The webinar agenda included: - APBP news from 12:55-1:00 pm - An introduction from 1:00-1:05 pm - A presentation on NACTO's Transit Street Design Guide from 1:05-2:00 pm - A question period from 2:00-2:15 pm - The webinar was scheduled to end at 2:15 pm.

1. Today’s webinar agenda
 12:55 pm: APBP News
 1:00 pm: Introduction
 1:05 pm: Presentation
 2:00 pm: Questions
 2:15 pm: Webinar ends
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2. APBP and NACTO Present
NACTO's Transit Street Design Guide
June 27, 2016
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webinar, call 1-800-263-6317.

3. Upcoming Training
Visit www.apbp.org for details and registration
Jul 12 US Federal Policy Briefing
Jul 20 Performance Measures to Evaluate New and
Established Practices
Aug 17 Street Design and Planning in Suburban
Contexts

4. Today’s presenters
Craig Toocheck, Program Analyst/Designer at NACTO
David Kuperman, Manager of Surface Transit Operations
Teresa Boyle, City of Portland’s Senior Transit Project Manager/Engineer
Ken Zatarain, TriMet’s Director of Service Delivery
Jeff Owen, Trimet’s Active Transportation Planner

5. Today’s webinar presenters
Craig Toocheck is Program Analyst/Designer at NACTO working under the
Designing Cities Initiative. Beginning his career at NACTO in July 2014, Craig is
one of the principal authors and designers of the Transit Street Design Guide.
Craig received a Master's of City Planning from UC Berkeley and a Bachelor of
Science in Architecture from the Catholic University of America in
Washington DC. Additionally, he spent a year studying and working in urban
planning in Germany as part of the federally-sponsored Congress-Bundestag
Youth Exchange program and has worked with a number of planning-related
organizations in his native Pittsburgh.

6. Today’s webinar presenters
David Kuperman is the Manager of Surface Transit Operations in the General
Manager's Office of the Transportation Services Division of the City of
Toronto, Canada. He is a transportation planner with interests in all modes of
transportation, and works together with the City's transit agency on both
localized and strategic initiatives to improve the performance of bus and
streetcar routes. Major recent initiatives include the modification of
downtown traffic regulations to improve streetcar travel times and reliability,
as well as the development of a framework for evaluating transit priority
measures, which includes impacts to pedestrians and cyclists. Also underway
are a series of transit corridor studies that will examine opportunities to
reduce delay and improve operations on key bus routes.

7. Today’s webinar presenters
Teresa Boyle, PE, is the City of Portland’s Senior Transit Project
Manager/Engineer for planning, design and construction of high capacity
transit projects in partnership with TriMet as owner. She manages and
oversees all city staff involvement to facilitate and expedite project delivery
while meeting agency requirements and stakeholders’ expectations.
Teresa’s passion is working in collaborative teams to solve problems,
capitalize on opportunities, and address the challenges that arise when
adding transit facilities to an existing street network. She’s an implementer
with a broad base of practical knowledge and experience in making transit
“go” while maintaining and improving other travel modes.

8. Today’s webinar presenters
Ken Zatarain is TriMet’s Director of Service Delivery. Ken has over 35 years
experience in transit. He has held leadership roles in several projects,
including design and management of Portland transit network, integration of
five new rail lines into the system, design of the Portland Mall and
coordination of land use and parking management plans with transit service
improvements.
Prior to joining TriMet, he worked for the Corps of Engineers and the City
of New Orleans.
Ken has a Master’s degree in City Planning from the University of North
Carolina.

9. Today’s webinar presenters
Jeff Owen is TriMet’s Active Transportation Planner who is passionate about
creating livable communities. Jeff has successful experience in both the
public and private sectors. His focuses include multi-modal transportation
and land use planning, urban design, project management, program
encouragement activities, collaboration and teamwork, applying for and
securing grant funding, budgeting, and getting projects built.

10. Designing
Streets for
Transit
Introducing the NACTO
Transit Street Design Guide
Craig Toocheck
Program Analyst/Designer,
Designing Cities Initiative
National Association of City Transportation Officials

11. Urban Street Design Guide
Published Fall 2013
Urban Bikeway Design Guide
Published Spring 2011
2nd Edition Fall 2012
Transit Street Design Guide
Published April 2016
NACTO Design Guides

12. NACTO Member Cities

13. - Steering Committee
- 40 cities & 18 transit agencies
- ITE
- Complete Streets Council review
- APTA
- Sustainable Urban Design Standards
- Independent Technical review
Creating the Guide

14. Why Transit Streets Matter
Better Streets,
Better Service
Transit Creates
Urban Places
A Mobility Service
For The Whole
City
Growth Without
Congestion
Safe Movement At
A Large Scale
Permanent
Economic Benefits

15. Better Streets, Better Service

16. Better Streets, Better Service

17. Better Streets, Better Service

18. Better Streets, Better Service

19. 15% runtime savings 1st and 2nd Avenues, New York City Source: NYC DOT
Better Streets, Better Service

