Park City and Summit County Joint Transit Advisory Board September 15, 2020 Table of Contents Electronic Meetings Documentation ........................................................................................................... 2 September JTAB Agenda ........................................................................................................................... 3-4 August Meeting Minutes ........................................................................................................................... 5-7 Winter Service Staff Recommendation Presentation ............................................................................... 8-9 Exhibit (1-5) - Winter Service ................................................................................................... 10-16 Exhibit 6 - Winter Ridership Report .......................................................................................... 17-20 Exhibit 7 - Survey Summary Cost Savings ..................................................................................... 21 Exhibit 8 - Survey Results ......................................................................................................... 22-26 Exhibit 9 - Survey Response Report ....................................................................................... 27-136 Exhibit 11- Public comments received after survey closed .................................................. 137-150 Bus Stop Improvement Priority Recommendations ......................................................................... 151-153 Attachment A - Photos of Bus Stops for Improvement ....................................................... 154-166 Ridership Report ....................................................................................................................................... 167 Attachment A - August Fixed-Route Ridership Report ............................................................... 168 Attachment B - August 12-Month Rolling Ridership Report ........................................................ 169 Attachment C - Current Ridership Trend (Covid-19 Impact) ....................................................... 170 Kimball Ridership Report ................................................................................................................... 171-175 1 2 MEETING AGENDA Park City and Summit County Joint Transit Advisory Board MEETING DATE: September 15, 2020 TIME: 9:00 am – 10:30 am LOCATION: ATTENTION: This meeting will be an electronic meeting as permitted by Park City Open and Public Meeting Resolution 18- 2020, adopted March 19, 2020. This meeting will not have an anchor location will connect remotely. If you are interested in listening and/or giving public comment remotely, please go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81894366244 1. Roll Call 2. Adopt Electronic Meetings Determination 3. Public Comment /Customer Feedback Feedback on items not listed on the agenda. To allow time for others, please limit your comments to no more than five minutes per person. Comments made cannot be acted upon or discussed at this meeting, but may be placed on a future agenda for consideration. 4. Consent Items None 5. Discussion Items a. Review and Acceptance of August 24, 2020 Meeting Minutes b. Winter Service Staff Recommendation Presentation (Scott Burningham) i. Public Input ii. Action c. Regional System Discussion d. Bus Stop Improvement Priority Recommendations (Alexis Verson) i. Public Input e. COVID-19 Update (Kim Fjeldsted) f. Upcoming Agenda Items - October- Quinn’s Junction Park and Ride Presentation 6. Next Meeting Tuesday, October 20, 2020 2020 Meeting Schedule All meetings start at 9:00am and will be held via conference call until further notice (Dates, times, locations subject to change. Additional meetings may be added) 3 • Tuesday, October 20, 2020 • Tuesday, November 17, 2020 • Tuesday, December 15, 2020 For those individuals with a disability who require a modification or accommodation in order to participate in the public meeting, please contact Kim Fjeldsted at (435) 615-5351 or [email protected] or Caroline Rodriguez at (435) 336-3113 or [email protected] Utah Open Meeting Law Compliance Notice of this meeting has been given no less than 24 hours public notice of this meeting. 