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FY05 Budget Proposal

March 4, 2004

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Presentation Overview

FY04 ridership and improvements FY05 backgroundFY05 anticipated outcomesFY05 budget highlightsLooking beyond FY05

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Rail and Bus Ridership Setting

New Highs

Cumulative GrowthRail Bus Avg.

annual growth rate Bus

Rail

1/01 – 1/02 13% 15% 15% 13%

1/01 – 1/03 32% 37% 15% 17%

1/01 – 1/04 41% 44% 12% 13%

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Ridership growth rates – Why have they slowed?

VRELimited available seatingParking shortages

BusFare increase reduced OmniLink ridership more than anticipatedTransitional difficulties resulting from contractor change

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FY04 Bus Service Improvements

PRTC Website enhancement (August 03)Delivery of 8 MCI buses (September 03)Implementation of Fare/Ticketing Plan Phase I (October 03)Added trips to relieve crowding (October 03 and February 04)MDTs Phase I operational (November 03)Customers’ perceptions of service quality have rebounded (January 04), marking end of transition – better now in most areas than WMATA at its best

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FY04 Rail Service Improvements

Gallery cars introduced to expand seating capacity (November 03 and incrementally thereafter)New ticket vending machines fully implemented (January 04)Expanded parking to ease shortage at Rippon (March 04)New AMTRAK agreement through end of FY05 (March 04) to afford time for negotiation of longer-term agreementTrain tracking program enhancement (“Train Brain”) implemented (March 04)

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FY05 Background Observations

Follows Commission's adopted budget principles Summary of principles

“Existing service expansion” allowance to handle ridership growth

Phase II fare/ticketing plan for bus services deferred to FY06 Bus service formerly supported by reimbursable funding to

be sustained with local funds Additional Ride/Link services:

Saturday Link service for easterly Link routes Linton Hall Ride service Ridgefield Road Ride service

OmniLink subsidy allocation formula change adopted by Commission to achieve equitable cost sharingEmbraces PRTC share of VRE budget as accepted by commissions

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Anticipated FY05 Outcomes -- Bus

New all-time ridership highContinued gains in customer satisfactionAward contract for as many as 21 OmniRide busesDelivery of 18 Gillig busesNew fareboxes installedRehabilitation of 17 OmniRide busesLand Acquisition/Environmental Assessment for Transit Center parking expansionUpdated bus service improvement plan

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Anticipated FY05 Outcomes -- Rail

All gallery cars placed in service to expand seating capacityParking expansion Surface lots completed @ Woodbridge,

Broad Run, and Old Town Manassas Deck plans fully designed @ Old Town

Manassas and Burke

New rolling stock procurement plans prepared Mid-day yard storage capacity expansion plans finalized

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FY05 Local Subsidy in BriefJurisdiction FY04 FY05 Chg Prince William $5.183M $6.192M 19%Manassas .388M .332M (14%)Manassas Park .120M .149M 24%Stafford .054M .045M (17%)Fredericksburg .026M .024M (8%)

PRTC Local Subsidy $5.771M $6.742M 17% (Excluding VRE)

VRE Subsidy (from PRTC $3.151M $3.148M 0%

Jurisdictions)

Total PRTC Subsidy $8.922M $9.890M 11%

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Looking Beyond FY05 -- Bus

Expanded Bus Service: Increased OmniRide Route One

service (FY06) Supplemental OmniLink Route One

service (FY06) Possible longer-term service additions

as outgrowths of updated bus service plan and prospective HOT lanes

Transit Center parking expansion

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Looking Beyond FY05 -- Rail

Capacity expansion as envisioned by completed strategic plan and as resources allowPossible system extensionsLong-term agreement with AMTRAK ensuring terminal access rights

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FY06 – FY09 Local Subsidy Implications

__ _ FY06___ FY07___ _FY08___FY09_ PWC $7.617M $6.742M $6.632M $6.697M

Manassas .337M .330M .329M .339MManassas Park .151M .148M .147M .151MStafford .046M .033M .019M .019MFredericksburg .024M____.018M____ _.010M___ _.010M

Total $8.175M $7.271M $7.137M $7.216M

(Excluding VRE)

VRE Subsidy $3.492M $3.758M___$4.096M $7.747M from PRTC Jurisdictions)

Total Subsidy $11.667M $11.029M $11.233M $14.963M

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Projected Fuel Tax Revenue

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Projected Fuel Tax Fund Balances

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