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Home My WebLink About0473.091;.,.' " i -] I i I I 1 I I I i . , , october l7, 1991 HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL Palo Alto, California Updatlf! on Prooosed changes in sa;,ta Clara county Transit Bus Service Members of the Council: The purpose of this ~~port is to advise Council on the status of the. proposed changes in Santa Clara COUt'1ty Transit District (SCCTD) bus service and to identify the discrepancies between county Transit's revised proposals and the Council's recommendations to the SOCTD on this subject. This is an informational report: no Council action is ~equested at this time. STATUS S~nce ~ouncil reviewed the County Transit bus route proposals on Septembc~ 9 (CMR:414:91), SCCTD staff concluded a series of five commun:ty meetings to solicit comments from the public, transit riders, and local jurisdictions. Tha two meetings in Palo Alto were attended by over 60 individuals. The primary opposition to changes in local bus service carne from three groups: patients and staff at the VA Hospital Blind Rehabilitation unit who objected to the elimination of weekend service on Line 88, residents of Stevenson House who were concerned about reduced weekend service on Lines 84 and 88 to the senior housing facility, and transit riders employed in Menlo Park who commute to work on Line 35M. Following the public comment forums, county Transit staff revised their proposals pursuant to the comments they received from the public, transit rlders, and local jurisdictions. The revised proposals are described in the attached letter of September 16 (Attachment 2) from County Transit. CMR:47J :91 • A comparison of the SCCTD staff's revised reco:ru::lcndatiol"ls relative to t.he city Council's positio(l: on the service cutbacks is provided in the attached table (Attachment 1,. The new service cutback proposal includes only one change consistent with council's reco1!ll:l.endations! r-::t.aini1'l.g .... eekend service on Line 88. 'f".,;Io additional changes were maoe in response to comment$ received from the publ ic~ (1) limited service into Menlo Park on i..ine 35M is heing r~tained, and (2) the hours of midday-only .-..reekday service on Line 84 are bei~g ext.ended by one hour in the afternoon. Ho~ever~ the revised service plan does not respond to Council's specific concerns about the red~ced frequer.cy of late €vening service on Line 35 to the CUbberley Community center. Line 24 serviGe to the California Avenue CalTrain Station, and commute service to stanford Research Park on Lines 104 and 304. On ~edne5day, october 9~ the Transportation Commission considered the modified bus service plan. After extensive discussion, the Commission vot.ed to recommend to the Transit District Board of supervisors t.hat (1) service cutback reconunendations from the Transportation Agency staff be rejected~ and (2) the funds needed to acco~odate the budqet r~duction of 5.~ percent oe octaincd by alternate means. The Transit District Board of Supervisors ~il1 con~ider the county Transit staff ,alnd Transpo.ctation corunissicn recommendations at their meeting on Tuesday, OCtober 22. Staff will transmit a letter and the attached table to the Transit eoard of supervisors reit~ratinq the Council's positions. Respectfully s\wmitted, /r !iC.(/-L i"lJ_t_<c.., GAYLE LIKENS Senior Planner n .j lll\.lJ'll",c'_ "c~ 1-, . --x iJUNE FLEMING i Assi~tant City Manager 1L;I?:I!i'Z~ iF d~ KENNETH R. SCHREIBER Director of Planning and community Environment Attachments: 1. Table: Revised Bus Route proposals 2. Santa Clara County Transit Letter of September 16 Related CMRs~ CMR:414:91, 9/5/91, Proposed Changes in SCCTO Bus Service CMR:413:91 10/17/91 Page 2 _-";'~'~~~':--==-_':":" n~-~~~ ... ,.-~,~n_ . ,'r..'-*,iifWi! -SANTA CLARA COUNlY TRANSIT· REVISED BUS ROUTE PROPOSALS Route Orlgl"_f SCCTO fJropos.1 Une24 Eliminatcallnlps to California Ave. CaI'I'rain JilllltiOh ElimiQAte IRlit northbound evening bus Llnc84 RC('UCC weekdlly service Ilo\lrs 10 9:00 am to 2:30 pm Disrnnlil\tIe Saturday Ml.rv;~·e Line :t'i and Eliminate Irip§ herore 6 a.m. ~SM Operate evening service aft('·r 9;00 p.m, at huurly interval ... I Eliminate 35M trips via Middlefield to Menlo Park LlIlcH6 Rt'Jducc w~kdEly evening "crvin~ houn r , Elimillate one carly morning nonhhl1und I nip LineAA Exlt:nd middAy headways rrom:tO t(1 45 minutes Oim.Wlnue wt'.ekday Service aru~r 7;(() pm, I Di§coRlmue Saturday lind Sunday §ctvlct" Lille 104 OiSt:onlinue Insl evening trip (rOm Sianrurd Re.'tCarch Park (SRP) u ... ~ 304 Eliminate reverse t.'Ummutc rripJl rrom Palo Alioto San Jose Terminate lin"_ in Mountain View; diYXlIUlnue "ClViCt~ to SRr i L ___ ~ ____ .