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Texas A&M UniversityAggie Spirit 2010

Doug WilliamsInterim Director

Texas A&M Transportation Services

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HistoryBus

Operationsstarted

Bus Operations

started

1982

The Department of Parking & Transit

Servicescreated

The Department of Parking & Transit

Servicescreated

1988

Fleet expanded to 59 buses

4 on and 11 off-campus routes

Fleet expanded to 59 buses

4 on and 11 off-campus routes

1990

22 buses purchased22 buses

purchased

2001

24 buses purchased24 buses

purchased

2002

9 buses purchased with assistance from

Brazos Transit

9 buses purchased with assistance from

Brazos Transit

2006

25 buses purchased and public timetables published

25 buses purchased and public timetables published

2008

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Today• Fleet of 80 buses and

6 paratransit vans called Aggie Spirit

• 9 off-campus routes 7 on-campus routes

• Average daily ridership for fall approximately 8,000 on-campus and 14,500 off-campus

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Today

• Approximately 250 student drivers

• Approximately 28 full and part time drivers

• 8 full time supervisors• Transports approximately

5.6 million passengers per year including faculty, staff, students and visitors

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Communication

• RSS feeds• @AggieSpiritBus on Twitter• transport.tamu.edu• m.tamu.edu mobile site• Real-time tracking coming soon• Interior banners

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Other Services

• Get to the Grid! Sponsor-funded game day shuttles from the mall to Kyle Field

• Local charter services• Interior advertising

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Costs• Cost to run a route is approximately $53/hour• Cost of each new bus is approximately $315,000• Starting student driver pay is $8/hr• Starting budgeted driver is $10.15/hr• Approximately 2,000 gallons of biodiesel fuel daily• New $2 million hardware/software installation for

scheduling, GPS tracking, cameras, automatic passenger counts, etc

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Funding

• Aggie Spirit receives no state funding• Fixed route service is paid for by a student fee– $70/semester– $35/summer session– $7.24 million annually

• Local charter service billed to university affiliates at $80/hr

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Contact UsDoug Williams, Interim Director

dg-williams@tamu.edu

Lana Wolken, Assistant Director for Transithwolken@tamu.edu

Peter Lange, Interim Executive Directorplange@tamu.edu

Presentation available at:http://transport.tamu.edu/presentations