Metro - File #: 2019-0879

• File #: 2019-0879
• Type: Program
• Status: Consent Calendar
• File created: 12/4/2019
• In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• On agenda: 1/23/2020
• Title: APPROVE 1. The establishment of a K-12 pricing structure for the Universal Student Pass (U-Pass) Program for homeless student services programs at $0.75 per boarding to match the college program, capped at $24 per month for Metro boardings to match the existing K-12 Reduced Fare monthly pass. 2. The continuation of the Regional U-Pass Program for College/Vocational schools at the existing rate, which is each agency's college fare rate, up to $0.75 per Boarding, capped at $43 per month to match the College/Vocational Reduced Fare monthly pass. 3. The establishment of a Regional K-12 pricing structure for homeless student services programs, which is each agency's K-12 fare up to $0.75 per boarding, capped at the highest monthly K-12 fare rate of all agencies used by the institution's students or $40 per month, which is the highest monthly K-12 fare in the region, if no K-12 monthly fare exists at those agencies
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Budget, Budgeting, Gateway Cities subregion, Glendale Beeline, Grant Aid, Los Angeles Unified School District, Memorandum Of Understanding, Metro Affordable Transit Connected Housing Program, Metro Commute Services, Montebello, Motion / Motion Response, Operating revenues, Pasadena, Pilot studies, Program, Purchasing, Ridership, Students, Transit buses, Transit Pass

Date	Action By	Action	Result
1/23/2020	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
1/16/2020	Executive Management Committee

Meeting_Body
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
JANUARY 16, 2020

Subject
SUBJECT: ESTABLISH K-12 U-PASS PRICING AND CONTINUE REGIONAL U-PASS PROGRAM

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
APPROVE

1. The establishment of a K-12 pricing structure for the Universal Student Pass (U-Pass) Program for homeless student services programs at $0.75 per boarding to match the college program, capped at $24 per month for Metro boardings to match the existing K-12 Reduced Fare monthly pass.

2. The continuation of the Regional U-Pass Program for College/Vocational schools at the existing rate, which is each agency's college fare rate, up to $0.75 per Boarding, capped at $43 per month to match the College/Vocational Reduced Fare monthly pass.

3. The establishment of a Regional K-12 pricing structure for homeless student services programs, which is each agency's K-12 fare up to $0.75 per boarding, capped at the highest monthly K-12 fare rate of all agencies used by the institution's students or $40 per month, which is the highest monthly K-12 fare in the region, if no K-12 monthly fare exists at those agencies


...Issue
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).

The U-Pass Pilot Program ran for two years from Fall 2016 through Summer 2018 and U-Pass became a permanent program effective Fall 2018.


Discussion
DISCUSSION

Since the launch of the U-Pass program, Metro has increased its partnerships from four schools to 21 schools (425%) and has increased participants 72% from 7,402 riders to 12,752 riders.

The U-Pass program was originally designed to partner with community colleges, universities and trade schools to utilize technology and improve accessibility to reduced fares to increase student ridership, while keeping costs low for stude...