SMART Plan Corridors' PD&Es Update
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FDOT D6 and DTPW provided an update regarding the SMART Plan corridors' PD&E processes to the Miami-Dade TPO Governing Board.
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SMART Plan Corridors' PD&Es Update
- 1. Miami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization December 7, 2017 1 SMART PLAN UPDATE
- 2. Strategic Miami Area Rapid Transit (SMART) Plan 2 Corridor Name Corridor Length (miles) NEPA Lead Agency Beach Corridor 9.7 DTPW East-West Corridor 11 DTPW Kendall Corridor 10 FDOT-6 North Corridor (NW 27th Avenue) 12 FDOT-6 Northeast Corridor (Tri-Rail Coastal Link ) 13.5 FDOT-4; DTPW South Corridor 20 DTPW
- 3. NEPA Process 3 • The basic policy of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 is to assure that all branches of government give proper consideration to the environment prior to undertaking any major federal action that significantly affects the environment • All federal actions, including projects that use federal funding or require a federal permit, must demonstrate compliance with NEPA • Class of Action: Based on the level of impacts determined by FTA, different level of environmental documentation is required: o Projects with significant impacts require an Environmental Impact Study (EIS) o Types of projects that have been deemed to not have significant impacts are excluded from NEPA => Categorical Exclusion (Bus Rapid Transit – BRT)
- 5. Kendall Corridor Rapid Transit PD&E Study 5 • Study Limits: SR-94/Kendall Drive/SW 88th Street Premium Transit Study from SR 997/Krome Avenue/SW 177th Avenue to Dadeland North Metrorail Station • Length: 10.7 Miles • Unique Markets: Local communities, major malls Light Rail Transit (LRT) Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Heavy Rail Transit (HRT) Heavy Rail At-Grade Dadeland North Metrorail Station
- 6. Kendall Corridor Proposed Viable Alternatives 6 CURBSIDE LANES BRT • High-capacity, frequent service, and retains median. Limited right turns MEDIAN LANES BRT • Easier access to driveways and entrances. Convenience to passengers having stations in the median. Limited left turns MEDIAN LANES RAIL • Easier access to driveways and entrances, convenience to passengers having stations in the median. Limited stops and left turns ELEVATED RAIL • High-capacity with limited impacts to general local traffic. Part of an expanding network but provides limited stops and has to build ridership
- 7. CURBSIDE BRT LANES WITH REVERSIBLE CENTER LANE • High-capacity, frequent service, and retains peak period peak direction capacity. Kendall Corridor Proposed Viable Alternatives 7 EASTBOUND – AM PEAK WESTBOUND – PM PEAK
- 8. We are here 2016 2017 2018 Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter Spring Summer Fall Notice to Proceed / Project Initiation Agency / Public Kick-Off Meeting Corridor Workshop Identify Viable Alternatives Alternatives Public Workshops FTA Class of Action (NEPA) Draft Engineering/Environmental Reports Public Hearing Selection of Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) Environmental Finding Kendall Drive Corridor Project Milestone Schedule 8
- 9. 2018 2019 Procure Contractor Secure New Starts Funding 2025 Construction 2024 TCAR/Pre-Project Development Project Development Select LPA ROW Acquisition Prepare RFP/Survey/ ROW Mapping/MOA 2020 2021 202320222016 2017 9 Categorical Exclusion Schedule WE ARE HERE
- 10. 2023 2024 2025 2026 Prepare RFP/Survey/ ROW Mapping/MOA Construction TCAR/Pre-Project Development Project Development Environmental Impact Study Select LPA Secure New Starts Funding ROW Acquisition Procure Contractor 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 10 Environmental Impact Schedule WE ARE HERE
- 11. Northeast Corridor Description 11 • Study Limits: Downtown Miami to City of Aventura • Length: 14 Miles • Unique Markets: Regional destinations, major employment centers, major malls • Five additional stations: • Aventura • North Miami Beach • North Miami • Upper Eastside • Midtown/Design District • The southern most segment of the TRCL Project Commuter Rail Downtown
- 12. Tri-Rail Coastal Link Project Description • New 85-mile commuter rail service from Miami to Jupiter as an integrated extension of Tri-Rail • 25 stations identified for further evaluation during Project Development phase • Shared tracks with FEC freight and All Aboard Florida (AAF) - Brightline Intercity Passenger Service • Co-located stations with AAF in Miami, Ft. Lauderdale and West Palm Beach (under construction) • Phased project implementation likely based on availability of local matching funds • Project governed by partnership Memorandum of Understanding executed in 2013 12
