Regional Transit Strategy & Enhanced Transit Planning and Sustainability Commission Art Pearce June 13, 2017 Today’s Topics • Process Update • Enhanced Transit • Update on Enhanced Transit Corridors Plan • Update on Streetcar • Roll out a new transit vision, including Enhanced Transit • Recommended transit projects for the Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) 2018 Update • PSC Discussion and Input: How this fits with and supports Portland’s Comprehensive Plan 2 THE BETWEEN THE TSP AND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PLAN RTP REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN 2018 UPDATE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PLAN FUTURE UPDATE GETTING PROJECTS INTO THF REGIONAL TRANSPORTATIONI PLAN ENHANCED TRANSIT CORRIDORS Update Today on Current Efforts GROWING In progress TRANSIT STREETCAR lprocess COMMUNITIES ANALYSIS Adopted TRANSPORT- ATION SERVICE SYSTEM ENHANCEMENT PLAN PLANS REGIONAL TRANSIT CALL TRANSPORTATION VISION FOR PLAN STRATEGY PROJECTS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FUTURE PLAN UPDATES GETTING PROJECTS INTO THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN FALL FEB MAR APR MAY JUL AUG WINTER STREETCAR PSC ANALYSIS -. .) We are GROWING TRANSIT PSC COUNCIL Here COMMUNITIES ENHANCED TRANSIT PSC PSC COUNCIL ?m_o REFINE 3 RTP TRANSIT VISION MAP CALL FOR PROJECTS PUBLIC IN vo LV GTC OPEN PSC #1 ETC OPEN PSC #2 CITY ETC OPEN HOUSE HOUSE COUNCIL HOUSE Enhanced Transit Calibrating the strategy to our needs Spectrum of Transit Local & regional bus Express bus, frequent bus Less frequent Less capacity Operates in mixed traffic Streetscape doubles as stop or station Supports linear development Connects home, work, school and play Locally funded Enhanced transit, buses & streetcar Bus rapid transit, light rail More frequent More capacity All or majority of operation in exclusive guideway High investment in station access Supports nodal development Connects regional and town centers Federally funded REGIONAL TRANSIT SPECTRUM Mixed traffic Priority treatments Exclusive guideway Tram Service Enhancement Plans/Master Plans Local buses Regional bus Frequent Service bus Streetcar Enhanced Transit Corridors Corridor based Bus Rapid Transit Bus Rapid Transit Rapid Streetcar High Capacity Transit Light Rail Commuter Rail Characteristics of Enhanced Transit • Increased capacity, reliability and transit travel speed • Moderate capital and operational investments • Flexible and context sensitive • Can be deployed relatively quickly • Could be a hot spot, corridor or full line The Vine recently opened in Vancouver, WA Dedicated Bus Lane Business Access and Transit (BAT Transit Lane? ?Curbside Tmr?? Enhanced Transit Corridors Plan Update ETC Plan Goals • Support planned growth in centers and along corridors consistent with the City’s Comprehensive Plan update. • Define and identify “Enhanced Transit Corridors” in Portland. • Establish clear and objective operational performance measures and thresholds to define what success looks like for the most heavily used Frequent Service lines. • Guide the prioritization of capital and operational investments in Enhanced Transit Corridors. Enhanced Transit Corridors - Approach Grounded in understanding transit operations. Guided by policy and ridership demand. • TriMet has a wealth of data to analyze • Portland Comprehensive Plan provides policy guidance • This all shapes our criteria for evaluating and prioritizing candidate corridors Analysis Indicators • • • • • • Average Existing Weekday Transit Trips (Entering load + boardings) Reliability (90th to 10th Percentile Speed Variance) Transit Speed (Average Operating Speed to Speed Limit) Dwell Time (Dwell to Run Time) Equity (Low income, people of color, Limited English Proficiency) Future Growth (Change in HH/Emp Density) Candidate Corridors Studied *5 Ha. . . . - Enhanced Transit Corridors Plan . . Methodology Total Score mm 7-14 15-17 18-19 20-24 15?Halos qumnHIEM?mm mun-2mm I m?duithns. How the ETC Plan is helping inform the RTP Update • We studied bus lines in the planned TriMet Frequent Service Network. • Our criteria reflect Comprehensive Plan policy and the preferred growth scenario. • We evaluated where ridership demand and equity considerations are high and buses are delayed most. • The findings of this initial