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TransportationCommission | 2006-06-28 | 3 | Mr. Bruzzone said that it could be done, but a problem is that AC Transit charges for transfers. Commissioner Parker asked if AC Transit is looking at the prior studies that have been done on it? She didn't think that AC Transit's issues are unique or that the solutions have not been addressed before. Mr. Bruzzone said that AC Transit has the ability to track every bus using GPS, but the system is not integrated into the scheduling system, so they can't relate this to where the buses are supposed to be. The on-going process of the GPS scheduling inter phrase is going on 5 years. It takes a very long time to influence schedule changes because of institutional issues - the contract has to be reviewed several times with the drivers. Chair Knox White asked how confident he was on the effectiveness of the new scheduling. Mr. Bruzzone said that it will at least work better than the current system. The schedule insures that 95% of the buses will leave the terminal on time and that is what they are aiming for. Chair Knox White asked if the new schedules are implemented and there is still an issue on bunching, would this become an operations issue? One issue is that residents do not want to wait long periods of time for a bus and if they do they will eventually want to find another mode of transportation. Mr. Bruzzone said that once the schedule improvements have been made, it would be an operations issue, and that the appropriate place to discuss any concerns at that time would be the Interagency Liaison Committee (ILC). He noted that the operations department is trying to add more supervisors, and that the new manager rides the 51 bus, so she is familiar with the problems first hand. But despite the commitment of staff, there are many constraints. Commissioner Krueger mentioned that dedicated lanes are needed for the transit in order to get reliability. Has seen bunching on Sundays when there are no games or other events that would cause the bunching. Mr. Bruzzone said that this is mostly a schedule problem and that it would be fixed with the proposed changes. Commissioner Krueger said that he noticed buses bunching at the beginning of the route and asked what percentage are leaving on time. Mr. Bruzzone said that it is difficult to get this information because the way the data is recorded it doesn't indicate if the buses are arriving or leaving. However, AC Transit is working on improving this system. 3 | TransportationCommission/2006-06-28.pdf |