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1985/86 SERVICE PLAN FOR MIOC SERVICES

4.1 Service Plan Outline

The service plan identifies the routing and scheduling adjustments
necessary to meet the proposed ridership targets. Included in the
service plan are preliminary route descriptions, service levels,
scheduling guidelines, vehicle regnirements, hours of service, costs of
service and ridership estimates. Much of the above has been derived
from the area plans currently being prepared in consultation with the
affected municipalities and the MTOC. Other changes are a result of
municipal requests through the Transit Technical Committee (fTC). A
complete list of the changes requested and the response to each
proposal is presented in the appendix of this report.

Service planning projects will be implemented on a quarterly basis
beginning in March 1985. The last quarter of the service plan,
however, is devoted to restructuring the bus system to feed the ALRT
line. The details of the ALRT~bus interface plan are presented ag 2
separate report in section 6.0. In addition to the projects cited in
this report, the MTOC in consultation with BC Transit staff will
continue to monitor peak period passenger loadings on a regular basis,
and will be recommending minor changes to service levels where the
Commission's service design guidelines are being exceeded or conversely
not being met. These service adjustments will also be prepared
quarterly and submitted to the Vancouver Regional Transit Commission

for approval prior to implementation.
4-2 WHortheast. Sector

4e2-1 Setting

For the purposes of this report, the Northeast Sector includes the
District Municipality of Coquitlam and the cities of Port Moody
and Port Coquitlam. Population in the communities is currently
growing at 1.7% per annum or approximately twice the regional
average. In 1984 the population of the three areas is estimated

to be 108,000.

The Northeast Sector is largely a residential suburb with many
residents forced to commute to places of employment in Vancouver,
Burnaby and New Westminster. Transportation crossings on the
Burnaby/Coquitlam boundary experience some of the worst traffic
congestion in the region. Traffic volumes on the Barnet, Lougheed
and Trans Canada collectively excead 95% of design capacity during

peak periods.

Major bus routes within the area are directed to the Lougheed and
Barnet Highways. The latter carries approximately 1,100 persons
across the screenline during the AM peak period. Average . bus
loadings on the Barnet corridor are currently. among the highest in

the region.

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