NJ TRANSIT BOARD ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE MEETING OPEN TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

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1 NJ TRANSIT BOARD ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE MEETING OPEN TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THURSDAY, JUNE 21, :30 AM ONE PENN PLAZA EAST 9 TH FLOOR BOARD ROOM NEWARK, NJ 07105

2 NJ TRANSIT BOARD ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE MEETING OPEN TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THURSDAY, JUNE 21, :30 AM BOARD ROOM 9 TH FLOOR NEWARK, NJ PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA (Tw minutes per speaker) STAFF REPORT FINANCIAL UPDATE (PRESENTER: WILLIAM VIQUEIRA)

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10 ch 2018 Ridership Reprt ch 2018 Passenger Ridership ch ridership was -4.2% belw last year, in raw numbers. Ridership was just 0.6% lwer than last year when factring ut calendar differences, majr weather incidents and special events (Adjusted Percent Change). Weekday travel by week rip-sawed due t the timing f winter strms this year and last. The final week f the mnth saw cmparable year-year weather with rain n fur days each year; weekday travel that week averaged +0.6% abve last year. Weekend ridership was up thrughut the mnth due t favrable weather cnditins, as rain and snw steered clear f ch weekends. Overall weekend travel was up +7.4% frm last year. Latest 12 mnths ridership cllectively has ttaled millin passenger trips, -2.5% lwer than the 12 mnths prir t that. Outside f arctic cnditins arund New Year s, the imprvement in year-ver-year weekday ridership trends has cntinued. First twelve weeks f 18, weekdays were -2.6% lwer. Passenger Ridership (millins) Raw Percent Change Adjusted Percent Change Bus (- 5.0%) (- 0.3%) Rail (- 3.4%) (- 0.7%) Light Rail (- 2.2%) (- 2.2%) Ttal (- 4.2%) (- 0.6%) Passenger Ridership (millins) Latest 12 Mnths This Year Latest 12 Mnths Last Year Percent Change Bus (- 2.1%) Rail (- 3.2%) Light Rail (- 2.5%) Ttal (- 2.5%) Psgr Trips - Millins ,000,000 Mving 12 Mnth Ridership Ttals Average Weekday Psgr Trips By Week Next 13 weeks until the last week in December weekdays -0.7% ff last year. 925,000 During late December and early uary s extreme cld, weekday travel drpped -15% frm last year. Latest twelve weeks in uary, February and ch, weekdays just -0.3% belw last year. 850, , , Jul Aug t Oct Dec Feb 1

11 ch 2018 Ridership Reprt Bus Ridership ch Bus ridership was -5.0% lwer than last year, in raw numbers. 0.3% lwer than last ch when adjusted fr distrtins caused by calendar differences, majr weather incidents and special events. 17 & 18 - Millins Systemwide Ridership By Mnth Trend Jul Aug Oct Dec Feb Apr Jun Trend Line - Millins Bus weekday ridership impacted by recurring winter strms; better weather sent weekend travel +6.9% higher than last ch. Rail Ridership ch Rail ridership -3.4% lwer than last year, in raw numbers. 17 & 18 - Millins Bus Ridership By Mnth Trend Jul Aug Oct Dec Feb Apr Jun Trend Line - Millins 0.7% lwer than last ch when adjusted fr distrtins. Winter strms cut int weekday travel, thugh weekends were +6.0% higher than last year. Light Rail Ridership ch Light Rail ridership -2.2% belw last year. HBLR (- 3.9%) Newark Light Rail (- 5.0%) River LINE +14.5% 17 & 18 - Millins Rail Ridership By Mnth Trend Jul Aug Oct Dec Feb Apr Jun Light Rail Ridership By Mnth Trend Line - Millins Average weekday travel -2.9% lwer than last year; weekends +21.0% higher with benign weather cnditins 17 & 18 - Millins Jul Aug Oct Dec Feb Apr Jun Trend Trend Line - Millins 2