evaluation helped us develop RTP projects and recommend which ones to advance early. o TriMet-led regional projects o City-led projects, including bottlenecks, corridors or whole bus lines Capital/Operational Toolbox Dedicated Bus Lane Business Access and Transit (BAT Transit Lane? ?Curbside Tmr?? Laneways and Intersection Treatments Pro-Time (Peak Period Only) Transit Lane SE Madison morning peak hour Intersection Queue Jump/Right Turn Except Bus Lane Curb Extension for Stops/ Stations Level Boarding Far-Side Bus Stop Placement Local Example Westbound Stan at SE Division Street and lii?th Avenue [Partlani Eii: STDP-SPIEIHE TRIDEDFFS Bus Stop Consolidation 2 A A are 'nlu'illing -F - a mil-e 1. I I I IIHLE Bra-moan;- the-1w- arra- gap-:- In a Iin-e added. [3-132 ?r AEIHTIBLIL TriME-t - mm Tmmit iject- Emptua.? Emlyn Transit Signal Priority and Signal Improvements Staff Recommendation for where to focus more in the next phase Staff Recommendation • Select up to three corridors to explore applying the toolbox and develop conceptual investment plans: • Line 72 – Killingsworth/82nd Ave, with a focus on 82nd Ave • Line 12 – NE Sandy Blvd • Line 6 – MLK Jr Blvd/Jantzen Beach (if resources allow) • Potential opportunity to focus on portions of candidates through other planning efforts: • Line 73 - through the 122nd Ave Safety Improvement Project planning process • Line 20 - through an Outer SE Stark Safety and Access planning process • Key bottlenecks, including in the Central City ETC Plan Next Steps • Public open house on June 21 • Refine the methodology to identify, monitor and prioritize Enhanced Transit improvements • Include on-going performance measures and thresholds • More public outreach in fall 2017 • Complete the recommended plan in winter 2018 What does this mean for Portland Streetcar? 28 Service Plan North/South Line (6 streetcars); A/B Loops (4 streetcars each) All lines on 15-minute frequencies; 7.5-minutes through central city. Weekday Ridership ~ 15,800/day Generating Ridership: Housing Units within ¼ mile of Streetcar, and Avg. Weekday Ridership on Streetcar • 6,659 Regulated Affordable Housing Units are on the Portland Streetcar Alignment • Over 1/3 of all Affordable Housing Supply in Portland are within ¼ mile of Portland Streetcar Planning for the Future Short-Term Investments Long-Term Investments • 5 Additional Streetcars to Improve Service on Existing System • Responsive to Changes Occurring on and Around our System • Zidell Yards, SW Bond • South Portal/Moody Extension • I-5 Rose Quarter • Responding to Traffic and Congestion Related Issues (ETC Toolbox) • Improved Service and Schedules to Meet Growing Demand • Inclusion of Planned Extensions in Metro’s RTP • Preliminary Engineering for Hollywood to Montgomery Park (various alignments in NW). • Other Corridors included in ETC Planning The Current Regional Transit Vision -E: a: Sci?ma Hun: main. Hana?uni I Eimi nan: HEB I .51: min: I 3. I wanna 93.: I 42: Did! nan?uni I was: on; I magi mica: I mania; I zigzag 23:33 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) & High Capacity Transit Plan This map will be updated as part of the 2018 RTP Update and Regional Transit Strategy. We are moving beyond just High Capacity Transit. New transit strategies and projects, including “Enhanced Transit.” A Proposed New Transit Vision Regional Transit Vision To make transit more frequent, convenient, accessible and affordable for everyone Partnerships Planning Implementation • Extend MAX lines • Address transit bottlenecks • Add Enhanced Transit o Streetcar o Buses • Pursue High Capacity Transit in the Powell Corridor (mode TBD) 1W RTP funding timeframes 1-10 YEARS 11720 YEARS STRATEGIC Existing transit MAX WE 5 STREETCAR Centers CENTRAL REGIONAL TOWN CITY 2040 RTP Project List (2018 update) DIVISION RAPID 2040 RTP Project List (2018 update) RTP Projects CITY-LEDIMPROVEMENT 75 LOMBARD Existing transit mix was a ROSE T0 LOMBARD STREETCAR STREETCAR BROADWAY ETC mm: STREETCAR MONTGOMERYPARK Centers i- BLUE. RED. GR LINES 10 REGIONAL TOWN I 75 CESAR CHAVEZ 3106 J: HELMUNI 14 HAWTHORNE 73122ND AV DIVISION HAVIU 9 POWFLL 72 AV PBOT P?l?lLan nunuu nr PSC Discussion and Input • How this fits with and supports Portland’s Comprehensive Plan • How this advances PSC direction in the TSP Update to study an inner ring and outer ring transit study 40