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CITY TO DISCONTINUE CONTRACT WITH CCART; BUS SERVICE TO END MARCH 1, 2008
(February 5, 2008) The contract between the City of Frisco and Collin
County Area Regional Transit (CCART) is being discontinued. As a result,
the free fixed route bus service will end on March 1, 2008.
Tuesday night, February 5, the Frisco City Council agreed to accept CCART's
request to terminate the service; however, 'on-call' service for the
elderly and disabled is not affected by this change.
In January, staff received notice that CCART cannot provide funding to
help defer the $249,600 annual cost (or $20,800 monthly) to operate the
single bus route in Frisco. In 2007, rider ship for the calendar year
totaled 12,707. If the City of Frisco were to continue service, at no
cost to riders, it would cost the City of Frisco an estimated $19.62 per
ride. In 2006, Frisco's cost per ride was $16.60 for a one-way trip and
$33.20 to go 'to and from' a location.
The original, 2004 agreement between the City of Frisco and CCART cost
approximately $100,000 a year. Since then, service continued on a
month-to-month basis. Last year, the council voted to terminate service
in May of 2007 and use remaining monies dedicated to CCART for a Transit
Study. At that time, CCART offered to continue service at 'no charge'
while it searched for supplemental funds or grants to help defer the cost
of service in Frisco.
Last month, CCART notified the City of Frisco it was unable to secure
supplemental funding, and as a result, CCART no longer has resources to
continue the free service in Frisco.
The City of Frisco has since used the monies originally dedicated to the
bus service for the Transit Study, at a cost of $91,500. The study's
first public forum was held in October of last year. Next month, Frisco
will host a public meeting where initial findings of the Transit Study
will be presented. A Transit Study presentation will be made to the
Frisco City Council in April.
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