Monthly Peerformance Metrics - OTTP
December saw On Time Performancee (OTP) return to the levell VRE and its passengers
have becom
me accustomeed to – 97%. While Novem
mber was still respectable at 95%, the
equipment and infrastruucture improovements made over the last several years have
allowed OTPP to stay at thhis very high llevel.
MONTHLY ON-TIME
O
PERFORRMANCE
Deecember Frederricksburg OTP Avverage
ON-TIM
ME PERCENTAGE
97%
Deecember Manasssas OTP Averag e
98%
VRRE DEC OVERALLL OTP AVERAGEE
97%
Both lines individually also
a achieved exceptional results with the Fredericcksburg line
operating at
a 97% and the
t Manassass line operatinng at 98%. OOTP has now hit 90% or
above for the thirteen coonsecutive m onths – an onngoing recordd for the systeem.
Moonthly Perforrmance Metrrics - Delays
Thee charts below provide a more detaailed look at delays overr the past thhree monthss, including the reasons
atttributable to them.
t
The avverage length of delay for October and November iss reflective off the service disruptions
inccurred, including the fatalitties.
SYSSTEMWIDE Tottal delays Aveerage length of d
delay (mins.) Delays 30 minutes and over Dayys with heat resttrictions/Total d
days On‐‐Time Performan
nce OC
CT 2012 NOV 2012
24 28 28 31 Aveerage length of delay (mins.) Delays 30 minutes and over On‐‐Time Performan
nce Aveerage length of delay (mins.) Delays 30 minutes and over On‐‐Time Performan
nce TOTALS
PERCENT
Signal/Switcch Failure 0 0%
Slow O rders
1 4%
M/W
W
1 4%
Train Interrference
15 58%
AMTR
RAK
2 8%
Freigght
0 0%
VRE
13 50%
Mechanicaal Failure
1 4%
4 0/20
0
6
0//19
96% 95% 9
13 41 97
7%
3
97
7%
13 40 3 95% 9
15 20 28
2
Late TTurn
0 0%
4 96% 1 95% 9
3
98
8%
PAX Han
ndling
3 11%
Weatther
0 0%
Crew Reelated
0 0%
Other/Scchedule
5 19%
TOTA
AL
26 100%
11 20 3 96% MAANASSAS LINE Tottal delays REASSON
7 0/22 FREEDERICKSBURG LINE Tottal delays DEC 2012
26
2
37
3
43
4
2
Riddership Updaate Aveerage daily ridership
r
for December 20012 was slighhtly higher thhan Decemberr 2011. The taable below shhows more
cleearly the monnth to month ridership forr December, as comparedd to the samee period last year. Althouggh we only
achhieved 2 dayss over 20,0000 daily riders, we did have nine additionaal days over 19,000 and twwo days abovee 18,800.
December 2012
RIDERSHIP MOONTH TO MONTH COMPARISON
DESCRIIPTION
MONTHLY RIDERSHIP AVERAAGE
19,124
December 2011
SERVICE DAYS (CURRENT/PPRIOR)
PERCENT CHANGE
18,,379
(144/19)
44%
Thee first five service days off January shoow that the trend is continuing with onee day over 20,000 and twoo days over
19,000.
Ovverview of Moonthly Citatioons
A
OCCURRRENCES
FINE
Forr the month of Decemberr, VRE issuedd a COURT ACTIONS
115
$100
Prepaid prior to court
tottal of 118 citattions. This is consistent with
w
8
$100
thee prior year, but higher than Novembber Guilty
2
26
$100
Guilty
in
absentia
(988 citations). Of
O the 118 citaations issued,, 17
1
$500
Guilty Class 2 misdemeaanor
were waived byy VRE. Of the remaining 101 Not guiltty
8
$0
citations, 8 werre found not guilty, 13 weere Dismisseed
113
$0
dissmissed
and
30
weere Continueed to next ccourt
229
$0
conntinued/appeealed. This means that 500% date
1
$0
of the passenggers issued citations weere Appealedd pending
1001
$5,400
fouund guilty of violating VREE’s fare evasiion TOTAL
pollicy. And, unfortunately, foor the second month in a roow, a frauduleent ticket wass confiscated.
3
COURT COSTS
$81
$81
$116
$81
$0
$486
$0
$0
$6,031
Potomac Shorees Update
t Potomac Shores development, the Potomac Shoores station
Witth the third track funding approval andd activity on the
conntinues to be a focal pointt as I recently had discusssions with thee property owwner, the hosst railroad (CSX) and the
Commonwealth as to how thee third track and
a two platfoorm station c an best be inttegrated into the VRE system.
m
I have met
m with the key figures inn the develop ment of Potomac Shores: Stan Brown, Senior Vice
Over the past month
C
Tischer, Vice President of Easteern Region AAcquisitions; MMike Lubeley,, partner at
Preesident of Deevelopment; Casey
Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley, Emrich, and Waalsh; and Ed Byrne, Vice
Preesident of Prroject Manageement for Arggent Managem
ment. Over
thee course of sseveral meettings, we havve discussed the station
andd track requirements as wwell as potenttial parking ddemands for
thee new station.
