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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Minutes - Citizens Transportation Advisory Commission - Meeting Date: 5/16/2001 • • MINUTES TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMISSION CITY OF GLENDALE CONFERENCE ROOM 134 6860 WEST GLENDALE AVENUE GLENDALE,ARIZONA • May 18,2001 7:00 PM Tho Wowing members vmro presont Chairperson Al Lenox.Commissioners Patricia Davenport Clifford MUnSRQId.Vada Naber and John Noyot. Absent Vice Chairperson Bryan HL and Comndasionor Dale Buskirk. Also present were: Dr. Tony Johnson, Transportation Planning Manager. Diane Adorns,Transit Manager;Cathy Colbath,Transit Supervisor and Morro Craig°.Senior Secretary. * I. • _ 84 it if Motion,was made by Commissioner Naber to accept the minutes of the March 21,2001 Transportation Advisory Commission morning. Motion socontiod by Commissioner Netror,and unanimously upon:mod. likS.LNESS.,,F.13QM.nfr: LQQB • Ilona orry.iLST I • • N _M • , • 0 I tet 2 3 q TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMISSION 05/1 a/01 MINUTES Page--2— • 6 .It .1 ; • 1. ... • _ • •; su« Ill_. • ; I'AN •: cX• �'. !ISSUES(CACTI'.FACT•FINDIf G TRIP TQ Q} AS.T 6140 DENVER.fgQ • Chatrporson Lonox gavo a brio( overview of tho fact-finding trip to Dallas, TX and Donvor, CO by 12 mombora of tho Citizens Advisory Committer) for Transportation Isauoa (CACTI), Councilmombors Jayce Clark and Manny Martinez, and City staff members. The Brat dostinalion was Dallas,TX whom Ma group rodo the fight rail and commuter train systems. A light rail passengers commontod that she had realized a savings of over 5375.00 a month boiwoon gas and porking(parking costs$20. a day), to addition to saving limo. The socond dostinaUon was Denver Colorado, whoro the group rode the tight rail to LIUloton, Co. With the utilization ci tho fight rail system thorn have boon many improvomonts in the town. Citizons aro beginning to take bailor care ci their harries and making Improvomonta bacuuse the light rail paasongars can soo Moir homes. Informative facts discovered on the trip whore: f Proporly valuos within a throo•milo radius around tho tight rail stations have Incroasad by 25%; the closor you get to the station, the more proporty values incroasad. Ugh' rail is only 16.5%of tho oporating budget; the remainder is used to maintain the float of 1,000 buses. The DC motors aro the highest maintonancotlom for the light rail. Shoots are dodicatad to busos for Um shuttle,which runs every Iwo rninutos. f Light rail systems don't pay(or thomso(vos;tho payback is in getting automobiles oil mo road. I Light rail costs.75 cants to ride. f When the light rail system runs 90%lull, an additional cur is added so people won't £,". be crowdod, No on©was crampod for spaco. • Stops wore announced and also viniblo on raador boards Track is continuous weld- 111010 Is no noise. ▪ Bath cities we laying more tracks, ' nth rhos havo all day, monthly, and employer provided passes that can bo used sir i)uie d, as wnIt/15 light rail, ' • ,irrt r1 i;n w rzimproosod with the North 0011a5 light tail tine,which has boon upon far . ruiliutxty one year. Ho tell it was class'A'service and economic dovolopmont was tr+fl, c,nd The systam is burled 100 loot underground and runs 60 70 miles as Trre .,tai on has the eocond longest escalator in the U S and is next to and r,r I corridor. Mfr: ; •� f' a M .:' My,,4°V '.gib. . .r 1 ! 0 r C "1 TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMISSION 051er0l MINUTES Page-3" . . C a 4' 1 i , :'u .11 • ►, .C3 TRIP -Continued CACTI mombor Laura OoV'rtae rocoivod onswora to concerns the had from a deabbd Passengers point of view. Commissioner Noyar asked how wheolchairs and scootors were accommodated and was told the driver comes out and helps passongors on board,however,passongom etre not locked'down. . * 1.. .. ! ; . al • r !ilk/ - « L. :. PQRTATIQI PLAT Dr. Johnson explained the need for an update to the Plan Is rvquIred because: the existing Plan In 12 years old and does not account for the rapid growth;growing smartor legislation; and the Phoenix Transit 2000 otoction which has buses coming up to Gondola borders and turning around. The System plan elements Include can ant conditions, future prospects, public invoiwmont,policy guidelines, roads, transit, airports, atlomativo modGe. funding plan and °faction package and will be pout al the General Plan that will approved by the voters in 2002. flame most relevant to transportation in Glondulo aro: trends and growth pattern-what exports envision for the future; continued growth and outward expansion; dispersed patterns of employment: continued auto dependence; aftemativo fuels and dower engines; aging population and quality of fife Issued which am Increasingly more Important In the now economy. • PublicInvolvement Indicated principal public concerns ore tranatl nods, congosUon robot, saloty issues,neighborhood concerns and the omriranmont. Tho goals included safe travel, support for attomativo modes,quality neighborhoods and environments, fel( and adequate funding, cost offoctivo quality cervico, regional connectivity, Integrated land use and Transportation and now development that moots transportation needs. Continuation of the existing origrutl Starlit system is very important In the Transportation Study, The number one goats 01 me transit clement Is to match Phoenix bus service Yrwttun live years. To have at loos' 30-!minute sarvice on ovary !auto, havo evening .,er,c ,until midnight on ovary route and have wookond sorvico. zip ' IR 4 ^' *: " TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMISSION 0511601 MINUTES Mrs. Adams brtofly roviewed the history of Professor GUS which has boon fuming since August 2000. An Into:governmental agreement has boon forirrarood to each school for renewal of the contract to run Protassor GUS for a second yr r, oast is iracroaing by opproximatoty 5%. Ridership trends were reviewed and It was reported that daily rki*rshfp has greased by 107%and the 51"Avenue fixed route rfdersNNp continuos to Increase as citizens loam about the sora. It is foil that additional marketing Is vital to=Wood growth. outs have bona asked to help with mwkotin the service. ASU West developed a web site and the city hopes to odd Professor GUS on the sills Tra po t atmos page, The Commission unanimously rocornmondod continuation of the Professor GUS sorvico as the ridership numbers speak for themsolves. - 1st, iPtir ga is :: r Staff provIdod the minutos of the Monday. April 2; 2001 Citizen Biolrclo Advisory Committee mooting along with an agenda for the Monday. May 7, 2001 Sicycle Committee meeting. fdlISCELLANEOUS None Ciaatrporson Lonox commented ho found the following statistics Informative: Car: in one lona of traffic.In one hour, 1.500 pooptetravel, Light rail: m one Irma of traff ,in one hour. 4.000 people travel V P e Qx i ,iti TRANSPORTATION ADVISOR COMMISSION O5/tt3WGl MINUTES Pogo 5— AWOUF3NME! Motion was made by Commissioner Nabor to adjourn its► TsaaaI SIIOn Advisory Commission mooting, Motion socondod by Commissioner Marutie td,and enf t mou fy_ appwvut Tho next regular mooting will be hold Wednesday, Juno 20, 2001, at 700 PM, in Confororco Room ea "6e C:Ze;:lfort.0.01 Dime Adams,Transit Manager Al Lonox,Chairperson •eW xr 1 d e ..r .. .ww "" i' t ! n # '} 4