Ceo Report June 2017 Our Mission
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CEO REPORT JUNE 2017 OUR MISSION The Virginia Railway Express, a joint project of the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission and the Potomac Rappahannock Transportation Commission, will provide safe, cost-effective, accessible, reliable, convenient, and customer responsive commuter-oriented rail passenger service. VRE contributes to the economic vitality of its member jurisdictions as an integral part of a balanced, intermodal regional transportation system. OUR MISSIONTABLE OF CONTENTS CEO REPORT | JUNE 2017 2 Success at a Glance – Lorton Platform Extension 3 On-Time Performance – Arkendale to Powell’s Creek Third Track Project 5 Ridership – Quantico Station 6 Summonses – Potomac Shores Station 7 Train Utilization – Spotsylvania Station / FB-to-XR Third Track 8 Parking Utilization – Franconia-Springfield Station Improvements 9 Financial Report – Lorton Station Improvements 10 Capital Projects Updates – Rippon Station – Broad Run Expansion Study (previously Gainesville- – Leeland Road Station Haymarket Expansion Study) – Brooke Station – VRE Core Capacity Project Implementation Strategy/PB – Alexandria Pedestrian Tunnel Project GEC TO – LOU Facility – National Transit Database 100% Sample Survey – L’Enfant (North) Storage Track Wayside Power – Quadrennial CLRP Financial Analysis – L’Enfant (South) Storage Track Wayside Power – VRE Financial Plan Update – Manassas Park Station Parking Expansion – VRE Fleet Management Plan – Crystal City Station Improvements – Midday Storage Replacement Facility – Fredericksburg Station Repairs – Rolling Road Platform Extension 15 Facilities Update – Crossroads Real Estate Acquisition 16 Projects Progress Report – Long Bridge Expansion Study 20 Upcoming Procurements – Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor (DC2RVA) 21 Notes Coordination – Washington Union Station Project EIS JUNE 2017 | TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 SUCCESS AT A GLANCE 0% 0K 80% 7 80 1 % % 15 90 60 K % 9 % 0 0 % K 7 % 5 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 % 0 % % % K 0 0 0 PARKING AVERAGE DAIL Y ON-TIME UTILIZATION RIDERSHIP PERFORMANCE The total number of parking spaces The average number of boardings each Percentage of trains that arrive at used in the VRE system during the operating day inclusive of Amtrak Step-Up their destination within five minutes month, divided by the total number of boardings but excluding “S” schedule of the schedule. parking spaces available. operating days. Same month, previous year. Same month, previous year. 80% 90 30% 4 % % 0% % 0 0 1 2 7 0 5 0 0 % % % % 0 0 1 6 1 6 2 0 0 % % % % 0 0 SYSTEM CAPACITY OPERATING RATIO The percent of peak hour train seats The monthly operating revenues occupied. The calculation excludes divided by the monthly operating reverse flow and non-peak hour trains. expenses, which depicts the percent of operating costs paid by riders. Board-established goal. 2 SUCCESS AT-A-GLANCE | JUNE 2017 Data provided reflects April 2017 information. JUNE 2017 | ON-TIME PERFORMANCE 3 ON-TIME PERFORMANCE OUR RECORD April 2017 March 2017 April 2016 Manassas Line 91% 93% 90% Fredericksburg Line 86% 84% 86% System Wide 88% 89% 88% VRE operated 634 trains in April. Our on-time rate for April was 88%. Seventy-three of the 634 trains arrived over five minutes late to their final destinations. There were twenty-seven late trains on the Manassas Line REASONS FOR DELAYS and forty-six late trains on the Fredericksburg Line. We were just shy of our 90% on-time goal. Rail TRAIN congestion is an underlying issue as a saturated system INTERFERENCE will compound the simplest delays and may cascade to later trains. Heavy freight traffic and temporary speed SCHEDULE restrictions will likely continue to cause delays in the PASSENGER short-term. However, the infrastructure improvement HANDLING work will reduce congestion and increase operational flexibility in the long-term. RESTRICTED SPEED In addition to the congestion delays, April had a variety MECHANICAL of significant disruptions. On April 6th, high winds FAILURE caused multiple trees to fall on the tracks around Burke Centre, taking a little more than an hour to OTHER* resolve and affecting four Manassas afternoon trains. On April 13th, VIP movements around the L’Enfant 020406080 100 area forced rail traffic to stop for approximately thirty NUMBER OF DELAYS minutes, delaying four trains out of Union Station. APRIL 2017 APRIL 2016 Shortly after on April 19th, a disabled freight train near Fredericksburg caused five Fredericksburg morning * Includes those trains that were delayed due to late turns, weather, trains to be delayed, with the most significant delay signal/switch failures and maintenance of way. being one hour and the least being 15 minutes. Finally, on April 24th, a car was stuck on the Norfolk