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FARE FREE TRANSIT

CORVALLIS TRANSIT SYSTEM

OREGON SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVE

Oregon Greenhouse Gas Reduction Toolkit:

Case Study

Featured Category

Location

Corvallis, Oregon

54,462

Milestones

»Year Implemented 2011

»1,152,665 bus boardings in Fiscal Year 12/13

»37.9 percent increase in ridership in one year

Applicable GHG Reduction Strategies

1

»Transit pricing

Increase Transit Use

INCREASE

TRANSIT USE

Free Transit &

Stable Funding

Key Facts:

»Corvallis Transit System has operatedfare free since 2011 2011.
ODOT Oregon Sustainable Transportation Initiative Case Study: TDM Programs Page 1 1

Challenges

At the

mixed. The new fee system narrowly passed City Council in a 5 to 4 vote.

Concerns included having the buses

become "mobile shelters" for the homeless or a haven for rowdy teens.

The number of problem incidents

has increased, but the percentage of number of passengers has remained constant. In other words, the free buses

Providing ADA Paratransit is a

responsibility of all public transit the fare charged for ADA Paratransit service may not be more than double that of the fare required for fi xed route service. When there is no charge for fi xed route service there is also no charge for ADA Paratransit service.

CTS and the Benton County Special

same ADA Paratransit service provider.

As the Benton County STF program

remained a fare-based system, it was

CTS ADA rides and Benton County STF

both services.

The Beaver Bus is late-night bus service

available Thursday through Saturday during the Oregon State University (OSU) school year. It is targeted at OSU students but available to the public as well. It is funded separately from the TOF, with the Associated Students of Oregon

State University paying 70 percent of the

cost, and the City of Corvallis paying the remaining 30 percent.

Beaver Bus

Background

T

Strategies

I

Funding Mechanism

T The TOF appears as a surcharge on City of Corvallis customer water ODOT Oregon Sustainable Transportation Initiative Case Study: TDM Programs Page 2

Special Considerations

W

»Refunds to Transit Group Pass Members.

»Loss of fare recovery from Paratransit service. »Labor cost for maintenance contractor to remove farebox receptaclesfrom CTS buses.

Conclusions

I

Key Successes

Ridership jumped considerably when bus

that ridership would level oī , but increases in ridership. Passengers and bus operators appreciate the simplicity things down. CTS rolled out its fi rst

TOF-sponsored route enhancement on

September 24, 2012; increased frequency

of service (or "headways") on over- crowded routes around the University.

The most signifi cant benefit of the

program is the stability created by the new funding mechanism. CTS is insulated from the ups and downs of the general fund, also allows CTS to build up reserves to be used for local match when grants are received for capitol expenditures (such as

Quantifying GHG

Reduction

Greenhouse Gas Reduc

reduc on ranges are:

While strategies are o

Ōen combined to

(OSTI), which was formed to address the requirements of Senate Bill 1059 (2010). h p ODOT Oregon Sustainable Transportation Initiative Case Study: TDM Programs Page 3quotesdbs_dbs14.pdfusesText_20