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Comprehensive Operational Analysis of YCTD FINAL REPORT March 22, 2021 This page intentionally left blank 2020 Comprehensive Operational Analysis of Yolo County Transportation District Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................... ES-1 Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................1-1 1.0 Introduction .......................................................................................................1-1 1.1 Organization of This Report ..............................................................................1-2 Chapter 2 EXISTING CONDITIONS ..................................................................................2-1 2.0 Introduction .......................................................................................................2-1 2.1 YCTD Service Area ...........................................................................................2-3 2.2 Transit Ridership and Productivity by Route ....................................................2 -11 2.3 Route Profiles ................................................................................................. 2-17 2.3.1 Local/Regular Routes .....................................................................................2 -18 Route 35 – Southport Local ............................................................................2 -18 Route 40 – West Sacramento Local ................................................................2 -20 Route 41 – West Sacramento Local ................................................................2 -22 Route 42A – Intercity Loop Clockwise with Airport Service ............................. 2-24 Route 42B – Intercity Loop Counter-clockwise with Airport Service ................ 2-26 Route 210 – West Woodland Local ................................................................. 2-28 Route 211 – West Woodland Local ................................................................. 2-30 Route 212 – East Woodland Local ..................................................................2 -32 Route 214 – East Woodland Local ..................................................................2 -34 Route 215 – Cache Creek Casino/Woodland ..................................................2 -36 Route 216 – Knights Landing/Woodland and Route 217 – Dunnigan/Yolo/Woodland ...........................................................2 -38 Route 220 – Davis/Winters/Vacaville ..............................................................2 -40 Route 240 – West Sacramento/Sacramento Shuttle .......................................2 -42 2.3.2 Commute Routes ............................................................................................ 2-44 Route 39 – Southport/Sacramento Commute ..................................................2 -44 Route 220C – Winters/Davis Commute ...........................................................2 -46 Route 241 – West Sacramento/Sacramento Commute ...................................2 -48 Route 242 – Woodland/Davis Commute .........................................................2 -50 Route 243 – Woodland/UC Davis Commute ...................................................2 -52 2.3.3 Express Routes .............................................................................................. 2-54 Route 43 – Davis/Sacramento Express ...........................................................2 -54 Route 43R – Sacramento/UC Davis Express ..................................................2 -56 Route 44 – South Davis/Sacramento Express ................................................2 -58 Route 45 – Woodland/Sacramento Express ....................................................2 -60 Route 45X – Woodland/Sacramento Express .................................................2 -62 Route 46 – Woodland/Sacramento Express ....................................................2 -64 Route 230 – West Davis/Sacramento Express ................................................2 -66 Route 232 – Davis/Sacramento Express .........................................................2 -68 Dan Boyle & Associates, Inc. Page i Yolobus Comprehensive Operational Analysis Table of Contents Chapter 3 FINANCIAL DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS ..........................................3-1 3.0 Introduction .......................................................................................................3-1 3.1 Summary of YCTD Allocation Procedure ..........................................................3-1 3.2 Allocation Methods at Similar Systems in California ..........................................3-2 3.3 Detailed Allocation Methods at Peer Agencies .................................................3-2 3.4 Application of MBTA Example to YCTD ............................................................3-6 3.5 Proposed Methodology for Allocating Fixed Costs ............................................3-8 3.6 Summary ..........................................................................................................3-9 Chapter 4 ADMINISTRATIVE AND POLICY ANALYSIS ...................................................4-1 4.0 Introduction .......................................................................................................4-1 4.1 Current Staffing and Organization .....................................................................4-1 4.2 Staffing Levels at Peer Agencies ......................................................................4-2 4.3 Opportunities to Enhance Efficiency and Improve the Customer Experience ....4-2 4.4 Summary of Administrative Recommendations .................................................4-4 Chapter 5 YOLOBUS SPECIAL REVIEW ..........................................................................5-1 5.0 Purposes of this Review ....................................................................................5-1 5.1 Yolobus Special as an ADA Complementary Paratransit Program ....................5-1 ADA Program Compliance ....................................................................5-1 ADA Compliance Discussion .................................................................5-3 5.2 Yolobus Special – Five-Year Performance Experience .....................................5-4 Recent Experience and Historical Trends ..............................................5-4 Additional Yolobus Special Performance Indicators ............................. 5-10 Additional Resources Associated with Yolobus Special ....................... 5-13 5.3 Spatial Analysis of Yolobus Special Operating Experience ............................. 5-14 5.4 Temporal Analysis of Yolobus Special Operations ..........................................5 -16 Trip Demand across the Day ...............................................................5 -16 On-Time Performance by Time of Day ................................................5 -17 Subscription versus Demand Trips ......................................................5 -19 5.5 Yolobus Special Moving Forward: Themes Suggested by this Review ........... 5-20 5.6 Potential Actions Suggested by this Review ....................................................5 -22 Chapter 6 PUBLIC OUTREACH ........................................................................................6-1 6.0 Introduction .......................................................................................................6-1 6.1 Stakeholder Meeting .........................................................................................6-1 6.2 Pop-up Workshops ...........................................................................................6-4 6.3 Virtual Workshop.............................................................................................6 -11 Chapter 7 SERVICE CONCEPTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS .......................................7-1 7.0 Introduction .......................................................................................................7-1 7.1 The Ridership-Oriented Alternative within the Current Budget ..........................7-3 7.2 The Ridership-Oriented Alternative with a 10 Percent Increase in Operating Costs ...................................................................................................7 -14 7.3 A Note on MicroTransit ...................................................................................7 -16 7.4 Summary of Impacts .......................................................................................7 -17 Dan Boyle & Associates, Inc. Page ii Yolobus Comprehensive Operational Analysis Table of Contents Chapter 8 REASSESS AND REPRIORITIZE COA RECOMMENDATIONS 8.0 Introduction .......................................................................................................8-1 8.1 Original COA Service Recommendations .........................................................8-1 8.2 Yolobus Service Changes in Response to COVID-19 .......................................8-2 8.3 Reassess and Reprioritize COA Recommendations and Establish Priorities for a Service Recovery Plan ................................................................8 -20 8.3.1 Why Frequency ...............................................................................................8 -21 8.3.2 COVID-19 and Peak Period Travel Times .......................................................8 -22 8.4 Revised COA Recommendations and Proposed Service Recovery Plan .......