Gabe Taba | Naeem Farooqi City of Windsor | WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff Long-Term Sustainable Transit Asset Management Models

Background Originally known as the Sandwich, Windsor & Amherstburg Railway (SW&A), public transportation has served Windsor since 1850 and the City of Windsor stakes claim to several historic firsts on the national public transportation scene

Making History Canada's first electric street railway began operating in Windsor on May 28, 1886 Windsor became the first Canadian city with an all-electric transit system in 1891 Canada's first trolley bus operation was the Lincoln Road line in the Windsor suburb of Walkerville, which commenced public service on May 4, 1922.

Making History From the beginning of buses in Windsor in 1938, the SW&A Railway earned the reputation of operating one of the best-maintained transit fleets in Canada, a reputation proven by numerous maintenance awards that continues to this day. Ridership surged and peaked in 1945 with over 39 million passengers. At the end of the war, Windsor was operating 177 Fords, the largest such fleet in Canada.

Operations Overview Service Area: 121,000 square km Operating Data: 6.3 million passenger trips annually 268 staff working out of 131,000 sq.ft central facility Weekday service consists of 84 revenue fleet vehicles that service 13 primary routes to cover peak hour demand 770 hours of daily revenue fleet time (286,419 revenue hours annually)

Operations Overview Operating/Fleet Data: 12 transit buses, 102 of which are fully accessible 26 percent of total fleet is using alternative fuel Avg. revenue fleet vehicle age is 11.3 years 3 million litres clean diesel fuel annually 5.7 million km driven annually 72 buses in service during peak weekends and evenings Special International border service and special event service Greyhound service and support

Industry Overview Naeem’s Comments

Industry Overview Naeem’s Comments

Asset Management Plans City of Windsor AMP: Roads and structures Sanitary and storm water infrastructure Water reclamation Corporate Facilities Parks Information Technology Corporate fleet Public Transit???

Project Deliverables Transit Windsor asset inventory data gathering Asset evaluation and criteria development Fleet lifecycle costing 20-year lifecycle costing modelling; In-house rebuilt program cost comparison In-house rebuilt strategy and recommendation Review of scheduled maintenance practice vs. industry practice Provide scheduled maintenance recommendations for TW Development of KPIs for maintenance and asset tracking Business case development Transit skills compatibility analysis.

Current State The good: Transit Windsor has strong management in place with recent history of positive change management results Skilled trades department has very strong workforce producing very positive results Transit Windsor has a positive maintenance personnel to bus ratio Transit Windsor facilities are more than adequate to manage its current operations with room for potential expansion

Current State Room for Improvement: Average fleet age is 11.3 years Oldest assets approaching 30 years Bus spare ratio of 33% (sample avg. is 22.5%) Mean Distance between Failures for study year is 6394.89 km (industry avg. is 10,000 – 12,000 kilometres) Rebuild program inefficiencies with potential savings of 64% left on table Overall asset condition rating of Poor based on sample asset inspections MTO inspections schedule of 3 months (industry average is 12 months)

Asset Analysis Diesel vs Diesel Electric Hybrid Comparison Cost Comparison Diesel Hybrid Net Difference /Year Capital Cost per Bus $464,584 $615,345   Annual Kilometres 53,000 Fuel Cost / Kilometres 0.559 0.481 Maintenance Cost / Kilometre 0.170 0.338 Capital Cost / Year $25,810 $34,186 Fuel Cost / Year $29,627 $25,493 Avg. Annual Capital + Fuel $55,438 $59,680 $4,242 Potential Extraordinary Maintenance Batteries $25,000 Electronic Control Modules $200,000 Allison Drive Module $100,000 Total $325,000 Avg. Annual Extraordinary Maintenance $0 $18,056 Additional Life Costs / Hybrid $77,734 $22,298

Project Outcomes Annual Cost Comparison Actual 2014 Projected Bus Life in Years Up to 30 Years 18 16 14 12 Average Annual Replacement Qty. 6.5 5.7 6.4 7 8 Direct Maintenance $2,657,927 $2,381,898 $2,186,857 $2,111,288 $1,976,043 Diesel Fuel $3,112,026 $3,059,483 $3,035,883 $3,024,980 $2,998,309 PM Backlog Potential Costs $116,000 $150,000 $0 PowerTrain Rebuild $188,898 Actual Total Operating Expenditures $6,074,851 $5,780,279 $5,561,638 $5,475,166 $5,163,250   Potential Cost Savings $294,572 $513,213 $599,685 $911,601

Project Outcomes Annual Cost Comparison Actual 2014 Projected Bus Life in Years Up to 30 Years 18 16 14 12 Average Annual Replacement Qty. 6.5 5.7 6.4 7 8 Used Bus Purchases $142,865 $0 Mid Life Overhaul $678,541 $763,359 $838,198 Annual Capital - New Buses $3,741,881 $2,638,309 $2,968,098 $3,259,088 $3,724,672 Salvage ($29,862) ($12,087) ($19,125) ($42,000) ($64,000) Warranty Claims ($6,786) ($5,916) ($6,656) ($7,308) ($8,352) Actual Total Capital Expenditures $3,848,098 $3,298,847 $3,705,676 $4,047,978 $3,652,320   Potential Cost Savings $549,251 $142,422 ($199,880) $195,778 Total Annual Expenditures $9,922,949 $9,079,126 $9,267,314 $9,523,144 $8,815,570 Total Cost Savings $843,823 $655,635 $399,805 $1,107,379

Questions? Contact Me: Contact Me: Gabe Taba Naeem Farooqi City of Windsor gtaba@citywindsor.ca Contact Me: Naeem Farooqi WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff Naeem.Farooqi@wspgroup.com