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| Year One - FY 98 (7/1/97 - 6/30/98) |
Year Two - FY 99 (7/1/98 - 6/30/99) |
Year Three - FY 00 (7/1/99 - 6/30/00) |
Year Four - FY 01 (7/1/00 - 6/30/01) |
Year Five - FY 02 (7/1/01 - 6/30/02) |
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| BUS SERVICE |
Service quality standards & guidelines for regional & non-regional transit services cooperatively developed between WMATA & local jurisdictions. WMATA convenes a panel of the region's bus/transit managers to coordinate all bus services in the region. | ||||
| Local plans developed in consultation with WMATA for non-regional services, including determinations for use of WMATA for non-regional services. Begin negotiating new contractual relationship between WMATA & individual local jurisdictions for non-regional services operated by Metrobus | Non-regional service plans begin (up to 25% of redesignated non-regional service may be operated by local governments). Any jurisdiction assuming operation of Metrobus non-regional routes must agree to maintain service standards | Non-regional plans continued (up to 50% of redesignated non-regional service may be operated by local governments) | Non-regional service plans continued (up to 75% of redesignated non-regional may be operated by local governments). | Non-regional service plan complete (up to 100% of redesignated non-regional may be operated by local governments) | |
| New "experimental" regional services examined for possible early implementation. Regional service planning will be done by WMATA in consultation with all jurisdictions | Service plan developed by WMATA for under served and unserved markets | New service initiatives implemented (as funding permits) | |||
| FARES & CUSTOMER INFORMA- TION |
Fare simplification/ integration plan developed by WMATA in cooperation with local jurisdictions | New simplified & integrated fare structure implemented | |||
| Comprehensive & integrated regional customer information & marketing program developed by WMATA | Implementation of the comprehensive & integrated regional customer information & marketing program | ||||
| SUBSIDY ALLOCATION | Conversion to a new subsidy allocation formula with annual transition limits to ensure that neither the regional bus subsidy nor any individual jurisdiction is affected by any change that might occur on non-regional services except that jurisdiction proposing the change | ||||
| All non-regional services funded separately by being moved into a new & distinct accounting format for subsidy purposes | |||||
| PLAN OVERSIGHT | Regional Mobility Panel approves Concept Plan & recommends final report to the WMATA Board. The WMATA Board authorizes the submission of the final report to Congress. | ||||
| WMATA finalizes detailed Transition Plan, in coordination with local jurisdictions | Initial review of accomplishments toward cost containment goal & updated review of regional transit service plan | Final review of accomplishments toward cost containment goal (end of FY 2002) & updated review of regional transit service plan |