FY05 Budget Proposal

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FY05 Budget Proposal

• March 4, 2004

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Presentation Overview

• FY04 ridership and improvements
• FY05 background
• FY05 anticipated outcomes
• FY05 budget highlights
• Looking beyond FY05

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Rail and Bus Ridership SettingNew Highs

• Cumulative Growth
• Rail Bus Avg. annual
  growth rate
• Bus Rail
• 1/01 1/02 13 15 15 13
• 1/01 1/03 32 37 15 17
• 1/01 1/04 41 44 12 13

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Ridership growth rates Why have they slowed?

• VRE
• Limited available seating
• Parking shortages
• Bus
• Fare increase reduced OmniLink ridership more
  than anticipated
• Transitional difficulties resulting from
  contractor change

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FY04 Bus Service Improvements

• PRTC Website enhancement (August 03)
• Delivery of 8 MCI buses (September 03)
• Implementation of Fare/Ticketing Plan Phase I
  (October 03)
• Added trips to relieve crowding (October 03 and
  February 04)
• MDTs Phase I operational (November 03)
• Customers perceptions of service quality have
  rebounded (January 04), marking end of transition
  better now in most areas than WMATA at its best

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FY04 Rail Service Improvements

• Gallery cars introduced to expand seating
  capacity (November 03 and incrementally
  thereafter)
• New ticket vending machines fully implemented
  (January 04)
• Expanded parking to ease shortage at Rippon
  (March 04)
• New AMTRAK agreement through end of FY05 (March
  04) to afford time for negotiation of longer-term
  agreement
• Train tracking program enhancement (Train
  Brain) implemented (March 04)

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FY05 Background Observations

• Follows Commission's adopted budget principles
• Summary of principles
• Existing service expansion allowance to handle
  ridership growth
• Phase II fare/ticketing plan for bus services
  deferred to FY06
• Bus service formerly supported by reimbursable
  funding to be sustained with local funds
• Additional Ride/Link services
• Saturday Link service for easterly Link routes
• Linton Hall Ride service
• Ridgefield Road Ride service
• OmniLink subsidy allocation formula change
  adopted by Commission to achieve equitable cost
  sharing
• Embraces PRTC share of VRE budget as accepted by
  commissions

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Anticipated FY05 Outcomes -- Bus

• New all-time ridership high
• Continued gains in customer satisfaction
• Award contract for as many as 21 OmniRide buses
• Delivery of 18 Gillig buses
• New fareboxes installed
• Rehabilitation of 17 OmniRide buses
• Land Acquisition/Environmental Assessment for
  Transit Center parking expansion
• Updated bus service improvement plan

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Anticipated FY05 Outcomes -- Rail

• All gallery cars placed in service to expand
  seating capacity
• Parking expansion
• Surface lots completed _at_ Woodbridge, Broad Run,
  and Old Town Manassas
• Deck plans fully designed _at_ Old Town Manassas and
  Burke
• New rolling stock procurement plans prepared
• Mid-day yard storage capacity expansion plans
  finalized

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FY05 Local Subsidy in Brief
Jurisdiction FY04
FY05 Chg Prince William 5.183M
6.192M 19 Manassas .388M .332M
(14) Manassas Park .120M .149M
24 Stafford .054M .045M
(17) Fredericksburg .026M .024M
(8) PRTC Local Subsidy 5.771M 6.742M
17 (Excluding VRE) VRE Subsidy (from PRTC
3.151M 3.148M 0
Jurisdictions) Total PRTC Subsidy
8.922M 9.890M 11
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Looking Beyond FY05 -- Bus

• Expanded Bus Service
• Increased OmniRide Route One service (FY06)
• Supplemental OmniLink Route One service (FY06)
• Possible longer-term service additions as
  outgrowths of updated bus service plan and
  prospective HOT lanes
• Transit Center parking expansion

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Looking Beyond FY05 -- Rail

• Capacity expansion as envisioned by completed
  strategic plan and as resources allow
• Possible system extensions
• Long-term agreement with AMTRAK ensuring terminal
  access rights

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FY06 FY09 Local Subsidy Implications
__ _ FY06___ FY07___
_FY08___FY09_ PWC 7.617M
6.742M 6.632M 6.697M Manassas
.337M .330M .329M
.339M Manassas Park .151M .148M
.147M .151M Stafford
.046M .033M .019M
.019M Fredericksburg .024M____.018M____
_.010M___ _.010M Total
8.175M 7.271M 7.137M
7.216M (Excluding VRE) VRE Subsidy
3.492M 3.758M___4.096M 7.747M
from PRTC Jurisdictions) Total Subsidy
11.667M 11.029M 11.233M 14.963M
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Projected Fuel Tax Revenue
Fredericksburg
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Projected Fuel Tax Fund Balances
Stafford
Prince William
Fredericksburg
Manassas
Manassas Park