DART 2012 Proposed
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Fare Structure Change
Budget & Finance Committee
July 10, 2012
Finance Department
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Fare Summary
Finance Department
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Summary of Proposed Fare Changes
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Reduction
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three ffare classes
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(Local,
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andd Regional)
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classes (Local and Regional) but retain System fare class for out of service area city
agreements
New fare products
– 2-hour fare (pass) replaces single ride fare; allows customers who can go and
return within two hours to reduce their cost (replaces bus single-ride fare and LRT
90-minute fare)
– 5-hour Mid-dayy fare allows multiple
p trips
p for less than half the price
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of a Dayy
Pass today for passengers who have time-flexibility – savings of up to 75%
– Lone Star Card (cardholders eligible to purchase monthly passes at 50% from
listed fares)
Reductions to the price for CR Zone 11, Express Bus,
Bus On-Call,
On Call and Flex bus service
riders – 28% reduction to single ride/Day Pass/Weekly Pass; 20% reduction to Monthly
and Annual passes
No increase to Paratransit fares
No increase to CR Zone 2 Day Pass and Weekly Pass
Modify Use of Reduced Pass Products to Work with New Fares
Increase Corporate Annual Pass to be 75% of Individual Pass
Finance Department
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Recommended Adjustments to
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Fare
• Summary of suggested changes proposed by DART staff
resulting
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– Eliminate Peak/Off-Peak Categories
– Reduced Pass will continue to be a Regional fare product
• Allow Seniors and Disabled to purchase a two-hour, a Day
Pass, or a Monthly Pass at full 50% discount at any time
• Allow children ((ages
g 5-14)) a full 50% discount on a twohour and a Day Pass at any time
• Allow eligible high students a full 50% discount on a twohour,, a Dayy Pass,, and Monthlyy Pass for use Monday
y through
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Friday
– Coupon Books (Book of 10 coupons for non-profits)
• Adjust price to $30 for a book of ten
Finance Department
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Why the two-hour and mid-day passes are
better for the transit-dependent
transit dependent rider
Current Single Ride Fare
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Current single fare of $1.75 is
required for each bus transfer or
shift from light rail
For one-way trips with two
changes required or two-way trip
inside of 2 hours (there are many
examples of this), only choice
other than Day Pass
Total Payment =
$3.50
Finance Department
Two Hour Pass/ Mid-day
Two-Hour
Mid day Pass
• Two-Hour Pass:
– One way trip with two
changes:
$2 50
$2.50
– Two way trip with multiple
changes and modes: $2.50
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$1.00
$1 00
– Savings:
• Mid-day Pass:
– One way
y with two changes
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two-way trip with multiple
modes:
$1.75
– Savings:
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$1.75
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Fare Structure Comparison
Effective
10/01/10
Base Fare
Single-Ride
Local Single-Ride
CR 1 Zone,
Zone Flex
Flex, On-call & Express Bus
CR 2 Zones
Reduced
2-Hour Fare
All except CR 2 Zones
Reduced
Child
High School
CR 2 Zones
Mid-day
All except CR 2 Zones
CR 2 Zones
