Metro - File #: 2015-0449

• File #: 2015-0449
• Type: Fare / Tariff / Service Change
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/1/2015
• In control: Finance, Budget and Audit Committee
• On agenda: 6/17/2015
• Final action: 6/25/2015
• Title: ADOPTED ON CONSENT CALENDAR: A. the proposed change to the Policy on Use of Interagency Transfers as described in Attachment A; B. finding that the proposed policy change results in a Disparate Impact but there is substantial legitimate justification for the proposed change and there are no alternatives that would have a less disparate impact on minority riders; and C. the recommendation to distribute up to 1 million TAP cards free to bus riders purchasing transfers in advance of the effective date of the policy to address the underlying cause of the Disparate Impact finding (current TAP card possession).
• Sponsors: Finance, Budget and Audit Committee
• Indexes: Budgeting, Bus Acquisitions, Culver City, Ez Pass, Fare / Tariff / Service Change, LADOT Transit, Norwalk, Outreach, Payment, Policy, Program, Purchasing, Ticket vending machines, Title VI Requirements, Torrance, Transfer on 2nd Boarding, Transfers, Transit operators, Transit System
• Related files: 2017-0843

Date	Action By	Action	Result
6/25/2015	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting	APPROVED ON CONSENT CALENDAR
6/17/2015	Finance, Budget and Audit Committee

Meeting_Body
FINANCE, BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
JUNE 17, 2015

Subject/Action
SUBJECT: REGIONAL INTERAGENCY TRANSFER (IAT) POLICY
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS

Heading
RECOMMENDATIONS

Title
ADOPTED ON CONSENT CALENDAR:

A. the proposed change to the Policy on Use of Interagency Transfers as described in Attachment A;

B. finding that the proposed policy change results in a Disparate Impact but there is substantial legitimate justification for the proposed change and there are no alternatives that would have a less disparate impact on minority riders; and

C. the recommendation to distribute up to 1 million TAP cards free to bus riders purchasing transfers in advance of the effective date of the policy to address the underlying cause of the Disparate Impact finding (current TAP card possession).

Issue
ISSUE
As of May 2015, the last of the County's transit providers that participate in a regional fare program - EZ transit pass or Inter-Agency Transfers (IATs) - are on TAP. The region is now poised to fully realize the seamless travel across the County envisioned when the TAP program was launched in 2002, improving customer convenience and improving boarding times.
The proposed Policy on the Use of Inter-Agency Transfers (Attachment A) makes the following changes to the current policy by:
1) eliminating the paper inter-agency transfer by requiring all transfers to be made with a TAP card;
2) paying the transfer fare upon second, rather than first, boarding;
3) extending the inter-agency transfer window from 2 to 2 1/2 hours; and,
4) providing for a single inter-agency transfer within the transfer window.
The new policy would not change the transfer price charged by each transit operator; transfer fares would still be a local fare policy decision. Further, the new policy would not require change to intra-agency (i.e., within system) transfer policies like those at Metro, LADOT, Culver City BusLines, or Norwalk Transit, ...