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!9 • Shirlington • Crystal City ! 5 ! !4 • Virginia Square • Fairfax County 2 ! !3 1 !4 • Washington, D.C.
Where do people want to go? • Pentagon* ! Destinations 8! Columbia Pike 1 Courthouse • Courthouse • Pentagon City* 1 2 Virginia Square 3 Clarendon Origins 4 Rosslyn • Virginia Square 1 Fairfax County 5 Ballston ! !7 6 Shirlington * Pentagon and Pentagon are major destinations for Arlington County 2 North Arlington 6!3 • Clarendon commuters and also major transfer points for Columbia Pike commuters. 3 Shirlington 7 Crystal City 4 Virginia Square 8 Fairfax County 9 Washington, DC
TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN
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BUS SERVICE BUS SERVICE ALONG COLUMBIA PIKE TODAY
Courthouse (ART 42,45)
Highest amount of bus service in the County Ballston (ART 41,42,45)
• 23% of hours of service Faragut Square (16Y) • Bus every 2-3 minutes during the weekday peak period Metrobus 16 Line (A, B, E, J, G, H, K, X, & Y) and ART 41, 42, 45, and 74 Federal Triangle (16X)
Pentagon Culmore (16B/E/J/X) • 39% of daily trips go to the Pentagon (16 A/B/E/J/K/P/X,ART 42) • 25% of daily trips go to Pentagon City • 12% of daily trips go to Washington, D.C. Annandale (16A) • 24% of daily trips connect to the Rosslyn/Ballston corridor
Pentagon City (16 E/G/H/P) Skyline City (16H) Crystal City (16H)
50 Highest ridership corridor in the County and Virginia with 17,000 weekday riders 40 Sources: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, TomTom, Intermap, increment P Corp., GEBCO, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN, GeoBase, IGN,GeoB Kasadase, IGNter ,NL Kadas, Ordnanter NLce, SOurrdvenancey, Esr Sui Jarvpan,ey, E MsrETIi Ja,pan Esr,i MEChinTIa, Esri(Hong Chi Konang (Ho), sngwi ssKotong)po,, sMwiapmsstopo,yIndia, © Many of the routes perform above system averages METROBUS SYSTEM OMaAVERAGEpenpmStreyIndiaetMa, ©p Op coenSntributreetorstM, apand co thnteri GIbuSto rsUs, erand C omthemu GIniSty User Community 28.4
• Two Metrobus routes 30 > 16A,B,E,J,P – Columbia Pike Line: 39 pass/rev. hr > 16G,H,K – Columbia Heights West Line: pass/rev hr 20 40 ART SYSTEM AVERAGE • Two ART routes 24.1 10
> 41 – Columbia Pike-Ballston-Courthouse: 41 pass/rev hr Hour per Revenue Passenger Average
> 42 – Ballston-Pentagon: 28 pass/rev hr 0
TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN
FY2017 - FY2026 COLUMBIA PIKE
BUS RIDERSHIP EASTBOUND BUS LOADS 100% Highest passenger loads observed at the eastern end of the corridor
• 10% of weekday trips had a load greater than 85% of the seated 80% capacity
> 16 trips were at, or above, 100% of the seated capacity 60% > Majority occur during the AM and PM peak period Percent Full Percent > Most of the crowded trips are on 40% - 16Y (Farragut Square/D.C., 64%) 20% - 16A (Pentagon, 16%)
- 16X (Pentagon/D.C., 14%) 0% 16A 16B 16E 16G 16H 16J 16X 16Y ART 41 ART 42 ART 45 ART 74 - 16B/J (Pentagon, 7%) AM Early AM Peak Midday PM Peak Early Night Late Night Seated Capacity WESTBOUND BUS LOADS High Activity Stops 100% • Pentagon • Glebe Road
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OTHER CAUSES OF BUS DELAY BUS BUNCHING AT STOPS Stop Design • 21 of the 76 total stops have stop areas 90 feet or shorter • 70-90 feet is the standard to accommodate one Standard bus • The amount of service along Columbia Pike results in times where at least 2 buses need to occupy a single stop, resulting in delays
Stop Spacing • 38 bus stops along Columbia Pike (each direction) - • Average spacing is 0.16 miles (850 feet) OFF BOARD FARE COLLECTION TIME SAVINGS 300 OVERALL • County standard > to miles in a Central Business District 0.11 0.25 250 40% > 0.20 to 0.38 miles in a Suburban District 60%
200 Fare Payments
• Approximately 5% of riders pay a cash fare 150 • Increased time to board Time (minutes) Time > 6 seconds per boarding for cash payment compared to 2.5 seconds 100 for SmarTrip
> Average rider spends 20 seconds adding cash value to a SmarTrip 50 card on the bus • +/- (8 hours) a day used to handle cash on a stopped bus 490 minutes 0 16A 16B 16E 16J 16G 16H 16X 16Y ART 41 ART 45
Time Associated with Boarding and SmarTrip Tap Additional Time for Cash Handling (on Bus)
TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN
FY2017 - FY2026 COLUMBIA PIKE
COLUMBIA PIKE VISION FUTURE GROWTH
Revitalize Town Centers and Neighborhood Centers Significant population and employment growth for Columbia Pike Create a pedestrian friendly Main Street served by high quality transit • Higher rate of population growth projected over next 10 years compared to Preserve the Pike’s character, diversity and affordability County Invest in infrastructure for a more vibrant, sustainable community > Columbia Pike: 21% growth Manage growth > County-wide: 11% growth • Employment growth will occur over longer time period Transform Pike into a vibrant, walkable “Main Street” > More growth observed between 2025 and 2030 • Neighborhoods linked by enhanced transit and a street that balances all • Growth will result in additional transit riders modes of travel S. Oakland St. to S. Garfield St. – Segment E • Underground utilities and wider sidewalks (Completed Fall 2009) • Four lane roadway with median and turn lanes at intersections ( - ) • Transit Stations at major bus stops PROJECTED POPULATION CHANGE 2015 2025
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Before After May TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2010 FY2017 - FY2026 STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE PIKE BUS SERVICE
PROVIDING ADDITIONAL CAPACITY TO RESPONDING TO TRAVEL PATTERNS AND RESPOND TO BUS CROWDING AND GROWTH DESIRES FOR EXPANDED CONNECTIVITY Vehicle Size Frequency Route Changes Improved Transfer Opportunities
ADDRESSING BUS DELAYS AND IMPROVING TRAVEL TIMES
Off-board Fare Collection Transit Signal Priority (TSP) Stop Spacing/Design New ART Routes/Services
TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN
FY2017 - FY2026