4 Joint Transit Advisory Board (JTAB) August 24, 2020 Meeting Minutes Advisory Board Members in attendance: Summit County Park City Councilwoman, Kim Carson Councilman, Tim Henney Councilman, Chris Robinson Councilman, Steve Joyce Summit County Staff Tom Fisher Caroline Rodriguez Jamie Dansie Park City Staff Sarah Pearce Kim Fjeldsted Jerry Benson Vinny Nguyen Brian Beckstrand Scott Burningham Robbie Smoot Cindy Stockley I. ROLL CALL Upon confirmation that quorum was connected to Zoom meeting, the meeting was called to order by Ms. Fjeldsted at 8:34am. All in attendance were recorded and announced by Cindy Stockley who individually stated their name and role within their respective organization. II. ELECTRONIC MEETING DOCUMENTATION Read by Kim Fjeldsted III. PUBLIC COMMENTS: (Bev Harrison) Spoke regarding consideration to have the PC-SLC Connect pick up at the Ecker Hill Park & Ride on Kilby Road. She feels that it is a disservice to Park City residents that use transit to Salt Lake City to not be picked up at the Ecker Hill Park & Ride. 5 Ms. Rodriguez explained service was run for about a week in the past to Ecker Hill but it caused time restrictions for UTA connections. It is expensive to run another bus on the route to be able to pick up from Ecker Hill Park & Ride. (Bev Harrison) Electric bikes are great and we are happy that the bike racks are coming into the city to meet our green goal. DICUSSION ITEMS A. Review/Acceptance and Approval of July 20, 2020 Meeting Minutes B. Winter Route Efficiency Analysis and Assessment Presentation (Scott Burningham) Presented recommendations for winter service with a 35% reduction in service due to the economic impact of COVID-19, The transit dependent population and ridership on each route were considered in this recommendation. Cost savings with the proposed route changes are estimated to be approximately $2,010,268. Presented reduction options on each route to review and get feedback to bring back to next month’s JTAB meeting for decision to allow Park City and Summit County staff to present to their respective councils for approval and implementation. C. Update BUILD Grant and 224 and Kimball Junction Intersection (Caroline Rodriguez) No update on the BUILD Grant at this time, but we anticipate information on the allocations next month. SR224 Traffic Corridor Study is to see how traffic is mediated on the corridor. Under the No-Build UDOT requires a Bus Rapid Traffic (BRT) Study be done to get the base line condition. Completed first phase of getting public input will be via online surveys due to COVID-19. Currently working on second phase with consulting team to bring some additional options to present for public input. Consultants will provide three design concepts to present to reconstruct the corridor and will take it through an environmental process to come up with a locally preferred alternative. D. 8 Brown Route Update (Jamie Dansie) County started running 8 Brown services today and it is going well. App should be up in few days to allow customers to schedule a route deviation. Ms. Dansie will send a report to Park City staff after service is running for a week to report how service is working. E. Monthly ridership report (Robbie Smoot) Ridership is still low, last month it was sitting at about 79%. Ridership timeline drop off extreme from March due to COVID-19 shut down. We have flattened out and are staying consistently low with no dropping or increasing. 6 F. Bus Shelter Improvements Recommendations will be moved to the next JTAB meeting to allow time to review some of the changes that will be happening with the proposed changes to winter service. G. COVID-19 Update Slides attached= no report was given due to time restrictions. Meeting adjourned at 10:02am Next meeting: Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 9:00am Respectfully Submitted: Cindy Stockley-Park City, Transit Department, JTAB Recorder 7 MEMORANDUM Date: September 15, 2020 To: Park City Transit Joint Transit Advisory Board From: Park City and Summit County Staff Subject: 2020-2021 Winter Service Recommendations Recommendation Staff is recommending a 35% service reduction for the Winter 2020-21 season. The goal of these recommended cuts is to find efficiencies in the system to mitigate the financial impacts of COVID-19 while still providing an adequate level of transit service. This recommendation came about after careful consideration of the following factors: • Economic implications of COVID-19 on the transit system and its revenue sources (city and county). • Transit dependent populations. • Ridership, route utilization, and operational considerations. Analysis Park City Transit staff has utilized several factors to anticipate the level of transit service needs for this winter as well as find efficiencies and savings to ensure ongoing fortitude of the transportation fund. The changes proposed to JTAB would result in a 35% reduction in service and a combined savings of approximately $2 million for the county and city. Needs Analysis: The following indicators were utilized to forecast winter service needs: - Ridership Data (Exhibit 1) - Domestic and International Air Travel (Exhibit 2 and Exhibit 3) - Park City Lodging Report (Exhibit 4) - Google Mobility