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Recommendation to Endorse the Draft Goals for AC Transit's Comprehensive Operations Analysis. (Transportation 4227287)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
At the request of the AC Transit/City of Alameda Inter-Liaison Committee (ILC), AC Transit is beginning a comprehensive operations analysis (COA) to improve and expand AC Transit services in the City of Alameda (City). At this time, staff is requesting that the City Council endorse the draft COA service goals for future bus services in the City.
BACKGROUND
The City's 2018 Transportation Choices Plan and 2019 Climate Action and Resiliency Plan set goals for significant mode shift for existing Alameda residents, employees and visitors requiring enhanced and expanded transit options to successfully achieve these goals (Exhibit 2). Additionally, as new residential and commercial developments create new transit-oriented mixed-use neighborhoods in Alameda Point and other areas, the transit network must expand to serve these growing areas to facilitate seamless travel both on and off the island.
AC Transit is beginning a comprehensive operations analysis (COA) to improve and expand AC Transit services in the City. AC Transit does not currently have the financial resources available to provide service at the levels described by the draft service goals described below. Nevertheless, a primary purpose of the COA effort is to identify the funding that would be necessary to provide the services needed to meet the service goals. Once AC Transit and the City know the costs to provide the services, the City can more effectively assist AC Transit regionally and locally in the effort to identify and pursue the necessary funds. The City and the local development community are currently providing funds to AC Transit for the supplemental services and EasyPasses in the Northern Waterfront and for EasyPasses in Alameda Point, and will be providing financial support for ad...
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