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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.
Fiscal Year-to-DateFebruary 2011
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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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