Transcript Priority Corridor Network (PCN) Evaluation Project Introduction Presentation to TAC May 20, 2009

Priority Corridor Network (PCN) Evaluation
Project Introduction
Presentation to TAC
May 20, 2009
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Agenda
• Introductions
• Study context
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Regional growth
Bus transit’s role
Current bus transit strategies
PCN’s role and description
• PCN Evaluation Study
– Scope and schedule
– Technical information
– TAC involvement
Meeting goal: TAC understanding of
project purpose, schedule, and input
opportunities
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Regional Growth
• Between 2005 and 2030 WMATA
Compact members will grow:
Historic and Forecast Regional Growth
Source: MWCOG Round 7.0 Cooperative Land Use Forecasts
7,000
• Jobs: 34%
• Population: 24%
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Crowding
Slowing travel speeds
Route and schedule adherence
Customer expectations
5,000
Thousands
• Challenges faced by bus service:
6,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
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1970
1975
1980
1985
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
2025
2030
(Year)
Employment
Population
Households
• Limited short-term strategies
available to meet challenges:
• Manage current bus and rail system
to maximize efficiency
• Deploy additional vehicles
• Expand bus network to serve new
and growing markets
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Bus Transit’s Regional Role
• Buses provide many types of
services throughout the region.
• Bus is the only mode used for
many trips in the region.
• Bus service expansion plans have
previously been prepared but not
implemented.
• Bus is the primary mode in many
areas of the region.
• Investments in Bus contribute to
healthy communities.
• Bus can be expanded in near
term with projects to meet
regional needs.
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Key Regional Transit Strategies
Regional/Jurisdictional
Initiatives:
Short Term
•Buses on freeways
•BRT starter projects (K Street
busway etc)
Long Term
•Regional express bus
•Completed BRT network
•Jurisdictionally proposed rail
enhancements (LRT, streetcar)
WMATA Initiatives:
Short Term
•Metrobus service operational
enhancements (skip stop
service etc)
•Regional Transit System Plan
to integrate strategies into
cohesive plan
Long Term
•ROW dedication for bus
•Rail expansion
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Bus “Family of Services” Concept
The Metrobus Priority Corridor Network is a key component of a
future enhanced regional bus network consisting of a true family
of bus services, including:
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Bus on dedicated right-of-way
Express bus routes on HOV Lanes and Freeways
Limited-Stop Express routes on Priority Corridors
Community/neighborhood shuttles
Local bus routes
Commuter bus routes
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Bus “Family of Services” Concept
The Metrobus Priority Corridor Network is a key component of a
future enhanced regional bus network consisting of a true family
of bus services, including:
• Bus on dedicated right-of-way
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Express bus routes on HOV Lanes and Freeways
• Limited-Stop Express routes on Priority Corridors
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Community/neighborhood shuttles
Local bus routes
Commuter bus routes
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Proposed Priority Corridor Network
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Network of 24 corridors
High ridership arterial services (half of
system)
Candidates for multiple types of services
Selected by
• Performance
• Ridership
• Land use
• Service levels
• Jurisdictional support
6 Year Schedule
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Characteristics of Priority Bus Corridors
• Metrobus has 171 lines with
total daily ridership of 450,000
• Corridors represent 14% of
lines (50% of ridership)
• Recommended Priority
Corridor Plans serve:
• 220,000 current daily riders
• 70 million annual riders
• 246 line miles of service
• Corridors include:
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Local Metrobus
Express Metrobus
MetroExtra (Rapid Bus)
Neighborhood Shuttles
• Proposals add 10 million riders
annually (+14%)
Priority Corridor Network
Service Zone Characteristics
Land Area (Sq Mi)
Households
Population
Employment
2005
330
733,000
1,782,000
1,609,000
2015
Net Change
330
835,000
14%
1,988,000
12%
1,827,000
14%
Priority Corridor Network
Service Characteristics
Weekday Passengers
Percent Weekend/Holiday Riders
Riders per Revenue Hour
Riders per Revenue Mile
% Corridor Usage on Bus
Bus Vehicles as % of Total
Average Passenger Trip Time (Min)
Average Scheduled Bus Speed (MPH)
Average Line Trip Length (Miles)
Daily Passenger per Line Mile
Rail to Bus Transfers
Bus to Bus Transfers
Average
9,200
18%
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4.5
8.0%
0.7%
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12.1
9.4
900
6%
32%
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Comprehensive Approach to Bus
Service Improvement
• A Regional Priority Corridor
Network Plan will:
• Integrate service improvements,
including new MetroExtra routes
• Improve performance of all routes in
the corridor
• Coordinate stakeholder investments in
stops, roadway improvements and
safety/security strategies
• Implementation:
• Improves street operations to improve
travel times and reliability
• Manages fleet and garage needs
• Enhances customer information
• Focus on Priority Corridors:
• Benefits the most riders
• Improves service quality, reliability,
performance
• Builds transit market and influences
development patterns
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Traffic Congestion Adds Costs and
Degrades Service
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Bus priority is a cost-effective way of
moving more people by increasing
passenger throughput at
intersections
Since CY 2000 Buses have
experienced a reduction in average
speed :
• Suburbs: up to 30%
• City: nearly 15%
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7th St. NW at G St. NW
A 30% increase in average speed for
buses on the Priority Corridor
Network (12.1 to 15.7 mph) would be
like putting 100 more buses on the
road.
