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CAP Metro Update 6/15/17
The Leander City Council briefing on June 15, 2017, focused on Project Connect, a regional high-capacity transit plan for Central Texas. The project aims to refine the plan, identify optimal transit solutions for the Austin metropolitan area, and implement enhancements to existing services, including metro rail and express lanes. The briefing outlined phases of development and potential investment corridors to support improved transit services over the next 5-10 years.
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- 1. Leander City Council ProjectBriefing June 15, 2017
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- 3. • Central TXregionally adopted High-Capacity Transit Plan (2012) What is Project Connect? –Transit Working Group • City of Austin • City of Round Rock • Bastrop County • Travis County • Hays County • Texas Facility Commission • Real Estate Council of Austin • SETON Family of Hospitals • Chamber of Commerce • University of Texas • Downtown Austin Alliance 3
- 4. What are wedoing? • Refine Project Connect Plan • Select high-capacity transit solutions for travel into, out of, & within central Austin from surrounding metro region Why? 4
- 5. Phased Approach toProject Development 5 IDENTIFY Top Performing Projects & Corridors • Mode neutral • Narrow Project & Corridor lists • Set the stage for detailed analysis PublicInvolvement DETAILED ANALYSIS of Projects & Corridors • Options for the mode, alignment, termini and potential station locations. Phase 3 PATH TO IMPLEMENTATION (May ’18 – Oct ’18) SELECT Locally Preferred Alternatives (LPAs) • Advanced planning / NEPA (if necessary) • FTA Project Development Application -- local funding and policy adoption Phase 2 REAL SOLUTIONS FOR REAL PROBLEMS (May ’17 – Apr ’18) Phase 1 BIG IDEAS, BOLD STARTS (Mar ’16 – April ’17)
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- 7. Review of Regional& Local Planning Efforts 7 Project Connect Previous Transportation Studies High-Capacity Transit Recommendations Draft Investment Corridors Draft Enhancement Projects
- 8. Investment Corridors What isan Investment Corridor? • Roadway or railroad corridor that can support high-capacity transit • Higher cost and longer to implement (5-10 years) Purpose: Identify corridors studied for high-capacity transit under previous local planning efforts. –Commuter Corridors –Connecter Corridors –Circulator Corridors 8
- 9. Potential Enhancements • MetroRailRed Line – station upgrades – grade crossing and signal improvements – park-n-ride expansion • MetroRapid 801/803 – station upgrades – transit priority lanes – intersection improvements • MetroExpress – operating in North MoPac express lanes – park-n-ride expansion – transit priority access • Mobility Hubs – transit centers and drop-off collection points 9
- 10. Investment Corridors Potential routesfor new high-capacity transit services • Commuters • Connectors • Circulators Enhancement Projects Improve existing services • MetroRail • MetroRapid • MetroExpress • Mobility Hubs MetroExpress MetroRail MetroRapid Mobility Hub What will be the outcome of Project Connect? 10
- 11. PRELIMINARY PHASE 1RESULTS 11
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- 13. Phase 1: Preliminary Results 13 InvestmentCorridors • Commuters • Connectors • Circulators Enhancement Projects • MetroExpress • MetroRapid • MetroRail • Mobility Hubs
- 14. Preliminary draft Phase1 Recommendations Investment Corridors • IH 35 • Red Line (double track) • Green Line • N Lamar/Guadalupe • Highland/Red River/Trinity • Congress • Riverside • 7th/Lake Austin • Manor/Dean Keeton • 45th/Burnet • S Lamar • Airport Blvd • MLK Jr. Blvd 14 • Downtown Circulator • Red River Circulator • S Congress Circulator
- 15. Preliminary draft Phase1 Recommendations Enhancement Projects • Guadalupe/Lavaca - transit signal priority • Guadalupe/Lavaca - extend existing transit priority lanes • S 1st St - priority treatments • W MLK Jr Blvd (Guadalupe/ Lavaca) - intersection upgrades • Rail station capacity projects 15 • W 5th St & W Cesar Chavez, Mopac to Guadalupe • 183 N • W 4th St (Republic Square) • W 4th Street • North Lamar Transit Center • W 4th St (DT MR Station) • Leander Station • Crestview • Westgate MetroExpressMetroRapid MetroRail Mobility Hub
- 16. Approval of Phase1 Results & Recommendations 16 26
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- 18. Potential Improved Transit Options More frequent MetroRail Red Line service MetroExpress service in express lanes Mobility Hub at Leander Station
- 19. MetroRideShare Group of5-12 commuters who share the ride to and from work. Month-to-month vanpool lease that includes vehicle, insurance and maintenance. Vanpool costs vary & are based on vehicle type, commute distance, group size, fuel prices & tolls. Out-of-service area groups receive a $450 monthly subsidy for commutes beginning or ending inside Capital Metro service area.
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Editor's Notes
- #9 These are larger, bolder initiatives that require capital and operational funding, and longer lead times for design and construction.
- #13 Ph.1 is going above and beyond FTA criteria We want to build infrastructure supported by the community Including local factors in decision making (imagine Austin indicators, etc..) Completely different approach from Urban Rail Ph.2 Will use FTA funding criteria to select mode, alignment alternatives