Paratransit
Paratransit-Demand Response Van/Sedan Service
Paratransit trips to fixed-route stops
Paratransit-eligible riders on fixed-route service
Day Passes
Local
CR 1 Zone,
Zone Flex
Flex, On
On-call
call & Express Bus
CR 2 Zones
Reduced
Child
High School
Day Pass Book of Ten (Regional Govt/non-profit)
10 Ticket Paratransit Coupon Book
Finance Department
$1.75
$1.75
$3 50
$3.50
$5.00
$0.85
Proposed
05/22/12
Proposed
07/10/12
Replaced with 2- Replaced with 2hour fare
hour fare
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
$2.50
Not available
Not available
Not available
$5.00
$2.50
$1.25
$1 25
$1.25
$1.25
$5.00
Not available
Not available
$1.75
$3.50
$1.75
$3.50
$3.00
$0.75
Free
$3.00
$0.75
Free
$3.00
$0.75
Free
$4.00
$7.00
$7
00
$10.00
$2.00
$2.00
$2.00
$25.00
$30 00
$30.00
$5.00
$5.00
$5
00
$10.00
n/a
n/a
n/a
$50.00
$30 00
$30.00
$5.00
$10.00
$2.50
$2.50
$2.50
$30.00
$30 00
$30.00
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Fare Structure Comparison (Cont’d)
Weekly Passes
Local
CR 1 Zone, Flex, On-call & Express Bus
CR 2 Zones
Monthly Passes
Local
CR 1 Zone & Express Bus
CR 2 Zones
Reduced
educed
Child
High School
Lone Star
Lone Star (Regional)
Annual Passes
L l
Local
CR 1 Zone & Express Bus
CR 2 Zones
Senior
Corporate Passes
Local Normal Service Level ((NSL))
Local High Service Level (HSL)
CR 1 Zone & Express Bus NSL
CR 1 Zone & Express Bus HSL
CR 2 Zones
CR 2 Zones
Finance Department
Effective
10/01/10
Proposed
05/22/12
$20.00
$35.00
$
$50.00
$25.00
$25.00
$
$50.00
$65.00
$100.00
$120.00
$32.00
$3
.00
$32.00
$32.00
Not available
Not available
$80.00
$80.00
$160.00
n/a
/a
n/a
n/a
$64.00
$128.00
$650.00
$650
00
$1,000.00
$1,200.00
$384.00
$800.00
$800
00
$800.00
$1,600.00
n/a
$312.00
$468.00
$480.00
$720.00
$576.00
$864.00
$600.00
$600.00
$600.00
$600.00
$1,200.00
$1,200.00
Proposed
07/10/12
$25.00
$
$50.00
$80.00
$160.00
$40.00
$
0.00
$40.00
$40.00
$40.00
$80.00
$800.00
$1,600.00
$480.00
$600.00
$1,200.00
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Ridership Estimates (000s)
Mode
FY10A
FY11A
FY12B
FY12P
FY13B
Bus
37,991
37,213
39,925
39,781
38,469
Light Rail
17,799
22,302
23,548
23,423
26,643
2 469
2,469
2 425
2,425
2 441
2,441
2 436
2,436
2 316
2,316
58,259
61,941
65,915
65,640
67,429
773
790
816
821
862
50,108
48,046
32,440
33,710
32,765
925
985
1,035
1,010
1,035
110,065
111,762
100,206
101,181
102,090
Commuter Rail
Fixed Route Total
Paratransit
HOV
Vanpool
System Total
Finance Department
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Revenue Estimates (FR Pass Sales)
FY12 Projected
Pass Type
Units
Single Ride / 90-Minute Pass
Revenue
3,349,418
$5,381,433
n/a
n/a
6,686,840
Monthly Pass
7-Day Pass
Pass Type
FY13 Budget
Units
Revenue
2-Hour Pass
2,419,798
$4,328,043
5-Hour Midday Pass
3,078,481
8,907,277
24,016,067
Day Pass
4,830,929
19,315,034
217,338
12,497,129
Monthly Pass
217,773
13,940,027
108,466
2,234,067
7-Day Pass
110,901
2,542,866
18 264
18,264
8 699 704
8,699,704
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Annual
lP
Pass - C
Corporate
t
18 674
18,674
9 902 201
9,902,201
Annual Pass - Retail
270
167,603
276
190,770
Lone Star Card
n/a
n/a
4,444
266,661
691,060
1,709,650
706,577
1,945,963
11,387,854
$61,338,842
Total Revenue Increase
$6,633,190
Est Increase due to Fare Change
Est.
$4,434,404
$4
434 404
$2,198,786
5-Hour Midday Pass
Day Pass
A
Annual
lP
Pass - C
Corporate
t
Day Pass Vouchers
Total Sales
11,071,656
Annual Pass - Retail
Lone Star Card
Day Pass Vouchers
$54,705,652 Total Sales
*These include fixed-route pass sales and revenues only. They do not include
passenger fares from Paratransit or Vanpool. They do not include other sources
of revenues categorized as passenger revenues such as the Parkland (and other)
Shuttles and Emergency Ride Home program revenues.