Southern tracks south of Alexandria, delaying four Manassas trains an hour or more. LATE TRAINS System Wide Fredericksburg Line Manassas Line Feb. Mar. Apr. Feb. Mar. Apr. Feb. Mar. Apr. Total late trains 64 80 73 45 56 46 19 24 27 Average minutes late 12 22 24 14 26 17 7 11 35 Number over 30 minutes 3 11 16 3 11 6 0 0 10 Heat restriction days / total days 0/19 0/23 0/20 – – – – – – JUNE 2017 | ON-TIME PERFORMANCE 3 5 JUNE 2017 | RIDERSHIP June June June May May May April April April March March March Feb. Feb. Feb. Jan. ‘17 Jan. ‘17 Jan. ‘17 Dec. Dec. Dec. Nov. Nov. Nov. 3-Year Rolling Average 3-Year Oct. n Oct. Oct. 3-Year Rolling Average 3-Year n 3-Year Rolling Average 3-Year n Sept. Sept. Sept. Current Stats n | JUNE 2017 Current Stats Aug. Aug. Aug. n Current Stats n July ‘16 July ‘16 July ‘16 40% 60% 80% 40% 60% 80% 40% 60% 80% FREDERICKSBURG LINE ON-TIME PERFORMANCE BY LINE VRE SYSTEM LINES BOTH ON-TIME PERFORMANCE ON-TIME MANASSAS LINE 100% 100% 100% ON-TIME PERFORMANCE 4 AVERAGE DAILY RIDERSHIP VRE SYSTEM BOTH LINES n Current Stats n 3-Year Rolling Average 20K 19K 18K 17K 16K 15K 14K Feb March April May June Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov July ‘1 Dec. Jan. ‘1 . 7 6 AVERAGE DAILY RIDERSHIP BY LINE FREDERICKSBURG LINE n Current Stats n 3-Year Rolling Average 11K 10K 9K 8K 7K 6K 5K Feb March April May June Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov July ‘1 Dec. Jan. ‘1 . 7 6 MANASSAS LINE n Current Stats n 3-Year Rolling Average 11K 10K 9K 8K 7K 6K 5K Feb March April May June Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov July ‘1 Dec. Jan. ‘1 . 7 6 JUNE 2017 | RIDERSHIP 5 RIDERSHIP UPDATES April 2017 April 2016 Average daily ridership in April was approximately 19,400. This ridership average represents a slight drop from February Monthly Ridership 387,144 381,877 (20,000) but a significant increase over last April, which was 18,200. Some decline may be attributed to the waning of the WMATA SafeTrack surges affecting the Metro lines parallel to Average Daily Ridership 19,357 18,185 our service. Full Service Days 20 21 “S” Service Days 0 0 SUMMONSES ISSUED BOTH LINES n Current Stats n FY 2016 200 150 100 50 0 Feb March April May June Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov July ‘1 Dec. Jan. ‘1 . 7 6 SUMMONSES WAIVED MONTHLY SUMMONSES OUTSIDE OF COURT COURT ACTION Reason for Dismissal Occurrences 4.5% C Passenger showed proof of a monthly ticket 13 20.5% PP One-time courtesy 16 ■ 2 Continued to next Per the request of the conductor 17 court date (C) Defective ticket 0 16% D ■ 7 Dismissed (D) 2% NG Per Ops Manager 0 ■ 3 Guilty (G) 7% G Unique circumstances 0 ■ 22 Guilty in Insufficient processing time 3 absentia (GA) Insufficient information 3 ■ 1 Not guilty (NG) Lost and found ticket 0 50% GA ■ 9 Prepaid prior to Other 2 court (PP) Total Waived 54 6 SUMMONSES | JUNE 2017 TRAIN UTILIZATION FREDERICKSBURG LINE 150% 125% 100% 75% 50% 25% 0% 300 302 304 306 308 310 312 314 301 303 305 307 309 311 313 315 Seat Capacity Average Ridership Midweek Peak MANASSAS LINE 150% 125% 100% 75% 50% 25% 0% 322 324 326 328 330 332 325 327 329 331 333 335 337 Seat Capacity Average Ridership Midweek Peak JUNE 2017 | TRAIN UTILIZATION 7 PARKING UTILIZATION FREDERICKSBURG LINE 1500 1250 1000 750 500 250 0 Spotsylvania Fredericksburg* Leeland Road* Brooke Quantico Rippon Woodbridge Lorton Parking Spaces Number Of Spaces Number In Use * Denotes stations with overflow parking available MANASSAS LINE that is now being included in final counts 1500 1250 1000 750 500 250 0 Broad Run Manassas Manassas Park Burke Centre Rolling Road Backlick Road Parking Spaces Number Of Spaces Number In Use 8 PARKING UTILIZATION | JUNE 2017 APRIL 2017 FINANCIAL REPORT The April 2017 Financial Report reflects the first ten months of FY 2017. The summary below of the financial results (unaudited) includes information on the major revenue and expense categories. Fare income to-date for FY 2017 is $3,005,008 above the budget – a favorable variance of 9.4%. Revenue is up 13.4% compared to the same period in FY 2016. Our budgeted goal ratio for FY 2017 is 50%, however our current YTD operating ratio is 60%. Revenue for the period was affected by ridership related to WMATA Safe-Track activities, in addition to other factors. Please Note: These figures are preliminary and unaudited. CURR. MO. CURR. MO. YTD YTD YTD $ YTD % TOTAL FY17 ACTUAL BUDGET ACTUAL BUDGET VARIANCE VARIANCE BUDGET OPERATING REVENUE ($) Passenger Ticket Revenue 3,528,392 3,103,586 35,127,120 32,122,112 3,005,008 9.4% 38,950,000 Other Operating Revenue 41,710 15,936 250,651 164,940 85,711 52.0% 200,000 Subtotal Operating Revenue 3,570,102 3,119,522 35,377,711 32,287,052 3,090,719 9.6% 39,150,000 Jurisdict. Subsidy (1) - - 17,250,240 17,250,240 - 0.0% 12,847,417 Federal/State/Other 2,753,159 2,641,818 26,090,345 26,318,442 (228,097) -0.9% 31,479,730 Jurisdict.Subsidy Appn.