LYNX FY2011 and FY2012 Budget Considerations Orange County Board of County Commissioners Linda S. Watson LYNX Chief Executive Officer February 23, 2010

Budget Trends Revenue Side - Local

Dealing With Budget Cuts 3 Year Trend Reduced Administrative Staff by 9% No Raises or Step Increases For 2 Years Department Budgets Slashed Fares Raised 17% And 14% In Consecutive Years Tapped Into Reserve Funds 2 Years Used Preventive Maintenance, JARC and New Freedom Funds Reduced Overtime Reduced Service and Implemented Additional Service Efficiencies

Service Reductions in Orange County

$12 Million Cumulative 2 Year Impact Budget Trends Revenue Side – Orange County

Going Backwards

Current And Future Light-rail Systems

BRT Systems Current Systems Albuquerque Baltimore Boston Cleveland Eugene Everett Houston Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Miami New York City North Bay Oakland Orange County Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Providence Reno Salt Lake City San Diego San Gabriel Valley San Jose Santa Monica Seattle Stockton Future Systems Denver, Colorado Fort Collins Hartford Minneapolis-St. Paul St. Louis Missouri San Antonio Tampa Richmond

64 Federally Funded Projects FTA PROJECTS, 2009 Final Design Denver LRT Hartford Busway Stamford Transitway Wilmington CRT Providence CRT Seattle LRT Preliminary Engineering Sacramento Phase 2 San Francisco Subway LRT Miami Metrorail Extension Orlando LYMMO Boston Phase 3 St. Paul Minneapolis LRT Charlotte LRT New Jersey Salt Lake City LRT Virginia Metro Extension Small Starts Flagstaff BRT Livermore BRT L.A. BRT Expansion L.A. Bus Only Lane Riverside San Bernardino BRT San Diego Rapid San Francisco BRT Fort Collins BRT Fitchburg CRT Impv Grand Rapids BRT Kansas City BRT Portland Streetcar Springfield BRT 32 NEW/SMALL STARTS, 2010 New Starts FFGA Phoenix LRT L.A. Gold Line Extension Denver Southeast LRT Denver West LRT Won DC Metro Ext. Chicago Line Extension Minneapolis-Big Lake Rail New Jersey N.Y. Rail Access N.Y. Subway Phase I Portland South LRT Pittsburgh LRT Dallas NW/SE LRT Salt Lake City LRT Salt Lake City CRT Extension Virginia Dulles Extension Seattle Central Link Seattle University LRT Extension Recommended FFGA Sacramento Phase 2 Orlando BRT New Jersey ESWA Houston North LRT Houston SE LRT Construction Agreement Springfield BRT Portland Streetcar Loop Small Starts Flagstaff BRT Livermore BRT L.A. Metro Gap L.A. Bus Lane Monterrey BRT Riverside San Bernardino BRT San Joaquin BRT Fort Collins BRT Roaring Fork Valley BRT Fitchburg CRT Kansas City BRT Austin BRT King County BRT King County South BRT

Rail Is On The Way

Legal Issues Courts forced Los Angeles County to spend $1 billion to buy buses, add service and maintain low fares after class action suit that alleged MTA had established “an expensive, boondoggle rail system … and a dilapidated deteriorated bus system for 94 percent of the riders, 81 percent of whom are people of color Class action lawsuit alleging MTC channeled funds to benefit predominantly white rail riders a the expense of bus riders of color. Suit was settled four years later with judge saying funding changes MTC made over four-year period made up for prior difference. Suit claims that regional funding has systematically under-funded inner-city bus and L train service for the benefit of suburban train lines, therefore denying equal transportation access to the region’s minority populations and violated federal and state law. Suit filed on Jan. 6, 2010.

Quick Summary Funding is down Falling behind peers Can’t adequately support rail Possible legal issues Need Financial Capacity

Dedicated Funding

Getting Up To Speed Requires Dedicated Funding ‘Smart ‘ Streets Connecting Transit and Land Use Walking And Bicycling Infrastructure Expansion Of Transit Services (Bus And Rail) New Transit Modes (Rail And Signature Express Bus) High Capacity Transit On Major Travel Corridors Constructing Turn Bays ‘Smart’ Shelters Traffic Channelization Lighting Improvements Reduced Neighborhood Traffic Bike Paths

Transit Supporters In Florida

They Did It …So Can We Phoenix 1% Sales Tax Charlotte Half Cent Sales Tax

You Are The Leaders “Florida may be on the verge of a transit renaissance. In our ten years of doing outreach and marketing for transit, we have never seen such general and across-the-board support for better public transit. Gas at $4 a gallon proved to be a tipping point.” Denis Eirikis President Clear Light Communications Inc.

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