{"body": "CityofAlameda-ACTransitInteragencyLiaisonCommittee(ILC)", "date": "2018-01-03", "page": 1, "text": "Alameda/AC Transit Inter-Agency Liaison Committee\nJanuary 3, 2018 Meeting Notes\nAttendees: President Ortiz, Chris Peeples, CM Ashcraft\nAC Transit Ridership\nGail - Line 96 increase in ridership likely due the start of EasyPasses at the\ncollaborative\nCM Ashcraft - why is transit ridership dropping\nLine 51A\nCapital improvements\nGail - bus stop relocations were a key to this project\nOrtiz - what do we do to remedy customer complaints - how do we change culture?\nSal talked about courtesy\nAshcraft - how do we address pass-ups?\nRobert - can't add buses and operators, but we can adjust fleet size\nSal - ride-a-line will come into affect\nPeeples - can we put artics on the 51a?\nAndrew Thomas - is there correlation between ridership and customer\ncomplaints\nAshcraft - is there a correlation between customer feedback and ridership?\nPeeples - if you compare complaints to ridership, the 51 could be the\nlowest percentage of complaints\nOrtiz - we take complaints such as no-shows very seriously\nThomas - if you add the Line 19 into the 51 ridership looks similar to what it was\nbefore\nMaria Gallo - alameda needs to increase its advertising of transit\nElsa - there will be marketing this year of transit (Gail concurred)\nTony Cuttner - the predictions are often inaccurate\nLine 96\nGail explained the potential for extending Line 96 for employees at Alameda Point, but\nneed to keep the service cost neutral\nPeeples - what is the employee population of Alameda Point compared to Marina\nVillage?", "path": "CityofAlameda-ACTransitInteragencyLiaisonCommittee(ILC)/2018-01-03.pdf"}
{"body": "CityofAlameda-ACTransitInteragencyLiaisonCommittee(ILC)", "date": "2018-01-03", "page": 2, "text": "Andrew has reached out to Marina Village\nAshcraft - reach out to individual businesses include Alameda Unified; there is a\npotential for younger riders due to the type of businesses available in Marina Village\nAndrew - wants all of these businesses to be EasyPass holders\nAshcraft - willing to discuss with the school board; she is the liaison\nGail - line 19 could cover much of the loss of the 96\nAndrew - can we issue easy passes to businesses outside of the buffer zones in easy\npass\nPeeples - the premise for the buffer is to ensure that we don't issue\nEasyPasses that the public won't use\nAshcraft - lime bikes can help with the first and last mile issues\nLine 21\nGail - service is not hundred percent reliable\nAshcraft - has a reputation of being unreliable\nThomas - should we change approach and focus resources elsewhere?\nOrtiz - only 8 passengers? Should we focus this much resource here?\nAshcraft - we were hoping that AC Transit would be a good solution to a change in the\nparking policies\nOrtiz - what is the harbor bay ridership\nMichael G - about 600-700\nOrtiz - how are they getting there?\nMichael G - completing ridership survey shortly\n250 parking spaces were filled; also walking or riding bikes\nAshcraft - charging for parking helps but it may not pay for the shuttle\nThomas - ferry passengers are coming from nearby; is the line 21 a correct solution?\nMichael gougherty - people who aren't driving have other options. Parking policy can\nbetter balance demand - hired cdm smith to conduct a parking fee study based on a\nset of principles that WETA board approved. Harbor bay will be a pilot program to\nmeet the principles/goals. Hope to implement in August of 2018.\nElsa - does WETA have authority to charge parking?\nMichael - yes, we have authority\nAshcraft - does not see an issue with this\nAndrew - want to provide options\nGail - look into marketing all of the alternatives, including Line OX", "path": "CityofAlameda-ACTransitInteragencyLiaisonCommittee(ILC)/2018-01-03.pdf"}
{"body": "CityofAlameda-ACTransitInteragencyLiaisonCommittee(ILC)", "date": "2018-01-03", "page": 3, "text": "Michael G - appreciate the effort to improve the service; and it is a difficult connection\nto make with the ferry. Goal of the parking fee is to encourage other modes to connect\nto the ferry.\nAHSC\nMoving forward this month\nLooking for a larger bus for Llne W\nHigh-street\nNon-issue - buses are meeting regulations and the issue is the maintenance of the\nbridge; need to check with the county to improve\nAVL Status - testing the mini fleet right now\nOrtiz - will we have our own app?\nSal - unsure. If there is an additional cost, then no\nAshcraft - target date\nMini fleet will start at the end of January for 30 days; start full installation in\nFebruary if mini-fleet is successful\nAlameda Shuttle\nOrtiz - do we have a cost for the shuttle proposal?\nKuttner - we have rough numbers but not exact\nOrtiz - how would you finance?\nKuttner - need everyone to pay (businesses, residents) but free to the\nend user. Need funding source to be consistent.\nPeeples - everyone likes the shuttle, but only a third are willing to pay\nAshcraft - the study is supposed to look at funding sources and other planning\nlogistics\nKuttner - everyone wants this\nAshcraft - impressed with emery go-round service, but there is a cost\nMaria Bella - commends the effort; AC transit is large, but this is what works for City of\nAlameda\nKuttner - AC and Alameda will be cooperative\nTransbay Tomorrow\nGail - commends AC Transit for the effort and is opposed Line OX\nRM3 Update\nPoll financed by MTC shows support for going forward\nOrtiz - drive is to go with the June 2018 ballot", "path": "CityofAlameda-ACTransitInteragencyLiaisonCommittee(ILC)/2018-01-03.pdf"}
{"body": "CityofAlameda-ACTransitInteragencyLiaisonCommittee(ILC)", "date": "2018-01-03", "page": 4, "text": "Kuttner - can we break out the complaints as a percentage of ridership?\nGail - city budget allows for an increase with Easy Pass program. Is Island\ncontinuation or service sector employees an option?", "path": "CityofAlameda-ACTransitInteragencyLiaisonCommittee(ILC)/2018-01-03.pdf"}