SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY CATCHING UP: SEPTA’S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN Open House Capital Plan February 26, 2014
SEPTA Service Realignment Plan 2
SIGNED INTO LAW – NOVEMBER 25, 2013 PA Act 89 – Landmark Transportation Funding Bill 3
MULTI-MODAL HIGHWAYS & (AVIATION, ($M) TRANSIT TOTAL BRIDGES PORTS, BIKE/PED) $242 $55 $30 2013-14 $326 2014-15 $756 $345 $97 $1,198 2015-16 $1,081 $431 $138 $1,650 2016-17 $1,352 $432 $138 $1,922 2017-18 $1,710 $487 $144 $2,341 NOTES: Funding levels presented as average of annual estimates SEPTA receives approximately 70% of statewide transit capital funding Five-Year Phase-In 4
PEER AGENCY COMPARISON Realignment Plan No (FY2013) $1,400 Longer Necessary $1,200 $1,152 Advances State of Good $997 $957 Repair Projects to Improve $1,000 $815* Safety & Reliability $800 Doubles Annual Capital $600 Budget by 2018 $400 $304 Predictable, Bondable, $200 and Inflation-Indexed $0 Source of Funding Chicago New Wash. Boston Phila. (RTA) Jersey DC (MBTA) (SEPTA) (NJT) (WMATA) Closer to Peer Agency *In 2013, Mass. passed a package totaling Funding Levels $800M per year, including ~$200M for MBTA Impact on SEPTA 5
SEPTA’S APPROACH TO ‘CATCHING UP’: Work to Reduce $5 Billion Backlog Model After Successful Stimulus Program Immediately Address Key Issues Driving Realignment Plan Advance Design & Engineering for Longer-Term Transformative Projects ‘Catching Up’ 6
ADDRESSING KEY ISSUES BEHIND REALIGNMENT PLAN: Aging Rail Vehicles Infrastructure Crisis on Media/Elwyn Line Critical Bridges & Power Substations Track Conditions on NHSL & Trolley Lines Early Action Priorities 7
* NOTE: New York has committed $1.8B for 676 new railcars (LIRR & Metro-North) Rail Vehicles: Regional Rail 8
Rail Vehicles: Trolleys LIGHT RAIL PCC HISTORIC STREETCAR 9
PHASE 1 PHASE 2 PHASE 3 Electric Locomotives Trolleys Silverliner VIs Replace Aging & Unreliable AEM-7s Replace 30+ Year Old & Increasingly Replace 40+ Year Old and Increasingly - Increase Size of Locomotive Fleet (8 to 12) Unreliable LRV & PCC Fleets Serving: Unreliable Silverliner IVs - Routes 10, 11, 13, 15, 34, 36 (City) - Routes 101 & 102 (Suburban) Bi-Level Coaches Add Capacity to Key Lines Rail Vehicle Replacement: Phased Approach 10
SEPTA’S MEDIA/ELWYN LINE: TRACK TIMBER REPLACEMENT PROJECTS Cobbs Creek Darby Creek Ridley Creek Cobbs Creek Viaduct (Built 1891) Ridley Creek Viaduct Timbers Addressing Media/Elwyn Line Infrastructure Crisis 11
Jenkintown Crum Creek Viaduct Substation (Built 1895) (Built 1931) Morton Corrosion Substation (Built 1928) Addressing Critical Bridges & Power Substations 12
NHSL Track Ties Route 15 Trolley Tracks Upgrading NHSL & Trolley Track Conditions 13
Levittown Margaret-Orthodox Exton 69 th Street West Terminal Station Reconstruction & Accessibility 14
North Wales PARKING AVAILABILITY (2013 CENSUS) 100% OPEN 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 69 th Street FILLED 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% More than 50% of SEPTA’s Regional Rail Stations Have Zero Available Parking Spaces Parking Capacity Expansion 15
City Hall Station Center City Concourses Station Real Time Info Advancing Design & Engineering for Longer-Term Transformative Projects 16
Jobs & New Opportunities for Economic Growth: SEPTA already supports 26,000 jobs and $3.2 billion in annual economic output in Pennsylvania Renewal for Entire Multimodal Transportation System Not just transit – Act 89 also benefits highways, bridges, ports & bike/pedestrian infrastructure Act 89’s Lasting Economic Impact 17
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY CATCHING UP: SEPTA’S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN Open House Capital Plan February 26, 2014
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