Res 2020-192/approving the San Marcos Transit Plan, also referred to as the Five-Year Strategic Plan for Transit Service

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SAN MARCOS TRANSIT PLAN I FINALREPORT City of San Marcos I was not aware that Texas State Students were able to take The Bus at no cost. I found out through your website. I wish I knew this before. I workfor a social service agency and have many clients that rely on the SM Transit buses for services. I know manywould like Saturday service so they could go to target area or enjoy the farmer's market and other social events that happen on the weekends. Some would like to use to go to church on Sunday. Some stops are not convenient- one of the worst is at City Hall. It is far to walk across the street to the library and it is very dangerous to cross the street. Better access to employment hubs so they can look for job along a bus route that is convenient to where they live. More frequent service to low income apartments and public housing. I would be interested in being able to take a bus to a convenient location in Austin such as the location Texas State students are picked up. I would be more inclined to take a bus if there was a stop near my neighborhood. It's too dangerous to walk to one because there's no sidewalks on Redwood or 123 and the closest stop is over a mile away. I would love for things to be more frequent& run later & earlier & on weekends I would love to take the Texas state shuttle to school but for some reason there aren't any bus stops close to where I live. Adding a stop in my neighborhood would be great I'm sure there areother locals trying to get to school and finding it difficult to utilize these resources because of location. I would love to use the bus more if it actually was at the stop by the posted times/ had more times. I used the bus and train exclusively in Europe, and it would be nice to have a similar system here. I WOU LD use public transit if it was regional and reliable. I would use public transportation more if it served my neighborhood. I work at Texas State and would definitely prefer to take a bus to work but it's just not convenient. I hope that this improves service throughout the city. If there was an app with a trip planner, routes and times I would be more likely to use the bus system. Info about existing services Is there any transportation to the outlet malls? Is there any way to increase the City of San Marcos' pay of transit employees to allow them to invest more in research of other communities of relation to San Marcos to increase the use of public transportation? It is hard to read the bus map to and know where specific bus stop locations are especially when determining which direction (i.e. north or south) the bus is going It needs to service Redwood even if only an am and pm route. It needs to have at least one stop in all the apt complexes (notjust college student ones) Kissing Tree Community is growing rapidly. Senior citizens are the population. Bus service to the KT Community Building "Independence Hall" would be avaluable amenity for these seniors. Less frequent bus service, but more critical times, ie early morning and later in the evening. Satellite parking on I- 35. Let's merge the two systems Make passes easier to buy at the stop or on the bus. I never have cash. Also make finding routes and schedules easier Marketing to local youth of availability of transportation is imperative for the system to be used and grow. Maybe we can get transit services to Blanco community idk if I've seen buses that way. Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, Inc. ( B-23