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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 FY22Actual FY23Estimated FY24Target FY25Target FY26
Number of transit work orders completed 18,2258,2378, 2318,2318,233
Percent of transit preventive maintenance completed within 6,000 miles of previous PM99%99%99%99%99%
Fleet Maintenance and Operations: Mean distance between failure: Transit equipment (in miles) 217,01915,37116,19516,19515,920
Turnaround Time: Average amount of time equipment is unavailable for operations during each shop visit: Transit equipment (in days) 32.182.292.242.262.26
Average days out of service per bus for parts 410.7911.1210.9611.0411.04
1  Measure calculated via a multi-year rolling average.
2  The Federal Transit Administration requirement is 12,000 miles. FY22 data is an anomaly based on low utilization as a result of COVID-19. Ride On added a new bus service with 16 new buses. It is expected that the reliability will be more in line with the fleet average as the vehicles age.
3  Measure calculated via a multi-year rolling average.
4  Measure calculated via a multi-year rolling average.
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Program Budget Changes

FY25 Approved ChangesExpendituresFTEs
FY24 Approved22067084116.00
Increase Cost: Heavy / Transit Vehicle Maintenance Contracts10000000.00
Increase Cost: Transit Bus Service Lane Contract7546170.00
Multi-program adjustments, including negotiated compensation changes, employee benefit changes, changes due to staff turnover, reorganizations, and other budget changes affecting multiple programs.-1572577-5.00
FY25 Approved22249124111.00