I haave also had several conversations witth Jay Westbrrook, Senior
Vice President with CSX and Quintin Kendall, Regional Vice
Preesident of CSSX, regarding how the stattion will be programmed
intoo the networrk as the third track prooject is advannced. I also
conntinue to worrk closely witth Supervisorr Caddigan too manage thee complexitiess of this projject and the relationship
witth the high speed rail projeect being advaanced by the Commonweallth. Supervisoor Caddigan iss working with Secretary
Connaughton annd I believe wee are moving closer to making a VRE staation at Potom
mac Shores a reality.
Gainesville-Hayymarket
On January 8, 2013,
2 VRE advised Norfolk Southern
S
that we accepted their latest pproposed ameendments to tthe match
agrreement. If thhese are still acceptable
a
too them the agreement soliddifies the contribution of NNorfolk Southeern to the
prooject and will allow VRE to proceed with the planning and environm
mental work.
4
Equipment Upddate
In January of 2012,
2 the VRE Operations Board
B
approved a contract for 8 of thee next 15 neww passenger ccars needed
forr VRE servicee. In Januaryy 2013, produuction at Nipppon-Sharyo’s Toyokawa, JJapan manufaacturing facility started.
Pieece parts andd assemblies for the car shells
s
will be completed bby summer. TThe car shellss will then bee shipped to
Nipppon Sharyo’ss new manufaacturing faciliity in Rochellee, IL for final assembly. With the openinng of this neww facility, all
futture VRE car orders
o
with Sumitomo Corporation/Nippon Sharyo wwill be assembbled entirely iin the U.S.
5
Security Cameera Installatioon
Wee have now addded a total of 20 security cameras at four
f VRE station locations;; Burke Centrre, Woodbridgge, Quantico,
andd Fredericksbburg.
Statioon
Fredeericksburg
Quanttico
Woodbridge
Burkee Centre
Fixedd Camera
1
1
2
1
Pan Tilt Zoom (PTTZ) Camera
3
2
7
3
A Network Videeo Recorder (NVR) was also
a installedd which can retain 90 days of recorrded video foootage. VRE
perrsonnel can remotely
r
acceess this information. The project
p
is appproximately 990% completee and will be done by the
endd of the month.
Lonng Bridge Uppdate
Thee District Deppartment of Trransportationn (DDOT), in
coooperation with the Federal Railroad Adm
ministration
(FRRA), has undertaken a study of the Long Bridge acrosss
thee Potomac Rivver. This is thhe only railroaad bridge
connnecting the District
D
of Columbia and Virginia. The tw
wo
traack bridge, ow
wned by CSX, carries
c
CSX, VRE,
V Amtrak and
a
staate trains andd is a severe bottle
b
neck for the corridor.
DDOT will complete a compreehensive study to include the
ideentification of short-term needs,
n
long-teerm capacity
impprovements, analysis of altternatives, annd evaluation of
reccommended improvementss.
6
Thee study is a collaborative effort
e
between the users of the bridge aand also includes extensivee stakeholderr
cooordination witth agencies such as the USS Departmentt of the Interioor and Nationnal Park Service, Virginia DDepartment
of TTransportatioon, Virginia Deepartment of Rail and Public Transportaation, US Coasst Guard, and the US Armyy Corps of
Enggineers. VRE staff
s is activeely participating in the studdy. A final rep ort is scheduuled to be com
mpleted this summer.
Prooject information can be viiewed at www
w.longbridgeproject.com.
