3. Current System
• 17 Routes
• 85% of population within ¾ of a mile of routes
• Days
• Monday to Saturday
• Hours
• Mainly 6:00 am to 7:00 pm Monday to Friday
• 7:00 am to 6:00 pm Saturdays
4. Operating Revenues
• Total Budget - $13.3 million
• Sales tax (0.04%) - 68%
• Federal funds – 21%
• State funds – 3%
• Fares – 7%
• Auxiliary – 1%
5. Performance
• 3,500 daily riders – 1 million
annual
• 22,500 annual lift boardings
• 19,800 annual bike boardings
• 600 Bus stops
• All 6 federal performance
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6. Fleet
• 61 total revenue vehicles
• 25 medium and light duty propane powered buses
• 5 medium duty battery electric buses
• 5 heavy duty battery electric plug-in buses
• 5 (granted) heavy duty battery electric buses with wireless charging
• 26 heavy duty diesel buses (all eligible for replacement)
• 61% of current fleet is alternatively powered (soon 70%)
• Proportionately – largest electric transit fleet in North America
7. Outreach and Input
• Almost two years of outreach and comments
• 4,000 + survey responses
• Hundreds of comments
• Surveys mailed to 40,000 + households
• Asked what citizens services they wanted; and
• Asked what services they are willing to pay for
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9. What the Community Wants
• Service on Sundays and more holidays (83%)
• More service on Saturdays (83%)
• Service earlier in the mornings & evenings (81%)
• More direct, faster services (65%)
• More frequency, more convenient services (65%)
• Implement technology improvements (72%)
10. For Employees and Employment Needs
• Serve employees that work second and third shifts
• Serve employees that work on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays
• Better serve tourism and hospitality workers
• Provide options to serve remote work locations
11. For Economic Growth and Economic Health
• Provide low cost, reliable access for workers
• Improve connections to community assets
• Provide access to popular events and tourists who fly-in
• Improve access to hotels and convention venues
12. For Better Community Health
• Provide better access to health care
• Provide better access to nutrition
• Provide better access to social services
• Provide better access to recreation and socialization
13. New Options for Unserved Areas
Areas like Pangborn Airport, East of Kentucky, Fancher Heights, Foothill
neighborhoods, Plain/Lake Wenatchee
• On demand shuttles
• Worker-Driver programs, van pools,
• Partnerships with private shuttles, taxis, transportation network
providers (Uber, Lyft)
• Non-profit providers and volunteer driver programs
14. How Do We Get There
• Services earlier and later in the day
• Services on Saturdays, Sundays and many holidays
• More frequent service on major north-south corridors
• Acquire smaller neighborhood shuttles feeding the main routes
• Quicker travel times with improved stops and signal coordination
• Demand response options for low density areas
• Acquire real time arrival information and passenger applications
15. What Will It Cost
• An additional $5.5 million per year
• Equal to 0.2% (2 cents per ten dollar purchase)
• For average household, $24.00 per year
• Per person - $8.88 per year
16. Ballot Proposition
• Link Transit is seeking an increase in its sales and use tax to be utilized
to improve and expand its existing transit system, which will include
higher frequency fixed route services, extended hours of weekday
service operations, expanded Saturday service hours and the addition
of Sunday and holiday services for both fixed route and paratransit
services. This proposition would authorize the phased collection of an
additional sales and use tax of up to 2/10 of 1%; 1/10th effective July
1, 2018 and the second 1/10th effective July 1, 2020.
