HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 1993 1020 CC REG ITEM 11EAGENDA REPORT
CITY OF MOORPARK
ITEM
TO: Honorable City Council
FROM: Mary R. Lindley, Assistant to the City Manager,
IN
DATE: October 12, 1993 (CC Meeting of October 20)
SUBJECT: Consider Approval of the Proposed Bus Route
Revisions
Background
Staff and the Transportation and Streets Committee (Councilmembers
Hunter and Wozniak) are proposing that Council consider approving
revisions to the City's bus route which would include extending bus
service to Villa Del Arroyo Mobile Home Park and deleting
underutilized sections of the route.
The City currently operates a fixed route bus system using one bus
which makes a loop of the City on one hour head -ways (head -way is
is the amount of time it takes the bus to complete one route) . See
Attachment A for a map of the existing bus route. The bus and bus
driver are under contract with Antelope Bus Service.
In addition, the City also provides paratransit bus service, using
the same bus, to physically challenged individuals who have been
certified as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
To date, the City has only one certified paratransit rider. Three
other eligible paratransit riders have requested certification
pending Council's actions on the proposed bus route revisions at
its October 20 meeting.
The three individuals requesting paratransit certification live in
Villa Del Arroyo Mobile Home Park. ADA regulations require
paratransit systems to extend service at a minimum of 3/4 of a mile
radius around the fixed route. Villa Del Arroyo is slightly over
a mile from the closest point on the City's existing fixed route.
Therefore, the City is not required to provide paratransit service
to the mobile home park but is also not prevented from doing so on
its own accord.
Proposed Bus Route Revisions
October 12, 1993
Page 2
Staff conducted several test runs to determine the approximate
amount of time needed to extend paratransit service to Villa Del
Arroyo Mobile Home Park. The time from Campus Park Drive and to
the entrance to the park and back is six minutes. Additional time
will be needed to enter the park and board passengers.
Not only is time a factor in determining the feasibility of
extending paratransit service to Villa Del Arroyo, the City must
also consider the possible inequity of not providing fixed route
bus service to the mobile home residents that do not qualify for
paratransit service. The Committee considered this matter and,
along with staff, is recommending that bus service to Villa Del
Arroyo be extended for both paratransit and fixed route service.
In order to accommodate the extension of the service while
maintaining the one hour head -way, the City needs to delete under
utilized sections of the current route. The Committee and staff
propose deleting sections of the route along: 1) Southhampton and
Christian Barrett, which is currently not used by any rider, and 2)
the loop up Mountain Trail and down Mountain Meadow, which would be
replaced by stops on Tierra Rejada at Mountain Trail and Mountain
Meadows.
At this time, staff is not able to estimate the possible ridership
that may be generated from Villa Del Arroyo, but it is anticipated
the extension of service will increase ridership and the fare box
return. If after six months the City does not have sufficient
ridership to justify the extension of service, staff will return
this item to Council for reconsideration.
Recommendation
The Transportation and Streets Committee and staff recommend that
Council approve the revisions to the City's bus route as outlined
in the staff report.
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