Prince George Transit : Fall 2017 Expansion February 2017

Background Background 2,500 hours expansion funding Transit Future Plan recommendations Statutory holiday service Service improvements on weekends Public outreach Survey and Talktober open houses Analysis Route performance and ridership The Transit Future Plan sets a transit mode share target of four percent for all trips in 25 years. Modal share is a transportation term that describes the percentage of travelers using a particular method of transportation such as walking, cycling, transit or automobile. Background

Public outreach Who rides this service? Which routes do they use? 25% UNBC students 4% seniors Which routes do they use? Rt 88/89 & 15 How often do they ride? 2 to 3 times a day Public outreach

Public outreach (dis)Satisfaction with transit service Dissatisfaction with shelter unavailability (in)Convenience of transit service Inconvenient travel times Public outreach

Network challenges Challenges Route 1/11 schedule in consistency Route 46/47 circuitous Route duplication along Massey Dr. Route 17/18 low usage routes Route 88 routing Route 16 weekend routing New growth area Challenges

Route performance Analysis Route 15 highest boardings, 12 boardings per trip, carries close to 60 people per hour Route 5 fourth highest boardings, no Sunday service Route 18 lowest ridership route Route 17, 46/47 low ridership routes Annual boardings Analysis

Recommendations Recommendations Add service on remaining statutory holidays Improve span of service on Sundays Improve frequency of service on Saturday on FTN routes Minor route changes to improve efficiency, provide schedule consistency and decrease travel time on some routes The first steps should be to identify transit facility functional requirements and identify and evaluate potential facility site options. Recommendations

Statutory Holidays Recommendations Fiscal Year 2016/2017 Labour Day Thanksgiving Day Remembrance Day Boxing Day Family Day Good Friday Victoria Day Canada Day BC Day Labour Day Sept. 5th 2017 Partial Implementation of statutory holidays Sept 5 - service expansion implementation, increased Sunday and statutory holiday span Recommendations

Route span Recommendations

Communication Materials Next Steps Council Report Refining Schedules Communication Materials Spreading word Implementation February to June 2017 May to August 2017 August 2017 September 2017 Questions??? Next steps