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Program Description

  Transit Equipment Services

Transit Equipment Services (TES) provides scheduled and non-scheduled maintenance and repair of the Ride On Bus fleet at three locations: Brookville Maintenance Facility (BMF), Equipment Maintenance and Transit Operation Center (EMTOC), and Small Transit Shop (STS). TES supports FLASH, the County's bus rapid transit system with features that improve reliability and capacity; FLEX, an on-demand transit service that helps residents get around in defined Rockville and Glenmont/Wheaton zones; and the County's ongoing transition to a zero-emission bus fleet. TES implemented a contractor-based preventive maintenance business model which supplemented operations and increased capacity to meet federally mandated maintenance requirements. The transit technician onboarding and training program has contributed to improved equipment availability and injury reduction.

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Program Contacts

Contact Luis Solis of the Division of Fleet Management Services at 240-777-5759 or Gary Nalven of the Office of Management and Budget at 240-777-2779 for more information regarding this department's operating budget.

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Program Performance Measures

Program Performance MeasuresActual FY23Actual FY24Estimated FY25Target FY26Target FY27
Number of transit work orders completed8,2379,1698,5448,6508,788
Percent of transit preventive maintenance (PM) completed within 6,000 miles of previous PM99%99%99%99%99%
Fleet Maintenance and Operations: Mean distance between failure: Transit equipment (in miles)15,37111,39114.59413,78513,257
Turnaround Time: Average amount of time equipment is unavailable for operations during each shop visit: Transit equipment (in days)2.292.172.212.222.2
Average days out of service per bus for parts 111.1216.3812.7613.4214.19
1  Measure calculated via a multi-year rolling average.
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Program Budget Changes

FY26 Recommended ChangesExpendituresFTEs
FY25 Approved22249124111.00
Increase Cost: Transit Bus Service Lane24399870.00
Enhance: Apprentice Program2853024.00
Increase Cost: Electric Bus Telematics1036250.00
Shift: FY24 Position Transfers Between Programs-241026-2.00
Multi-program adjustments, including negotiated compensation changes, employee benefit changes, changes due to staff turnover, reorganizations, and other budget changes affecting multiple programs.12404230.00
FY26 Recommended26077435113.00