RV 2015: Learn, Ask and Do: The Corridor Game Take 2 by James Hencke

October 27, 2015
October 25 – 28, 2015
Dallas, TX
Learn, Ask, Do
The Corridor Game : Take 2

PANELISTS
¨  Kelly Betteridge, Planning Manager
TriMet, Portland, OR
¨  Arturo Herrera, Senior Service Planner
VIA Metropolitan Transit Authority, San Antonio, TX
¨  Aaron Carter, Manger
ICF International, San Francisco, CA
¨  Elizabeth Mros-O’Hara, Investment Areas Proj. Mngr.
Metro, Portland, OR
¨  James Hencke, Sr. Urban Designer
David Evans and Associates, Portland, OR

Objectives
¨  Learn about US Corridor Projects
¤  Multiple Modes
¤  Different Locales
¤  Trade Offs / Priorities
¨  Ask Questions
¨  Do : Apply Your Knowledge

Agenda
¨  Powell-Division BRT, TriMet, Portland OR
¤  Partnerships & Planning
¨  Primo BRT Corridors, VIA, San Antonio TX
¤  BRT Implementation, Lessons Learned, Path Forward
¨  Better Market Street, City of San Francisco CA
¤  Multiple Modes, Complete Streets

The Powell-Division Corridor
New Mode, New Team, New Tools
Rail~Volution
October 27, 2015
Kelly Betteridge, TriMet

The Powell-Division Corridor
§  Project Overview
§  Team
§  Steering committee
§  Community
§  Agency/Jurisdictional Partners
§  Toolbox
§  Ridership data
§  Top sources of delay
§  Design requirements

RV 2015: Learn, Ask and Do: The Corridor Game Take 2 by James Hencke

Build Your Team
§  Twenty-two member Steering Committee with
broad representation of agency, community
and jurisdictional partners
§  Strong partnership between agency partners
including “the even-handed convener” (Metro)
“the operator” (TriMet) and “the facility
owners” (ODOT, Cities)
§  Award winning outreach strategies to
communities in the corridor

• Briefings
• Culturally specific,
multilingual engagement
• Youth engagement
• Local business
engagement
• Community and related
projects’ events
• Talk with staff sessions

"Building trust is building
relationships," Boisen said.
"We're trying to build
relationships with key
community members who will
help us connect with other
people in the community."…
"There's a tremendous
opportunity for us to
implement transit-oriented
development in this area that
will be really beneficial."
– Lori Boisen, Division-
Midway Alliance for
Community Development

Steering Committee Advanced this
Alignment with Options

Build Your Toolbox
§  Analysis of existing trips on the system (stop
spacing)
§  Top intersections for congestion (design
treatment bang for the buck)
§  Clearly communicated “design requirements”
by jurisdiction/owner (agency deal breakers)

Analysis of existing trips
§  Methodology and sample size
§  25-29% of bus trips in both directions sampled for
each line on Monday-Friday.
§  Sample is for trips between 6am and 10pm.
§  About 3,600 usable on-off pairs analyzed

Methodology (con’t)
§  Surveyors scan card and
hand to every rider upon
boarding.
§  Cards collected and
immediately scanned
again when rider
departs.
§  Surveyors report at least
90% of riders
participated.

What We Learned
§  About 5% of riders travel less than 0.5 miles.
§  About 18% of riders travel 5+ miles.
§  Average distance traveled is 3.2 miles.
§  No substantial difference in distance traveled
by time of day, geography, or route.

Top intersections for congestion
§  A few key intersections govern the entire
corridor
§  Investment in key intersections has greatest
“bang for the buck” in terms of travel time.

Design Requirements by
Jurisdiction
§  Upfront conversation about “deal breakers”
versus points of discussion/negotiation in
design
Agency Comment Priority
1= fyi
5= design exception
10= fatal flaw
Schedule Priority
Before LPA, by 10%
By 30%
All proposed new
signals will need to
obtain region and state
traffic engineer
approval
5 10% design

Key Take Aways
§  Build Your Team
§  Really get to know the communities you will serve
and engage them in the process.
§  Work with project partners to identify clear project
goals and what each agency/jurisdiction feels is a
“deal breaker”
§  Build Your Toolbox
§  Decisions are data driven
§  Find innovative ways to get the data you need

Primo Corridors: San Antonio’s BRT Case Study
Learn,
Ask,
and
Do:
The
Corridor
Game
Take
2
20

Arturo Herrera, Jr.
VIA Metropolitan Transit Authority

Overview

•  1,220
square
miles

•  13
Member
Ci3es

•  92
Routes

•  450
Buses

•  7,200
bus
stops

•  5
Transit
Centers

•  8
Park
and
Rides

•  44M
passenger
trips
per
year

VIA Metro Transit: It’s A Fine Agency
21

VIA Primo: San Antonio’s BRT
22

Overview
of
the
Primo
Network

•  10
–
12
minute
service
from
6:00
a.m.
to
6:00
p.m.