20. Transit Streets Create Urban Places

21. Growth Without Congestion

22. Permanent Economic Benefits

23. Safe Movement at a Large Scale

24. Mobility for the Whole City

25. Transit Streets

26. Transit
Street
Context
Neighborhood
Corridor
Downtown

27. Neighborhood Transit Street example
In-lane stops keep buses in priority
position. Near-side avoids intersection
queueing. Can alternate with far-side,
pull-out.
Loading zones relieve double
parking, provide business
access.
Bulbs create space for shelters,
reduce crossing distance.
Short signal cycles reduce wait
time when bus falls behind
progression.
Transit Streets

28. Textured pavement or vertical
separation keep traffic out of transitway
Platforms can be consolidated or
separate to fit on narrow ROW
Downtown Transit Street example
Platform-platform crossing serves
ped desires lines
Transit Streets

29. Transit Lanes
Offset Transit Lane
• Maintains curbside space for
other treatments
• Relatively simple & low-cost
• Lacks separation

30. Stops & Stations
In-Lane Stops
• Speeds service by
eliminating pull-in and pull-
out maneuvers

31. Stops & Stations
Side-Boarding
Islands
• Enables in-lane stops
• Balances safe bike and transit
movements
• Generally does not require
drainage modifications

32. Stops & Stations
Shelters
• Place with appropriate clear
paths
• Typically 4’ deep (2’ in
constrained conditions)
• May face or back up against
the road bed
• Enhances comfort and place

33. Stops & Stations
Small Transit Shelter
Cambridge, MA

34. Stops & Stations
Chicago, IL
Large Transit Shelter

35. Stops & Stations
Accessibility & Universal Design
• Boarding area: 5’ x 8’
• 4’ paths around all elements
• “Three-sense principle”
• Don’t design to minimums!
o Provide adequate capacity
• Color & tactile cues delineate modal
edges
• Consistent application

36. Stops & Stations
Bike Parking, Short-Term
Portland, OR

37. Minimize Person Delay:
Turn restrictions
Intersections

38. System design: Houston
System Strategies

39. System design: Houston
System Strategies

40. Route modifications
System Strategies

41. Transit Street
Design Guide
Order today at
Islandpress.org
20% off with code 2NACTO
Craig Toocheck
craig@nacto.org

42. Transit Streets with Accommodations for
Active Modes of Travel | Projects from Toronto, Canada
Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals/
National Association of City Transportation Officials Webinar
David Kuperman | City of Toronto
June 27, 2016

43. Location Ontario (Central Canada)
Climate/Seasons All four seasons
Population 2.6 million (2011), 2.8 million (current estimate)
Area 630 km2 (243 square miles)
Density 4150/km2 (1602/square mile)
Road Network (roads and expressways) 14,802 lane-km (9198 lane-miles)
# Traffic Signals 2200
Transit Agency Jurisdiction City (Toronto Transit Commission)
City of Toronto Facts

44. • North America’s third largest transit system
(2015)
• 1.7 million trips per workday
• 538 million trips per year
• 57% of TTC trips are on the surface
• 45% bus
• 12% streetcar
Transit in Toronto

45. Toronto’s Surface Transit Network

46. Queens Quay West:
Edge-Front Transitway Adjacent to a New
Pedestrian Promenade and Bike Trail
http://www.waterfrontoronto.ca/explore_projects2/central_waterfront/queens_qua

47. Queens Quay West - Before
Travel lanes on both sides of the
streetcar right-of-way

48. Queens Quay West - After
General traffic lanes reduced in
number and moved to north side
of street
Sidewalk widened and pedestrian promenade create
along the waterfront; new bicycle path added
Streetcar right-of-way moved to
south side of street
Dedicated turn lanes
and phases

49. Eglinton Avenue: New LRT Corridor and Bicycle Lanes

50. Eglinton Avenue
New Trees
Wider sidewalks
Bike Lanes
Elimination of HOV/bus lanes
Surface LRT section

51. Eglinton Avenue
Along Tunnelled Portion
Along At-Grade Portion
www.toronto.ca/eglinto
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52. Roncesvalles Avenue:
Redesigned Cross-Section along a Busy Streetcar Route
Raised platform is provided at streetcar
stop to facilitate level boarding/ alighting
Transit platform is raised and
marked for cyclists to use at transit
stops
Streetcar Stop

53. Roncesvalles Avenue
• Part of the City’s busiest surface transit route [the 504 King
streetcar] (64,600 riders/day)
• Narrow street with streetcars operating in mixed traffic, with street
parking and high cyclist volumes
• 20 m (66’)-wide right-of-way throughout
• One travel lane in each direction was replaced with a 2.0 m (6’7”)-
wide parking lay-by, and the extension of sidewalks at certain
locations
• New platforms provided at transit stops to facilitate the level
boarding of/ alighting from streetcars
• The curb lane is raised at transit platforms to accommodate cyclists

54. Richmond and Adelaide Streets:
New Cycle Tracks on Streets Adjacent to Major Transit Corridors
Flexible bollards

55. Richmond and Adelaide Streets
Need to accommodate existing loading areas

56. Contact Me
EMAIL to: dkuperm@toronto.ca
MAIL to:
David Kuperman
Manager, Surface Transit Operations
General Manager’s Office
Transportation Services
5100 Yonge Street, 4th Floor
Toronto, ON M2N 5V7
Please call me if you have any further
questions or comments: 416-395-0189
@

57. Q & A
Teresa BoyleCraig Toocheck David Kuperman Ken Zatarain Jeff Owen

58. Thanks for attending this APBP webinar!