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1 III-9 MTA NEW york city TRANSIT370 Jay StreetBrooklyn, NY 11201(718) 330-4321 Web Site: Legislative Districts:Senate:10 - 34 Assembly:23 - 831,5501,6501,7501,8501,9502,0502,1502,2 50 Millions19971998199920002001 YearMTA NYC TRANSIT - TotalRevenue Passengers375390405420435450465 Millions19971998199920002001 YearMTA NYC TRANSIT - TotalRevenue Vehicle MilesBase Fare: $ Last Increase:$ .25 on 11/12/95 New york city TRANSIT (MTA-NYCT), a subsidiary ofthe Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA),operates the NYC subway system, extensive busservice, contracts for the provision of paratransit servicein New york city and manages the Staten IslandRailway (SIR).

2 Due to the manner in which MTA-NYCT reports on the operation of the SIR, that systemwill be discussed in a separate section of this terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 had anenormous impact on the operations and focus of MTANYC TRANSIT . The TRANSIT agency responded to the crisisin an exemplary fashion. Bus Operators near groundzero got as many passengers as they could into ash-covered buses and drove them out of danger. Busesprovided the bulk of the emergency responsetransportation for weeks, including an emergencyshuttle system bringing Firefighters, Police, EMS, andthe military to Ground Zero.

3 TRANSIT provided over225 buses during the first week of the emergency, overa 150 buses a day in he second week, and at least 50buses a day through December. In December 2001, the MTA estimated propertydamage caused by the attack at $855 Million. Lostrevenue and additional expenses - service equipment,and overtime costs for rescue and debris removal;additional security; emergency electrical generation;and other costs - were estimated at $482 all property damage and expense costs and muchof the lost revenue are expected to be reimbursed the impact of the terrorist attacks NYCT experienced ridership growth in systemridership increased by percent from 2000 to annual growth is nearly half that of the percentannualized rate of growth over the 5-year period from1997 through 2001.

4 Subway ridership increased in 2001 and increased at an annualized growthrate of percent from 1997 to 2001. Bus ridershipIII-10 TotalParatransitBusSubwayAdminMTA NYC TRANSIT 2001 Characteristics2,146,804,7842,017,217739 ,482,8661,405,304,701 Revenue Passengers11,998(a)8904,4656,643 Number of Vehicles47,46865014,27727,3225,219 Number of Employees449,151,14822,201,813101,025,66 1325,923,674 Revenue Vehicle Miles32,608,7432,050,23512,912,80117,645 ,707 Revenue Vehicle Hours2,337,300,000(b)29,500,000693,277,6 001,614,522,400 Total Operating Revenue3,772,000,000(d)86,910,0001,129,6 00,0001,750,600,000(c)804,890,000 Total Operating Expense /Rev.

5 Vehicle Expense / Rev. Vehicle Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Passengers / Rev. Vehicle Operating Revenue / Op. Expense / Revenue Op. Revenue / Revenue Passenger(a) Contractor vehicles - Not included in MTA reported total, (b) Includes NYC fare re-imbursement subsidy as operatingrevenue ., (c) Admin expenses also cover administrative employees listed in subway, paratransit, and bus modal totals. (d)Cost of contracting by percent in 2001 and at an annualizedrate of percent over the 5-year period from 1997 ridership performance results from a variety offactors including the MetroCard Program, which hasencouraged non-work related discretionary trips as wellas improvements in NYCT s overall level and quality has implemented a series of fare initiatives,designed to make TRANSIT more convenient and lesscostly for the TRANSIT customer.

6 For a summary of whenthese fare initiatives were initiated please see Table IV-4 of the 1998 Annual Report on Public TransportationAssistance Programs in New york average non-student fare declined to $ in 2001due to increased usage of discounted MetroCards. In2001, 70 percent of all trips were taken using adiscounted MetroCard compared to 67 percent in ride passes accounted for percent of2001 trips and bonus MetroCards provided percentof fare policies have been of particular benefitto Bus usage. Bus use is traditionally morediscretionary than subway use and thus fare policiesdesigned to reduce marginal cost of additional transittrips have provided a substantial incentive for ridership, the dominant mode bringing peoplefrom the outer boroughs into Manhattan has continueda growth trend.

7 Similarly, bus ridership on routes thatfeed the subway and routes operating in areas wheresubway service is limited, continued to be very keep up with increasing demand NYCT hasincreased service and improved service quality. Busservice has increased by nearly 2 percent, from revenue miles in 2000 to 101 million miles in2001. From 1997 to 2001 revenue miles of serviceincreased at an annualized rate of percent. Subwayservice, increased by less than 1 percent from revenue miles in 2000 to million revenuemiles in 2001. Over the five year period subway serviceincreased at an annualized rate of percent.

8 Servicequality also improved in terms of better on-timeperformance, and fewer incidences of a systemwide basis NYC TRANSIT operational costsincreased by percent from 2000 to 2001. Over thefive year period costs have increased at an annualizedgrowth rate of percent. The chief factors that drovethe greater than inflationary cost increase was an 3percent increase in the number of employees andincreases in salary of 3 percent in 2000 and 4 percent Subway: Subway ridership increased , from 2000 to 2001, to billion revenuepassengers: the highest subway ridership figure sincethe advent of the STOA program.

9 Subway revenuevehicle miles increased by less than 1 percent from2000 to 2001. The revenue passenger to revenuevehicle mile ratio has consistently increased over the 5year period from 1997 to 2001, with an annualizedincrease of percent. In 2001, the ratio increased by1 percent. III-11 NYCT continued to maintain a high Mean DistanceBetween Failures (MDBF), averaging 109,000 miles in200, down slightly from 2000's MDBF of 110,180miles. The high MDBF reflects NYCT s continuingcommitment of adhering to car-maintenance schedulesand equipment-improvement programs. On-TimePerformance, based on scheduled train trips, continuedto improve in 2000.

10 Terminal On-Time performanceincreased to 96 percent in 2000 up from percent 63rd Street Tunnel was opened for subway servicein mid-December 2001. This opening marked thecompletion of one of the largest construction projects inrecent New york history and resulted in having animmediate impact on reducing congestion on theQueens Blvd lines. Up to 15 trains per hour have beenadded to service between Queens and put into service 570 high-tech subway cars in2001. This brings the total number of high-tech subwaycars up to 670 cars on the A Division (numbered lines).In addition, the first 12 cars for the B Division (letteredlines), were received and tested.