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Amendments to Fixed Route Service Standards
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DESCRIPTION: Requesting the approval of updates to the RTA's Fixed Route Service Standards
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ACTION REQUEST:
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RECOMMENDATION:
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Authorize the Chief Executive Officer to implement proposed amendments to the RTA's Fixed Route Service Standards Policy.
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ISSUE/BACKGROUND:
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In March of 2021, the RTA Board of Commissioners adopted a new Fixed Route Service Standards policy to provide clear and equitable standards by which fixed route service was planned, developed, and implemented. After utilizing this policy for the RTA staff recommend the following updates and additions to improve its effectiveness:
- Addition of Access Metrics
- Update of the Schedule Reliability framework
- Adjustment of route productivity measures.
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DISCUSSION:
The RTA staff seek to make the following updates to the Fixed Route Service Standards policy:
Access Metrics:
The RTA's 20-Year Strategic Mobility Plan identify a number of different categories to which transit access should be measured to help determine system effectiveness. They are access to jobs, high-frequency transit lines, and key destinations like major healthcare facilities, community health facilities, libraries, and parks. The following access metrics will be added to the Service Standards:
* Percentage of jobs in Orleans and Jefferson parishes that the average household within RTA's service area can reach within 60 minutes by transit during peak and off-peak hours.
* Percentage of households in the service area within 60 minutes by transit of a major healthcare facility during typical office hours.
* Percentage of households in the service area within 30 minutes by transit of a community health center during typical office hours.
* Percentage of households in the service area within 30 minutes by transit of a major park or recreati...
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