Assessing Equity and Identifying Impacts Associated with Bus Network Redesigns (2022)

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69   Survey Responses I. Respondent and Agency Information Overview of the Types of Agencies Surveyed by the Following Aspects Redesign Status Survey respondents have been broken into two separate groups based on the progress of their redesigns. Accordingly, agencies that have completed a bus network redesign (both the plan and the implementation of the plan) have been placed into Group 1. Agencies in Group 2 are currently in the process of engaging in a bus system redesign plan or indicated that they are contemplating a bus system redesign. This can mean that the agency has completed the plan but has not begun to implement it or that the agency has completed the planning of a bus system redesign and is either in the process of implementing it or has partially implemented it. Descriptive text for Table 8 and the following figures may be found on Page 14, under the Transit Agency Context heading. Agency Size Agency size was determined by annual bus revenue hours. Large agencies provide 1 million or more revenue hours; medium agencies 250,000 to 999,999; and small agencies less than 250,000. Most agencies in this group are large- or medium-sized. A P P E N D I X C

70 Assessing Equity and Identifying Impacts Associated with Bus Network Redesigns Agency City State Redesign Status Size Name of Redesign Augusta Transit Augusta GA Contemplating Small COA Capital Metro Transportation Authority Austin TX Completed Large Connections 2025 / Cap Remap Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) Columbus OH Completed Large Transit System Redesign (TSR) City of Madison Madison WI In-progress Medium Metro Transit Network Redesign City of Wilson Wilson NC Completed Small TBD Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Dallas TX In-progress Large Bus Network Redesign DASH Alexandria VA Completed Small Alexandria Transit Vision Plan Des Moines Area Regional Transit Agency (DART) Des Moines IA In-progress Small TBD Eastern Contra Costa Transit Authority Eastern Contra Costa County CA In-progress Small COA Edmonton Transit Service Edmonton, Alberta Canada Completed Large Bus Network Redesign Foothill Transit Greater Los Angeles CA In-progress Medium TBD Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) Cleveland OH In-progress Large NEXT GEN RTA Greater Richmond Transit Company (GRTC) Richmond VA Completed Medium Richmond Transit Network Plan Halifax Transit Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada Completed Medium Moving Forward Together Plan Indianapolis Public Transportation Corporation (IndyGo) Indianapolis IN Completed Medium IndyGo Forward Lane Transit District (LTD) Lane County OR In-progress Medium Transit Tomorrow Lehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority (LANTA) Allentown PA In-progress Medium Route 33 COA LYNX Orlando FL In-progress Large LYNX Forward Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) Baltimore MD Completed Large BaltimoreLink Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Boston MA In-progress Large MBTA Bus Network Redesign MTA New York City Transit (MTA) New York City NY In-progress Large Bus Network Redesign NJ TRANSIT Newark NJ In-progress Large NewBus Newark Port Authority of Allegheny County Pittsburgh PA Contemplating Large TBD Regional Transit Service (RTS) Rochester NY Completed Small Reimagine RTS Sacramento Regional Transit District Sacramento CA Completed Medium SacRT Forward SamTrans San Mateo CA In-progress Medium Reimagine SamTrans Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) Philadelphia PA In-progress Large TBD Utah Transit Authority (UTA) Salt Lake City UT Completed Large UTA Service Choices Valley Regional Transit Boise ID Completed Small ValleyConnect 2.0 WeGo Public Transit Nashville TN Completed Medium Better Bus Westchester County Department of Planning Westchester County NY In-progress Medium Westchester County Mobility and Bus Redesign Study Anonymous - - Contemplating - - Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) Los Angeles CA Completed Large NextGen Bus Study Table 8. Agencies that responded to the survey.

Survey Responses 71   Question 2 Question 5 Figure 24. Bus network redesign status among respondents. (n = 38) 2 4 5 6 8 8 12 4 2 4 5 5 7 7 1 2 2 2 4 5 0 5 10 15 20 25 Budget increase or decrease Equity concerns Other On-time performance Reevaluation of an existing wheel- and-spoke network Ridership decline Changing employment or residential patterns Large Medium Small Figure 25. Reasons for agency’s bus system redesign. There were 37 respondents surveyed; only 31 responded to the question, n = 31.

