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Bus Rolling Stock Connecticut Tier I Transit Asset Management Plan Bus Rolling Stock Description Inventory and Condition • CTDOT owns the local bus systems in HartFord, New Transit Bus Haven, StamFord, A bus with front and center doors, normally with a rear- 471 77% Waterbury, New Britain, mounted engine, low-back seating, and without luggage Vehicles Within ULB Bristol, Meriden, and compartments or restroom facilities for use in frequent- stop WallingFord, and operates service. This is what is used most typically on fixed route 12 them under the CTtransit systems. A 40-foot coach is the common type bus used in larger systems. This vehicle can usually hold about 42 ambulatory Years ULB brand name. CTDOT owns passengers when two wheelchair tiedowns are provided. all the rolling stock that provides CTtransit services. • CTtransit services carry Articulated Bus roughly 80% oF annual bus Extra-long (54 ft. to 60 ft.) bus with two connected passenger 51 100% ridership in Connecticut. compartments. The rear body section is connected to the main Vehicles Within ULB • body by a joint mechanism that allows the vehicles to bend CTDOT also owns the bus when in operation for sharp turns and curves and yet have a rapid transit system continuous interior. 12 CTFastrak, which includes Years ULB fixed guideway between HartFord and New Britain. • CTDOT’s bus rolling stock Over-the-road Bus inventory includes Four A bus characterized by an elevated passenger deck located 62 98% vehicle types: transit bus, over a baggage compartment. These buses have 3 axles and a Vehicles Within ULB gross vehicle weight rating of 26,000 pounds. articulated bus, over-the- road bus, and cutaway. 12 Years ULB Performance Cutaway Bus Measures A vehicle that consists of a bus body that is mounted on the 42 100% chassis of a van or light-duty truck. The original van or light- Vehicles Within ULB The percentage oF revenue duty truck chassis may be reinforced or extended. Cutaways vehicles within a particular typically seat 15 or more passengers. asset class that have either 5 met or exceeded their useFul Years ULB life benchmark • UseFul liFe benchmark (ULB) deFines an asset’s economic useFul liFe, speciFied in terms of age, mileage and/or other Factors. An agency can use FTA’s deFault ULB values 626 82% or set its own values. CTDOT Total has worked with its transit Vehicles Within ULB service provider partners to deFine custom values. • A revenue vehicle that has Based on CTDOT data as of June, 2019 not reached or exceeded its ULB is considered to be in a state oF good repair (SOGR). *The performance measures herein are for FTA reporting purposes only. Due to the variability of mechanical reliability and operating environment, these measures do not accurately reflect SOGR needs for indivudal assets. CTDOT Asset Fact Sheet – Bus Rolling Stock (Tier I) October 2020 Connecticut Tier I Transit Asset Management Plan Bus Rolling Stock Bus Rolling Stock Performance Projections Transit Percent of Vehicles Within ULB Funding 100% Preferred Funding ($37.4M) Funding for transit in 90% Connecticut historically comes Current Funding ($20M) primarily from FTA funds, with 80% the remainder coming from 81.9% 70% No Funding ($0M) state public transportation bonds. Bond funds are used to 60% match federal funds and Actual Conditions provide funding for 100% of 50% Preferred Funding consists of an average state projects. 40% of $37.4 million per year over the four- year projection period, with $59 million Funding for Tier I bus assets 30% spent in 2020. comes from a variety of federal funding programs, 20% Current Funding consists of $51 million in % of Vehicles Within ULB Within Vehicles % of including Sections 5307, 2020, $10 million in 2021, $11 million in 10% 5337, 5339. 2022, and $8 million in 2023, averaging $20 million per year over the four-year 0% projection period. 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Analytical CTDOT anticipates almost $150 million of SOGR needs from 2020-2023 for its Tier I Bus Rolling Stock. This Approach includes an initial backlog in 2020 of $59 million in SOGR needs, and an additional $90 million of SOGR CTDOT uses a prioritization needs from 2021-2023. tool to support its analytical approach, predicting transit Current funding for SOGR activities was calculated based on CTDOT’s Capital Plan with the help of CTDOT’s asset conditions and SOGR Capital Services Unit. Connecticut’s Capital Plan is a document that lists all projects expected to be needs. federally-funded over a five-year period. The tool has a series of models Based on projections made using CTDOT’s prioritization tool given current funding, to make progress on its for different asset types that SOGR needs CTDOT should invest approximately $78 million for transit buses, $1.5 million for cutaways, recommend when to and $0.5 million for over-the-road buses over the four-year analysis period. rehabilitate or replace an asset, and the conditions and *Years referenced in these charts are by State of Connecticut