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San Leandro LINKS Shuttle Service Alternatives <br />San Leandro Transportation Management Organization <br /> <br />Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates Inc. | 2-12 <br />Figure 11 Service Alignment Options <br /> <br />Estimated <br />Frequencies <br />Vehicle <br />Requirements <br />Estimated <br />Round Trip <br />Distance <br />(Miles) <br />Estimated <br />Round-Trip <br />Cycle Time <br />(Minutes) <br />Estimated Additional <br />Annual Costs12 <br />Existing Alignment <br />Existing <br />Service <br />LINKS <br />Loop <br />20 minutes 2 7.2 40 No change <br />Three Bus <br />Service <br />LINKS <br />Loop <br />Approximately <br />every 15 <br />minutes <br />3 7.2 40 3 total vehicles <br />+1 vehicles total: <br />+$126,500 <br />operations/annually <br />North/South Routes Alignment <br />Four Bus <br />Alternative <br />LINKS <br />North Loop <br />Every 15-18 <br />minutes <br />2 4.6 25 4 total vehicles <br />+2 vehicles total: <br />+$253,100 <br />(operations/annual) LINKS <br />South Loop <br />Every 17-20 <br />minutes <br />2 6.6 35 <br />Five Bus <br />Alternative <br />LINKS <br />North Loop <br />Every 10-13 <br />minutes <br />3 4.6 25 5 total vehicles <br />+3 vehicles total: <br />+$379,600 <br />(operations/annual) LINKS <br />South Loop <br />Every 17-20 <br />minutes <br />2 6.6 35 <br />Service Span <br />Figure 12 provides cost estimates for service span modifications. Costs estimates are based on <br />proposed 2014 LINKS cost per hour estimates ($53.65), five days per weekday and 255 weekdays <br />per year. Costs provided also reflect additional operational costs to what is paid today for LINKS <br />services. This figure attempts to provide an order of magnitude cost estimate based on number of <br />vehicles in service and the proposed service span modification. It is estimated that LINKS cost per <br />hour will escalate in 2015 from $53.65 to $56.96, a 6% increase. <br />Based on the information above, one could “piece together” approximate costs of vehicle <br />expansion with potential service span modifications. As an example, a shuttle alternative may <br />require four vehicles, yet it is possible to operate a different number of vehicles during mid -day <br />service or during later evening service at a lower frequency. <br />Two near-term options suggested for the LINKS Shuttle include restoring evening service (8:00 <br />p.m.) and expanding service to include mid-day trips. Costs related to adding an hour of evening <br />service range from approximately $27,000 to $68,000 annually, based on the number of vehicles. <br />Adding mid-day service is substantially more costly due to the number of additional hours of <br />service (5.25 hours per vehicle between 9:45 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.). Adding this service ranges <br />between approximately $143,000 and $359,000 on an annual basis depending on the number of <br />vehicles in service. <br /> <br />12 Cost estimates assume a 9.25 service day (peak period weekdays). Based on 2014 cost estimates.