File #: 2020-0352   
Type: Motion / Motion Response Status: Passed
File created: 5/13/2020 In control: Executive Management Committee
On agenda: 6/18/2020 Final action: 6/25/2020
Title: APPROVE recommendation to establish a permanent Employer Pass (E-Pass) Program based on the success of the current 2-Year E-Pass Pilot Program
Sponsors: Executive Management Committee
Indexes: Board Correspondence, Budget, Budgeting, Metro Commute Services, Motion / Motion Response, Payment, Pilot studies, Program, Purchasing, Regional Activities (Project), Ridership, Subregional Equity Program, Systemwide Bus Ops Mgmt & Admin (Project), Testing, Title VI Requirements, Transit boards, Transit Pass, Universal Fare System
Attachments: 1. Attachment A - File #2017-0715 Board Report on Countywide Transportation Demand Management, 2. Attachment B - Executive Management and Audit Committee Report on Metro Contracted Pass Programs February 20 2003, 3. Attachment C - ATAP Take One_ General, 4. Attachment D - SEP Take One_General, 5. Attachment E - Board Box #170303_2017_Employer_Annual_Pass_Program_Renewals, 6. E-Pass Presentation 06182020
Related files: 2020-0447

Meeting_Body
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
JUNE 18, 2020

Subject
SUBJECT: EMPLOYER PASS (E-PASS) PROGRAM

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION


Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
APPROVE recommendation to establish a permanent Employer Pass (E-Pass) Program based on the success of the current 2-Year E-Pass Pilot Program

Issue
ISSUE

In October 2017, as part of an ongoing effort to pursue strategies to increase transit ridership, Board Motion 36 (File 2017-0715) requested "that the EAPP Program (which includes ATAP and BTAP) be amended to include a pay-per-boarding model similar to the U-Pass Program at a fare-per boarding (FPB) rate approved by the Office of Management and Budget (either as a pilot program or as a new payment option under BTAP)." (Attachment A)


Discussion
DISCUSSION

Background

In 2003, the Board adopted the Contracted Transit Pass Programs (Attachment B), which included the precursors to the ATAP and BTAP Programs, the Annual Pass Program and Employer Pass Program, respectively. These programs were designed to enable Metro to develop stronger partnerships with LA County businesses, institutions and major organizations to increase ridership; promote the use of transit; generate new revenue to support Metro initiatives; and provide businesses and organizations the opportunity to take advantage of federal income tax incentives that encourage the use of transit.

The programs also allowed Metro to establish a well-defined test group for the Universal Fare System (UFS) smart card by providing contracted pass program members with UFS test cards instead of a conventional paper pass, thus facilitating the transition to TAP. These programs have evolved over the years and are now collectively called the Employer Annual Pass Program.

The Employer Annual Pass Program (EAPP) includes:

Annual Transit Access Pass (ATAP) Program
Under the ATAP Program (Attachment C), employers may convert any type of Metro monthly or EZ Regional pass to an an...

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