TIC 2019-07-16 Item 3G - SCATBd - 5/21/19 Meeting Summary / 6/18/19 Meeting Agenda

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service to those areas, a departure from our service guidelines that allow Metro to address growing demand. The funding piece is critical. All 40 areas of the county want more service. Countywide. Metro wants to facilitate partnerships with local communities. Q: 1.5M hours of funding gap. What does that translate to in terms of cost per hour? Working on a report now that clearly gives the funding gap. Roughly the cost per operating hour is $100 per hour and $160 fully loaded cost per hour. Q: Great presentation. Exemplifies the complexities of the whole system. Great Metro communication would be a presentation like this for us in S King County. Focus this presentation to S King County so local city council study sessions could view a shorter, abbreviated presentation. We are looking at doing that. Recognize that there is a sales job that has to occur in S King County. Q: Remarks as a member of the Regional Transit Committee: Metro is becoming a mobility agency — not just about just buses in our communities, but getting to the buses. Think about how we can get access to information — links to websites. In Tukwila there's "Tuwkila Talk" or "Tukwila Neighbors" for example. Give us tools or links, photos we can share. 4. Pierce Transit Bus Rapid Transit Update — Kim McGilvery from Pierce Transit provided the update showing a video about bus rapid transit, how it is different, and how it works. Off board paying, level boarding, bringing bikes on board, wifi, queue jumps, dedicated lanes, fewer stops. Pierce Transit is considering Bus Rapid Transit for Route 1. 12% of all ridership on Route 1 from Downtown Tacoma to Spanaway 14.4 miles. Q; Is this part of ST3? Yes. In addition to funding from Federal Transit Authority, New Starts Program. Sound Transit 3 funds and Sound Transit is partnering with us to create this line. Meeting adjourned 10:10 a.m. 44