•  Use
of
Transit
Signal
Priority

•  Branded
Sta3ons/Stops

•  Branded
BRT
Vehicles
(60’
and
40’
Fleet)

•  Stop
Spacing:
¾
to
1
mile
apart

•  Operates
in
Mixed
Traﬃc
and/or
Dedicated
Bus
Lanes

•  1
line
in
opera3on
today

•  2
lines
in
planning
stage

•  3
addi3onal
lines
iden3ﬁed
for
future
implementa3on

Here’s the “then”
23

120’
ROW

Here’s the “wish we could”
24

Pedestrian
push
for
dedicated
lanes:

•  Reconstruc3on
of
Fredericksburg
would
have
included
the
addi3on
of
6’

sidewalks
on
either
side
(get
rid
of
the
wild
west
of
driveways)

•  U3lity
adjustments
(get
them
out
of
the
sidewalk!)

•  ADA
ramps
and
accessible
facili3es

What
about
[ﬁll
in
the
blank]?

•  Elderly
(and
those
with
mobility
issues):
enter
pedestrian
refuge

•  Economic
Development:
a
greater
sense
of
permanence

•  Patrons:
decreased
travel
3mes
and
greater
reliability

•  Access
Management:
limi3ng
lea
turning
movements

Reality
Strikes
Again!

•  Economic
downturn
put
funding
into
ques3on

•  Concerns
regarding
SOV
capacity
during
peak
hours

•  “Who’s
ROW
is
it?”
problems…

Pedestrian
push
for
dedicated
lanes:

of
Fredericksburg
would
have
included
the
addi3on
of
6’

sidewalks
on
either
side
(get
rid
of
the
wild
west
of
driveways)

•  U3lity
adjustments
(get
them
out
of
the
sidewalk!)

•  ADA
ramps
and
accessible
facili3es

What
about
[ﬁll
in
the
blank]?

•  Elderly
(and
those
with
mobility
issues):
enter
pedestrian
refuge

•  Economic
Development:
a
greater
sense
of
permanence

•  Patrons:
decreased
travel
3mes
and
greater
reliability

•  Access
Management:
limi3ng
lea
turning
movements

Benefits of dedicated lanes …
25

Pedestrian
push
for
dedicated
lanes:

of
Fredericksburg
would
have
included
the
addi3on
of
6’

sidewalks
on
either
side
(get
rid
of
the
wild
west
of
driveways)

•  U3lity
adjustments
(get
them
out
of
the
sidewalk!)

•  ADA
ramps
and
accessible
facili3es

And here’s the “what we got”
26

The future is so bright… Right?
27

What other challenges do we face?
28

12’
BUS
LANE
9’
SIDEWALK
12’6”
SIDEWALK
11’
LANE

BUS
STOP

11’
LANE

What other challenges do we face?
29

View
of
the

parking
garage

8’
PLATFORM

/
PARKING

12’6”
SIDEWALK
9’
SIDEWALK
14’
TRAVEL
AND

BIKE
LANE

12’
HCT
/

TRAVEL
LANE

A diverse cross section of cross-sections
30

•  Stakeholder/Community
Mee3ngs

o  Priori3zing
modes

§  Pedestrian
ameni3es
must
always
be
included

o  Find
“local”
Champions

o  Investment
in
the
community

•  Branding
and
Designing
needs
to
ﬁt
with
surrounding
communi3es

and
land
uses

•  Are
all
modes
always
appropriate

in
all
corridors/condi3ons?

31

Lessons Learned & Take Aways

Lessons Learned & Take Aways
32

•  “One
Network,
One
Solu3on”
is
not
prac3cal

o  Neither
is
“One
Corridor,
One
Solu3on”

•  Your
most
vocal
opponents
should
be
the
some
of
the
ﬁrst
individuals

you
meet;
encourage
their
par3cipa3on

•  Access
Management
will
save
travel
3me
and
reduce
accidents

•  How
to
“sell”
dedicated
transit
lanes?