- 13. Northeast Corridor Status Project Status: • TPO Prioritization through the SMART Plan • NEPA effort +30% complete; conducted negotiations on access and local O&M funding Next Steps: • Local Financing Plan including O&M • FEC Access Agreement – TBD after Brightline Service Begins • Project Development – pending access agreement & local financing plan 13
- 14. NW 27th Avenue (North) Corridor 14 • Study Limits: NW 27th Avenue from NW 215th Street to NW 38th Street & SR-112 from NW 27th Avenue to the Miami Intermodal Center • Length: 13 Miles • Unique Markets: Intercounty, colleges, special event venues Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Light Rail Transit (LRT) Heavy Rail Transit (HRT) Heavy Rail At-Grade Miami-Dade/Broward County Line MIA
- 15. NW 27th Avenue (North) Corridor Alternatives Advanced to Tier II Build Alternative #1 Curbside Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) 15 Build Alternative #2 Elevated Rapid Rail Build Alternative #3 Median At-Grade Rail
- 16. NW 27th Avenue (North) Corridor Project Milestone Schedule 16 PAC PAC PAC PAC We are here FTA Class of Action (NEPA)
- 17. Beach Corridor Rapid Transit Project • Study Limits: Miami Design District to Miami Beach Convention Center • Length: 9.7 Miles • Unique Markets: Hotels, colleges, major employment centers, and special event venues Autonomous Vehicle Aerial Cable Transit (ACT) Monorail Automated People Mover Vehicle (APM) Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Heavy Rail Transit (HRT) Light Rail Transit (LRT) Miami Design District 17
- 18. Beach Corridor Project Milestone Schedule 18
- 19. East-West Corridor Rapid Transit Project 19 • Study Limits: Florida International University (FIU) to Miami Intermodal Center (MIC) at Miami International Airport (MIA) • Length: 10 Miles • Unique Markets: Colleges, major malls, major employment centers, and MIA Light Rail Transit (LRT) Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Heavy Rail Transit (HRT)Commuter Rail Autonomous Vehicle Hyperloop MIA
- 20. 2019 Sum m er Fall Winter Spring Sum m er Fall Winter Spring Sum m er Fall Notice to Proceed/Project Initiation Agency/Public Kick-Off Meeting Corridor or Informational Workshops Identify Viable Alternativ es Alternativ esPublic Workshops Identify Recommended Alternativ e FTA Classof Action Determination (NEPA) Draft Engineering/Env ironmental Repo Public Hearing Select Locally Preferred Alternativ e Env ironmental Finding 2017 2018 PAG PAG PAG PAG East-West Corridor Project Milestone Schedule 20 We are here
- 21. South Corridor Rapid Transit Project 21 • Study Limits: Florida City to Dadeland South Metrorail station • Length: 20 Miles • Unique Markets: Colleges, hospitals, and major malls Autonomous Vehicle Note: ROW acquisition at SW 211th Street (Target property) has been initiated. Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Dadeland South Metrorail Station Light Rail Transit (LRT) Heavy Rail Transit (HRT)
- 22. Notice to Proceed/Project Initiation/Class of Action Determination Agency/Public Kick-Off Meeting FTA Issues Class of Action - Environmental Assessment (EA) for Rail Options Corridor Workshops/Initiate EA Identify Viable Alternatives Alternatives Public Workshops Identify Recommended Alternative Draft Engineering/Environmental Reports Public Hearing Select Locally Preferred Alternative Environmental Finding Spring Summer 2019 Winter 20182017 Summer Fall Winter Spring Summer Fall PAG PAG PAG South Corridor Project Milestone Schedule 22 • FTA requires an Environmental Assessment (NEPA) for Rail options which takes no less than 2 years • FTA has issued NEPA clearance for BRT – No further NEPA required We are here
Editor's Notes
- Project Development & Environment (PD&E) Studies for the SMART Plan corridors commenced about a year ago This is a status report This presentation will: Review the key features of each corridor, Accomplishments/status to date Next steps to completion of the studies and ready for implementation
- Six SMART Plan Corridors FDOT leading (in alphabetical order): Kendall Northeast, NW 27th Avenue (North) DTPW leading (in alphabetical order): Beach, East-West, South I am the FDOT project manager for the FDOT-led corridors and will review their status. I will be followed by __________________________________________DTPW, who will review the DTPW-led projects. Currently, FDOT projects are scheduled to be completed by next summer, with the exception of the Northeast Corridor that I will describe later in the presentation. The FDOT corridors began first; the DTPW corridors are currently on a similar schedule and therefore will finish after.
