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Memorandum of Understanding - Authorize the City Manager to enter into a five-year Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Visalia and the Tulare County Regional Transit Agency (TCRTA) to partner on a three-year micro transit pilot project.
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Deadline for Action: 12/4/2023
Submitting Department: Administration - Transit Division
Contact Name and Phone Number:
Angelina DeRossett, Transit Manager,
Angelina.DeRossett@Visalia.City, (559) 713-4591
John Lollis, Assistant City Manager, john.lollis@visalia.city (559) 713-4323
Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends that the City Council authorize the City Manager to enter into a five-year Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Visalia's Transit Division and the TCRTA to partner on a three-year micro transit pilot project.
Summary:
City Transit staff brought this project to the City Council at its meeting on April 17, 2023, and Council gave authorization to advance by working through a joint micro transit project and received instruction to bring a cooperative agreement back to Council at a later date. Attached is the draft Memorandum of Understanding for a five-year term that identifies the City of Visalia as a partner with Tulare County Regional Transit Agency (TCRTA) to establish and operate a pilot program that will provide micro transit services.
Background Discussion:
Transit ridership numbers across the nation have suffered as a result of the pandemic. Like many other agencies, the ridership numbers at Visalia Transit are still hovering around fifty-five percent (55%) of pre-pandemic ridership numbers. Prior to the pandemic, a farebox recovery ratio was the performance metric that measured the efficiency of transit. As an agency, the City was required to recover twenty percent (20%) of the operating costs through fares. While City staff and the Tulare County Association of Governments (TCAG) are working on revamping and revising the current performance m...
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