Geary Corridor Bus Rapid Transit Conceptual Engineering and Environmental Analysis SFMTA Fleet Issues – Related to Alternative 4 SAN SA N FRA RANC NCISC SCO O COUNTY Y TRA RANS NSPOR PORTATION ION AUTHOR ORITY Citiz tizens ns Ad Advis visory y Commi mitt ttee Sept ptem ember ber 12, 2013
Geary BRT – SFMTA Fleet Management Issues Related to Alternative 4 The Pathway to Better Transit Service on Geary • Geary BRT development planning has many different issues to research and analyze Geary BRT Issues Fleet Issues GEARY Y CORRIDO DOR R BUS RAPID ID TRANSIT IT | PROJ ROJEC ECT UPDATE 2
Geary BRT – SFMTA Fleet Management Issues Related to Alternative 4 Origin of 5- door 60’ Articulated Bus in the U.S. • 1990s - Eugene, OR and Cleveland, OH develop Bus Rapid Transit plans that seek to be “very much like rail” • Similar to BRT in operation in South America (Curitiba, Brazil) GEARY Y CORRIDO DOR R BUS RAPID ID TRANSIT IT | PROJ ROJEC ECT UPDATE 3
Geary BRT – SFMTA Fleet Management Issues Related to Alternative 4 Origin of 5- door 60’ Articulated Bus in the U.S. • New Flyer and NABI produced prototypes for the North America market - only New Flyer sold buses • Less than 50 in the U.S. / 0 in Canada NABI http://www.thestar.com.my/story.aspx New Flyer GEARY Y CORRIDO DOR R BUS RAPID ID TRANSIT IT | PROJ ROJEC ECT UPDATE 4
Geary BRT – SFMTA Fleet Management Issues Related to Alternative 4 Alt. 3 Center- Side Option GEARY Y CORRIDO DOR R BUS RAPID ID TRANSIT IT | PROJ ROJEC ECT UPDATE 5
Geary BRT – SFMTA Fleet Management Issues Related to Alternative 4 Alt. 4 Center- Center Option GEARY Y CORRIDO DOR R BUS RAPID ID TRANSIT IT | PROJ ROJEC ECT UPDATE 6
Geary BRT – SFMTA Fleet Management Issues Related to Alternative 4 SFMTA research and analysis to show the challenges with 5 - door bus operations GEARY Y CORRIDO DOR R BUS RAPID ID TRANSIT IT | PROJ ROJEC ECT UPDATE 7
Geary BRT – SFMTA Fleet Management Issues Related to Alternative 4 SFMTA – Flexible Vehicle Operations – No Sub-Fleets • Facilities are not equipped to manage sub-fleets • Maintenance of a Geary BRT sub- fleet doesn’t fit into general strategy • Facilities are too old and cramped to allow for sub-fleet operations Other SFMTA Divisions Kirkland – 1950 Flynn – 1989 Islais Creek – 2013 Cable Car – 1984 Green – 1978 Metro East – 2007 Woods - 1974 Presidio – 1912 & 1950 Potrero – 1914 & 1949 GEARY Y CORRIDO DOR R BUS RAPID ID TRANSIT IT | PROJ ROJEC ECT UPDATE 8
Geary BRT – SFMTA Fleet Management Issues Related to Alternative 4 SFMTA Fleet Table and Facility Information Division Year Open Vehicle Type Number Capacity Real Estate Vision & Renovations & Size Present Plan 1912 40' Trolleybus 165 73 Replacement Presidio 1950 1914 40' Trolleybus 45 45 Replacement Potrero 1949 60' Trolleybus 73 73 1950 40' Motor bus 135 127 Replacement Kirkland 1974 30' Motor bus 224 (30' + 40' + 30 Major Renovation Woods 1991 40' Motor bus 40' reserve) 160 1978 75' Breda LRV <100* 110 Renovation Green - Beach Hist. Streetcar <50* 55 1890s Hyde St. car 28 28 OK Cable Car 1984 California St. car 12 12 1989 60' Motor bus 130 102 Minor Renovation Flynn 2007 75' Breda LRV 50* 125 OK - fully furnish w/ Metro East Hist. Streetcar 25* 25 equipment 2013 40' Motor bus 50-70* 70 or 160 Modification to Islais Creek 2016 60' Motor bus 0 70 or 0 accept 60' underway * = Numbers are approximate. Red boxes = overcrowding and/ or need for renovation or replacement Lavender box = still under construction GEARY Y CORRIDO DOR R BUS RAPID ID TRANSIT IT | PROJ ROJEC ECT UPDATE 9