Shuttles,
revenues
Est. Increase due to Service Changes
Finance Department
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Subsidy per Passenger Impact
FY13 P
Projected
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Values
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With Fare
I
Increase
Without Fare
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Increase
Fixed Route Operating Expenses ($000s)
Fixed Route Operating Revenues ($000s)
$396,400
($72,894)
$396,400
($68,459)
Net Fixed Route Operating Expenses ($000s)
$323,506
$327,941
Bus Ridership (000s)
LRT Ridership (000s)
TRE Ridership (000s)
38,469
26,643
2,316
38,892
26,937
2,341
Total Fixed Route Ridership (000s)
67,429
68,170
Subsidy per Passenger
$4.80
$4.81
Finance Department
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Transit Agency Fare Structure Comparison
Transit Agency
DCTA
Atlanta
Sacramento
San Diego
Denver*
Utah
Portland
St. Louis**
Miami-Dade
Dallas
The T
Houston-Smart
Card***
San Antonio
Austin
HART
Base
Fare
$3.00
$2.50
$
$2.50
$2.50
$2.25
$2.25
$2 10
$2.10
$2.00
$2.00
$1.75
$1.50
$1.25
$1.10
$1.00
* Denver has Local, Express & Regional
** Premium is LRT
Finance Department
Premium
Day
Pass
Base Fare
$6.00
$5.00
$9.00
N/A
$
$6.00
N/A
$5.00
$5.00
$6.75
$4/$5
$5.50
$5.00
$5 00
$5.00
$2 40
$2.40
$7.50 $2.25/$2.75
$5.00
$2.35
$4.00
$3.50/$5
$3.00
$3.50/$5
$5.00
$4.00
$2.00
$3 75
$3.75
$2 to $4.50
$2.50
$2.75
Premium
Day Pass Weekly Pass Monthly Pass
$10.00
$25 to $50
$90 to $120
N/A
$23.75
$95.00
N/A
N/A
$
$100.00
$12.00
N/A
$72/$100
$11.50/$14
N/A
$79/$176
N/A
N/A
$75/$180
$5 00
$5.00
$21 to $24
$81 to $92
$7.50
$23.50
$68.00
$5.00
$26.00
$100.00
$7/$10
$20 to $50
$65 to $120
$7/$10
$15 to $50
$50 to $120
$4 to $9
N/A
$5.50
$5 50
$5.50
$25 to $45 $93.75 to $180
N/A
$30.00
$9 to $20
$30 to $64
N/A
$60/$85/$90
*** Houston Metro has 5 zones - $1.25, $2, $3.25, $3.75, & $4.50
Day Pass calculated at 4 trips, weekly pass at 20 trips & monthly 75 paid trips.
Premium day pass calculated at 2 trips, weekly pass at 10, & monthly at 40
5 free
ee trips
t ps for
o eve
every
y 50 ttrips
ps pu
purchased.
c ased.
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Customer Benefits
• More service for the same or lower price
– 5-hour Mid-day fare allows multiple trips for less than half the
price of a Day Pass today for passengers who have time-flexibility
•
Savings of up to 75%
– 2-hour fare replaces single ride fare, allowing multiple transfers to
complete a single one-way trip (replaces bus single-ride fare and
LRT 90-min
90 i fare)
f )
– Reductions to the price for CR Zone 1, Express Bus, On-Call,
and Flex bus service riders
• 28% reduction to single ride/Day Pass; 30% reduction to monthly and annual
passes
• No increase to CR Zone 2 (Regional fare) Day Pass and Weekly Pass
– No increase to Paratransit fares
– Lone Star Card for qualified transit dependent, low income
riders (Lone Star cardholders are eligible to purchase monthly
passes at a 50% discount from listed fares)
Finance Department
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Customer Benefits
• Equity
– 2-hour pass eliminates the inequity between bus rider’s
single fare and LRT rider’s 90-minute pass
– Equitable pricing of Monthly and Annual passes to
represent 16x/160x Day Pass pricing for all pass types
– Brings individual annual pass prices and corporatepurchased annual pass prices much closer to parity
– Price parity for Express Bus and CR Zone 1 with
comparable distance light rail/local bus trips
• Simplification
Si lifi i
– Reduction from three fare classes (Local, System, and
Regional) to two fare classes (Local and Regional)
Finance Department
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Proposed Schedule
Finance Department
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Board Fare Structure Review Schedule
Date
Description
Audience
2/21/2012
Proposed Fare Increase & Approval Process
Budget & Finance Committee
3/20/2012
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Proposed
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Structure Al
Alternatives
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B d & Finance
Budget
Fi
Committee
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4/10/2012
2013 Proposed Fare Adjustments and Approval Process
Committee-of-the-Whole
4/24/2012
Approval to Call Public Hearing for Fare Structure Change
Budget & Finance Committee
5/8/2012
Approval to Call Public Hearing for Fare Structure Change
Committee-of-the-Whole
5/22/2012
6/5/2012 –
6/25/2012
Approval to Call Public Hearing for Fare Structure Change
Committee-of-the-Whole/Board
Community Meetings
Service Area Residents
6/26/2012
Public Hearing for Fare Structure Change
Board
7/10/2012
Approval of Fare Structure
Budget & Finance Committee
8/14/2012
Approval of Fare Structure
Committee-of-the-Whole
8/28/2012
Approval of Fare Structure
Committee-of-the-Whole/Board
12/3/2012
Fare Structure Change Effective
Finance Department
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Recommendation
Finance Department
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Recommendation
• Recommendation to Board to approve
amendment to fare structure effective
December 3, 2012
Finance Department
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Finance Department
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