~ __ ,, __ City Council Poahlon Oppose Suppon SUpJIOri Support Support Oppoao -with respoct 10 the ('Iimlnation of northbound ~rvice in the vidnily ot Cubherley Support Support OppoafJ Surron Oppot;. and re.que!Ol Ihal SCCTD inVl-~tigate mhcr 0plion'i 10 ,naluloin weekend ~ervic<: Oppole Oppoe. btllh chRnge,~ and request that seen) explore ways 10 improve ridership with SRP and Qolden l'rJange Commuter Network heCore changing cll":L'tling Ilerv/cc 11 .. ,_ SCCTD Pro_' Same tLS original proposal Opeml~ weekday service at lUghlly expanded hours: 9:00 8m 10 3:30 p.m. Same as original prOrOSBI Same a!\ original proposal Relaln one a.m./p.m. trip tnto Menlo Park Same a.~ original ProfX"I!\8ls Same ILIt original Jlroposal Same as original propos¥1 Ret_In Salurday and Sunday servicc Same 8.5 originol propc.l~1 Same as original proposal" - - I I , o .., "' ~ ~ z '" ) I " " ''->''::, ~.~'\ , '. :\ ~ .-,' • September 16, 1991 Mr. WilLi~m Zan~r City ManageoI City of Palo Alto P.O. Sox 10250, 250 Ha~ilton Ave. Palo Alto, CA 9430) ATTACffi"'.E~n 2 SUBJECT: ~odifications to Proposed Sus Setvic~ Changes Dear Mr. Zaner: As you are aware from previous correspondence, the Santa Clara county Transit District is undertaking actions whic~ vill contain costs and improve th~ bus systems efficiency and ~ffectiven~ss. The largest component of this eost containment activity i& approximately a 5\ reduction of bus service which is targeted for implementation in January 1992. The District h3S developed a number of proposed bus service cl:langes that are nlli!"eded to achieve this 51; reduction in service. The overall goal throllghout thi s process has been to focus on reductions in service that will impact the fewest number ~f passengers. The proposed ~hanges were pr~sented to the public at five (5) community meeti~gs. District staff was present at these meetings to present the proposals~ and most importantly, to solicit ~omments and concerns. Based on input from the community, riding public and local jurisdiction5, District staff ha~ d~veloped & modified proposal that will be presented for approval in September/October 1991~ The attachment, "Revisions to proposal~·~ provIdes an overview of modifications that Distriet staff has made to its original propos~ls. If an it~m is not listed on the attachment, t~e District is recommending to implement the item ~~ originally described in the enclosed brochure~ It has been a difficult task fo~ District staff to address a number of concerns raised by the public regarding the proposals and still accomplish the major objective of implementing a 5\ service reduction. As ~ould be expected, changes of this magnitude can be very controversial and evoke numerous objections. The majority of the negative comments received regarding the proposals ~ere from individuals stating hov they personally would be iropacted by a proposed change. In some cas~s, staff has needed to be firm in supporting certain asp~cts of the package of recommendations. Some riders viII be negatively impacted~ but it is felt, overall, that the proposed service changes minimize the impact to the riding public . . ~r. william Zane~ 9/18/91 Page 2 o The meetings for final app~oval will be held at thp co~nty Admin1.~ration Building, 70 West Hedding street, San Jose; and have been tentatively scheduled as follows: Public Rearing on proposed Changes: Wednesday, Septeaber 25, 1991 at 5:00 p ••• Recommendation by county Transportation Commission: Wednesday, October 9, 1991 at 7:30 po_. Final approval by Transit District Board of SuperVisors: TUeEday. October 22, 1991 at 9:00 •••. Should any additional information be required, please cont&ct ~ill capps or me at (408)299-4901~ Mike Aro Service Development Manager .MA: tm Attachmant Enclosu:Le cc: ~iz Rniss, Transportation Commissioner JXen Schreiher, Planning , Envir00ment Gayle Llxens~ Transportation planner File -S~rvice Change propos~ls , . . _---.-..-'."'''-''-'_--' ,-.... Att&cDent After. cons1d.rl~ co..ents received from local jurisdictions, letters, phon. ealls and ca..un1ty ~etincs, the Ot.tcict has BBd~ modifications to the orlri~l proposal" as d.l~ribed belov. Th!s list only describes those propo!)