System-wide Transit Service ..................................................... 20 Banning Table 3: Individual Route Information............................................................ 21 Banning Table 3a: Individual Route Description .......................................................... 22 Banning Table 4: Summary of Funds Requested for FY 08.......................................... 23 Banning Table 4a: Replacement Dial-A-Ride Vehicle (1)....................................... 24 Banning Table 4a: Replacement Transit Coaches (2)…………………………...... 25 Banning Table 4a: Automated Enunciator & Display Equipment ………………... 26 Banning Table 5: Summary of Funds Requested for FY 09 & FY 10 .......................... 27 Banning Table 5a: FY09 – Replacement Bus Stop Amenities................................. 28 Banning Table 5a: FY09 – Replacement Shop Equipment ...................................... 29 Banning Table 5a: FY10 – Replacement Dial-A-Ride Vehicle (1).......................... 30 Banning Table 6: Progress to Implement Prior Audit Recommendations..................... 31 Revised 05/30/07 - 2 - DRAFT #3 Banning Table 7: Productivity Improvement Program (PIP) Review........................... 32 Banning Table 7a: FY08 SRTP Performance Report………………………………….33 Banning Table 8: Highlights of SRTP for Presentation………………………………..34 APPENDIX A: ROUTE MAP ....................................................................................... 35 Revised 05/30/07 - 3 - DRAFT #3 INTRODUCTION The Pass Transit System is the result of a cooperative effort between the City of Banning (Banning Municipal Transit System) and the City of Beaumont (Beaumont Municipal Transit Agency). The Pass Transit System consists of two independent, but well coordinated, transit systems. The coordinated service area of Pass Transit includes the cities of Banning and Beaumont, the unincorporated areas of Cabazon and Cherry Valley, and the commercial area of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians Reservation. Both fixed route and dial-a-ride services are provided. In the spring of 2000, the Pass Area cities of Banning, Beaumont and Calimesa requested a Local Transportation Fund (LTF) allocation from the Riverside County Transportation Commission to hire a consultant to conduct a study of the transit needs of Pass Area residents and businesses. The study data indicated the need to design a single seamless transit system within the Pass Area that is easy for Pass Area residents to understand and use. The Pass Area Transit Task Force was formed to review the work of the consultant. The task force was made up of representatives from the City of Banning, City of Beaumont, City of Calimesa, County of Riverside, Riverside County Transportation Commission, Riverside Transit Agency, Sunline Transit Agency, and Morongo Band of Mission Indians. The research phase of the study was completed in December 2001 and the task of developing a transit system plan that addresses issues raised by the study was turned over to transit operator planning staff. The Pass Area Transit Plan has been developed and has completed the public comment period. The final plan was approved by the Banning City Council in May 2002 and the Beaumont City Council in May 2002. Central to the plan is a greater integration of the local transit services in the Pass Area. The plan also identified areas where local transit services could be improved or enhanced. This Short Range Transit Plan incorporates the elements of the Pass Area Transit Plan that address service within this system’s service area. It should be noted that even though the two transit service providers operate closely in providing a seamless service to the residents of the Pass Area, the transit agencies are separate entities. Nothing in this document is intended to indicate anything more than a cooperative effort between the two transit systems. History of the Banning Municipal Transit System The Banning Municipal Transit System began as one inner city fixed route in April 1973, then expanded to two routes in September 1985. Fixed route service to Cabazon and the commercial area of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians Reservation began in July 1995. Dial-A-Ride service for the elderly and persons with disabilities began in October 1985. Revised 05/30/07 - 4 - DRAFT #3 The primary uses of the Dial-A-Ride services are for transportation to medical appointments, workshop programs for persons with disabilities, shopping areas, employment, and connections with other transit agencies. Services Provided Fixed Route The Pass Transit System operates six fixed routes. Routes 1, 5 and 6 are operated by the Banning Municipal Transit System. See “Appendix A” for the system route map. Route 6 operates on a one-hour headway. Routes 1 and 2 (Beaumont) complement each other offering a one-hour headway throughout the commercial areas of Beaumont, Banning, Cabazon, and the Morongo commercial development. Route 1 This route operates on a two-hour headway and is complimented by an overlap with Route 2 that reduces headway on 75% of the route to one hour. It provides service to the remote Esperanza & Elm area of Cabazon six times each weekday, four times a day on weekends and holidays. The route provides service to the residential area of Cabazon, Cabazon Community Center, Casino Morongo, Desert Hills and Cabazon Outlet Malls, and the commercial areas along Ramsey Street and Highland Springs Avenue in Banning, and the commercial areas along 6th Street and Beaumont Avenue in Beaumont. This route also includes a tripper service to the Arrowhead Water Bottling Plant in Cabazon. Route 5 This route operates on a one-hour headway and provides service to the residential areas of the City of Banning that lie north of the I-10 freeway and the commercial areas along Ramsey Street and Highland Springs Avenue. Route 6 The route operates on a one-hour headway and provides service to the residential areas south of the I-10