11 Tunde Balvanyos, Ph.D. Bus Rapid Transit Coordinator, Pace APTA BRT May 2009.
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Transcript of 11 Tunde Balvanyos, Ph.D. Bus Rapid Transit Coordinator, Pace APTA BRT May 2009.
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PaceService area: • Chicago’s 6 county
suburb • 3500 square miles • Low density • Suburban and
exurban, satellite cities
• Over 270 municipalities
• Regional transit services: Metra commuter rail, CTA
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Pace’s service• Challenges:
– Large, low density, multi-jurisdictional area– Frequent at grade rail road crossings– New travel markets– Budget
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Strategic Plan
• Strengthen core service
• Core routes: – High ridership– High recovery ratio– Regional connectivity– New travel markets
• Premium quality, direct, fast, frequent service
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Strategic Plan
• BRT in mixed traffic on arterial streets – Arterial BRT - ART
• ART increases service level at minimum expense to the maximum number of people under the shortest implementation time frame
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ART Feasibility Study • Strategic plan identified 24 strategic arterial
corridors ART Network• Feasibility Study
– Where to start implementing the ART Network– What can be implemented in the short-term (10years)
• First ART route must be a success, showcase:– Short implementation – Successful operation– Generate political and community support for mode– Generate new riders
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ART Feasibility StudyNetwork Development
• 24 strategic arterial corridors
• Industry experience criteria: – Existing ridership– Potential ridership– Connect with existing
transit system
• Method: – socio-economic and
transit data evaluation – Existing regional travel
demand studies
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ART Feasibility Study Network Development
• Result:
Map shows 13 corridors of Group 1
NoLow No 3
NoMediumLimited2
YesHighYes1
ConnectPotential
ridership
Existing
ridershipGroup
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ART Feasibility Study Network Development
• 13 corridors evaluated in more detail• Criteria:
– Existing ridership: 3000+ (FTA)– Potential ridership– Connecting Pace’s sub-regions
• Method: – Route segmentation– Detailed socio-economic evaluation – Combined socio-economic and transit service evaluation – Segments ranking – Linked viable segments into routes – Determined termini– Connected the 6 routes into network of ART routes
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ART Feasibility Study Network
Development
Short-Term Network: • Dempster Street • Milwaukee Avenue• Oakbrook Corridor • Harlem Street • 95th Street• Halsted Avenue
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ART Feasibility StudyMost Feasible Route
• 6 routes of Short-Term ART Network most feasible
• Criteria: – Transit Ridership
• Current • Potential
– Regional Connectivity– Support
• Institutional• Community• Operating Divisions
– Travel Time Savings• At Stops • At Signals (queue jump lane, TSP)• Along the route (number of Rail road grade crossings,
availability of turning lanes)
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ART Feasibility StudyMost Feasible Route
• Method: – No modeling– Existing Pace studies: TSP and Queue Jump– Field review, AVL data– Outreach meeting to communities
• Result: – Most feasible route: Milwaukee – 2 phases of the Short-Term ART Network:
• Milwaukee, Dempster, Oakbrook• Harlem, 95th street, Halsted Avenue
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Result
• 2 phases of the Short-Term ART Network:
• Milwaukee,• Dempster,• Oakbrook• Harlem, • 95th street,• Halsted Avenue
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LengthCurrent Riders
# of comm.
and their support Alignment
Need for
feeder service
Peak riders
ROW: # of lanes, delays
Dempster 15.1 3174 5/5 + identified no 59% good
Milwaukee 7 3383 1 + identified no 56% good
Oakbrook
Forestpark 12.8 2497 1/5 - not yes 70%+ better
Cermak ~13.8 2766 2/5 Ø identified
ART Feasibility StudyMost Feasible Route
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ART Feasibility StudyResults
• Recommendations: – Start planning study on Milwaukee, Dempster
routes and Oakbrook corridor at the same time– After Alternatives Analyses are completed decide
which of the three routes be the showcase first ART
– 10-year Short-term ART Network• 6 routes, 72 miles
– Medium and Long-Term Network: • ART rubber-tire light rail and rubber-tire commuter rail