FULTON COUNTY COMMISSION MARTA 2020 Q4 BRIEFING JEFFREY A. PARKER | GENERAL MANAGER/CEO AGENDA
✓Essential Bus Review/Update ✓MARTA 2040/State of Good Repair Program Update ✓Track Renovation Phase IV ✓Federal Outlook ✓Fulton County Transit Master Plan ✓MARTA Partnerships
2 ESSENTIAL BUS SERVICE
3 ESSENTIAL BUS SERVICE UPDATE ✓COVID-19 markers continue to trend in wrong direction ✓52 out of 110 Routes running ✓December 5th - Routes 66 and 180 restored ✓List of route restoration rankings on itsmarta.com
4 MARTA CONNECT—ELECTION DAY
✓ MARTAConnect partnership with Uber launched November 3 ✓ MARTAConnect will again be utilized for runoffs Election Day January 5 ✓ This partnership with Uber allows customers to still access their polling precinct if their bus route is suspended ✓ Customers can access a link to a two-trip $16 voucher ($8 per trip) that can be downloaded to their Uber app ✓ Vouchers are valid from 5 am until Midnight
5 MARTA 2040: SGR UPDATE
6 SOUTH FULTON STATION UPDATES
Airport Station Rehab – Expected complete 2024 College Park Station Rehab – Expected complete 2022
East Point Station Rehab – Phase 2 Design 2020 -> Expected complete 2023
7 NORTH FULTON STATION UPDATES
✓ Red Line/North Fulton Stations Newest in MARTA System
✓ Transit Adjacent Development
✓ Station Rehab Schedule ✓ Sandy Springs Station – Phase 7 Design 2026 -> Expected complete 2031 ✓ Medical Center Station – Phase 8 Design 2027 -> Expected complete 2032 ✓ North Springs Station – Phase 9 Design 2028 -> Expected complete 2033 Peachtree Dunwoody Pavilion – Medical Center Station
8 BUS SHELTERS & AMENITIES
Fulton County will receive 63 bus stop amenities in 2020.
✓ 27 installed to date ✓ 1 under construction ✓ 17 in permitting ✓ 12 in design
9 BUS SHELTER - BEFORE AND AFTER
2102020 – Stone Rd & Penny Ln weekday 69 boardings
Serves: Phoenix Place Apartments, and Stonetree Apartments
Routes: Route 84-Washington Road/Camp Creek Marketplace
10 TRACK RENOVATION – PHASE IV ✓Canterbury Double Crossover will be replaced February 17-21, 2021 ✓There will be a complete rail shut- downs between Lindbergh and Lenox and Lindbergh and Buckhead stations ✓A bus will shuttle affected rail customers ✓MARTAConnect – Uber partnership will be activated
11 FEDERAL UPDATE
12 FEDERAL OUTLOOK
Biden Administration Priorities
✓Emphasis on resilience ✓Infrastructure investments as means to economic recovery ✓Additional COVID relief ✓Return of earmarks?
13 14 SOUTH FULTON EXPANSION UPDATE
✓ December 4, 2020: South Fulton County Mayors meeting ✓ January 2021: Technical Advisory Committee Meeting ✓ February 2021- March 2021: • Needs Assessment • Elected & Appointed Official Engagement • TAC • Public Outreach
15 SOUTH FULTON EXPANSION UPDATE ✓ BRT approximately 12-miles long • Enhanced stations with real-time travel information • Level boarding and off-board fare collection ✓ Review previous studies & confirm findings with municipalities ✓ Select station locations ✓ Validate current cost assumptions ✓ Develop potential phased approach • Phase 1: Accelerate service utilizing existing travel lanes • Phase 2: Develop dedicated lanes in coordination with GDOT
16 GA 400 TRANSIT SCHEDULE Planning • Alternatives Analysis and Scoping (2011 – 2014)
Environmental • NEPA/Concept Design (2015 – 2020)
Engineering • Project Development (2020 – 2021)
Construction • Construction (2022 – 2027)
Operation • Operation (2027)
17 GA 400 PROPOSED STATIONS
In-Line Stations GA 400 TransitIn-Line Initiative Station for Future Consideration Windward Parkway Off-Line Stations P P Parking Webb Bridge Road Plus P Parking for Future Consideration Avalon Mall Existing Stations Old Milton Parkway Flyover Ramps Gwinnett Tech College P EL Interchange Kimball Bridge Road Pedestrian Connections Haynes Bridge Road ART/BRT Connection P North Point Mall Express Lanes Collection-Distributor Lanes Encore Parkway 400 GA 400
Mansell Road Potential Stations: Big Creek Road Windward Parkway (Off-Line) Kimberly-Clark Old Milton Parkway (Inline) Holcomb Bridge Road P North Point Mall (Inline) Holcomb Bridge Road (Inline) North Springs Northridge Road Other Potential Connections: • Connection to Perimeter Center and I-285 Top-End BRT P North Springs Station • Connection to ART/BRT routes on Holcomb Bridge Road (West Abernathy Road Fulton/Gwinnett) Sandy Springs Mount Vernon Highway Station • Connection to ART/BRT routes on Old Milton Parkway Perimeter Center Dunwoody Station Hammond Drive 285
18 PARTNERSHIPS
19 EAST POINT AND HOPE ATLANTA
✓ Met with Mayor Deana Holiday Ingraham on September 24 to discuss the increase of unsheltered persons at the East Point Station ✓ Facilitated a meeting between the City and HOPE Atlanta that established direct support services ✓ MARTA is committed to long-term partnerships, long-term solutions
20 ALPHARETTA – TESLA PARADE
✓ City of Alpharetta and Public Service Commissioner Tim Echols ✓ Windward Parkway Park & Ride assembly location ✓ EV chargers ✓ 349 Teslas traveled GA 400 to Sandy Springs ✓ Proceeds of event to fight human trafficking
21 COVID-19 TESTING AND FLU SHOTS
✓ COVID testing and flu shots were available at GICC/CNN Station from October 26-30 ✓ Partnership with Fulton County Board of Health, CORE, The Atlanta Hawks, and State Farm Arena
22 THANK YOU
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