Transportation Department

Mission Statement

The Mission of the Hopetopia Transportation Department is to ensure our citizens and goods have the safest way of transportation. We also want to establish that all of our citizens are going to their place of work, school, etc. in a timely and efficient manner. The Transportation Department is committed to expanding our public transportation use to lessen the waste that Hopetopia contributes into the atmosphere. We would also want to make sure that the transportation for all citizens in Hopetopia has roads, bridges, and sidewalks that are up to safety regulations. Overall we would like for their transportation experience to make them feel safe both inside the public vehicle and with the vehicle itself.

Operations

Who We Are

Table 1 summarizes the demographic characteristics of our employees overall and by position.

Table 1: : Transportation Department Staffing Descriptive Statistics (FTE)
Central Office Drivers Construction and Maintenance Field Office Total
White 464 928 696 290 2,377
Non-white 116 812 464 232 1,623
Male 232 754 812 174 1,971
Female 348 986 348 348 1,913
Non-resident 174 696 812 174 1,681
College degree+ 464 870 232 406 3,594
Total 580 1,739 1,159 522 4,000

How We’re Doing

Table 2 provides an overview of our performance indicators for each of our goals for the year by ward. We operate 1,200 bus routes throughout the city and each ward sees between 6,000 and 10,000 trips along 300-400 routes per day.

Table 2: Transportation Department Performance Indicators by Ward
NW SW NE SE
Number of buses > 5 mins late on route (per month) 2,250 836 236 1,504
Number of Friday Trips (per month) 600 7,500 11,000 580
Number of potholes patched within 1 week of first report 6 12 8 3

Current Operations Budget

Table 3 summarizes our FY25 operations budget.

Table 3: Budget Overview FY25
(a) Transportation Department Operations (in 1,000s)
Transportation Department 625,885
Traffic engineering and design 87,645
Route construction 189,535
Fleet 55,901
Bus operations 150,000
Management 59,622
Maintenance 83,180
(b) Transportation Department Expenditures (in 1,000s)
Transportation Department 625,885
Personnel FT Pay 373,748
Pay - Other 151,242
Fringe benefits 95,123
Overtime 5,772

FY24 Operations Budget

Table 4 provides an overview of the FY24 budget for the Transportation Department broken out by operations and the source of the expenditure.

Table 4: Budget Overview FY24
(a) Transportation Department Operations (in 1,000s)
Transportation Department 564,333
Traffic engineering and design 71,532
Route construction 163,638
Fleet 50,404
Bus operations 150,000
Management 53,759
Maintenance 75,000
Transportation Department Expenditures (in 1,000s)
Transportation Department 564,333
Personnel FT Pay 347,277
Pay - Other 131,280
Fringe benefits 77,834
Overtime 1,927