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OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Subject
SUBJECT: DECEMBER 2020 SERVICE CHANGES
Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE AND FILE status report on Metro's December 2020 Service Change.
Issue
ISSUE
Metro implements transit service changes (bus and rail) in June and December of each year. Metro plans to implement the next service change on Sunday December 13, 2020.
Background
BACKGROUND
Metro's twice annual service change program allows Metro to improve the customer experience through revised transit routes and schedules.
Discussion
DISCUSSION
The December 2020 service change focuses on the following key areas of improvement for Metro bus service:
* Adding trips for additional capacity where ridership is highest:
o 181 trips added weekdays on 35 lines
o 74 trips added Saturdays on 15 lines
o 27 trips added Sundays on 5 lines
* Improving daytime weekday frequencies:
o Lines 53 (Central Av), 55 (Compton Av), 70 (Garvey Av), 152 (Roscoe Bl), 603 (Hoover St) improved to 15-minute frequency daytime weekdays
o Line 734 (Sepulveda Bl) improved to 20-minute frequency daytime weekdays
o Lines 165 (Vanowen St) and 234 (Sepulveda Bl) improved to 20-minute frequency daytime weekdays
o Lines 90/91 (Sunland/Sylmar via Foothill Bl) improved to 30-minute frequency daytime weekdays
* Consolidating Metro Rapid & Local service on eight key corridors to maximize service frequency of 15 minute or better weekdays with slightly wider than existing local bus stop spacing while retaining Metro Rapid attributes such as transit signal priority (these changes are consistent with NextGen Bus Plan):
o Olympic Bl Lines 28 & 728
o MLK/Crenshaw/Hawthorne Bl Lines 40 & 740
o Broadway Lines 45 & 745
o Long Beach Bl Lines 60 & 760
o Vernon Av/La Cienega Bl Lines 105 & 705
o Crenshaw Bl Lines 210 & 710
o Soto St Lines 251 & 751
o Atlantic Bl/Fair Oaks Ave Lines 260 & 762
* Additional route ch...
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