TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Jay Reinstein, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Randy Hume, Transit Director
DATE: September 10, 2018
RE:
Title
Fayetteville Advisory Committee on Transit (FACT) Annual Report
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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:
City Council has established the Fayetteville Advisory Committee on Transit (FACT) to address the public transportation needs of Fayetteville. FACT Chairman Michael Worrell will provide an overview and update of the Committee's activities this past year and plans for the year to come.
Background:
FACT was established by City Council to address the public transportation needs of the City in a proactive way by providing recommendations to City Council, management, users and the general public in an effort to create a comprehensive and cohesive transit system that responds to the community's present and future needs. FACT meets regularly on the third Tuesday of each month at the new FAST Transit Center.
FACT has nine (9) voting members appointed by City Council consisting of a regular bus rider, two ADA rider/representatives, a FAST driver/operator, two City residents, a City resident who lives outside the FAST service area, a local community business representative, and a designee of the Fayetteville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (FAMPO). The Assistant City Manager and Transit Director are ex-officio members.
A few of the highlights of the past year includes the opening of the new FAST Transit Center, start of Sunday services, and move of Greyhound and Megabus to the new center. The year also included numerous route changes, primarily related to the transit center move, but also the modification to Route 11 as a result of the termination of t...
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