UPDATE: View changes made after public input.
MTS must reduce its operating budget due to a loss of State Transit Assistance funding and lower sales tax and fare revenues. To close a $13 million budget gap, MTS has a proposal to reduce service by $7 million, primarily on Sunday. The rest of the deficit will be made up with one-time funds.
MTS presented the proposals at transit center outreach events throughout its system to receive public comments. Please click on the links below to view a route-by-route chart and routing details of the proposed changes.
Proposed Service Changes Chart (updated 1/5/10)
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Proposed Sunday Service Network Map (updated 1/5/10)
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Proposed Service Changes Routing Details (updated 11/25/09)
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Service Adjustments
The MTS Board of Directors did not want to consider an increase in monthly pass prices or cash fares. MTS has already increased fares three times in the last two years. The only other way to balance the budget is by reducing expenses. The current proposal includes a reduction of frequency on many Sunday routes and the elimination of other Sunday routes. The proposal will also include some reductions in Saturday service, primarily to route frequencies and length, and adjustments to weekday service.
Why Sunday?
The goals of the proposal were to maintain the core network of weekday and Saturday service, retain service on the major corridors on Sunday, and impact as few riders and work-related trips as possible. Ridership on Sundays is about one half that of weekdays, and a much higher percentage of trips are not work-related.
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