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AI# 12985  Regular City Council Meeting 6.13. 11/05/2024:

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Resolution - Public Transit Services: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to approve the Citibus Route and Network Redesign Five-Year Plan that includes a fixed route restructure reaching into new areas of the city, incorporates express routes, and establishes micro-transit zones.

Item Summary

Citibus staff has been working with Fehr & Peers Planning Consultants on a fixed route and network redesign. The plan includes a fixed route restructure that reaches into new areas of the city, incorporates express routes, and establishes microtransit zones.    Citibus currently operates 9 city-wide bus routes and 10 routes to support Texas Tech University, in addition to CitiAccess para-transit and OnDemand micro-transit services.  Through the years, Citibus service has had small service changes and updates to better provide mobility across the city for transit riders, but fixed route service has largely remained static for decades. The most significant change to Citibus service came at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic with the introduction of OnDemand micro-transit service and a reduction in fixed route service levels.  The pandemic also brought significant changes to Citibus ridership patterns. Given these changes, this plan seeks to evaluate recent service delivery in the context of the changing land use and growth of Lubbock.  There is a need for Citibus to adapt its services to better identify modern transportation needs and more appropriately serve the changing Lubbock landscape.    The 5-year plan incorporates core and local routes and introduces express routes that operate along key corridors. The plan also uses micro-transit zones that are designed to primarily provide connectivity to fixed route services and secondarily to provide local community connectivity within each zone for shorter distance travel.  These changes are intended to eliminate the duplication of service between fixed route and micro-transit services. In addition, the plan includes recommendations for the fixed route, micro-transit, and para-transit fare structures.

Fiscal Impact

After the Citibus Five-Year Service Plan is approved, it will take approximately 8 to 12 months before implementation of the fixed route restructure, para-transit boundaries, and micro-transit zones included in the first year of the plan. The cost associated with the implementation of the Five-Year Service Plan will be determined by service hours implemented, inflation, and other variables. Costs associated with the route redesign and implementation will be included in the FY 2025-26 Budget. Costs associated with each subsequent year of the plan will be dependent on implementation of various service levels, and will be included in the corresponding fiscal budget year.

Staff/Board Recommending

Bill Howerton, Deputy City Manager Chris Mandrell, General Manager of Citibus Public Transit Advisory Board

Attachments Resolution -Route & Network Redesign - 5 year plan Citibus Five Year Service Plan

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