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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) is the Regional Transportation Planning Agency for the San Francisco Bay Area. The MTC requires many of the transit operators in the region to complete a Short Range Transit Plan at least every 5 years. Some operators, like LAVTA, update their plans every two years. The last LAVTA SRTP update was completed in 1994. This SRTP update covers the period from FY 1995/96 through FY 2004/2005. The principal objective of this SRTP is to prepare and realign the system for two important events that will occur in 1996: a) the opening of LAVTA's new Livermore Transit Center (April), and b) extension of BART service to the new East Dublin station (August). LAVTA's 1992 and 1994 SRTPs contained a general overview of the service restructuring that would be required in 1996 to prepare the system for the new BART service. This SRTP update provides a logical, and more detailed follow up to that earlier planning effort. The chapters of this plan, and their primary conclusions, are as follows: Chapter1: Existing Services The study begin with an overview of the existing service. This chapter summarizes the recent performance of both the fixed route and paratransit systems. Fixed route ridership continues to grow at a steady pace, which is impressive given two important factors: a) ridership on many other systems around the Bay Area has either declined or been stagnant during the last few years, and b) LAVTA was subjected to a 2 week shutdown of the system in September of 1994 due to an operator's strike. Current ridership on the fixed route system is 859,000. Ridership also continues to grow on the paratransit system, in response to an increase in service hours. For FY 1994/95 the paratransit system transported just under 20,000 passengers. Productivity on both systems (as measured by passengers/hour) continues to lag behind similar systems throughout both the Bay Area and the rest of the state. Last year (FY 1994/95) the fixed route system transported 12.4 passengers per service hour, while the paratransit system carried 1.7 passengers per hour. Improving fixed route productivity is an important component of this service plan. Chapter 2: Goals and Objective One of the recommendations from LAVTA's most recent Triennial Performance Audit is that the system should streamline its list of goals, objectives, and standards. NELSON~NYGAARD CONSULTING ASSOCIATES ES-1 SEPTEMBER, 1995