REINVENTING METRO: The Connected Region Reinventing Metro - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

REINVENTING METRO: The Connected Region Reinventing Metro Subcommittee November 7, 2018

Outline 2  Quick Review: What Was Presented in October  New Updates  Regional Bus Network  Fare Policy and Revenue Allocation  Access Service  Economic Benefits  Discussion

What Was Presented in October 3

Summary of October Presentation 4  Various Demographics/Socioeconomics Analysis  BRT Analysis  Conceptual Regional Bus Network  Access Service  Economic Benefits

NEW UPDATES 5

Regional Bus Network 6

Reinventing Metro Assumptions 7 Aug./Sep. 2019: Begin hiring process for operators and mechanics January 2020: Year 1 service November implemented 2019: Start receiving sales tax June 2019: revenue Begin public outreach May 2019: Sales tax approval Planning for Reinventing Metro (ongoing)

Reinventing Metro Implementation 8 Sales tax passes in May 2019 1. Planning for new services begins immediately 2. Test and finalize routings a) Identify bus stop locations b) Public outreach process for new services begins 3. immediately Schedules for Year 1 services will be developed in the 4. summer 2019 Staff hiring and training begins August 2019 5. Operators and mechanics a) Administrative staff b) Year 1services to be implemented January 2020 6.

Reinventing Metro: Planning Process 9  Financially constrained  Opportunities to fast- track  Limitations that impact  Galbraith Crosstown implementation  Extension of service to  Hiring/training of bus Blue Ash operators/mechanics  New flexible services  Bus procurement  Enhanced weekend  Available revenue services  Time  ADA impacts

Reinventing Metro - 2020: Major Local Corridor Improvements 10  Later & earlier service (9 Rts)  24-hour service (6 Rts)  More frequent service (6 Rts)  New weekend service  More service (7 Rts)  New service (2 Rts) Additional buses – 0 buses Additional staff – 40 transit operations/maintenance/administration

Reinventing Metro - 2021: Crosstowns 11  More frequent service (2 Rts)  Longer service hours (2 Rts)  New crosstown routes and flex services (5 Rts)  New services to emerging job centers (3 Rts)  Service area expansion (6 Rts) Additional buses – 30 buses Additional staff – 65 transit operations/maintenance

Reinventing Metro - 2022: Express Services 12  Express routes  Earlier & later service (13 Rts)  More frequent (7 Rts)  Extension to Uptown (3 Rts)  More frequent local services (5 Rts)  Crosstown (3 Rts)  Local routes (2 Rts)  New circulator services (3 Rts) Additional buses – 41 buses Additional staff – 88 transit operations/maintenance

Reinventing Metro - 2023: Secondary Corridors 13  More frequent service along major corridor routes (3 Rts))  Improvements to select secondary corridor routes  More frequent service (8 Rts)  Later & earlier service (4 Rts)  New weekend service (2 Rts)  Service extended to North Bend  Modified service along Route 24 Additional buses – 28 buses Additional staff – 60 transit operations/maintenance

Reinventing Metro: Beyond 2023 14  Reinventing Metro  Monitor all bus services  Modify schedules based on demand and travel times  Bus Rapid Transit  Planning and engineering  Construction and implementation  Regional Transit Network  Continue to identify opportunities  As funding allows – implement regional services

Reinventing Metro Benefits – Supports Non-Traditional Work Hours 15  More frequent service  New service  More convenient for  New generators riders  New connection types  Reduced transfer times  Increased area coverage  Later service  Improved weekend  Service available for multiple job shifts service  Allows for  Allows for weekend entertainment after mobility hours  Jobs and entertainment

Bus Rapid Transit Implementation 16 2024 – Construction 2019-2023 begins 2026 – Project Development Bus Rapid • Environmental review Transit • Funding commitments 2023 - service • Engineering and design Small begins starts agreement 2019 – Sales tax approved Note: Current Federal transportation bill expires in 2020

BRT Station Types 17  Park and Ride stations  Large Park and Ride lot Park and ride station  Primarily terminal stations Neighborhood station Midpointe Crossing  Neighborhood walk up Business district station stations  Located around residential areas Avondale Glenway  Drop-off areas Crossing Uptown  Business district stations  Located in commercial Over-the-Rhine West End areas Price Hill Downtown  Larger waiting areas