• Saving $50 million in capital
• Avoiding operating costs of $40 - $50
million per year
14th St NW at Commerce Department
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PCN Evaluation - Project Purpose
• Quantify regional benefits and impacts resulting from
implementation of the PCN
• Identify and prioritize the most effective running-way
improvement strategies for implementation along study
corridors , but NOT an implementation plan
• Develop an analytical framework for evaluating the proposed
bus improvements and for inclusion into the CLRP process
• Build regional consensus for PCN implementation
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PCN Evaluation
Administrative Overview
• Project is being administered through COG and managed by
WMATA
• Funding for project is utilizing WMATA, DDOT, MDOT and
VDOT technical assistance funds (portions of 2008 and 2009)
• Will present key milestones to TAC then JCC and TPB
• Project timeline coincides with CLRP update
• Study completion by end of 2009
• Technical advice and guidance from a regionally represented
Technical Advisory Committee
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PCN Evaluation - Scope
• Development of Analytical Approach
• Develop transit network input assumptions
• Network Evaluation
– CLRP Baseline
– Full Build
• Assuming a dedicated transit lane for all 24 corridors
• Will show the “transit best case” benefit basket of priority corridor implementation
– Modified
• Segments that have low performing transit ridership or too high an impact on
adjacent traffic will be assumed to have mixed traffic operations with intermittent
intersection improvements (ie queue jumps etc)
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PCN Evaluation - Schedule
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PCN Evaluation – Analytical Approach
• Divide each PCN corridor into “segments”
• Compile characteristics of each segment (number of lanes,
existing transit ridership etc)
• Develop list of enhancements by investment level (high or
medium) and adjacent urban form (urban, inner suburban
and outer suburban)
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Investment Level by Urban Form - Example
AREA TYPE
Urban
High
INVESTMENT LEVEL
Medium
Low
Inner Suburban
Exclusive Lane
Signal Priority
Off-Board Fare Collection
Peak headway of 5 minutes
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Outer Suburban
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Exclusive Lane with limited
non-exclusive segments
Signal Priority
On-Board Fare Collection
Peak headway of 7.5
minutes
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Bottleneck bypasses
Selective Signal Priority
Off-Board Fare Collection
Peak headway of 10
minutes
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PCN Evaluation – Analytical Approach
(continued)
• Develop benefits per bus treatment (increased bus speed
from TSP, queue jumps, exclusive lanes etc)
• After initial “full build” model run identify PCN characteristics
to be applied to each segment
• Input into model for “modified” network
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PCN Evaluation – Input Assumptions
Inputs
Corridor Name
Length (miles)
Road Functional Classification
Length of segment
Highway, Primary Arterial
Lanes
Number of through lanes (total for both directions)
Area Type
Urban, Inner Suburban, Outer Suburban
Any information from comprehensive plan data, i.e. commercial,
residential
Land Use
Density
2030 density – statement based on Round 7.1 forecasts
Investment Level
Peak and midday effective headways (average based on
buses/hour)
For individual segment
Any Metrorail stations and/or park and rides within ¼ mile of
corridor segment
High, Medium, Low
Exclusive Lane Features (if applicable )
Number of Lanes, How it will be created (conversion, addition, etc.)
Existing Headway (peak & off peak)
Average daily boardings
Access via Metrorail Stns or Park and Rides
Outputs
Segment 1: From Street X to Street Y
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TAC Involvement
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Project Goals, Objectives and Evaluation Measures
PCN Network Characteristics
Baseline Scenario
Full Build Scenario
– Traffic impact thresholds
• Modified Network
• Technical Report
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TAC Involvement (cont.)
