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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCommunication No. 2024-02 MTA Multi Modal Transportation PlanVISION Create a high quality multi-modal transportation system that provides safe, reliable, convenient mobility choices that meet the commuting, social service, and other needs of our residents and visitors. The multi- modal system should be environmentally responsible and cost effective. Communication No. 2024-02 GOALS •Goal One: Make riding transit easier, reliable, and compatible with other multi-modal options. •Goal Two: Create a transit system to serve the employment and social needs of all people. •Goal Three: Implement technology to provide real time transportation information. •Goal Four: Create Transportation hubs and bus stops with amenities that provide rider comfort and safety and that helps support community and village gathering places. •Goal Five: Phase system implementation in a fiscally responsible manner. Goal One: Make riding transit easier, reliable, and compatible with other multi-modal options. •Strategy 1 Comprehensive multi-modal system including bicycles & pedestrians; •Strategy 2 Mobility options for riders with disabilities; •Strategy 3 Fleet size of 55 buses (25 35-40 ft, 20 cutaway & 10 spares); •Strategy 4 Establish fleet replacement program to acquire 4 to 5 yr; •Strategy 5 Protocols for bus maintenance & improve record keeping; •Strategy 6 Increase # of maintenance positions from 5 to 10, two shifts w/ night supervisor & inventory clerk; •Strategy 7 Increase hours for customer information to 5 a.m. –midnight & real time information on runs from dispatch. •Strategy 8 Increase options for riders with disabilities to include paratransit & outside service providers. Goal Two: Create a transit system to serve the employment and social needs of all people. •Strategy 1 Update & modify routes for residential & employment; •Strategy 2 Add direct cross island service for commuters; •Strategy 3 Increase hours of service; •Strategy 4 Add circulator routes in Puna, Hilo, Waimea & Kona; •Strategy 5 Add Flex service in Waimea, on Rt. 130 in Puna, in Hawaiian Beaches, Nanawale & Hamakua Coast; •Strategy 6 Add Sunday and holiday service; Goal Two: Create a transit system to serve the employment and social needs of all people. •Strategy 7 Add Bike Share in Waimea and Hilo and contract with Path or another non-profit organization; •Strategy 8 Provide bike lockers at hubs and racks on all buses; •Strategy 9 Subsidize a Vanpool program; •Strategy 10 Continue the Shared Taxi Program & expand to other parts of the island (with incentives to ensure availability); and •Strategy 11 Expand current Paratransit program in Kona and Hilo to ¾ mile and add to other areas, starting in Puna. Goal Three: Implement technology to provide real time transportation information. •Strategy 1 Install a technology package on each bus (mobile data router & validators etc.); •Strategy 2 Develop a Hele-on Transit App (Google Transit App interim); •Strategy 3 Develop & distribute new route maps; •Strategy 4 Install signs at stops & provide schedule information, trouble call # and website; •Strategy 5 Develop an outreach program, conduct district meetings and distribute rider surveys; and •Strategy 6 Achieve clean energy goals through alternate bus & infrastructure purchases. Goal Four: Create Transportation hubs and bus stops with amenities that provide rider comfort and safety and that helps support community and village gathering places. •Strategy 1 Upgrade Mooheau hub; •Strategy 2 Identify site & plan for Kona hub; •Strategy 3 Acquire land, plan & design Pahoa Hub and plan and design Keaau satellite hub and park and ride; •Strategy 4 Identify location for Waimea hub and add appropriate signage; •Strategy 5 Upgrade bus stop program w/ minimum ten or more stops per year added (benches, lighting & protection from elements); Goal Four: Create Transportation hubs and bus stops with amenities that provide rider comfort and safety and that helps support community and village gathering places. •Strategy 6 Enter into partnerships with others to provide hub features and shelters; •Strategy 7 Establish roadway standards (width and pavement condition for flex and new service); •Strategy 8 Create bus pullout design and shelter design standards; •Strategy 9 Establish hub standards and needs for partnerships with community associations and others. Goal Five Phase system implementation in a fiscally responsible manner. •Strategy 1 Fill 7 positions (Deputy Administrator, Fiscal & Records Officer/Research Data & Grants; Customer Service and Outreach; Multi Modal Administrator; Paratransit Clerk; Garage Supervisor •Strategy 2 Create a partnership with Hawai’i Economic Office to connect with social service agencies and others; •Strategy 3 Create a stable level of funding, $16-18 million annually for combined operational and capital programs; •Strategy 4 Use FTA formula grants as part of the bus replacement program and for portions of the operating program; •Strategy 5 Pursue other sources of funding such as federal discretionary grants including State support and corporate subsidies; •Strategy 6 Address State and island clean energy goals.