Report from the General Manager Report from the General Manager MBTA Board of Directors January 27, 2022 1 Report from the General Manager Commuter Rail Update 2 Report from the General Manager Bike Policy Change for Old Colony Commuter Rail Lines • Beginning Monday, February 7, bikes will be allowed on all trains on the Middleborough, Kingston and Greenbush Lines. • Riders with bikes can ride on any train all day on these lines (21 more peak trains per day will allow bikes) • Bikes can be stored in the designated spaces near car-end doors, with priority given to passengers with disabilities • If space is needed for a rider with an accessibility need, then bikes will have to be moved • The Old Colony Lines have all high-level platforms and normally operate with only bi- level cars and power doors, • Public information on this change will be published over the next week • MBTA and Keolis will closely monitor for impacts to customers and reassess as needed 3 Report from the General Manager Ridership Update 4 Report from the General Manager Weekday Ridership by Line and Mode Since 1/1/21 Indexed to Week of 2/24 – 5-Day Rolling Average 100 90 80 p 70 ih s r e d ir 60 e n ile s a 50 b fo % d 40 e ta m its E 30 20 10 0 01/21 02/21 03/21 04/21 05/21 06/21 07/21 08/21 09/21 10/21 11/21 12/21 01/22 Bus Green Line Blue Line Orange Line Red Line CR All Day Estimate the RIDE trips Ferry (seasonally adjusted) 5 Report from the General Manager Gated Rapid Transit Stations Total Gated Stations Validations, Last 60 Days 300,000 Change in validations: January 2019 weekday average vs. 250,000 weekday avg for Line January 18-21, 2022 200,000 -56% Blue Line 150,000 -58% Green Line 100,000 -59% Orange Line 50,000 -66% Red Line Total Gated - -61% Stations 11/22 11/29 12/6 12/13 12/20 12/27 1/3 1/10 1/17 Note: Includes estimated data from Wonderland and Airport stations from 11/10 –12/31. Gated validations data by line and station are available in this public folderand continue to be updated on the Data Blog. The data is also continuously updated and visualized on the MassDOT Mobility Dashboard. 6 Report from the General Manager Bus Ridership Trends Total Daily Bus Riders - Last 60 Days • Ridership estimated 300 from APCs. 250 • Ridership for the most recent days is 200 continuously revised s as information on re d iR 150 dropped trips is 0 0 0 ' received. 100 50 - Date 7 Report from the General Manager Commuter Rail Ridership • Estimated Trips, Weekdays Chart to the right shows total estimated trips for each weekday since January 2021. Note that Thanksgiving 60,000 Day is excluded but not the days before and after since those are counted as normal weekdays for ridership 55,000 purposes. • 50,000 Chart below shows a snapshot of estimated all-day ridership by line, compared with 2018 CTPS counts. The 45,000 time period is the last 4 weekdays (1/18 – 1/21/22). • 40,000 The current baseline comparison (January 2019) is approx. 119,000 trips, putting the period of 1/18 - 35,000 1/21 at 31% of pre-pandemic normal. 30,000 25,000 Estimated Daily Estimated % of 2018 Ridership, Weekdays Weekday CTPS Counts (all 20,000 (1/18/22 -1/21/22) day) 15,000 Fairmount Line 1,294 49% Fitchburg Line 2,772 30% 10,000 Framingham/Worcester Line 3,544 19% 5,000 Franklin Line 3,389 29% Greenbush Line 1,252 20% - Haverhill Line 1,914 27% Jan-21 Feb-21 Mar-21 Apr-21 May-21 Jun-21 Jul-21 Aug-21 Sep-21 Oct-21 Nov-21 Dec-21 Jan-22 Kingston/Plymouth Line 1,449 24% Daily Ridership 5-Day Rolling Avg Lowell Line 2,734 25% Middleborough/Lakeville Line 2,198 32% Ridership totals are aggregated from a Needham Line 2,182 33% combination of on-board conductor counts, Newburyport/Rockport Line 6,276 42% counts of trains arriving at terminals, and Providence/Stoughton Line 7,951 31% automated passenger counters on-board trains. 8 Report from the General Manager Mandatory Vaccination Policy Update 9 Report from the General Manager Mandatory Vaccination Policy Update • Over 98% of active MBTA employees Active Active are in at least partial compliance Vaccine Attestation Total Status Percentage with the MBTA vaccination policy Fully Vaccinated 4,864 81.45% • 271 inactive employees are on long term leave of absence Partially Vaccinated 574 9.16% • 66 employees have received 1st 1st Dose Scheduled 81 1.47% written notice of non-compliance Exemption • 20 have since begun or completed 385 6.75% 98.83% Requested vaccination • 11 have requested exemptions or Non-Compliant* 35 0.62% appeals of exemption denials TBD 33 0.55% 1.17% • 35 remain non-compliant • 6 employees have been issued a 5- Grand Total 5,972 100.00% 100.00% day suspension (2nd step in progressive discipline process) 10