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Regional Transit Task Force Final Report and Recommendations Regional Transit Task Force Final Report and Recommendations October 2010 DRAFT #12, 10/115/10 King County Metro Transit – Department of Transportation [logo] For information, contact: Victor Obeso, Manager, Service Development Metro Transit Division Department of Transportation KSC-TR-0422 201 S. Jackson Street Seattle, WA 98104-3856 (206) 263-3109 http://www.kingcounty.gov/transportation/TransitTaskForce.aspx Regional Transit Task Force Final Report and Recommendations, October 2010—DRAFT #21 ii Regional Transit Task Force Members Name Organization Representation Category Chuck Ayers Cascade Bicycle Club Regional Interests – Environmental Shiv Batra Riders – East Gene Baxstrom* Joint Transportation Committee Ex Officio Fred Butler Councilmember - Issaquah Elected Officials – East Suzette Cooke Mayor - Kent Elected Officials – South Grant Degginger Councilmember - Bellevue Elected Officials – East Kevin Desmond* King County Metro Transit Ex Officio Bob Drewel PSRC Regional Interests – PSRC Chris Eggen Councilmember - Shoreline Elected Officials – West David Freiboth Labor Council Organized Labor Noel Gerken Mayor - Maple Valley Elected Officials – South Christine Hoffmann Redmond Chamber Economic Development – East Carl Jackson Amalgamated Transit Union Organized Labor Rob Johnson Transportation Choices Regional Interests – Environmental Kate Joncas Downtown Seattle Assoc Economic Development – West Josh Kavanagh University of Washington Education – West Jane Kuechle AtWork! Regional Interests – Accessible Services Steve Marshall Cascadia Center Transportation Expert Ed Miller Transit Advisory Committee Lynn Moody Hopelink Social Services – East Estela Ortega El Centro De La Raza Social Services – West Tom Pierson Federal Way Chamber Economic Development – South Tom Rasmussen Councilmember - Seattle Elected Officials – West Carla Saulter Riders – West Jared Smith Parsons Brinckerhoff Transportation Expert Jim Stanton Microsoft Trip Reduction – East Bob Swarner Riders – South Ron Tober* (starting in Sound Transit Ex Officio Sept. replaced by Greg Walker) Liz Warman Boeing Trip Reduction – South Larry Yok Highline Community College Education – South * Ex-Officio Member Facilitator: John Howell, Cedar River Group, LLC Regional Transit Task Force Final Report and Recommendations, October 2010—DRAFT #21 iii Contents Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 6 Section 1: Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 12 Section 2: Task Force Process ..................................................................................................................... 13 Section 3: Background Information ............................................................................................................ 16 I. Overview of Metro Services and Budget ........................................................................................ 16 II. Challenges Facing Metro and Other Transit Agencies .................................................................... 21 III. Regional Growth Forecast ........................................................................................................... 23 Section 4: Task Force Recommendations ................................................................................................... 24 I. Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 24 II. Performance Measures ................................................................................................................... 26 III. Cost Control and Efficiency ......................................................................................................... 30 IV. Overall Policy Guidance for Service Reduction and Service Growth .......................................... 32 V. Implementation of Policy Direction: Use of Guidelines and Performance Measures .................... 34 A. Service Guidelines ....................................................................................................................... 35 B. Principles ..................................................................................................................................... 36 Section 5: Legislative Agenda to Address Future Service Needs ................................................................ 38 Section 6: Mission and Vision ..................................................................................................................... 40 Section 7: Conclusion .................................................................................................................................. 41 Abbreviations .............................................................................................................................................. 41 Glossary ....................................................................................................................................................... 42 References .................................................................................................................................................. 47 Attachment 1: Enabling Legislation ............................................................................................................ 48 Attachment 2: Task Force Ground Rules .................................................................................................... 48 Attachment 3: Draft Sources and Uses of Funds ........................................................................................ 48 Regional Transit Task Force Final Report and Recommendations, October 2010—DRAFT #21 iv Attachment 4: Draft Performance Measures ............................................................................................. 48 Attachment 5: Status Report on Implementation of Audit Recommendations ......................................... 48 Attachment 6: Conceptual Service Allocation Guidelines .......................................................................... 49 List of Figures Figure 1. Ridership of Central Puget Sound Transit Agencies (2009) ......................................................... 19 Figure 2. King County Metro’s Operating Revenue Sources ....................................................................... 20 Figure 3. King County Metro’s Operating Expenses ................................................................................... 20 Figure 4. Metro’s Projected Sales Tax Revenue Shortfall ........................................................................... 22 Figure 6. Service Families and Productivity Measures ................................................................................ 28 Figure 5. Overall Approach ......................................................................................................................... 34 Regional Transit Task Force Final Report and Recommendations, October 2010—DRAFT #21 v Executive Summary [To come. Developed as part of second draft.] BACKGROUND A severe recession that struck the Puget Sound region and the nation in late 2008 changed the road ahead for King County Metro Transit. The precipitous decline in economic activity led to a dramatic fall in sales tax receipts. Since 62 percent of Metro’s operating revenue comes from sales taxes, the drop in receipts has had a big impact. At the same time, Metro’s ridership has grown significantly, and public expectations remain high. Also in 2008, the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) developed the Vision 2040 and Transportation 2040 plans for long- term growth and mobility of the region. These plans project a 42 percent increase in King County’s population and a 57 percent increase in jobs from 2000 to 2040, with most of this growth occurring in the county’s 12 largest cities. The plans suggest that a sizeable expansion of transit services will be needed to support that growth. In developing the 2010/2011 biennium budget, Metro and King County were able to avoid large reductions in transit service by making difficult choices and trade-offs, along with some temporary, one-time fixes. However, based on the County’s revenue forecast through 2015, dramatic transit Key Transit System service reductions will be needed beginning in 2012. Design Factors: Task Force Charge and Process: The King County 1. Land use Council formed the Regional Transit Task Force (RTTF) 2. Social equity and in February 2010 to consider a policy framework for the environmental justice potential future growth and, if necessary, contraction of 3. Financial sustainability King County’s transit system. The Council asked the Task Force to consider six transit system design factors, 4. Geographic equity to which the Task Force added a seventh: environmental 5. Economic development sustainability (see box). 6. Productivity and efficiency The 28 Task Force members were selected to represent 7. Environmental a broad diversity of interests and perspectives. Three ex sustainability officio members represented Metro, Sound Transit and the Washington State Legislature. An Executive Committee (King County Executive and three County Council members) ensured that the Task Force carried out its approved work plan. Metro’s Transit Manager of Service Development served as the project manager. An Interbranch Working Group supported
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