Fiscal Year which runs from July 1st to June 30th. performance predicted for the asset over time. Also, the tool supports prediction of the overall performance resulting Current Performance and Targets for a specified funding Transit providers must set one-year performance targets using the performance measures established by scenario, and recommends a FTA for the four capital asset categories required for a TAM plan, as applicable. These targets must be prioritized list of projects to updated and submitted to the NTD annually. fund given a budget constraint. Performance and Targets for Tier I Bus Rolling Stock % Vehicles Within ULB % Vehicles Met or Exceeded ULB In this fact sheet, predicted Asset Class Current Performance Current Performance Performance Target performance changes are Transit Bus 77% 23% 14% shown the year funds are committed; actual Articulated Bus 100% 0% 14% performance may lag behind Over-the-Road Bus 98% 2% 14% funding. Cutaway 100% 0% 17% CTDOT Asset Fact Sheet – Bus Rolling Stock (Tier I) October 2020 Connecticut Tier I Transit Asset Management Plan Rail Rolling Stock Description Inventory and Condition • The New Haven Line (NHL), which serves stations along Locomotive Commuter rail vehicles used to pull or push passenger coaches. NHL 10 100% 35 the Connecticut shore from Locomotives do not carry passengers themselves. There are 10 Vehicles Within ULB Years ULB New Haven to Greenwich locomotives providing service on the NHL and 18 locomotives providing service on SLE and HL. Locomotives on the NHL include and on to Grand Central models made by GE and by Brookville. Locomotives on SLE and HL Terminal in New York City, include models made by GE and by GMC. is operated by Metro-North SLE/ 18 0% 25 (MNR) under contract to HL Vehicles Within ULB Years ULB CTDOT. CTDOT has a capital interest in the rail vehicles that operate on the line. • Shore Line East (SLE), Passenger Coach operated by Amtrak under Rail passenger vehicles not independently propelled and requiring NHL 48 100% 35 one or more locomotives For propulsion. There are 50 passenger Vehicles Within ULB Years ULB contract to CTDOT, serves coaches providing service on the NHL and 33 passenger coaches stations from New London providing service on SLE. The passenger coaches on the NHL are to New Haven. SLE service models made by Bombardier, while the passenger coaches on SLE are models made by MaFersa. SLE 33 0% 25 operates CTDOT-owned Vehicles Within ULB Years ULB rolling stock, which are also used on Hartford Line (HL). • CTDOT’s rail rolling stock HL 16 0% 25 inventory includes three Vehicles Within ULB Years ULB vehicle types: locomotive, passenger coach, and self- Self-Propelled Passenger propelled passenger car. Car Commuter rail passenger vehicles not requiring a separate locomotive For propulsion. There are 275 self-propelled passenger NHL 275 100% 25 cars, also called electric multiple units (EMUs), providing service Vehicles Within ULB Years ULB on the NHL. This Fleet oF vehicles, which consists entirely oF Performance Kawasaki M8s, operates on the New Haven Main Line and the New Canaan Branch line. The Waterbury and Danbury branch lines require diesel locomotives. Measures The percentage of revenue vehicles within a particular asset class that have either met or exceeded their useful life benchmark • Useful life benchmark (ULB) defines an asset’s economic 400 83% useful life, specified in terms Total of age, mileage and/or Vehicles Within ULB other factors. An agency can use FTA’s default ULB values or set its own values. CTDOT Based on CTDOT data as of June, 2019 has worked with its transit service provider partners to define custom values. *The performance measures herein are for FTA reporting purposes only. Due to the variability of mechanical • A revenue vehicle that has reliability and operating environment, these measures do not accurately reflect SOGR needs for indivudal assets. not reached or exceeded its ULB is considered to be in a state of good repair (SOGR). CTDOT Asset Fact Sheet – Rail Rolling Stock October 2020 Connecticut Tier I Transit Asset Management Plan Rail Rolling Stock Rail Rolling Stock Performance Projections Transit Percent of Rail Vehicles Within ULB Funding 100% Current Funding ($130M) Funding for transit in 83.3% 90% Connecticut historically comes No Funding ($0M) primarily from FTA funds, with 80% the remainder coming from 70% state public transportation Actual Conditions bonds. Bond funds are used to 60% match federal funds and Current Funding consists of $310 million 50% in 2020, $50 thousand in 2021, and $160 provide funding for 100% of million in 2023, averaging $130 million state projects. 40% per year over the four year projection 30% period. The Current Funding scenario is Federal funding for rail assets also the Preferred Funding scenario as it comes from a variety of FTA % of Vehicles Within ULB Within Vehicles % of 20% is predicted to meet all SOGR needs over programs, including Sections the four year projection period.
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