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ProposedTransitFareIncrease

OpenHouses

March26 31,2011

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Whyafareincrease?

FY12CityofTucsonbudgetshortfall MayorandCouncildirectedTransitTaskForceto

recommendamethodtogenerate$1.6millionin

revenues

from

transit Transitstaffpresentedfarescenariosdesignedto

meet$1.6milliongoal

Task

Force

evaluated

scenarios,

made

recommendationtoMayorandCouncil

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Whyafareincrease?

Dieselfuelhasincreased

275%inthelast

elevenyears

96

$3.60

2000

Now

Sun Tran Fuel purchase 3/24/11

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FareHistory

Last

fare

increase

August

2009Nochangeineconomyfare

Basefareincreased25centsto$1.25

Expressfareincreased50centsto$1.50

Lasteconomyfareincreasewas11yearsago,from35to40cents.

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CostRecovery

Full farecustomers payfor 33.6% of the

cost of their ride.

Economy farecustomers payfor 8.6% of the

cost of their ride.

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Ridership&Revenue

Fiscal Year-to-DateFebruary 2011

Ridership Passenger Revenue

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USTransitComparison

City

of

Tucsons

fare

structure

is

below

the

US

average1:

SunTransoperatingefficiencyandridershiplevels

arebetterthanorcomparabletosimilarsizetransitagencies2

Sources:

1) APTA 2010 Public Transportation Fare Database

2) National Transit Database 2009

USAvg SunTran

One

way $

1.50 $

1.25Monthlypass $50.38 $35.00

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Howareothertransitsystemsdealingwithbudgetshortfalls?

3of4transitagenciescutserviceorconsideringservicecuts

3of4raisedfaresorconsideringfare

increaseinthefuture

Morethanhalfreportedareductioninthe

number

of

positions,

either

through

attrition

orlayoffs

Source: Impacts of the Recession on Public

Transportation Agencies, March 2010, APTA

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WhathasSunTrandone?

Significantadministrativesavingshavebeenmadetoavoidonstreetservicecuts: Vacancymanagement

SincestartofRTAin2006,serviceincreasedby18.1%,yetstaffdecreasedby4.5%

Layoffsaffecting15positionsatSunTran/SunVan

Closed

transit

center

information

booths Wagesfrozenforpastthreeyears

Health/welfarebenefitsreduced

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Whataboutotherrevenuesources?

Therearenonewsourcesofrevenue,noadditionalGeneralFunddollars

Expansionofbusadvertisinghasbeenconsidered,howeverpotentialrevenueisnotenoughtoavoidfareincreasesorservicecuts

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Whatifthereisnofareincrease?

Thoughitisanundesirableoption,therewilllikelybeservicecuts

75%ofridersdependonSunTran Dependentridershavenootherwaytogettojobs,school,medicalappointments,orshopping

Possiblylongerwaitsforbuses,orportionsofrouteseliminated

Anyservicecutwillhaveanegativeimpactonridership Cutswillresultinajoblossesfordriversandmechanics

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Currentvs.ProposedFaresProposed Fare

Fare Categories Current Fare Effective July 1, 2011FullFare

Cash $ 1.25 $ 1.50MonthlyPass $ 35.00 $ 42.00StoredValue $ 12.50 $ 15.00Stored2Ride $ 2.50 $ 3.00

Quarterly $ 94.00 Eliminated

EconomyCash $ .40 $ .60Monthly $ 12.00 $ 18.00StoredValue $ 4.00 $ 6.00

Stored2Ride $ .80 $ 1.20

DayPass $ 3.00 $ 3.50

Children5andunder Free Free

(whenaccompaniedbyanadult)

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Currentvs.ProposedFaresProposed Fare

Fare Categories Current Fare Effective July 1, 2011Express

Cash $ 1.50 $ 2.00Monthly $ 42.00 $ 56.00

AeroPark

Cash $ 2.00 $ 2.00Monthly $ 56.00 $ 56.00StoredValue $ 40.00 $ 40.00

CollegeSemester $144.00 $173.00

Annual $344.00 $413.00

SunVanFullFare $ 2.50 $ 3.00Economy $ .80 $ 1.20

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Smart

Card

Fare

Payment

SunTranwilllaunchanewsmartcardsystemlaterthisyear

ProjectcompletelyfundedbytheRTAin2008

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Smart

Card

Benefits

Speedsupboardingprocess Valuecanbeaddedtothecard

Multiplelocationstopurchaseoraddvalue

Economyfarescanbepurchasedonline

CandoubleasreducedfareID

Canbereplacediflostorstolen

EnableseasytransfersbetweenSunTran,SunExpress,SunShuttleandthenewmodernstreetcar

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Smart

Card

Fare

Options

Day

Pass

Abilitytopurchaseinadvance

Willbevalidfor24hoursinsteadofexpiringatmidnight

DiscounteddaypasswillreplaceNonprofit2ride

passes,offeringclientstheabilitytomakemultipletripsonasinglepass

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Smart

Card

Fare

Options

30

Day

Pass

Canbeusedfor30consecutivedays,activated

uponfirstuse Allowsgreaterpurchasingflexibility canbe

activatedanydayofthemonth

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Smart

Card

Fare

Options

Cash

value

Customerscanloadupto$200onacard

Properfarewillbededucteduponboarding,whetheritbeanexpressfare,aregularfare,orasurcharge

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Smart

Card

Fare

Options

Transfers Foreaseofboarding,customersusingasmart

cardwillcontinuetoreceivefreetransfers

Customerstransferringfromalowercostrouteto

ahighercostroutewillpaythedifferencebetweenfareswhentheytransfer

Onewaycashpaymentstillavailable Customerspayingwithcashwillpayafareeach

timetheyboard

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PublicHearing

Tuesday,April12th5:30p.m.

CityHallCouncilChambers

255W.Alameda

MayorandCouncilwilldecideonfareincreasetobecomeeffectiveJuly1,2011

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