- The process for complying with the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) and other environmental laws and regulations is defined in Environmental Impact and Related Procedures (23 CFR Part 771). The regulation sets forth FTA’s policy of combining all environmental analyses and reviews for a project into a single process. It defines the roles and responsibilities of FTA and its grant applicants in preparing documents and in managing the environmental process within the various project development phases. Transit projects vary in type, size, complexity and potential to affect the environment. To account for the variability of projects, there are three basic NEPA “classes of action.” What is meant by NEPA class of action? A class of action indicates the seriousness of the impacts and the resulting level of documentation that is required in the NEPA process (23 CFR 771.115). Grant applicants intending to apply for federal transit funding should notify FTA when a project concept is identified. Once the grant applicant has furnished sufficient descriptive information about the project and its impacts, FTA will advise the grant applicant of the probable NEPA class of action and the related level of documentation required from the NEPA process. The three classes of actions are as follows: Categorical Exclusions (23 CFR Part 771.117): Categorical Exclusions (CEs) are granted for actions that do not individually or cumulatively involve significant social, economic, or environmental impacts. The regulation gives two lists of the types of projects that are categorically excluded. The projects listed in 23 CFR Part 771.117(c) require little or no construction and result in minimal or no effects off-site. The projects listed in 771.117(d) generally involve construction, but they are CEs if properly sited and designed. Environmental Assessments (23 CFR Part 771.119): FTA may require a grant applicant to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) for any of several reasons: (a) the significance of the environmental impact is not clearly established; (b) a CE is not appropriate because alternatives must be considered (e.g., under Section 4(f)); or (c) a CE is not appropriate because public involvement is needed. An EA can result in either a Finding of No Significant Impact (23 CFR Part 771.121) requiring no further environmental evaluation, or identification of significant impacts requiring the FTA and the grant applicant to conduct an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). Environmental Impact Statements (23 CFR Part 771.123 et seq.): For a major project with significant impact, FTA would require the grant applicant to develop an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). An EIS requires that a substantial technical analysis and public review process be conducted to evaluate project alternatives, identify potential social, economic, and environmental impacts of the project, and designate methods to avoid or mitigate these impacts. Successful completion of an EIS results in FTA signing an environmental Record of Decision (ROD). Who determines the class of action? FTA consults with the grant applicant, which is usually the sponsoring transit agency, on the proposed project and its likely impacts to determine its class of action. Normally there is agreement on the project’s class of action, but if not, FTA is the ultimate decisionmaker on the class of action as provided in 23 CFR Part 771.
- Kendall Corridor: - 10.7 miles covers the full length of Kendall Drive, a distance of 10.7 miles (including the western segment outside the UDB) Studied since at least 1993 and most recently in 2007. Three modes: BRT, LRT, Heavy Rail (HRT), and a variation of heavy rail: a rail vehicle that can operate on the street and continue onto the existing Metrorail system changing only the means of bringing power to the vehicle. one-seat ride from the Kendall Corridor to Government Center and the core areas of the region. BRT: Institute for Transportation Policy and Development identifies key features of BRT: • Busway alignment – minimize conflict with other traffic • Dedicated right-of-way • Off-board fare collection – accelerates passenger boarding • Intersection treatments - increasing the green signal time for the bus lane; forbidding turns across the bus lane and minimizing the number of traffic-signal phases where possible. Traffic-signal priority when activated by an approaching BRT vehicle is useful in lower-frequency systems. • Platform-level boarding - reducing boarding and alighting times per passenger (elderly, disabled, or people with suitcases or strollers). Improves customer safety and comfort. Light Rail (LRT) - A transit mode that typically is an electric railway with a light volume traffic capacity compared to heavy rail (HR). It is characterized by: Passenger rail cars operating singly [or in short, usually two car, trains) on fixed rails in shared or exclusive right-of-way (ROW): Low or high platform loading and Vehicle power drawn from an overhead electric line via a trolley or a pantograph. Heavy Rail (HR) A transit mode that is an electric railway with the capacity for a heavy volume of traffic. It is characterized by: High speed and rapid acceleration passenger rail cars operating singly or in multi-car trains on fixed rails Separate rights-of-way (ROW) from which all other vehicular and foot traffic are excluded Sophisticated signaling, and High platform loading. Potential to serve work trips, school trips, shopping trips. Transit in the Kendall corridor would also serve the communities surrounding Kendall including community establishments and services. Given the proximity of the western extent of the corridor to the Everglades, this corridor is a feeder to the core.
