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TRANSIT ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES
August 18, 2010
4:30 P.M
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MEMBERS PRESENT: Diane Hoffman, Jessica King, Diane Lowe, Troy Monday, Mike Norton
and Jeffrey Olmstead
MEMBERS ABSENT: Mary Louise Lewis
OTHERS PRESENT: Christopher Strong, Transportation Director
Jennifer Weigand, Recording Secretary
Vice-Chairperson Olmstead called the meeting to order at 4:30 p.m.
NEW BUSINESS
1. REQUEST TO MOVE MEETINGS IN 2010-2011.
Mr. Strong explained the reasoning behind this request. He will be participating in
Leadership Oshkosh, starting in September through May.
The general consensus was to move the monthly meeting to the fourth Wednesday of each
month.
OLD BUSINESS
2. STATUS ON CHANGE TO TRANSIT SYSTEM HOURS OF SERVICE.
Mr. Strong informed the Board that the Common Council voted against the proposal at their
August 10, 2010 meeting.
Mr. Strong noted the TDP would not be completed until May 2011. He questioned if the
Board was interested in some type of interim service in 2011. Should he pursue other
ideas? Should they wait until 2012?
Mrs. Hoffman questioned if there really is a demand for evening service. There hasn’t been
any big movement to change things. Maybe we should leave the service as is. She
believes there needs to be a reason to change it.
Mrs. Lowe was worried about making a change and than having to possibly pull it back at a
later date.
Mr. Olmstead has not seen any push on the public side for a change in service. Normally,
when he thinks of evening service, he thinks 10 p.m. versus the proposed one hour
extension.
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Mr. Strong said there are a variety of rides that could be served with an extra hour of
service, such as students in after-school activities, people whose work shifts end at 6 PM,
people trying to make appointments after work, and others.
Mr. Norton felt we should wait until after the TDP is completed. Some service changes to
explore may be to consolidate some day time routes and run longer hours in the evening;
have designated stops, which would eliminate stopping at every corner along a route.
STAFF STATEMENTS
3. JUNE 2010 RIDERSHIP STATISTICS
Mr. Strong noted that the decline in ridership has slowed.
The Paratransit User Survey was distributed to the Board members. Mr. Norton questioned
if we should hold an open meeting every year for paratransit users to come and make
comments.
Ms. King asked if bike usage was what we had expected. Mr. Strong replied we were
hoping for 2,000 for the year and as of June the number was 1,069.
Mrs. Lowe commented that the OTS staff did a super job of promoting transit services at the
National Night Out Event held August 3, 2010.
There being no more business to come before the Transit Advisory Board and upon duly
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being made and seconded (Norton, Lowe), the meeting adjourned at 4:55 p.m