Total ridership this month was 9,195.\u00a0 Overall ridership decreased by 12%.\u00a0 The SAM-Gresham ridership decreased by 12.8%.\u00a0 SAM-Estacada ridership was 510 which is a 41% decrease from the previous year.\u00a0 The SAM-Estacada route experienced significant changes to the route in November.\u00a0 Although 510 is 41% decline from the previous year, it has steadily increased\u00a0in ridership each month since the implementation of changes. \u00a0 There was 21% increase since December 2016 and a 22% increase over\u00a0last month.\u00a0 We expect the ridership to continue to rebound for this route.<\/p>\n
STAR ridership decreased by 4%.\u00a0 Due to weather, there were a few days when STAR was for life sustaining services only. \u00a0Elderly and Disabled ridership on STAR remained high at 65%.\u00a0 The Elderly and Disabled program (out-of-town medical rides) experienced a 12.8% increase in ridership as compared to February 2016.<\/p>\n
The new Shopper Shuttle experienced a 57.5% increase in ridership since the December launch.<\/p>\n
Sandy staff spent many hours preparing for the State Special Transportation Fund (STF) and Federal 5310 program grant cycle. Anticipated funding amounts were announced in February. \u00a0Both STF and 5310 experienced decreased funding for this biennium at 12% and 16% reductions. \u00a0Sandy Transit took the bulk of the funding loss in vehicle replacements to keep STAR, ED, Estacada and preventative maintenance funding as steady\u00a0as possible. This biennium will be difficult and some policy changes may need to be made, especially to the Elderly and Disabled program as the demand for medical and life sustaining rides into areas outside of the Sandy area continues to increase.<\/p>\n
The grant agreement for the ITS equipment for SAM and MHX buses is now in place and an RFQ will go out soon. \u00a0The Department has met many, many vendors and had the privilege of Joe Knapp’s presence at the last demonstration. \u00a0This proved very helpful with data capacity information and the possibility of self-hosting the data that is collected. \u00a0ITS equipment will allow real time arrival data, on board automated announcements and upgrade data collection for much improved reporting.<\/p>\n
Finally, the minivan that was surplused last month sold for $10,000.\u00a0 The company that won the bid provides medical transportation in the Portland area and are very excited to buy the other minivan when it is posted.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Total ridership this month was 9,195.\u00a0 Overall ridership decreased by 12%.\u00a0 The SAM-Gresham ridership decreased by 12.8%.\u00a0 SAM-Estacada ridership was 510 which is a 41% decrease from the previous year.\u00a0 The SAM-Estacada route experienced significant changes to the route in … Continue reading