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EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 17, 2016
Subject/Action
SUBJECT: COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT TRANSIT PASS PILOT PROGRAM - MOTION 49.1
ACTION: APPROVE TITLE VI ANALYSIS AND UNIT REDUCTION AND ADD A 12-MONTH TRANSITIONAL PASS TO THE TWO YEAR UNIVERSAL COLLEGE STUDENT TRANSIT PASS (U-Pass) PILOT PROGRAM ENDING SUMMER 2018
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RECOMMENDATION
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CONSIDER:
A. APPROVING the unit reduction for undergraduate students from 8 units to 6 units beginning Spring 2017;
B. CREATING a reduced fare Transitional Pass to U-Pass participants for 12 months after graduation; and
C. APPROVING the Title VI Analysis required by Civil Rights department.
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ISSUE
As part of an ongoing effort to pursue strategies to increase student transit ridership, motion 49.1 requested an assessment of the feasibility of piloting a Universal Community College Student Transit Pass Program (See Attachment A).
Currently, there are more than 1.4 million public college students in Los Angeles County, and only 14,000 (1%) are actively participating in Metro's reduced fare college pass programs, the College/Vocational (C/V) Pass and Institutional Transit Access Pass (I-TAP) programs. In addition, the C/V and I-TAP programs are only offered to full-time students who represent only 30% of public school students in Los Angeles County, while the remaining 70% of students are considered part-time and are not eligible for these programs. Lastly, Metro's systemwide average fare per boarding (FPB) is $0.75 while the I-TAP group rate pricing is only generating $.29 per boarding. The I-TAP group rate pricing model is no longer revenue neutral to Metro. Under their current configuration, these programs are not reaching a large enough percentage of the student population to encourage ridership growth.
Riding transit is an important life skill that should be learned at a young age. Many adults who have not previously ridden transit are intimidated by learning new routes ...
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