Bloggers Luncheon June 20, 2017 METRO Services and Ridership Local - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Blogger’s Luncheon June 20, 2017

METRO Services and Ridership Local fixed route bus routes • 58.7 million boardings per year - Park & Ride fixed route bus routes • 8.2 million boardings per year - Automatic Passenger Counter Light Rail • 18.5 million boardings per year - METROLift (Paratransit) • 1.9 million boardings per year - METRO Star (Vanpool) • 2.2 million boardings per year - HOV/HOT Lanes • 26.5 million users other than METRO bus passengers per - year Total System Ridership: 116 million per year Source: FY 2016 Ridership Numbers 2

2003 METRO Solutions Referendum Passed by Voters $640 million in bonding authority (never enough to complete the entire plan) 3

2003 METRO Solutions Referendum Passed by Voters $640 million in bonding authority (never enough to complete the entire plan) 4

METRO Bond Initiative 5

Launch Finish January 2017 Summer 2018 2017 2018 Public Input & Set Overall Public Input Scenario Planning Public Education Direction PLAN ENGAGE SHARE FRAME DELIVER We are here 6

116 Million System Ridership 2016 One of only four urban transit agencies to show an increase in Light Rail bus ridership nationally HOV/HOT Park & Ride Red Line is one of the nation's Vanpool most traveled lines based on Paratransit boardings per track mile Local Bus Source: METRO 2016 Ridership Report 7

Source: H-GAC Population and 8 Employment Forecasts, 2016

2015 – 2040 Activity Density Source: H-GAC Population and Employment Forecasts, 2016 Increased densities within urban core and high growth areas in north, west and southwest 9

Existing and future congestion on roadway network Source: H-GAC Travel Demand Model 10

WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED? WHERE ARE OUR OPPORTUNITIES? 11

METRO System Ridership for Local Bus, Rail and Park & Ride (Year over Year Total Boardings) 2011 - 2017 • Improvements occurred during:  Economically challenging time for Houston  National declines in bus ridership 12 Source: METRO Ridership Reports 2011 -2017

IMPROVE TRAVEL TIMES BETWEEN ACTIVITY CENTERS • 1/3 of bus and rail boardings occur within major activity centers • Direct service between activity centers will reduce travel times Source: H-GAC Population and Employment Forecasts, 2016 13

TRANSIT NODES AND FIRST AND LAST MILE CONNECTIONS ARE RELATIVELY LOW INVESTMENTS WITH HIGH RETURNS Source: METRO First Mile Last Mile Plan 2017 14

• Public meetings − Open house format − Kickoff June 27 th − Followed by series of two dozen open houses-July/August − Solicit ideas for METRO’s next capital projects − Web site is live: www.ridemetro.org (dedicated web launch on June 27th • Initial meetings with technical stakeholders − Includes Harris County, Texas Department of Transportation, City of Houston, Houston-Galveston Area Council 15