72 Assessing Equity and Identifying Impacts Associated with Bus Network Redesigns Question 7 3 10 9 9 9 12 10 12 10 12 10 12 11 12 12 13 13 13 13 4 5 6 5 7 9 6 9 8 10 10 11 9 11 10 11 11 11 1 2 3 4 5 2 3 4 4 4 6 5 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 -5 5 15 25 35 Other Facilitating mode shift to transit Impacts on other equity populations Bus stop placement Impacts on persons with disabilities Impacts on students Vehicle travel time Transit accessibility Performance Transfers Travel time impacts for individuals Impacts on Title VI protected population Impacts on low-income persons Ridership Cost impacts Service Hours / Span of service Bus frequency Bus routing Service area and coverage Number of Agencies Large Medium Small Figure 26. What agencies considered during the planning process. (n = 30)

Survey Responses 73   Question 8 Figure 27. Share of small agencies who incorporated microtransit or other types of on-demand transportation partnerships in their redesign. (n = 6) Figure 28. Share of large agencies who incorporated microtransit or other types of on-demand transportation partnerships in their redesign. (n = 14) Figure 29. Share of medium agencies who incorporated microtransit or other types of on-demand transportation partnerships in their redesign. (n = 11)

74 Assessing Equity and Identifying Impacts Associated with Bus Network Redesigns Question 9 Question 10 Figure 30. Impact of redesign on costs. (n = 31) Figure 31. Planning approaches to system redesigns. (n = 31)

Survey Responses 75   II. Title VI Service Equity Analysis Question 12 Figure 32. Whether agencies modied their service equity analysis methodology to be used during the redesign. (n = 27) Question 13 Figure 33. At what point in the process of the bus system redesign did or will the agencies conduct the Title VI service equity analysis. (n = 25)

76 Assessing Equity and Identifying Impacts Associated with Bus Network Redesigns Question 14 Figure 34. How many iterations of the service equity analysis each agency will or did conduct in the service planning process. (n = 21) Question 17 Figure 35. Which department led, or will lead, the agency’s Title VI service equity analysis. (n = 28)

Survey Responses 77   III. Equity Analyses Other than Title VI Service Equity Analyses Question 18 Yes 54% Unsure 15% No 31% No 50% Unsure 33% Yes 17% No 46% Unsure 18% Yes 36% Figure 36. Share of large agencies who have an established denition for “equity.” (n = 13) Figure 37. Share of small agencies who have an established denition for “equity.” (n = 6) Figure 38. Share of medium agencies who have an established denition for “equity.” (n = 11)

78 Assessing Equity and Identifying Impacts Associated with Bus Network Redesigns Question 19 Figure 39. Share of medium agencies with other equity policies (non-Title VI). (n = 11) Figure 40. Share of large agencies with other equity policies (non-Title VI). (n = 12) Figure 41. Share of small agencies with other equity policies (non-Title VI). (n = 6)

Survey Responses 79   IV. Community Engagement Question 28 Figure 42. Share of small agencies who utilized a public engagement plan for their system redesign. (n = 6) Figure 43. Share of medium agencies who utilized a public engagement plan for their system redesign. (n = 10) Figure 44. Share of large agencies who utilized a public engagement plan for their system redesign. (n = 13)

Abbreviations and acronyms used without denitions in TRB publications: A4A Airlines for America AAAE American Association of Airport Executives AASHO American Association of State Highway Officials AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials ACI–NA Airports Council International–North America ACRP Airport Cooperative Research Program ADA Americans with Disabilities Act APTA American Public Transportation Association ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials ATA American Trucking Associations CTAA Community Transportation Association of America CTBSSP Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program DHS Department of Homeland Security DOE Department of Energy EPA Environmental Protection Agency FAA Federal Aviation Administration FAST Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (2015) FHWA Federal Highway Administration FMCSA Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration FRA Federal Railroad Administration FTA Federal Transit Administration GHSA Governors Highway Safety Association HMCRP Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 ITE Institute of Transportation Engineers MAP-21 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (2012) NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASAO National Association of State Aviation Officials NCFRP National Cooperative Freight Research Program NCHRP National Cooperative Highway Research Program NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NTSB National Transportation Safety Board PHMSA Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration RITA Research and Innovative Technology Administration SAE Society of Automotive Engineers SAFETEA-LU Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (2005) TCRP Transit Cooperative Research Program TDC Transit Development Corporation TEA-21 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (1998) TRB Transportation Research Board TSA Transportation Security Administration U.S. DOT United States Department of Transportation

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