Fiscal Note
This grant, in the estimated amount of $111,839, would pay for 50% of the net operating cost of providing new commuter service between Madison and Verona for a two year period beginning in August, 2005. The balance of net service cost would be paid for by the City of Verona, through a separate contractual agreement with the City of Madison. There would be no net cost impact to Metro Transit or the City of Madison.
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Authorizing the Transit General Manager to prepare and file an application for a Reverse Commute grant with Wisconsin Department of Transportation in connection with proposed commuter service to the City of Verona, and authorizing the Mayor to sign the application.
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Many employees of Epic Systems, a large computer software company with over 1,000 employees currently located at 13 sites within the City of Madison, are currently served by various Metro Transit routes. In anticipation of the move by Epic Systems to Verona, Verona officials initiated discussions with Metro Transit's General Manager several years ago. Metro Transit staff have been regularly meeting with City of Verona and Epic officials since then to discuss and develop a transit service to meet the reverse commute needs of Epic employees, as well as Verona commuters to Madison. A service proposal, approved by the City of Verona, has been developed to begin this new reverse commute and regular commute service on the day Epic employees begin work in Verona in August, 2005. This will be a limited stop service during morning and evening commute hours, with three trips in the morning and three in the evening connecting the West Transfer Point and designated stops in Verona.
Under USC, Section 3037 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, federal funds are available to initiate transit services for reverse commute workers at suburban job sites (Reverse Commute grants). These funds may be used for up to 50 percent of the expenses of an...
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