Metro is providing a presentation on service restoration. Three more rounds of restorations. In October, over 150,000 annual service hours will be restored. Other are anticipated in March 2022 and September 2022.
Conversation
As part of the fall service change, there are several factors at play with STBD funding, North Link changes, and restored service.
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Decisions on these changes came from various sources and transpired over different time periods.
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On balance, just over 200,000 annual service hours will remain suspended after the fall service change, to be brought back later.
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In developing service restoration plans, Metro heard from employers that they anticipate a hybrid office/work from home model. That's led the agency to focus less on peak-only routes.
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That's consistent with what we reported in March:
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Metro will be restoring service on 38 routes, which include 21 routes that are fully suspended, in October.
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That leaves 19 routes fully suspended and 49 routes with reduced service levels.
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Metro says ridership has been jumping up in recent weeks and is about 40% of pre-pandemic levels.
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The recent high have reached near 160,000 daily riders. Metro was averaging about 400,000 daily riders pre-pandemic.
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