El Camino Real Bus Rapid Transit Phasing Study City Council Outreach
Current and Future ECR • 29,000+ average daily vehicle trips • 57% intersections at Level of Service D or worse • County growth by 2040 - ~30% population, jobs, households 2
Phasing Plan • Short-term operating and phasing plan focused on Rapid service • Long-term operating and phasing plan focused on intensive “Full BRT” service ECR Rapid BRT Long Term Now Short Term 3
Rapid vs. Full BRT • Rapid: Mixed-flow operations with skip-stop Local Service service and some signal/street priority Skip-stop Service • Full BRT: Dedicated lanes with enhanced stations and rail-like operations; requires high capital outlay 4
Goals and Objectives • Increase ridership - Improve passenger experience - Attract new and/or “choice” riders • Promote livability, commercial vitality - Improve pedestrian safety - Increase access to households, employment, retail - Support planned growth per the Grand Boulevard Initiative • Minimize cost increases, operational impacts - Provide cost-effective service • Minimize traffic, parking impacts - Minimize physical changes to roadway 5
Optimizing a Service Plan • Considerations: - Ridership, travel demand - Congestion levels, bottlenecks - Intermodal connections - Impacts to local transit service • Key options: - Traffic Signal Priority - Right-turn lane exemptions - Bulb outs - Queue jumpers - Branding 6
Next Steps • Additional city council presentations • Public workshops • Develop conceptual alternatives • Continue coordination with Caltrans, City/County Association of Governments and Grand Boulevard Initiative • Update SamTrans Board • Present recommendations in spring/summer 2014 7
Submit Comments • Workshops: - Nov. 13, 2013, 6 p.m., SamTrans Administrative Office, 2 nd Floor Auditorium, 1250 San Carlos Ave. in San Carlos - Nov. 14, 2013, 6 p.m., South San Francisco Municipal Services Building, Council Chambers, 33 Arroyo Drive • Project Website: www.samtrans.com/BRT • Email: reggiardom@samtrans.com • Telephone: 650-508-6283 • Mail: Attention Melissa Reggiardo, San Mateo County Transit District P.O. Box 3006, San Carlos, CA 94070 8
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