HomeMy WebLinkAboutTAB Meeting Minutes 9 16 15Committee Name: Transit Advisory Board
Date: 9-16-15
Location: City Hall
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Attendees: Absent:
Jim Collins, Transportation Director Mike Norton, Board
Diane Lowe, Board
Marlene Binder, Secretary Caroline Panske, Chairperson
Dave Vickman, Operation Manager Stephanie Steinfort, Board
Evelyn Meuret, Board Lee Williams, Board
Troy Monday, Board
Item Facilitator Discussion Actions
Meeting Started
Caroline
Panske
Caroline Panske called the meeting to order at 4:10 pm. None
Meeting Minutes Caroline
Panske Acceptance of July 15th TRAB meeting minutes.
1st: Norton
2nd: Panske
Introduce new
Board member
Caroline
Panske
Caroline Panske introduced Stephanie Steinfort to the Board. Stephanie
Steinfort told she moved from St. Louis to Oshkosh in 2003. She stated she
uses the bus system and is interested in contributing ideas and using feedback
to improve the transit system.
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Committee Name: Transit Advisory Board
Date: 9-16-15
Location: City Hall
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Item Facilitator Discussion Actions
Transit Funding
Presentation
David
Vickman
David Vickman gave a presentation on public transit funding.
None
Paratransit Bids
Jim Collins
Jim Collins explained there were two bids received for this contract. He said
the evaluation committee will make a recommendation on awarding the
contract to the common council. Caroline Panske asked that he keep the
Board posted.
None
EAA
Jim Collins
Jim Collins stated there was an 8.8% increase in EAA ridership in 2015. He
told that the Wednesday during EAA this year had the highest number of
riders in the past four years.
None
Greyhound
Jim Collins
Jim Collins said the Greyhound is currently picking up passengers on
Osceola Avenue by Gruenhagen Conference Center on the UW-Oshkosh
campus. The university is having issues with them stopping here; therefore
Greyhound is exploring other options.
None
Committee Name: Transit Advisory Board
Date: 9-16-15
Location: City Hall
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Item Facilitator Discussion Actions
Leadership
Oshkosh
Jim Collins
Jim Collins informed the Board that he will be attending Leadership Oshkosh
this year, which meets the third Wednesday of the month. He said Dave
Vickman will start the TAB meetings and he will join the meeting after
Leadership Oshkosh meeting.
None
Tablets
Jim Collins
Jim Collins said the tablets are currently being tested by staff. He explained
that the tablets will be used for ridership tracking and an application will
eventually be developed for automatic vehicle location.
None
Future Agenda
Item
Caroline
Panske
Caroline Panske asked for a report on passenger revenue by fare type.
None
Future Agenda
Item
Evelyn
Meuret
Evelyn Meuret said it is difficult for the bus to turn left from High Avenue
onto New York Avenue because vehicles parked right up to the corner. She
suggests removing one parking space on New York Avenue. Mr. Collins said
he will look into this.
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Committee Name: Transit Advisory Board
Date: 9-16-15
Location: City Hall
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Item Facilitator Discussion Actions
Adjournment
Caroline
Panske
The meeting was adjourned at 5:22 pm.
The next meeting will be October 21, 2015 at City Hall.
1st: Norton
2nd: Meuret