TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Jay Reinstein, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Randy Hume, Transit Director
DATE: May 7, 2018
RE:
Title
Fayetteville State University Funding for FAST Route 11
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
1,2,4,9
b
Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal 4: Desirable Place to Live, Work and Recreate
Objective D: To develop and maintain public transportation investments with high quality transit and airport services
Executive Summary:
Fayetteville State University has notified the City that it does not plan to renew the FSU Student pass agreement with the City and FAST. The FSU agreement provided funding that allowed FSU students to ride all FAST buses without fare payment and provided funding to support Route 11 that provides connections to Cross Creek Mall and to the Ramsey Street Corridor from FSU. This route also enabled FAST to add service to Country Club and Pamalee that previously had little or no bus service. This service started in 2015.
In order to offset at last part of the loss of the income from FSU in the FY 2019 budget, staff has developed a reduced service option for Route 11. This option would maintain all day service along Country Club/Pamalee but eliminate service along Murchison Road to FSU. This portion of Murchison already has 30 minute bus service with Route 12. It would eliminate service along Langdon and Seabrook, although this segment of the route has very little ridership except for the stop at the FSU arena.
FAST's service standards and Title VI program provides that any major reduction in service on a route be made after an opportunity for public comment and public hearing. Once a change is approved we are required to provide a 30 day notice before implementing the change. In addition, a route or schedule change requires significant time to redo printed materials and make changes to a number of technology features on our buses.
Staff is seeking direction from Counc...
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