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NICE bus: 2013 Annual Plan, Budget & 5 year Capital Plan presentation

Posted by Gold_12th on Sat Feb 23 21:10:05 2013

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Link: http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/DPW/BTC02132013v1200.pptx (PowerPoint presentation)

H I G H L I G H T S.... (partial list)
NICE funding:
Federal $9.7
State $56.4
County $2.6
Farebox $43.6
Miscellaneous $1.0
Total $113.3 Million


FAREBOX revenue 2012:
Jan-Mar $9,715,611
April-June $10,894,390* -Service changes effective April 8
July-Sept. $10,982,585
Oct-Dec $10,430,439


MTA’s 2012 cost*$137.26/rev. hr.

NICE 2012 cost $104.71/rev. hr.

A 23.7% reduction in the cost of service
*hypothetical cost imputed from MTA LIB forecast and NTD data for 2011


Overall Satisfaction for NICE BUS**
12/2011: 33%
3/2012: 47%
6/2012: 61%
10/2012: 52%
12/2012:63%
Formal Customer Surveys executed by Third Party Marketing Research Firm, IPSOS.

**Percent Satisfaction indicates combined scores of 7, 8, 9 or 10 on a 10-point scale (Top 4 Box).
- ****Detail survey version in the Powerpoint****


2012 Achievements:
- NEW 45 Orion VII CNG bus
- Implemented SmartDrive in all buses
- New mobile data terminals in paratransit
- NYSDOT vehicle inspection program success achieved
- Major emphasis on service quality


What Nassau County gain?:
- Saved taxpayers $35 million when compared with MTA’s demands
- Maintained current fares
- Preserved Able-Ride service area for 2012 through 2014
- Increased County’s control over its transit system (Bus Transit Committee)
- Focused on customer satisfaction through quarterly customer scorecard
- Smarter, more efficient way of delivering transit


Increase to State Transportation Operating Assistance (STOA) Proposed:
2012 $56.4 million
2013 $61.6
An increase of $5.2 million or 9.2%


Negotiated 3% Wage Increases Effective April 1, 2013:
Top Operator rate: From $27.73/hour to $28.56

Top Technician rate: From $29.50/hour to $30.39


New Technology Infrastructure:
- Current technology very outdated
- Issued comprehensive RFP in late 2012
- Will select vendor in June
- New infrastructure will enable:
* GPS-based technology to improve on-time performance
* Tools to enable us to actively intervene in real time to solve service issues
* Next Bus arrival time on smartphones & signs
* Improved access to information for people with disabilities


Other Service Initiatives:
- Improve On-Time-Performance in: Able Ride & Fixed Route
- Analyze opportunity for use of articulated fleet
- Increase active fixed route fleet from 297 to 317


5 year capital plan:
- 43 CNG buses (40 ft) 2013....$21.4 Million
- ITS Customer Information & Vehicle Location/Monitoring System 2013.... $9 Millon
- 70 CNG buses (40 ft) 2014-2016....$36.6 Million
- 103 CNG buses (40 ft) 2018-2019....~$55 Million
- 4 Paratrnsit vehicles 2013....$240k
- 66 Paratransit vehicles 2013-2016 ....~$3 Million
- 26 Paratransit vehicles 2017 .... $1.2 Million


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