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Draft Action Plan for Public Transportation in
Wake County
June 22, 2009
Organization
Triangle Transit
Established by General Assembly in 1989 as unit of local
government
12-member Board of Trustees
Capable of acting on a multi-jurisdictional basis in Durham,
Orange & Wake counties
Funding: $5 Vehicle Registration Fee, 5% Rental Car Tax, State
Grants, Federal Grants, and Fares
Providing regional transit & planning services
Bus, Shuttle & Paratransit Service
Vanpool, Carpool & Transportation Demand Management (TDM)
Long-Range Public Transportation Planning
Triangle Transit by the Numbers
Regional bus ridership is up significantly – July through May of FY
09 ridership is up 22.5% over the same period last year.
There was a total of 1,035,000 passenger boardings compared to
845,000 over the same period last year.
TTA vanpool ridership has increased over the previous year – There
are 78 vans now serving 13 counties; 13 Million vehicle miles taken
off area roads. There are several vanpools organized and awaiting
vans.
325,000 calls served at the Go Triangle Regional Transit
Information Center (485-RIDE) in FY 09.
SmartCommute Challenge: participation of 12,200 in the Triangle
Special Transit Advisory Commission
“STAC”
STAC commissioned by CAMPO and DCHC
“Capital Area MPO” & “Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro MPO”
Regional cross section of 29 stakeholders
Final Report published in May 2008
Buses, Circulators, 51 miles of Rail ($2.27 Billion, 2007 $)
Assumed DMU vehicle technology except Chapel Hill to
Durham LRT
Assumed no federal funds for first project
Recommended ½ cent sales tax as funding mechanism
2035 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP)
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Projects considered to be desirable for inclusion in the LRTP exceeded $20 billion
dollars in total cost
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Funds from traditional revenue sources, toll roads, non-tolled trust fund urban
loops, maintenance, and transit funding sources is projected to generate
approximately $8 billion dollars, leaving a $12 billion dollar shortfall in required
funding
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New sources of revenue totaling $5.8 billion have been assumed to help address
the gap:
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½ cents sales tax in 2011 and 2016: $2.7 billion
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Regional, local, and private support from communities that have agreed to
contribute to projects considered vital to their area: $1.2 billion
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New State and/or Federal infrastructure programs for Strategic Highway
Corridors: $1.1 billion
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Increased car registration fee in 2011: $185 million
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Debt financing to pay for initial rail construction: $585 million
Some projects in the proposed LRTP totaling $6 billion were left unfunded in order
to produce a financially feasible plan
Regional Transit Vision
Comparison of Existing (2005 Base Year),
Projected 2035 E+C,
and 2035 LRTP Network Travel Conditions
800,000
700,000
600,000
500,000
400,000
300,000
200,000
2,000,000
1,500,000
2005
2035 E +C
2035 LRTP
2005
2035 E+C
2035 LRTP
1,000,000
500,000
100,000
0
0
Daily Vehicle Hours
Traveled (VHT)
Daily Congested VHT
(Delay)
30
80,000,000
70,000,000
60,000,000
50,000,000
40,000,000
30,000,000
20,000,000
10,000,000
0
25
20
2005
2035 E+C
2035 LRTP
2005
2035 E+C
2035 LRTP
15
10
5
Daily Vehicle Miles
Traveled (VMT)
0
Daily Minutes of Delay Per
Employee
2005 Base-Year PM Peak Period
Projected Travel Times from RDU on I40 Based on 2035 E+C Highway and
Transit Improvement Projects
Projected Travel Times from RDU on I-40
Based on 2035 LRTP Highway and Transit
Improvement Projects
Benchmark
Responsible
Party
Completion
Date
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STAC Plan
STAC
May 2008
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LRTP
DCHC/CAMPO
February 2009
Intermodal Bill
NC Legislature
Summer 2009
3 County Financial Plans
Triangle Transit
Calendar 2009
Referendum Call
Durham, Orange, Wake
TBD
Referendum Campaign
Civic Groups
TBD
Successful Vote
Voters
TBD
What are the Wake County Components of
the Regional Plan?
Bus Service Expansion:
Recommended: over
100 new buses
75 new buses by end of
2013 for express bus
service between
municipalities as well as
additions to local
services (C-Tran & CAT)
Annual Hours of Service
250,000
200,000
150,000
100,000
50,000
Triangle Transit
Capital Area
Transit (Raleigh)
Expanded Wake
Cty Bus Proposal
Core Bus Recommendations for the
Town of Cary
Regional Service: Apex/ Cary to NCSU/
Raleigh
Regional Service: RTP to Morrisville to
Cary to NCSU/ Raleigh
Regional Service: Raleigh to Cary via
Hillsborough Corridor
Local Bus Service: Cary Parkway
Circulator
Local Bus Service: Cary to Apex
Possible Regional Express: Cary to RDU
Direct
All routes receive Real-Time Passenger
Information and other bus amenities
Initial Rail Transit Construction:
Proposed Technology:
Light Rail Transit (LRT)
trains powered by electricity
Project Description: NW Cary
Station to Spring Forest
Station
Project Length: 17 miles
Opening Date: December,
2019
Wake Rail Investment
Wake Rail Investment Continued
Funding Proposals
1/2 cent sales tax
$3 increase in vehicle
registration fee
No Federal capital support for
first project segment is
assumed.
Federal support and/or
additional State and local
support could also accelerate
rail extensions north of Spring
Forest and west of Cary.
Congestion Relief/ Intermodal Transport Fund
(HB 148 & SB 151)
The Bill is modeled after the the
success in Charlotte and the
unanimous recommendation of
the 21st Century Committee
Introduced by Sen. Richard
Stevens R-Wake and Rep. Becky
Carney D- Mecklenburg with bipartisan support
Authorizes counties in Triangle
and Triad to levy a ½ cent sales
tax (dependent upon approval of
referendum) and/or increase in
vehicle registration fee for public
transportation projects
Authorizes all other counties to
levy (upon approval of
referendum) a ¼ sales tax and/or
increase in vehicle registration
fee for public transportation
projects
The Bill passed the House and is
waiting to be heard in the Senate
Finance Committee
There is a strong coalition of
support for the bill that includes
business, environment, and
community interest groups.
Sales tax does not include food, medicine, housing or utilities
The Charlotte Experience
Authority provided to
Mecklenburg County in 1998
Referenda in 1998: 58% supported
½ cent for transit
Referenda in 2007: 70%
reaffirmed support for ½ cent for
transit
2007: 9.6 mile light rail line
opened; ridership nearly doubled
projections in first year.
Nearly $2 Billion in development
along rail corridor
Wake, Durham, and Orange seek
identical authority
Southeast High Speed Rail
“SEHSR”
New Administration pledges $8 Billion investment
in High Speed Rail
North Carolina well positioned to compete for
federal funds
High Speed Rail connection (Max speed 110 miles
per hour)from Washington to Raleigh to Atlanta
Questions?
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