• “Transit best case” is meant to show the upper limits of PCN
system benefits.
– It is a theoretical exercise
– It will help inform “modified” network run, which is intended to be a
more realistic scenario
– Currently, transit best case run is envisioned to show a bus only
exclusive lane on all 24 corridors
– Model output will be analyzed to discern impacts on traffic, bus
ridership etc.
• TAC input/discussion
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Questions?
Next meeting June 17
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Appendix
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The TPB Role
The TPB can provide support of this Bus Priority Corridor Plan by:
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Ensuring that related policy considerations are discussed in various committees
and forums available to the TPB:
– Regional Bus Subcommittee
– Management and Operations Intelligent Transportation Systems (MOITS) Task Force
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Exploring strategies for acquiring additional funding support for the capital
improvements included in the plan:
– Existing and future federal programs
– Regional pricing initiatives
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Partnering with stakeholders in the region to develop implementation strategies:
– This could include convening meetings of regional stakeholders to discuss policy
considerations and develop regional consensus on strategies needed to insure success of
the plan.
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Recommended Priority Corridor Network
Corridor Description
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Columbia Pike (Pike Ride)
Richmond Highway Express (REX)
Crystal City-Potomac Yard
Georgia Ave./7th St. (DC)
Southern Ave. Metro-National Harbor
University Blvd./East-West Highway
Wisconsin Ave./Pennsylvania Ave.
Sixteenth St.
Leesburg Pike
Veirs Mill Rd.
New Hampshire Ave.
H St./Benning Rd.
Georgia Ave. (MD)
Greenbelt-Twinbrook
East-West Highway (Prince George's)
Anacostia-Congress Heights
Little River Tpke./Duke St.
Rhode Island Ave. Metro to Laurel
Mass Ave./ U St./ Florida Ave./ 8th St./ MLK Ave.
Rhode Island Ave.
Eastover-Addison Rd. Metro
Colesville Rd./Columbia Pike - MD US 29
North Capitol St.
Fourteenth St.
Total Priority Corridor Network
Line/Route Description Status Juris.
16ABDEFJ 16GHKW 16L 16Y
REX
9A 9E 9S
70 71 79
NH-1
J1 J2 J3 J4
30 32 34 35 36
S1 S2 S4
28AB 28FG 28T
Q2
K6
X2
Y5 Y7 Y8 Y9
C2 C4
F4 F6
A2 6 7 8 42 46 48
29KN 29CEGHX
81 82 83 86 87 88 89 89M
90 92 93
G8
P12
Z2 Z6 Z8 Z9,29 Z11,13
80
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DC
MD
MD
DC
DC
VA
MD
MD
DC
MD
MD
MD
DC
VA
MD
DC
DC
MD
MD
DC
DC
Schedule as of October 7, 2008, to be presented to the WMATA Board on October 16.
Study
Year
(FY)
Impl.
Year
(FY)
2002
2003
2005
2006
2007
2007
2008
2008
2009
2009
2010
2010
2010
2011
2011
2011
2011
2012
2012
2012
2013
2013
2013
2014
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2009
2009
2009
2009
2010
2011
2011
2011
2012
2012
2012
2012
2013
2013
2013
2014
2014
2014
2015
Average
Weekday
Ridership
13,300
3,700
3,200
18,400
900
7,800
20,700
15,000
7,400
10,500
6,300
13,700
7,600
14,200
8,300
11,900
3,200
6,900
14,700
3,800
5,600
10,100
8,600
15,000
230,800
Annual
Platform
Hours
99,500
33,800
33,400
99,500
New
68,000
162,000
111,900
52,500
75,400
40,500
65,300
57,600
99,700
52,000
77,500
40,800
57,500
106,400
34,200
44,600
97,100
60,800
98,200
1,668,200
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Requested Emerging Corridors
• Corridors for future consideration as Priority Corridor Network
candidates.
• Local concept development studies are to be conducted to refine
proposals for future consideration before implementation as part of
WMATA plan.
Emerging Corridors
K Street Busway
Mn. Ave./Congress Heights/MLK Ave./Southern Ave.
Kingstowne-Pentagon
Woodley Park/Irving St./Michigan Ave.
Military Rd./Missouri Ave.
Status Juris.
Plan
Plan
Plan
Plan
Plan
DC
DC
VA
DC
DC
Study
Year
(FY)
Impl.
Year
(FY)
2008
2009
2009
2010
2012
TBD
2010
2010
2011
2013
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