CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY FIFTH COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. R-23-110 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________
SPONSORED BY: Tammy Fiebelkorn by request
RESOLUTION
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Approving The Transit Department's Service Equity Analysis Of Proposed Service Suspensions Due To Staffing Shortages (Fiebelkorn, by request)
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APPROVING THE TRANSIT DEPARTMENT'S SERVICE EQUITY ANALYSIS OF PROPOSED SERVICE SUSPENSIONS DUE TO STAFFING SHORTAGES.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. ?2000d et seq. ("the Act") and 49 CFR Part 21, the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin; and
WHEREAS, as a recipient of FTA funds, the Transit Department is required to comply with the requirements of the Act and applicable implementing regulations; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to FTA Circular 4702.1B, the Transit Department is required to conduct a service equity analysis for any major service changes as defined locally and to submit that equity analysis to its governing entity for approval; and
WHEREAS, the Transit Department's current 2020 Title VI Program, approved by City Council in November 2020, defines a major service change as a change that increases or decreases service revenue hours on a route by 35 percent or more or that adds or eliminates service to 35 percent or more of the bus stops on a route; and
WHEREAS, the Transit Department has been experiencing a severe staffing shortage in its Operations and Maintenance Divisions, and that staffing shortage has been resulting in the Department missing about 7% of its weekly scheduled service due to lack of drivers; and
WHEREAS, despite its efforts to increase hiring and retention through various means, the Transit Department is continuing to have difficulty in reducing vacancies, leading to a reasonable expectation that the current staffing shortage will contin...
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