This document discusses opportunities for improved regional transit cooperation in Southern New England and the Northeast Corridor megaregion. It notes that eight of the ten densest US states are located in the Northeast Corridor. Addressing issues like traffic congestion and air pollution requires coordinating transportation planning and services across state and county lines. The document then focuses on opportunities for regional cooperation in three specific areas - Southern New England as a whole, the Knowledge Corridor region between Springfield, MA and New Haven, CT, and the metro Hartford, CT region. It discusses integrating services, fare payment, and mobility options across these regions.

1. Connecting the Dots:
Opportunities for Regional
Transit Cooperation

2. Southern New England & the
Northeast Corridor Megaregion
Eight of the ten densest US states are
located in the Northeast Corridor:
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Maryland
Delaware
New York
Pennsylvania

3. Northeast Corridor
Urban Development

4. Urbanized Area
Boundaries
Municipal, state, and
Census-designated
statistical boundaries

5. Regional Transportation
Networks
Regional transportation
plans and partnerships

6. FTA FFY 2016
Urbanized Area
Split Letter
Regional Cooperation

7. A New Federal Perspective?

8. DOT report
Research and policy
development
focusing on national
megatrends and
megaregions

9. Beyond Borders
"Addressing issues like air pollution and traffic
congestion often requires coordinating across
jurisdictions… As metropolitan areas grow…
traditional jurisdictional boundaries are becoming
blurred. This increases the impetus for regional
cooperation across planning agencies to address
issues that do not stop at state or county lines.”
- Beyond Traffic

10. Performance Based
Planning
SNEAPA
10-20-16

11. 2
PERFORMANCE BASED PLANNING
• Published on May 27, 2016
• Performance-based planning and programming
increases accountability and transparency and
offers a framework to support improved
investment decision-making by focusing on
performance outcomes for national
transportation goals.

12. MAP-21 Performance Management Framework
USDOT PERFORMANCE MEASURES
• RULEMAKINGS
– FTA
• Safety (5329)
• State of Good Repair (5326)
– FHWA 150(c)
• Safety
• Asset Condition
• Congestion, Air Quality,
Reliability
– FHWA/FTA
• Metropolitan and Statewide
and Nonmetropolitan
Transportation Planning

13. MAP-21 Performance Management Framework
State DOT andTransit Agency PerformanceTargets
• Transit Agencies (FTA Grantees)
– Establish SGR performance
targets not later than 3
months afterTAM Rule
– Establish Safety performance
targets 1 year after the
Agency Safety Plan Final Rule
• State DOTs
– Establish performance targets
not later than 1 year after
150(c) measures established

14. MAP-21 Performance Management Framework
MPO PERFORMANCETARGETS
• Establish performance targets
within 180 days after State
and public transportation
providers establish
performance targets
• Coordinate with providers of
public transportation to
select SGR and safety targets
• Coordinate with State to
select 150(c) targets

15. Linking Transit SGR and Safety to
MPO and Statewide Planning
Investment Priorities
Performance-based Plans
Performance Targets
Performance Measures

16. 7
SGR Targets
FTA must establish performance measures
based on the SGR definition
Recipients set their own targets, report on
progress annually
• No reward for making a target
• No penalty for missing a target
Performance-
Based
Planning
Process
SMS
Approach to
Safety
Investment
Prioritization

17. 8
Public
Transportation
Agency Safety
Transit Asset
Management
SubmitAnnual Report
Transportation
Planning
SMS Hazard
Identification/Risk
Assessment
Establish SafetyTargets
Hazard, Control, and
Monitoring Strategy
PublicTransportation
Agency Safety Plan
Asset Inventory/
ConditionAssessment
Establish SGR
Targets
Transit Asset
Management Plan
Prioritize Investments/
Program of Projects
Program Formula Funds
MPO and State
PerformanceTargets
Integrate Performance-
Based Plans
Metropolitan and
Statewide Long-Range
Plans
AdoptTIP/STIP
Linking Proposed Regulations
8• • • •

23. Moving past proprietary systems means coordinating…
• What do we call the product?
• How do we market it?
• Who pays for the cards?
• How are fares priced?
• Who collects revenue?
Fare Technology

