Proposal 145: Transit Referendum Will ask the public for dedicated transit funding Indiana Code 8-25-2 (SEA 176, 2014) authorizes advisory referenda by county for an income tax between.1% and.25% 3 step process: 1. Council certifies a referendum (Proposal 145 Approved May 9) 2. The public votes (November 8, 2016) 3. If approved by a majority of voters, Council may enact a tax Approved May 9, 2016 - Proposal 145 will put the question of dedicated transit funding on the November 2016 ballot CENTRAL INDIANA S TRANSIT INITIATIVE 2
Snapshot of IndyGo in 2016 Spread out, tough to use, but trying to get the most out of the least $70M operating budget 10M annual ridership 31 routes + countywide paratransit, each with different weekday, Saturday, Sunday schedules Service is infrequent, short weekend and evening hours Running old buses $10M of federal capital replacement funds are used for operating each year CENTRAL INDIANA S TRANSIT INITIATIVE 3
INDIANAPOLIS HOW DOES INDIANAPOLIS COMPARE? Central Indiana v. Other Regions Revenue Hours per Capita National Transit Database 60 Virginia Beach, VA 61 Allentown, PA-NJ 62 Lancaster, PA 63 Scranton, PA 64 Sacramento, CA 65 Raleigh, NC 66 Nashville-Davidson, TN 67 Des Moines, IA 68 Sarasota-Bradenton, FL 69 Tampa- St. Petersburg, FL 70 Bakersfield, CA 71 Richmond, VA 72 Knoxville, TN 73 Detroit, MI 74 Kansas City, MO-KS 75 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA 76 Winston-Salem, NC 77 Provo-Orem, UT 78 Little Rock, AR 79 Charleston-North Charleston, SC 80 Worcester, MA-CT 81 Youngstown, OH-PA 82 Harrisburg, PA 83 Chattanooga, TN-GA 84 Mission Viejo-Lake Forest-San Clemente, CA 85 Omaha, NE-IA 86 INDIANAPOLIS, IN 87 Baton Rouge, LA 88 Colorado Springs, CO 89 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 90 Birmingham, AL CENTRAL INDIANA S TRANSIT INITIATIVE 4
INDY CONNECT HAS BEEN CENTRAL INDIANA S LARGEST EVER PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS -- Over 100 advertised public meetings, reaching over 3,000 individuals -- Presentations to more than 250 stakeholder groups -- 100+ media stories, articles, op-eds -- More then 110,000 visits and 300,000 page views on IndyConnect.org -- More than 10,000 comments have been incorporated into the plan CENTRAL INDIANA S TRANSIT INITIATIVE 5
WHAT THE COMMUNITY SAID During the Planning Processes Buses need to run earlier in the morning and later at night. Buses don t come often enough too much time waiting. Not enough weekend service. Shouldn t have to go downtown to transfer. Don t cut my route. CENTRAL INDIANA S TRANSIT INITIATIVE 6
Frequency is Freedom There s an upside to being behind we can learn from successes and failures in other regions DENSITY More people going to and from areas around each stop increases ridership. WALKABILITY Ridership is higher among people who can easily walk to a stop. CONTINUITY Transit that doesn t cross long lowridership gaps increases ridership. LINEARITY Transit that runs in straight lines attracts throughriders. CENTRAL INDIANA S TRANSIT INITIATIVE 7
Significant improvements to local bus network -- shorter waits, later hours -- easier transfers -- every route every day 3 rapid transit lines along high-ridership corridors -- Red Line Phases 2 & 3 -- Blue Line -- Purple Line CENTRAL INDIANA S TRANSIT INITIATIVE 8
Ballot Language Proposal 145, 2016: Referendum for transit funding Shall Marion County have the ability to impose a county economic development income tax rate, not to exceed a rate of 0.25%, to pay for improving or establishing public transportation service in the county through a public transportation project that will create a connected network of buses and rapid transit lines; increase service frequency; extend operational hours; and implement three new rapid transit lines? CENTRAL INDIANA S TRANSIT INITIATIVE 10
that will create a connected network of buses and rapid transit lines; increase service frequency; Current (2016) vs. Proposed MCTP (2021) 10 minutes (rapid transit) 15 minutes 30 minutes 60 minutes CENTRAL INDIANA S TRANSIT INITIATIVE 11
extend operational hours; EVERY ROUTE, EVERY DAY MARION COUNTY TRANSIT PLAN MON-FRI SATURDAY SUNDAY CURRENT INDYGO SYSTEM CENTRAL INDIANA S TRANSIT INITIATIVE 12
and implement three new rapid transit lines?
MORE ACCESS TO FREQUENT SERVICE The red routes on the maps 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% Population 10% 35% Jobs 27% 48% Current Network 2016 Low Income Households 16% 51% Marion County Transit Plan 2021 Minority Households 14% 45% CENTRAL INDIANA S TRANSIT INITIATIVE 16
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