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COMMISSION MEETING # 6 December 13, 2019 Benton Building Baltimore, MD WELCOME & OVERVIEW Mike Kelly, Executive Director Baltimore Metropolitan Council 2 OPENING REMARKS 3 MEETING AGENDA ▪ October Meeting Minutes Review ▪ Introduction and Set Up ▪ Public Involvement Update ▪ Corridor Prioritization ▪ Network Improvements ▪ Strategic Actions ▪ Public Comment ▪ Next Steps 4 OCTOBER MEETING MINUTES REVIEW Kirby Fowler RTP Commission Chair 5 INTRODUCTION & SET UP Holly Arnold, Deputy Administrator Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration 6 Plan Development 7 Today’s Focus ▪ Update on public involvement This meeting ▪ Discuss corridor prioritization and focuses on receive input on early, mid-term, corridor and long-term priority groupings prioritization and additional ▪ Discuss additional network network improvements and strategic improvements actions being proposed and strategic actions being proposed in the plan 8 RTP Plan Components Provide Faster, More Reliable Service ▪ No single component is more important than another. Grow Ridership ▪ Components are inter- connected; success in one Increase Access to Jobs and Opportunities is contingent upon success across the others. Enhance the Customer Experience Prepare for the Future 9 PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT Teddy Krolik, Chief of Engagement Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration 10 Fall Open Houses October Locations: ▪ 10/21 Howard County Elkridge Library ▪ 10/22 Baltimore County Towson Library ▪ 10/24 Baltimore City Mondawmin Mall ▪ 10/28 Harford County Edgewood Rec. & Community Center ▪ 10/29 Anne Arundel County Severna Park Community Center 11 Input from Open Houses Public input echoed previous engagement themes: ▪ Improve local and regional connectivity ▪ Expand service, including service span and express options ▪ Improve paratransit services ▪ Concerns around safety and security ▪ General agreement about Regional Transit Corridors 12 Looking Ahead: Public Input on the Draft Plan ▪ Draft Plan presented at April 2020 Commission Meeting ▪ Public outreach throughout the jurisdictions and online between April and June (two to three events per jurisdiction) ▪ Public input presented at June 2020 Commission Meeting 13 CORRIDOR PRIORITIZATION Sandy Brennan RTP Project Staff 14 Legislative Requirements Legislation requires a plan that: A Transit Asset is vehicles, facilities, ▪ Defines the goals to be achieved through the equipment, fixed infrastructure. provision of public transit ▪ Identifies options for: Fixed Vehicles Facilities Equipment ▪ Improvements to existing transportation assets Infrastructure ▪ Leveraging non-Administration transportation options available to public transportation ▪ Corridors for new public transportation assets Buses Maintenance Right-of-way Facilities Service Vehicles (non- revenue) ▪ Prioritizes corridors for planning of new Track Ferries (guideway) public transportation assets Passenger Facilities ▪ Ensures consistency with local land use and Railcars Traction power Capital transportation plans Equipment Other Parking Communication passenger Facilities & Control vehicles FTA’s Transit Asset Categories and Classes 15 What is a corridor? ▪ Corridors represent key areas of focus for the next 25 years and together A Transit Asset is vehicles, facilities, provide a comprehensive view of equipment, fixed infrastructure. regional transit needs. Fixed ▪ These corridors have been identified as Vehicles Facilities Equipment Infrastructure having a need for assets because they: ✓ Demonstrate transit demand that justifies Buses Maintenance Right-of-way infrastructure, service, and/or technology Facilities Service Vehicles (non- revenue) improvements. Track Ferries (guideway) ✓ Have regional significance, often providing Passenger Facilities connectivity between jurisdictions. Railcars Traction power Capital Equipment Other Parking Communication passenger Facilities & Control vehicles FTA’s Transit Asset Categories and Classes 16 What is a corridor? Corridor identification and prioritization is the first step in the process. Corridors in this plan will NOT: ▪ Define specific routes, service patterns or alignments ▪ Develop specific levels of services ▪ Identify stations As the RTP is implemented across 25 years, feasibility studies, corridor stakeholders and the public will help identify the appropriate ▪ Identify mode levels of service, mode and stations. Corridors should remain flexible based on results of the feasibility study and must empower the community to be the key decision-makers on corridor service and assets. 