- Alternatives developed with the public and Policy Advisory Team Identified four alternatives that appear to best meet the stated purpose of the project: BRT in the curb lanes. BRT is a bus operation that operates much like a rail system with pre-payment of fares, level boarding, dedicated lanes for transit, and higher quality stations and vehicles. Service is faster and more reliable than conventional bus service, and has the potential to offer one-seat rides beyond the limits of the corridor. Stations are typically ¼ to ½ mile apart permitting walk access to more riders than traditional rail modes. In this first alternative, the curb lanes would be repurposed for transit only producing the faster more reliable service. BRT in the inside lanes. Inside lanes would be exclusively for transit. Rail in the inside lanes. Inside lanes would be exclusively for transit. Rail on structure above the median. All vehicular travel lanes would be maintained as they are today.
- In August, theTPO asked that the Department consider BRT in the curb lanes and a reversible lane to maintain three lanes of general purpose traffic in the peak direction. In the off-peak direction, transit would operate in mixed traffic; traffic would operate in two lanes in the off-peak direction.
- Alternatives workshops will be held in the winter Will present the analysis of these candidate alternatives. The project team will take comment on the alternatives. In the spring, an alternative will be advanced as the recommended alternative. Public will have the opportunity to comment on this recommendation, The Lead Agency, DTPW, will be able to take this study to the Project Development or Implementation phase depending upon the conclusions. - Feedback from the FTA will assist the TPO Board in fixing a funding plan.
- Schedule for Categorical Exclusion finding from completion of PD&E to implementation shown here PD&E study is part of TCAR process (Transit Concept and Alternatives Review) After selection of LPA enter FTA project development process Develop series of management plans (see notes) Third party agreements Preliminary geotechnical work Safety and threat & vulnerability study Toward the end of PD request New Starts funding – subject to calendar, Congress, and the President’s budget Overlap with Prepare RFP/Survey Mapping/MOA with county Initiate ROW acquisition Procure design/build contractor Construction of up to 3 years Accessibility review Constructability review
- Similar schedule if EIS (i.e., rail) Add time for completion of environmental impact study Other steps remain the same and will overlap to the extent feasible
- The Northeast Corridor extends from Downtown Miami to the City of Aventura and the County Line. Studies since 1993 and in recent years, as part of a larger expansion of Tri-Rail. - In additional to the typical markets this corridor offers access to regional destination and the urban centers along the coast. The only mode under consideration is commuter rail on existing FEC tracks.
- - Part of the larger Tri-Rail Coastal Link project, an 85-mile extension of Tri-Rail to Jupiter. - Earlier studies identified 25 stations. Operations would share FEC freight operations and Brightline Intercity Passenger service to Orlando. Service in this corridor would be accomplished in phases based on funding from local sources.
- - Presently, the Northeast Corridor remains a TPO priority. NEPA work is about 30% complete, negotiations with FEC for access, and discussions regarding local funding for operations and maintenance and therefore this study are on hold
- - The third FDOT-led corridor is the NW 27th Avenue or North Corridor. - Corridor runs from NW 215th Street to NW 38th Street and to the Miami Intermodal Center, a length of 13 miles - Studies in this corridor date to 1984, the most recent 2008: ROD - Potential for regional service and Miami-Dade College and special events venues could benefit. - BRT, LRT, and HRT (and HRT at-grade) are under consideration.
- Three alternative configurations are under consideration as the study enters the second tier of analysis: Curb running BRT Elevated Metrorail Median, at-grade rail
- We are now at the mid-point of the study. In the fall, details of the three alternatives will be developed and presented. A recommendation will be brought to the TPO in the winter and the study concluded next summer. Subsequent phases as shown earlier ___________________will present the three DTPW-led corridors.
- The highlighted alternatives are advanced to Tier II
- The highlighted alternatives are advanced to Tier II
- Data Collection, Issues Identification, Solutions Identifications Introduce the Study and Receive Input Alternatives Development, Traffic and Transit, Environmental Studies Present Alternatives and Select Viable Alternatives Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Review Opportunity for Public Input and Statements about the Study
- The highlighted alternatives are advanced to Tier II