ATTACHMENT
1
TO:
Town Council
FROM:
Transportation Board
DATE:
April 18, 2006
RE: 2006-07
Budget Recommendations
After very
careful deliberation, the Transportation Board recommends the following items,
listed in priority, for the 2006-07 budget (estimated costs, where known, are
in parentheses):
- Improve
service on the CL line
to make the schedule more compatible for University and hospital
employees.
- Install time
point schedules at every stop on the system.
- Repair and
maintain existing shelters.
Install trashcans at all shelters and institute regular trash pick-up.
Install lighting around shelters wherever possible, with special
consideration given to solar lighting.
- Provide
support for a study of existing routes and schedules with an eye toward
improving efficiency and thereby expanding service on nights
($130,000; see details below) and weekends ($56,644; see details below)
and to unserved areas, such as Weaver Dairy Road from East Chapel Hill
High School to Eastgate ($299,419 for a new route).
Estimated
costs for expanded weekday evening service:
|
CM/CW
|
$19,620
|
|
D
|
$26,160
|
|
J
|
$29,430
|
|
NU
|
$16,350
|
|
TG
|
$26,160
|
|
V
|
$13,080
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
$130,800
|
Estimated
costs for extended weekend evening service:
|
T
|
$14,900
|
|
DM
|
$14,900
|
|
FG
|
$13,422
|
|
JN
|
$13,422
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
$56,644
|
- Install new
shelters, with trash receptacles and lighting where possible, at the
top five boarding stops that are without shelters, and that are not in
Carrboro or UNC. Work through the Transit Partners Committee to urge
Carrboro and UNC to do the same. ($50,000)
- Investigate
the feasibility of a downtown shuttle service from North Greensboro Street in Carrboro to Henderson Street in Chapel Hill, traveling eastbound
on Franklin Street and westbound on Rosemary Street. A shuttle with
15-minute headways could help alleviate the parking shortage due to
construction on Lot 5 and offer an alternative to automobiles for short
trips in the downtown area.
Estimated
costs:
|
10:00 am to
2:00 pm
|
|
|
Weekday only
|
$66,538
|
|
Include
Saturday
|
$78,469
|
|
Include
Sat/Sun
|
$90,400
|
|
|
|
|
8:00 am to
10:00 pm
|
|
|
Weekday only
|
$149,710
|
|
Include
Saturday
|
$176,555
|
|
Include
Sat/Sun
|
$203,400
|
- Institute
transit service along Weaver Dairy Extension by expanding the HS Route, without midday service for at least the first year. ($83,172)