17 Transit Priority Improvements for Corridors Transit Priority Improvements can help improve RIGHT- transit travel speeds and reliability of service. OF-WAY ❖ Interventions identified for each corridor were based on existing conditions and local INFRA- context. STRUCTURE & TECH ❖ Further refinement would be investigated during the corridor feasibility study phase, and final interventions would be selected STOP based on final mode and alignment INTERVEN- TIONS selection, cost-benefit analysis, and local jurisdiction support. *The Transit Priority Improvements identified in this FACILITIES presentation are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to be an exhaustive list. 18 Transit Priority Improvements for Corridors Separated Bus Lane, WMATA RIGHT- OF-WAY Bus on Should Lane Markings, NJDOT TSP & Queue INFRA- Jumps STRUCTURE & TECH STOP INTERVEN- TIONS Level Boarding, GRTC FACILITIES Mobility Hub, Detroit DOT 19 20 Why are we prioritizing corridors? Components of Transit Readiness ▪ Categorizing each corridor by early-, mid-, or long- term opportunities, provides a roadmap for the region to identify assets Destinations Dense, Connected along the Path mixed 3 streets & and prepare corridors for 1 of Travel 2 land uses paths investment ▪ Required by the legislation Comfortable, Transit Programs inviting Priority on and 4 environment 5 the route’s 6 Incentives Street/ to promote Guideway transit 21 Corridor Prioritization: Measures In September, the commission identified 16 measures to help prioritize corridors. For each measure, a quantitative methodology was developed to objectively determine how the corridor performed. 22 Corridor Prioritization: Example ▪ Results were shared with Commissioners CORRIDOR 6 and other stakeholders in November ▪ Initial prioritization grouping was determined based on equal weighting of measures results ▪ Prioritization grouping was then modified based on feedback from stakeholders 23 Corridor Prioritization: Results Placed each corridor in one of three buckets: Early Opportunity Mid-Term Opportunity Long-Term Opportunity ✓ Strong existing market ✓ Strong to moderate existing ✓ Moderate existing market demand market demand demand ✓ Critical links in building the ✓ Need time to grow demand or ✓ Need time to grow demand or regional network prepare the corridor to support prepare the corridor to support infrastructure investments infrastructure investments ✓ Benefit the most people, jobs, and households in the region ❖ In the short term, jurisdictions ❖ In the short term, jurisdictions and/or the local transit provider and/or the local transit provider ❖ In the short term, jurisdictions should: should: and/or the local transit provider should: o Enhance existing service o Establish or enhance existing transit services o Start corridor studies o Implement incremental transit priority infrastructure o Implement incremental transit o Implement transit priority priority infrastructure infrastructure o Review landuse and zoning ordinances to be more transit o Review landuse and zoning o Enhance existing service supportive ordinances to be more transit o Increase pedestrian and bike supportive access to the corridors o Increase pedestrian and bike access to the corridors 24 Corridor Prioritization: Results Early Opportunity Mid-Term Opportunity Long-Term Opportunity Corridor Corridor Name Corridor Corridor Name Corridor Corridor Name # # # Morgan State Univ. to South Convention Center to Middle 1 5 3 Glen Burnie to Annapolis Baltimore River 2 Glen Burnie to South Baltimore 8 Towson to South Baltimore 4 Glen Burnie to Crofton 6 Towson to UM Transit Center 9 North Plaza to UM Transit Center 7 Towson to Hunt Valley White Marsh to Johns Hopkins Fallston to Aberdeen Proving 12 Mondawmin to South Baltimore 10 11 Hospital Ground 13 Rogers Avenue to City Hall 14 Mondawmin to Reisterstown 21 Laurel to Halethorpe 16 Ellicott City to Convention Center 15 Mondawmin to Northwest Hospital 26 Odenton to Clarksville West Baltimore to Hopkins 17 28 Annapolis to Union Station Bayview 22 Mondawmin to Hopkins Bayview Sparrows Point to Hopkins 18 23 Halethorpe to UM Transit Center 29 Bel Air to Edgewood Bayview 30 Ellicott City to BWI Airport 19 State Center to Hopkins Bayview 24 BWI Airport to Laurel BWI Airport to Columbia Town 25 20 Walbrook Junction to Berea Center 27 Ellicott City to Silver Spring 25 Corridor Prioritization: Results Early Opportunity Corridor Corridor Name # Morgan State Univ. to South 1 Baltimore 2 Glen Burnie to South Baltimore 6 Towson to UM Transit Center 12 Mondawmin to South Baltimore 13 Rogers Avenue to City Hall 16 Ellicott City to Convention Center West Baltimore to Hopkins 17 Bayview Sparrows Point to Hopkins 18 Bayview 19 State Center to Hopkins Bayview 20 Walbrook Junction to Berea 27 Ellicott City to Silver Spring 26 Corridor Prioritization: Results Mid-Term Opportunity Corridor Corridor Name # Convention Center to Middle 5 River 8 Towson to South