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TransportationCommission | 2016-01-27 | 5 | are concerned about. However, she said the standard practice when providing service within Alameda County was to check for requirements in order to maintain driver standards. She also mentioned that ACTC contracts with them. Commissioner Miley referred to the budget and he wondered how much they are expecting annually from Measures B and BB. He asked Rochelle Wheeler if the $360,000 is to remain flat or grow or are they conservative with those estimates. He further explained that currently they are spending $100,000 over revenues if you do not count the surplus. So, he was concerned that the City may expand and grow the service faster than the revenues coming in. Rochelle Wheeler replied the revenue goes up and estimates are received every year from ACTC and go up minimally each year. She acknowledged Commissioner Miley's point and said staff would analize this. Commissioner Miley stated that getting to BART is important to provide connections to regional services. He inquired about whether the program provides travel training to work or offer travel training services. Rochelle Wheeler said they are not conducting travel training now. Yet, that could be something they look into or they could partner with some of the groups that are currently doing this. Commissioner Bellows opened the floor for public comment. Arnold Brillinger stated that he uses the Thursday shuttle and most of the passengers get on and off at the Trader Joes at South Shore Center and Mastick Senior Center. Commissioner Schatmeier replied that the reason he asked about the data because way back when the City considered implementing a shuttle he voted against the proposal because the shuttle design breaks a whole lot of transportation rules. He explained that the shuttle schedule had limited days and hours and required lots of money for service that is less than the disabled should have. He thought the City could beef up other paratransit services, but he has been pleasantly surprised by the ridership although they break all the rules. He felt maybe there is a way to fix the service by looking to see if there are single destinations and origins that dominate. He believed three different routes are not necessary if the Mastick Senior Center and Trader Joes dominate every route. He said to send these shuttles where no one is going does not make sense to him. He would like to see higher frequencies where the same route runs on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday every 30 minutes then passengers can count on something. He thought a consultant could look into this idea. Arnold Brillinger replied they do have a tally that the shuttle drivers mark down when the riders board. He said there is a stop near his home and for a year, he called Staff Payne once a month asking when the stop become active. Staff Payne eventually said they have to change the schedule and a few other things, but she did call him back to state that his persistence paid off and the stop will be there. Commissioner Miley stated that he was encouraged to hear this factored into the TDM transportation planning process because it is important. He reiterated the questions about the Page 5 of 16 | TransportationCommission/2016-01-27.pdf |