Fleet consolidation Address changes to Routes 2, 7 and 85 to make them more efficient. Sunday Service reductions on Routes 80 Route suggestions for Benicia Frequency reductions on all routes. Transfers and Day Passes

1. Proposal for SolTrans Service
Changes
Leon Bacud
●Fleet consolidation
●Address changes to Routes 2, 7 and 85 to
make them more efficient.
●Sunday Service reductions on Routes 80
●Route suggestions for Benicia
●Frequency reductions on all routes.
●Transfers and Day Passes

2. SolTrans fleet consolidation
SolTrans now has a combined fleet of buses
from two former transit agencies. As a single
agency, it could use these buses in ways they
weren't able to be used before. For example:
shuttle vans, once used for Benicia public
routes, now can be used in Vallejo for non-
peak routes.

3. Proposed Changes to Route 7
● Reduce peak hour traffic congestion on North
Ascot Parkway
● Serve Solano College students living in East
Vallejo
● Provide a safe transfer to Route 2 at Target

4. Proposed Changes to Route 7

5. During peak hours, supplemental school
routes, as well as Route 7, use a bus stop on
N. Ascot Parkway

6. Routing 7 to Solano College will
Serve West Vallejo Students

7. The location of this bus stop blocks traffic for both
bicyclists as well as right-lane traffic. This congests after-
school traffic flow from Jesse Bethel High School.

8. Proposed Changes To Route 2
● Serve Solano College for West Vallejo
● Serve Jesse Bethel High for West Vallejo
● Provide a Safe Transfer to Route 7 at
Target

9. Proposed Changes to Route 2

10. Moving the Route 2 (and tripper stops)
to Redwood solves traffic problems.

11. Transfer point at Target provides a safer
alternative to Gateway Plaza

12. Caveats to SolTrans Proposals
● If Route 2 is routed to
serve Solano College
before Target, Route
7 riders will not be
able to transfer at
Target in order to
arrive at the College.
Instead, they will
need to transfer at
VTC; exponentially
lengthening their trip.

13. Sunday Service on Route 80/85
● The Route 80 and 85 are the main
connections and SolTrans and Napa Vine
riders have with the rest of the Bay Area.
● I strongly propose reducing Sunday service
to a single Route 80 bus. This allows for
hourly service.
● Route 85 currently serves Westfield and
Business Center Drive only. I recommend
establishing Dial-a-Ride service to these
locations.

14. Route Suggestions for Benicia
● Suggest County
Connection take over
Route 76.
● Convert routes 21 and
22 into fixed routes that
make only two peak
hour runs.
● Merge 21 and 22 into
one fixed looping route
that makes only two
peak hour runs.

15. Frequency Reductions On All
Routes
● If SolTrans aims to reduce costs, why are
they proposing to increase frequency at the
cost of evening service hours? In order to
preserve the current final departure times, I
urge you to reduce all local routes to hourly
service, with selective runs at peak hours.
● A suggestion would be to divide route
departure times from VTC between x:00 and
x:30.

16. Transfers and Day Passes
● To avoid inconvenience for those
transferring to buses outside of the SolTrans
system, as well as those not able to buy a
day-pass at VTC, I recommend following suit
with AC Transit by charging an additional fee
for a transfer slip.
● For those wishing to use 10-ride passes,
incorporate the fee for the transfer with the
cost of the pass, and allow the rider to
receive a transfer as soon as the pass is
punched.

17. Contact
● This presentation can also be found at the
following URL: http://SlideSha.re/SolTrans
● If you have any questions, please contact
me at lbacud@live.com