City
of
San
Francisco

BeOer
Market
Street
Project

Rail~VoluKon

October
27,
2015

Google
Maps
2015
Google
Maps
2015
Google
Maps
2015

San
Francisco:
BeOer
Market
Street

Heart
of
the
San
Francisco

Market
Street

Mission
Street

Google
Maps
2015

San
Francisco:
BeOer
Market
Street

Typical
Current
Roadway

Conﬁgura]on

Google
Streetview
2015

San
Francisco:
BeOer
Market
Street

Compe]ng
Travel
Modes

Google
Streetview
2015

San
Francisco:
BeOer
Market
Street

Over-‐Capacity

Google
Streetview
2015

San
Francisco:
BeOer
Market
Street

Visioning
Process

•  Extensive
series
of
workshops
conducted
from
2011

through
2013

•  Design
priori]es
and
design
drivers
iden]ﬁed
during

this
process
include:

•  Improving
transit
speed,
reliability
and
capacity

•  Improving
pedestrian
and
bicyclist
mobility
and
safety

•  Enhancing
the
public
experience

•  Private
vehicular
traffic
restric]ons
for
greater
transit
reliability

•  Signal
]ming
modifica]ons

•  Extension
of
transit-‐only
lanes

•  Modified
stop
spacing
and
new
stop
loca]ons
for
rapid
service

•  New,
relocated
and
consolidated
transit
boarding
stops
and

islands

San
Francisco:
BeOer
Market
Street

Proposed
Transit
Improvements

San
Francisco
Public
Works
2014

•  Increase
width
of
sidewalks

•  Implement
intersec]on
improvements

•  Add
pedestrian
ameni]es
and
streetscape
enhancements

San
Francisco:
BeOer
Market
Street

Proposed
Pedestrian
Improvements

San
Francisco
Public
Works
2014

Shared
vehicular/bike
lanes
or
separated
cycletrack
for

safety
and
increased
capacity

San
Francisco:
BeOer
Market
Street

Proposed
Bicycle
Facility
Improvements

San
Francisco
Public
Works
2014

San
Francisco:
BeOer
Market
Street

Environmental
Evalua]on

Market
Street
Mission
Street

Alterna]ve
1:
Market
Street

transit-‐only
center
lane,

shared
outside
lanes,

pedestrian
ameni]es,

private
vehicular
restric]ons

Alterna]ve
2:
Same
as

Alterna]ve
1
but
with
fewer

vehicular
and
loading

restric]ons

Alterna]ve
3:
Dedicated
bicycle
facili]es
on
Mission
Street.
Bus

transit
moves
to
Market
Street.
Pedestrian
ameni]es
on
both

Market
and
Mission
Streets.

Google
Maps
2015

•  Improve
Transit
Eﬃciency
and
Reliability

•  Support
City’s
planned
growth
and
economic
development

•  Improve
pedestrian
safety,
comfort
and
mobility,
and

maintain
capacity

•  Improve
bicyclist
safety,
comfort
and
mobility
and
increase

capacity

•  Maintain
access
for
taxis
and
paratransit
and
accommodate

commercial
deliveries

San
Francisco:
BeOer
Market
Street

Primary
Objec]ves

San
Francisco:
BeOer
Market
Street

Tradeoﬀs
Amongst
Transporta]on
Modes

•  Alloca]ng
more
space
to
pedestrian
uses
restricts
space

available
for
other
transporta]on
uses

•  Enhanced
transit
service
inﬂuences
design
of
pedestrian,

bicycle,
and
vehicular
facili]es
and
vice-‐versa

•  Private
vehicular
use,
businesses
loading
needs
and
access
to

residences
on
Market
Street
requires
compromise
to
transit,

pedestrian
and
cycletrack
improvements

Not
enough
space
for
all
needs!

San
Francisco:
BeOer
Market
Street

Alterna]ves
1
and
2
(Op]on
A)
-‐Tradeoﬀs

•  Improvements
to
exis]ng
transit
facili]es,
pedestrian
safety
and
ameni]es

•  Improvements
to
exis]ng
bicycle
facili]es
(new
painted
sharrows)

•  Widespread
private
vehicular/loading
restric]ons
on
Market
Street
(restric]ons
under

Alterna]ve
2
less
than
Alterna]ve
1)

* Alternative 1: shared lane would include transit, taxis, commercial vehicles, paratransit vehicles and vehicles with ADA placards or plates.
Alternative 2: shared lane would also allow all other private vehicles.