Geary BRT – SFMTA Fleet Management Issues Related to Alternative 4 SFMTA – Flexible Vehicle Operations – No Sub Fleets • Concern if unforeseen problem developed on new buses • If 5-door buses are selected for Geary, and a fleetwide defect required most or all buses to be pulled from service – SFMTA would not have any transit vehicles to use to replace service on Geary • 50,000+ passengers per day would be at risk of no transit service 50,000+ people A T & T Park 42,000 + 8,000+ GEARY Y CORRIDO DOR R BUS RAPID ID TRANSIT IT | PROJ ROJEC ECT UPDATE 10 10
Geary BRT – SFMTA Fleet Management Issues Related to Alternative 4 SFMTA – Durability Concerns – Buses must last 12 yrs. • No transit agency with ridership and operations issues similar to Geary Blvd. has used 5-door buses for 12 years • Eugene, OR (6.5 years) – 5,000 passengers per day – flat terrain • Cleveland, OH (5.0 years) – 15,000 passengers per day – flat terrain • Geary (SF, CA) ( N/A ) – 50,000+ passengers per day – flat + grades GEARY Y CORRIDO DOR R BUS RAPID ID TRANSIT IT | PROJ ROJEC ECT UPDATE 11 11
Geary BRT – SFMTA Fleet Management Issues Related to Alternative 4 SFMTA – Durability Concerns – Buses must last 12 yrs. • SFMTA has the heaviest bus passenger ridership levels per service hour in the United States • At “retirement” - SFMTA buses have operated much higher revenue / service hours, and carried many more passengers when compared to 12 year old SamTrans or Golden Gate Transit buses Revenue/Service hrs. – 12 yr. bus lifespan 3 SFMTA SamTrans 2 Passenger Trips – 12 yr. Bus lifespan GGT 1 0 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 Passenger Trips – 12 yr. bus lifespan 3 SFMTA 2 SamTrans 1 GGT 0 1,000,000 2,000,000 3,000,000 Revenue/Service hrs. = 12 years of SFMTA = 19 years of Golden Gate / 16 years of SamTrans Passenger trips = 12 years of SFMTA = 75 years of Golden Gate / 50 years of SamTrans GEARY Y CORRIDO DOR R BUS RAPID ID TRANSIT IT | PROJ ROJEC ECT UPDATE 12 12
Geary BRT – SFMTA Fleet Management Issues Related to Alternative 4 SFMTA – Cost of Vehicles • A 5-door bus from New Flyer (bus supplier) will cost approximately $250,000 more than a similar 3-door bus offered by New Flyer 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 1 2 3 1 - 5 door bus = $1.40M 5 – 5 door buses = $7.00M 50 - 5 door buses = $70.00M 1 - 3 door bus = $1.15M 5 – 3 door buses = $5.75M 50 – 3 door buses = $57.50M 6 3 door buses can be purchased 60 3 door buses can be purchased for the cost of 5 5 door buses for the cost of 50 5 door buses GEARY Y CORRIDO DOR R BUS RAPID ID TRANSIT IT | PROJ ROJEC ECT UPDATE 13 13
Geary BRT – SFMTA Fleet Management Issues Related to Alternative 4 SFMTA – Performance of Vehicles • A 5-door bus loading from the left loads passengers at 2 doors vs. loading from the right with 3 doors • Time (stopped at station) is 20%-30% of total run time • On a 40 minute trip on Geary – dwell time = 8-12 minutes • 2 doors vs. 3 doors is estimated at 25%-50% slower loading • Use of 2 doors likely = 2-6 minutes of added run time • A 5-door bus will have 4-6 less seats than a 3 door bus 47-49 seats – 3 door 43 seats – 5 door GEARY Y CORRIDO DOR R BUS RAPID ID TRANSIT IT | PROJ ROJEC ECT UPDATE 14 14
Geary BRT – SFMTA Fleet Management Issues Related to Alternative 4 Summary • As explained in slides 8-14, SFMTA has serious concerns with buying 5- door 60’ articulated buses – and it appears likely that this type of bus will not be purchased when new buses to be used for Geary BRT are ordered in 2015-2016. GEARY Y CORRIDO DOR R BUS RAPID ID TRANSIT IT | PROJ ROJEC ECT UPDATE 15 15
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