24. • How do we integrate service to increase
ease of transfers?
• Whose responsibility it is to connect
people to jobs?
• Who pays for service? Cost sharing? Who
procures vehicles? Pays drives?
Service Planning

25. “To operate service to nearby Massachusetts and nearby Connecticut
terminals for the purpose of deboarding Rhode Island passengers at
major traffic generating locations for the benefit of passengers and to
RIPTA’s Enabling Legislation
board Rhode Islanders for the
return trip, provided, however,
that the authority operate closed
door in Massachusetts and nearby
Connecticut to and from its
destination.”

26. Cross-border service
• South Attleboro, MA service
connecting to MBTA commuter
rail station
• Seekonk, MA service connecting
to regional retail
• How will Rhode Islanders get to
work at Amazon in
Fall River?
• Can we better help
employees get to work
at Electric Boat in CT?

27. Regional Mobility
• Commuter park and ride
• Commuter rail expansion
• Vanpool
• First/last mile connections
• Intermodal facilities

28. Connecting the Dots:
Opportunities for Regional Transit Cooperation
– A North Central Connecticut Perspective
Lyle Wray, Executive Director
Capitol Region Council of Governments
SNEAPA 2016
October 20, 2016
DCU Center, Worcester MA

29. Regional Transit Cooperation: Three Scales
• Southern New England
• Knowledge Corridor
• Metro Hartford region

30. Southern New England

31. Southern New England
What We Have and What We Need

32. Knowledge Corridor: Springfield to New Haven

33. Knowledge Corridor:
What We Have and What We Need

34. Metro Hartford Region

35. CTfastrak
• CTfastrak opened March 2015
• Has been meeting ridership projections for 2030
• Surpassed 1 million rides in less than six months
• Extension east of the river to be constructed in 2019
• Making it Happen report:
http://www.crcog.org/publications/CommDevDocs/Sustainable%20C
ommunities/Sustainable%20Knowledge%20Corridor/MakingItHappen
_ExecSum_V1R4_Web.pdf

37. CTfastrak Employment Corridor
• 152,000 jobs in corridor from New Britain to Manchester (not
including University of Connecticut) on CTfastrak or circulators
• 38,700 jobs west of Hartford
• 77,200 jobs in Hartford
• 36,500 jobs east of Hartford

38. Metro Hartford Region:
What We Have and What We Need

39. Mobility Network Providers and Low, Medium
and High Density Urban Environments
• High density: Option instead of transit – moving goods, lack direct
route, convenience, complement to rapid transit for first and last mile
• Medium density: Uber, Lyft and Bridj type services have great
potential to drive users to transit with first and last mile or two
barrier issues, limited pedestrian access to rapid and regular route
transit, transit on demand complement or replacement
• Low density: Mobility network providers as possible replacement for
low volume routes, for transit on demand replacement

40. Mobility Network Providers and Transit
• IT Common interface: Transit app, Google maps, others – options of
walking, biking, rapid transit, fixed route transit, mobility network
provides (e.g. Uber, Lyft, Bridj) as a single or shared ride
• Number one destination of mobility network provider trips is a rapid
transit station
• Next: Trip and fare integration

41. Wrap Up
• The compelling case for good transit and rapid transit
• Technology to attract and retain non single car users: AVL and transit
apps for smartphone users
• Way finding signage and tools
• Harmonization of modes: bus, rapid transit and rail with mobility
network providers
• Vision: Build regional mobility networks

42. Thank You!
Contact information:
Lyle Wray, Executive Director
Capitol Region Council of Governments
lwray@crcog.org
www.crcog.org

43. Thank You!
Sarah Ingle, RIPTA
401.784.9500 x 284
ingle@ripta.com
Mary Beth Mello, FTA
617.494.1784
Mary.Mello@dot.gov
Jonathan Church, WRTA
508.453.3400
jchurch@therta.com
Greg Nordin, RIPTA
401.784.9500 x 237
gnordin@ripta.com
Lyle Wray, CRCOG
860.522.2217 x 232
lwray@crcog.org