San
Francisco
Public
Works
2014

San
Francisco:
BeOer
Market
Street

Alterna]ves
1
and
2
(Op]on
B)
-‐
Tradeoﬀs

•  Improvements
to
exis]ng
transit
facili]es,
pedestrian
safety
and
ameni]es

•  Improvements
to
exis]ng
bicycle
facili]es
(new
dedicated
cycletrack,
except
where

conﬂicts
with
BART
portals
exist)

•  Widespread
private
vehicular/loading
restric]ons
on
Market
Street
(restric]ons

under
Alterna]ve
2
less
than
Alterna]ve
1)

* Alternative 1: shared lane would include transit, taxis, commercial vehicles, paratransit vehicles and vehicles with ADA placards or plates.
Alternative 2: shared lane would also allow all other private vehicles.

San
Francisco
Public
Works
2014

San
Francisco:
BeOer
Market
Street

Alterna]ve
3
-‐
Tradeoﬀs

•  Improvements
to
exis]ng
transit
facili]es
on
Market
Street
(transit
shijed
from

Mission
Street
to
Market
Street)

•  Improvements
to
pedestrian
safety
and
ameni]es
on
Market
and
Mission
Streets

•  Pedestrian
travel
distance
to
access
transit
increases

•  Transit
on
Market
Street
becomes
at
risk
for
conges]on

** Alternative 3 includes the same improvements to Market Street as Alternative 1, Design Option A.

San
Francisco
Public
Works
2014

San
Francisco:
BeOer
Market
Street

Design
and
Access
Considera]ons

Con]nuous
dedicated
bicycle
facility
design
may
not
be
feasible

due
to
right-‐of-‐way
conﬂicts

BART

San
Francisco
Public
Works
2014

San
Francisco:
BeOer
Market
Street

Design
and
Access
Considera]ons

Loading/private
vehicle
restric]ons
under
Alterna]ves
1
and
2
may

preclude
access
to
some
businesses
and
residents

7th
Street

8th
Street

Market
Street

What
if
your
business
is
here?

Google
Maps
2015

San
Francisco:
BeOer
Market
Street

Strategies
to
get
to
Construc]on

•  Extensive
stakeholder
engagement
and
visioning

•  Robust
environmental
evalua]on
to
ensure
that

environmental
factors
are
considered

•  Con]nued
outreach
to
stakeholders
as
design

progresses
through
construc]on

•  Con]nued
outreach
to
other
local,
State
and
Federal

agencies
to
ensure
proper
buy-‐in

QUESTIONS
¨  Kelly Betteridge betterik@trimet.org
¨  Arturo Herrera arturo.herrera@viainfo.net
¨  Aaron Carter acarter@icfi.com

GAME TIME
¨  Break into groups (3 minutes)
¨  Open your game pieces
- Marvel at the array of choices! (5 minutes)
¨  Design your ideal multimodal corridor with transit
(10 minutes)

GAME TIME - RULES
¨  Ideal Multimodal Corridor
¤  Think of a corridor you are familiar with. Suppose you
are working to fix it.
¤  Must accommodate trains or buses
¤  Stealing other people’s ideas is encouraged
¤  Be ready to defend your design

GAME PIECES
¨  Light Rail: Two-Way
Corridor
¨  BRT: Two-Way Corridor
¨  Transit Station/Platform
¨  Two Travel Lanes
¨  Single Travel Lanes
¨  Angled Parking
¨  Parallel Parking
¨  Landscaped Median
(Center of Street)
¨  Green Strip (btwn.
Curb & Sidewalk)
¨  Cycle Track
¨  Bike Lane
¨  Sidewalk

GAME TIME - RULES
¨  Constrained Multimodal Corridor (70 feet)
¤  Must accommodate bus or train
¨  How did you accommodate all your modes?
¨  What are the tradeoffs you made? Why?

GAME TIME - RULES
¨  Constrained Multimodal Corridor (70 feet)
¤  Must accommodate trains or buses
¤  Stealing other people’s ideas is encouraged
¤  Be ready to defend your design
¨  How did you accommodate all your modes?
¨  What are the tradeoffs you made? Why?

October 27, 2015
October 25-28, 2015
Dallas TX
THANK YOU

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