7
R
Rideershiip
Decembber
Date
Manassas AM Manassas
M
PM Tota
al Manassas Actual OTP TD
Fred'bu
urg AM
Fred'bu
urg PM
Fred'burg
g Total
Actual OTP
P TD Total Trips Actual
A
OTP TD
1
2
3
4,624
4,715
9,339
94%
4,690
4,806
9,49
96
100%
18,835
97%
4
5,150
4,704
9,853
100%
5,218
5,344
10,56
62
100%
20,416
100%
5
4,811
4,544
9,355
100%
4,745
5,190
9,93
36
100%
19,290
100%
6
4,934
4,694
9,628
100%
4,944
5,204
10,14
48
100%
19,776
100%
7
3,888
3,938
7,826
100%
4,337
4,473
8,80
09
100%
16,635
100%
10
0
4,631
4,738
9,369
100%
4,469
5,147
9,61
16
100%
18,986
100%
11
1
5,102
5,076
10,178
100%
5,204
5,391
10,59
95
100%
20,773
100%
12
2
4,994
4,217
9,212
100%
5,002
5,168
10,17
70
100%
19,382
100%
13
3
4,960
4,553
9,514
100%
5,045
5,052
10,09
98
100%
19,611
100%
14
4
4,014
4,032
8,046
94%
4,400
4,071
8,47
72
100%
16,518
97%
17
7
5,115
4,957
10,072
75%
4,565
5,065
9,63
31
71%
19,703
73%
18
8
5,048
4,430
9,478
100%
4,961
5,144
10,10
05
100%
19,583
100%
19
9
4,844
4,422
9,266
100%
5,073
5,062
10,13
35
100%
19,401
100%
20
0
4,735
4,384
9,119
100%
4,856
4,854
9,71
10
86%
18,829
93%
21
1
3,634
3,425
7,059
100%
3,837
4,002
7,83
38
100%
14,897
100%
100%
8
9
15
5
16
6
22
2
23
3
24
4
25
5
26
6
1,710
3,253
100%
2,538
2,499
5,03
37
100%
8,291
27
7
1,886
1,762
3,648
100%
3,126
3,146
6,27
72
86%
9,920
93%
28
8
1,508
1,773
3,281
100%
2,489
2,792
5,28
81
100%
8,562
100%
1,338
1,455
2,793
100%
1,871
1,990
3,86
61
100%
6,655
100%
76,928
73,362
150,290
98%
81,370
84,402
1
165,772
97%
316,062
97%
A
Amtrak
Trains:
477
ak Trains:
Amtra
5,683
130,731
Adjus ted Total:
T
143,166 Adjusted Total:
273,897
3
322,222
Adjusted Total:
T
273,897
1,544
29
9
30
0
31
1*
A
Adjusted
total:
# off Service Days:
Manassas Daily Avg. Trips:
Total Trips This
s Month:
14
ed Avg.:
7,910 Adjuste
9338
Prior Total FY-2013:
Fred'burg Daily Avg. Trips:
8,725 Adjuste
ed Avg.:
10226
Total Trips
s FY-2013:
2,2
260,408
vg. Daily Trips:
Total Av
16,635 Adjuste
ed Avg.:
19,564
Total Prio
or Years:
57,7
778,565
Gra
and Total:
1, 938,186
60,0
038,973
Note: Adjusted Averag
ges & Totals inclu
ude all VRE trips
s taken on Amtra
ak trains, but do not
n include "S" sc
chedule days.
* desiignates "S" scheedule day
On-Tiime Perforrman
nce
System Perfor
P rmancee
Januaary 20100 – Deceember 2012
10
00.00%
9
95.00%
9
90.00%
8
85.00%
8
80.00%
7
75.00%
7
70.00%
6
65.00%
6
60.00%
5
55.00%
5
50.00%
4
45.00%
System
m
Trendline
On-Tiime Perfor
P
rman
nce
Peerform
mance bby Linee
Januar
J ry 2010 – December 2012
10
00.0%
9
95.0%
9
90.0%
8
85.0%
8
80.0%
7
75.0%
7
70.0%
6
65.0%
6
60.0%
5
55.0%
5
50.0%
4
45.0%
Frederricksburg
Manassaas Line
Frederricksburg Trendline
e
Manassaas Trendlline
Train
n Utiliizatio
on Freddericcksbuurg Line
Novem
mber 22012
160%
%
140%
%
17%
Capacity
120%
%
100%
%
80%
%
60%
%
40%
%
19%
19%
10%
64%
58%
25%
%
17%
19%
26%
111%
17%
1
74%
6
70% 68%
81%
% 86% 79%
%
15% 80%
%
13%
56%
52%
20%
%
43%
% 8%
25%
0%
%
300 302 304 306
3 308 310 312 301 3033 305 307
7 309 311 313
Average Ridersship
Midweekk Peak
Train
n Utiliizatio
on Manas
M ssas Line
Decem
mber 22012
140%
%
120%
%
14%
C
it
Capacity
100%
%
80%
%
60%
%
40%
%
20%
%
16%
1
15%
13% 69%
6
59%
16%
65%
75%
%
117%
16%
17%
90%
774%
70%
21%
65%
54%
43%
%
11%
33%
% 4%
20%
%
188%
0%
%
14%
322 324
3
326 328 330
0 332 3225 327 3329 331 333 335
5 337
Average Ridersship
Midweekk Peak
Parking Uttilizattion Decem
mber 2012
42%
%
1600
Parking Spaces
Parking Spaces
1400
1200
1000
86%
%
78% 71%
800
600
400
59%
61%
%
57%
57%
73%
% 82%
82%
%
61%
72%
%
200
0
V
BL
V
RR
V
BC
PV
M
SS
M
U
BR
R
DB
LO
W
P
RI
N
QA
V
BK
R*
LL
G*
FB
No. of sspaces
No. in usse
* Denotess stations w
with overflow parkin
ng availablee that is no
ow being included in final counts.
Bicyccle Co
ountss Decem
mber 2012
N
No. of Bicycles Parked
f Bi l P k d
10
7
6
5
4
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
* Jo
oint use faacility ‐ riders of V
VRE and M
Metro can
nnot be d
differentia
ated
0