~&l. that have been lIOdified. All othet" proposed bus :qet~~,ce changes ar. reeo..ended lor iapleaent&tioo as orlgina~ly described 1n the enelosed bro-c:hure. REVISIONS TO QRlGIIIAI. PIIOFOSAL • LIne 11 -The weekdsy counterclockwise txlFS departing Pirst and Vren at 5!29 ~ ••• and 1:47 p ••• yould be deleted. Veekend serv1c_ would be d13~ontinu~. Retain Saturday .se['vic~. R ... 1nder of changes to be 1mple.ented as proposed. Liae 25 -Midday servIce youl~ be I.proved on weekdays to o~er.t. every 15 .inutes between east San Jose and Valley Medical C4!nter. the veekday 11:43 p .•. westbound trip is proposed to be deleted, and vee~end se~vice modlfie&tiOLs ~ve the 5:47 p ••. and 6:40 p .•• westbound trIp~ operating only as far &8 Valley Medieal Center. Line 26 -The westbound txipa leavin, Eastridge after 7:00 p ••• on veekdays would only operate ~ far as p~O&pect and Sarato,.. Veek.end s-ervice bours vould be cut back to &pproxiaately ),)0 p ••• LiDe 35/151 -The 35" trips operating between the Menlo Part CalTraln eepot and San Antonio Shopping Center vould b~ di9contlnued~ Other veekday serv!ee adjustaents YOu1~ include: llocUfy1ng the ev~1n.g servic.e to operate bourly after about B~JO p .•. ; terminating tbe 7:2~ p ••. and 6:25 p .•. southbound trips at San Antonio Sboppina Center; and deleting the no~thbound 5:46 •••• and southbound 5:41 & .•. trips~ The weetend evening serv1c.e hours and frequenc.y would be ltOdif1ed to .. tel-. ¥eek.day~ LiDe J6 -The weekday eastbound trip at 7:25 p.M. and westbound trips at 5:53 & .•• and 7:22 p.m. are p~oposed to be deleted. Lines 37/38 -~eekday service v~uld operate until approxiaately 7:00 p.m. and the weekend service hours vould be adjusted to operate bet~een 8:30 a.m. and 6,00 p ••. Leave headvays .t 30 .1nut.~ ~urinc aid day period. Be~ources are needed to fund other revisions to origInal proposal. Rp.mainder of changes to be implem~nted as p~opo~ed. Operate all veekd~y Y/B trip! to the end-ot-line. Reaainder of changes to be i.plesented as proposed. Retel0 oce a.m. and one p.m. Line 35M trip. Re-evaluate after 9-12 months. Remainder of changes to be I.pleaented &3 proposed. Retain present schedule anrl service houtS . Operate until 7:45 p.m. on veekdays. Remainder of changes to be i~plemented .a.s proposed. QI.IGllW. nopo;:) ----~~= ~------ LiD!!!! 81 _ H'idday servIce vvuld be i.proved to oper3te every is .1nutes be t .... een HeJ:.ee , iIh.1 t e and Park. , Alaaader. on vee:kdays • . Li:a~ 83 -The northern portioo of the route, between the Curtner LRT station and dovntown San Jose, duplicates much of light rail and 1s consequently proposed .to be eliminate-d. The retained porticn of the route would be bet~een Go~d Samaritan Bospital and the Curtner LRT station. Evening .service ,,·culd ~ Cll t baclt to approximately 7;00 p.m. on yeekdays and 6:00 p ••• on weekends. Line B4 -Veekday ~ervice is proposed to operate betveen the approximate hours of 9:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Sa.tl.!~rla7 s .. r,ric.e is proposed to be discontil"ued. LiDe 88 -Schedule changes are being proposed that would impact service hours, days and f requen(:y. The bs t weekday trip in each direction, 7:18 p.m. clockwise and 7:35 p.m. counte~cloekwise, would be deleted; midday service would be ~odifi~d to operate every 45 Binutes from the current 30 minute schedule; and weekend service would be discontinued. Line 104 -The last evening trip departing the Palo Alto Vete~ans Hospital at 5:51 p.m. would be discontinued. Ihe morni~g and afternoon devietion into MoffettJ~£s would also be eliminated. Line 117 -The morning trip departing Casden' Branham at 6:50 a.m.~ and the corresponding evening trip d~¥arting the NASA/AMES Research Center at 4:45 p.D., are proposed to be discontinued. Line 126 _ This line is p~oposed for deletion. The service is duplicated by local transit services resulting in loy patronage. Leave headvays at 30 minutes durir.g midday peliod. Rp.sourc~s are needed to fund other revisions t~ original prcposl!.l. Retain routing betveen Tamien LRT station and COQd Samaritan Hospital for connection ~lth future CalTrai~ extension. Extension yill require expanding headways to 40-45 ~inutes. ~eRainder: of changes to be implement~d as proposed. Expand ho~rs slightly to 9;00 a.~.·3~30 p.m. Remainder of changes to be implemented as proposed. Ret.in Saturday and Sunday service. Remainder of changes to be implemented as proposed. Retain the t~ip deviations into Koffert/Ames. ~emainder of changes to be implemented as proposed. Continue operating the 6:50 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. trips. Re-evaluate after 9-12 months. Retain two a.$. and tyO p.~. trips. Re-evaluate after 9-12 months. • , "---~