Conceptual Regional Network 18  Based on travel desire  Benefits and demographics  Improved regional mobility  Currently unfunded  Improved access to  Provided a mix of jobs SORTA and regional  Allows for reverse partners commute  New routes and  Improved coordination expansion of current amongst regional routes partners

Flexible Transit 19  Current  Clermont County  Warren County  Reinventing Metro  Blue Ash  Springdale  TANK trial  Western Hamilton County  National examples  Jacksonville  Victor Valley, CA

Conceptual Regional Transit Network – Butler County 20  Maintain current BCRTA services  Maintain current SORTA Rt. 42X  New Express Routes  Hamilton/Downtown Cincinnati (200 boardings/day)  Middletown/Downtown Cincinnati (150 boardings/day)  New Local Routes  Oxford/Colerain (150 boardings/day)  Middletown/Tri-County Mall (200 boardings/day)

Conceptual Regional Transit Network – Warren County 21  Maintain current Warren County Dial-A-Ride  Maintain current SORTA Route 71X and 72  New express route Lebanon/Downtown Cincinnati (100 boardings/day)  New fixed routes  Mason/16 Mile Stand (200 boardings/day)  Lebanon/16 Mile Stand (150 boardings/day)

Conceptual Regional Transit Network – Clermont County 22  Maintain current CTC express routes and countywide Dial-A-Ride  Maintain Reinventing Metro SORTA express route 29X  Extend SORTA express Route 82X to Batavia (80 boardings/day)  New local routes  Batavia/Anderson (100 boardings/day)  Bethel/Amelia/Anderson (150 boardings/day)

Conceptual Regional Transit Network – Northern Kentucky 23  Increase service on current TANK 2X between Cincinnati and the Airport (1,500 boardings/day)  New local routes  Anderson/Covington (400 boardings/day  Anderson/Airport (250 boardings/day)  Lawrenceburg, IN/Airport (120 boardings/day)

Conceptual Regional Transit Network – Dearborn County (Indiana) 24  Maintain current Dial-A- Ride  Extend current SORTA Route 50 to Lawrenceburg (50 boardings/day)  Extend planned SORTA Route 35 to Lawrenceburg (50 boardings/day)  New local route between Lawrenceburg and the Airport (120 boardings/day)

Regional Transit Connections 25 Warren County – Sixteen Mile Butler County: Tri-County Mall Stand

Regional Transit Connections 26 Clermont County: Anderson Center Northern Kentucky – Airport Station

Fare Policy and Revenue Allocation 27

Dallas Metro Area Transit Fare Coordination 28  Regional Passes (Day/Monthly/Annual) with unlimited rides on all major transit operators in the region:  DART  Trinity Metro  Denton County Transit  Each system keeps the revenue generated from regional passes sold in their respective service areas  New regional fare payment system, GoPass, that comes in two forms:  Mobile app  Physical card

San Francisco Bay Area Transit Fare Coordination 29  Each transit operator sets its own fare policy  Bilateral fare coordination  Inter-agency transfer discounts (e.g. $.50 discount when a rider transfers from Golden Gate Transit to Muni)  Joint-system monthly passes (e.g. “A” Pass: Muni and BART within San Francisco)  Regional fare payment card system, Clipper Card  MTC, the region’s MPO, manages and maintains the fare payment system through a private contractor  Clipper Card operating costs and interest earnings are split among participating operators

San Francisco Bay Area Transit Fare Coordination 30  Each transit operator sets its own fare policy  No region-wide fare policy  Bilateral fare coordination  Inter-agency transfer discounts (e.g. $.50 discount when a rider transfers from Golden Gate Transit to Muni)  Joint-system monthly passes (e.g. “A” Pass: Muni and BART within San Francisco)

Regional Fare Payment Media (Bay Area) 31  Overview  Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MPO of the San Francisco Bay Area) contracted with a third party private firm to implement, operate, and maintain the Clipper fare payment system  20+ transit operators in the region receive fare payment through Clipper