Transportation Fee FY2016 January 16, 2015

2 Services Provided by Transportation Stinger Buses - Three routes with 10 buses operating weekdays and two grocery shuttle buses on weekends. GLC to Clough Commons Shuttle – Two 12-passenger vans operates weekdays - peak morning and late afternoon hours. Tech Trolley – Six continuously running trolleys operating weekdays, and during reduced weekend hours. Midnight Rambler – Evening trolley service 7 days a week from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. -Fall and Spring semesters. Stingerette – Student disability transport weekdays and after- hours transportation 7 days per week. Emory Shuttle – Operates weekdays Georgia Tech/Emory Other Programs – Carpool, BuzzBike, Zimride, Metro transit pass program.

3 Transportation Funding Transportation Services is a self-supported auxiliary unit primarily funded by student fees. Sources of Transportation revenue include: –Student Fees –Institute Allocation (to support Stinger/Trolley Faculty/Staff ridership) –Charter Revenue –Emory Shuttle –Transit advertising Reserve funds budgeted for FY15

4 Transportation Current Fee/Service Current Student Fees - $81 Fall/Spring & $54 Summer allow Transportation Services to provide to following: –Approx. 27,000 annual vehicle hours of service for the Stinger Red, Blue, Green routes and Grocery Shuttle –Approx. 21,000 annual vehicle hours of service for the Tech Trolley and Midnight Rambler –Approx. 1,200 hours of service for the GLC/Clough Commons Shuttle –Approx. 22,000 hours of service for the Stingerette services

5 Transportation Historical Fee Levels

6 Transportation Financial Data

7 FY2016 Transportation Fee Recommendations $3 fee increase –Maintains existing operational service levels $5 increase – ($3 current service + $2 additional trolley) –Provide for a new Express Tech Square/CULC Route 2 trolleys (or Stingers) on the route Service operates from 7:30 am to 7:30 pm Route will only operate for the fall and spring semesters Frequency of service is planned for 7-8 minutes - The final details on routing within Tech Square and stops to be determined. –Existing Trolley Service 4 trolleys would operate service on the existing Tech Trolley route - slight reduction in service hours on the current route; however, these hours are proposed to be reallocated to the new service. During AM and PM commuter times, one trolley added to the Tech Trolley route, bringing the total trolleys in service to 5. Span of service on the current Tech Trolley route will not change (remains 5:45 am to 10:14 pm). The existing stop at Publix would be limited to service after 5:00 pm.

8 Trolley Service – Publix Grocery Stop Trolley Publix Stop limited to after 5:00 pm to balance rides – allowing riders to board at Tech Square Data shows majority of students not using the stop for groceries before 5:00 pm Tech Trolley Grocery Stop Ridership (sample study) –Average Ridership – approx. 300 boarding each weekday Approximately 83% occur before 5:00 pm –Riders with shopping/grocery bags before 5:00 p.m. Approximately 20% of the riders – close to 50 boarding each weekday Will continue to evaluate ridership at Grocery stop to determine future time adjustment Students will still have an opportunity to purchase groceries after 5:00 pm at Publix, Wal-Mart (anytime), and during the weekend grocery run to Atlantic Station

9 Express Tech Square / CULC Proposed Route* *Route has not yet been finalized.

10 Additional Trolley (Cost/Benefits/Challenges) Cost –The changes will add approx. 1,448 annual vehicle hours, with added operating cost of $99k+. Benefits –Additional trolley capacity to/from Tech Square –With the current 6 minute headway (as scheduled), there are 10 trips per hour to/from TS. The proposed change would increase trips to 14 during base period and 16 during peak periods Challenges –Education – Learning curve for users with both routes operating through TS. –Slight reduction frequency of service to MARTA Midtown Station during the day. Peak commuting times frequencies would change from the current 6 minutes to 7 minutes; and during daytime base periods, the frequency would be approximately 9 minutes.

11 FY2016 Additional Transportation Considerations Optional Services: Modify/Split the Green Route to operate between 14 th Street and the HUB (a reduction of 1.9 miles); and create a new route serving NARA/TEP and the HUB requiring one additional vehicle = $4 fee increase One additional Para-transit driver = $1 fee increase Addition of a Bike Coordinator = $1 fee increase

12 Consequences If Fee Request Not Approved Reduction in Service –Stinger (includes GLC/Clough shuttle) – approximately 1,150 annual service hours; or –Trolley (includes Midnight Rambler) – approximately 1,069 annual service hours And/or Use of reserve funds to cover projected FY16 Operating loss –Resulting in less than one month operating expenses remaining

13 Transportation Services Questions