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Town of Leesburg DRAFT LOUDOUN COUNTY Transit Management Analysis Report Prepared for: Prepared by: October 2013 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................3 Background ..............................................................................................................................................................................................3 Study Purpose .......................................................................................................................................................................................3 2. Institutional Stakeholders and Existing Funding .....................................................................4 Loudoun County .................................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Town of Leesburg .............................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) .................................................................................................. 4 Northern Virginia Transportation Commission (NVTC) ........................................................................................... 4 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) ...............................................................................5 Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) ............................................................................................5 Federal Transit Administration (FTA) .................................................................................................................................... 6 Virginia Regional Transit (VRT) ................................................................................................................................................ 6 3. Transit Operations .......................................................................................................................................7 Current Transit Operations ...........................................................................................................................................................7 Exisiting System Characteristics ...............................................................................................................................................8 Comparable Transit Systems ..................................................................................................................................................14 4. Framework ......................................................................................................................................................18 Goals and Strategies ...................................................................................................................................................................... 18 5. Service Recommendations ..................................................................................................................19 Pulse Service and Transit Hubs ............................................................................................................................................. 19 Route Modifications ....................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Fare ............................................................................................................................................................................................................41 6. Operational Requirements .................................................................................................................. 43 7. Ridership Impacts ...................................................................................................................................... 46 8. Operating & Maintenance Costs ...................................................................................................... 47 9. Transit Capital & Facility Recommendations ..........................................................................50 10. Cost & Funding Sources ......................................................................................................................51 Loudoun County Urban Transit Operating Revenue Assumptions .............................................................. 51 Loudoun County Rural Transit Operating Revenue Assumptions ................................................................ 51 Leesburg Transit Operating Revenue Assumptions ...............................................................................................52 Annual Cash Flow Analysis ......................................................................................................................................................52 11. Management Analysis .......................................................................................................................... 54 Contract Operations .......................................................................................................................................................................54 Managed Systems ...........................................................................................................................................................................54 OCT LOUDOUN COUNTY 2013 Transit Management Analysis Report 1 Direct Operations .............................................................................................................................................................................55 Independent Agency ......................................................................................................................................................................55 Summary and Recommendations ........................................................................................................................................56 12. Next Steps .....................................................................................................................................................57 Administration Analysis ...............................................................................................................................................................57 Branding and Passenger Information ................................................................................................................................58 13. Executive Summary of Recommendations ...........................................................................60 Appendices A. Study Area Maps Figure A-1 Existing Local Fixed Routes Figure A-2 Existing Local Fixed Route Transit Service Coverage Figure A-3 2010 Population Density with Quarter-Mile Buffer Figure A-4 2020 Population Density with Quarter-Mile Buffer Figure A-5 2010 Employment Density with Quarter-Mile Buffer Figure A-6 2020 Employment Density with Quarter-Mile Buffer B. Existing Route Profiles Table B-1 Measures for Local Fixed Route Service Figure B-1 Route 40 – Purcellville Connector Figure B-2 Route 50 – Safe-T-Ride Figure B-3 Route 51 – Battlefield – Ida Lee Figure B-4 Route 52 – Leesburg Sycolin Road Figure B-5 Route 53 – Leesburg Trolley Figure B-6 Route 60 – Ashburn Village Figure B-7 Route 61 – Ashburn Farm Figure B-8 Route 70 – 7 to 7 on 7 Figure B-9 Route 80 – Sugarland Run Connector Figure B-10 Route 81 – Countryside Connector Figure B-11 Route 82 – Sterling Connector Figure B-12 Route 83 – Dulles Town Center to Udvar Hazy Figure B-13 Route 84X – Hendon/Monroe Connector Figure B-14 Route 72X – West Falls Church Express C. Summary of Leesburg Stakeholder Meetings LOUDOUN COUNTY OCT 2 Transit Management Analysis Report 2013 1. Introduction current Loudoun County and Leesburg local fixed and Background on-demand transit routes operated by Virginia Regional Between 2000 and 2010, Loudoun County’s population Transit (VRT) no longer qualified for Federal Transit grew by 84 percent, dramatically outpacing every other Administration (FTA) 5311 funding for rural areas. Only county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. During this the Purcellville Connector fixed-route and the three on- period, the County added 142,000 residents and the demand routes that operate primarily in western Loudoun population increased to more than 312,000 people. This County will remain eligible for the rural funding. The new growth was focused primarily in the eastern third of the urban designation eliminates the opportunity for federal County. The rapid changes experienced by Loudoun operating grants for transit which are limited to rural and County as a result of this growth will continue into the small urban areas with populations of less than 200,000. future as the population continues to increase and the Furthermore, with this change in the federal funding transportation system that serves it continues to evolve. designation, VRT is no longer an eligible recipient of state operating or capital grant funds for urban routes. The Silver Line extension of the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority (WMATA) rail transit system (Metro) These important changes prompted Loudoun County to into the Dulles Corridor
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