Mike Wiley

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PUBLIC TRANSIT Coping With Declining Revenues
Along With Rising Ridership
Mike Wiley General Manager/CEO Sacramento
Regional Transit District
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State of California
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THE NOT SO GOOD NEWS . . .

• What Brought Us Here?
• The State faced a 15 billion budget gap and
  appropriated dedicated transit funding to fill
  the gap
• 1.4 billion in transportation funding identified
  as component of FY 2009 state budget solution
• Transit Agencies depend on these funding
  allocations for both operating and capital
  purposes

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• State Budget Impacts to
• RTs Operating Budget
• Five Percent Reduction in Bus Service
• Fare Increases Implemented in January 2009
• Deferring Hiring as Long as Possible
• Significantly Limited Non-Essential Expenditures

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Increasingly Unpredictable Fuel Prices
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Ridership

• People are using public transportation more than
  ever and ridership on RT is UP!

• Light rail service showed highest ridership
  increases
• Record setting, double-digit percentage increases
• Continued trend
• Five to ten percent ridership increase in FY 09
• Positive increases in fare recovery ratio

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• Over 3,000 residents participated in Transit
  Master Plan surveys
• 80 percent of those surveyed preferred an
  extensive transit network, which includes a major
  increase in transit service
• Frequent, reliable quality service
• Extended light rail
• Additional bus service 250 increase BRT
  Neighborhood Ride
• Use of streetcars
• Complete streets with signage
• Additional safety and security

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2035 Tier 3 Network
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Downtown Natomas Airport Extension
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Township 9 Transit Station
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Historic Folsom TOD
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15-Minute Walk Catchment of Entire Network 86 of
population 90 of employment Including
land-use sensitivity, catchment increases to 94
and 99
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Congestion CO2
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Future Focus

• Funding Expansion and Operations
• What is the Public Willing to Pay
• Individual Neighborhood/Jurisdiction Transit
  Components

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Financial Panel Recommendations
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Streetcar Tower Bridge
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Streetcar Cal Expo
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Bus Rapid Transit Stockton Boulevard
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Complete Streets
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Preserve Dedicated Transit Funding Help your
local, state and federal elected representatives
understand your regions priority to protect
public transit services and transportation
financing
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• Thank You!