12 ch 2018 Ridership Reprt New Yrk City ket Ridership ch New Yrk City ket ridership was -2.6% belw last year. Weekday travel was impacted by ch s several winter strms. Rail trips were -2.7% belw last ch; Bus trips were -2.5% lwer. Hbken exhibited the brightest Rail yearyear result at +5.9%; Newark Penn -2.9%; and NY Penn -4.1% belw last February. 17 & 18 - Millins NY City ket Ridership By Mnth Trend Jul Aug Oct Dec Feb Apr Jun Trend Line - Millins NY Bus travel was strngest in the nrth and nrtheast crner f the state. Trend shws relatively stable New Yrk City travel. Nrth Jersey ket Ridership ch in-state Nrth Jersey travel was -6.0% belw last year. Nrth Jersey Light Rail ridership -4.2% belw last year; Rail -4.8%; Bus -6.6%. 17 & 18 - Millins Nrth Jersey ket Ridership By Mnth Trend Jul Aug Oct Dec Feb Apr Jun Trend Line - Millins Trend shws declining ridership. Suth Jersey ket Ridership ch Suth Jersey ridership -4.2% belw last year. Suth Jersey Light Rail ridership +14.5% abve last year; Rail -0.6%; Bus -6.8%. Trend shws diminishing Suth Jersey ridership since the 2 nd quarter f fiscal year & 18 - Millins Suth Jersey ket Ridership By Mnth 17 Trend 18 Jul Aug Oct Dec Feb Apr Jun Trend Line - Millins 3

13 ch 2018 Ridership Reprt Weather A series f winter strms impacted the service area each week during the mnth, leading t the highest instance f ch weekday precipitatin days in ver a decade. Weekend, thugh, were spared, with high temps appraching 50 degrees each day inches f precipitatin fell during ch, +7% higher than nrmal. Degrees F Average Daily Temperature - Newark Airprt Nrmal ch 2018 Snwfall ttaled 13.2 inches, including 4.6 inches n ch 7 and 7.9 inches n ch 21. The late winter sun angle and temperatures quickly melted the accumulated snw in bth instances, thugh nt after disrupting travel. Cmpared against last ch, temperatures averaged higher thugh it was slightly drier. ch saw 11 days with precipitatin; last year 11 days; past decade has averaged 9.1 ch precip days. ch precipitatin amunt -12% lwer than last year. Calendar & Special Events There was ne less weekday and ne mre Saturday than last ch. Gd Friday ccurred during ch this year; last year it fell in April. There were n MetLife Stadium events this mnth. Mving Avg Emplyment (millins) Days ch Precipitatin Days - Newark Airprt Weekend Days Weekdays Emplyment & Ridership Trend << Emplyment Trend Scale Ridership Trend Scale >> Mving Avg Ridership (millins) Ecnmy Preliminary ch emplyment data shws reginal emplyment grwth f +1.6%, in line with recent trends. NY City +1.6% New Jersey +1.6% Philadelphia +1.5% Regin +1.6% Natinally, emplyment during ch was +1.6% higher than last year. Reginal Emplyment Grwth Reginal Emplyment Grwth By Mnth 3.0% 2.0% 1.0% 0.0% Average during each fiscal year 16 Jul 17 Jul t 18 Jul 4

14 ch 2018 Ridership Reprt Gasline Prices ch reginal gasline prices were +11% higher than last February, thugh still -30% lwer than five years ag. Price Per Galln Inflatin-Adjusted Reginal Gasline Price Histry $5.00 $3.75 $2.50 $1.25 $ Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) n New Jersey Rads February New Jersey VMT (latest data available) as calculated by the USDOT Federal Highway Administratin was +0.4% higher than ne year earlier. During the past 12 mnths NJ VMT has been -0.2% lwer than the 12 mnths befre that. NJ VMT peaked during the 12 mnths ended in uary 2017; current levels are just -0.4% ff that all-time 12 mnth peak. Billin Vehicle Miles Vehicle Miles Traveled n NJ Rads Mnthly Data Mving Average ~end 5