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CPHX DRAFT TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM: TRANSIT IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES Note: This document presents a planning level assessment of the feasibility of various improvement strategies for consideration when developing MAG’s NexGen RTP. The RTP process would include further technical evaluation and vetting of the strategies with stakeholders and the public. © All Rights Reserved, 2010 CENTRAL PHOENIX TRANSPORTATION FRAMEWORK STUDY Table of Contents 1.0 OVERVIEW ...................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE ........................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1.1. Central Phoenix Transportation Framework Study ....................................................................................... 1 1.1.2. Purpose of this Technical Memorandum ....................................................................................................... 3 1.2 SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................................................. 3 1.3 CPHX CHARRETTE ...................................................................................................................................................... 9 2.0 IMPLEMENTING TRANSIT IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES .................................................................................. 11 2.1 SETTING THE STAGE ................................................................................................................................................... 11 2.2 LEGAL BASIS FOR IMPLEMENTING TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS .............................................................................................. 12 3.0 POTENTIAL TRANSIT IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES .......................................................................................... 13 3.1 GENERAL STRATEGIES ................................................................................................................................................ 13 3.2 TRANSIT SERVICE ENHANCEMENT STRATEGIES ................................................................................................................ 13 3.2.1. High‐Capacity Transit .................................................................................................................................. 14 3.2.2. Bus Rapid Transit ......................................................................................................................................... 16 3.2.3. Express Bus .................................................................................................................................................. 20 3.2.4. Multi‐way Boulevard ................................................................................................................................... 20 3.2.5. Complete Streets ......................................................................................................................................... 23 3.3 TRANSIT OPERATIONAL INNOVATIONS ........................................................................................................................... 24 3.3.1. Transit Technologies .................................................................................................................................... 24 3.3.2. Go Green ..................................................................................................................................................... 24 3.3.3. Transit Advantages...................................................................................................................................... 25 3.4 STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE PUBLIC TRANSIT PERFORMANCE ................................................................................................ 25 3.5 TRANSIT SYSTEM ASSET MANAGEMENT – “STATE OF GOOD REPAIR” ................................................................................. 26 3.6 TRANSIT SYSTEM/RIDER INTERFACE .............................................................................................................................. 27 3.7 TRANSIT‐SUPPORTIVE POLICIES .................................................................................................................................... 29 3.7.1. Transit‐Oriented Development (TOD) .......................................................................................................... 30 3.7.2. Mobility Management ................................................................................................................................. 31 3.7.3. Actions to Encourage Transit Ridership ....................................................................................................... 34 4.0 FEDERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR TRANSIT SERVICE ENHANCEMENT ........................................................... 36 Attachments ATTACHMENT A REFERENCE LIST OF GUIDES TO TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS ATTACHMENT B REVIEW OF TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT CONCEPTS: PUBLIC TRANSIT EXCERPT ATTACHMENT C EXISTING CONDITIONS & RAPID BUS SERVICE CONCEPTS: METRO TRANSIT ARTERIAL TRANSITWAY CORRIDORS STUDY ATTACHMENT D MULTI‐WAY BOULEVARD BASIC IMPROVEMENTS TEMPLATE ATTACHMENT E TOD WORKING GROUP UPDATE FOR THE METRO RAIL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE ATTACHMENT F FTA PROGRAM FACT SHEETS: MAP‐21 DRAFT TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM Page i of ii Transit Service Improvement Strategies September, 2013 CENTRAL PHOENIX TRANSPORTATION FRAMEWORK STUDY List of Figures FIGURE 1 CPHX STUDY AREA ........................................................................................................................................................ 2 FIGURE 2 SUGGESTED/RECOMMENDED PEDESTRIAN/BICYCLE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE CPHX CHARRETTE ................................................ 10 FIGURE 3 POTENTIAL TRANSIT/USER INTERFACE IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES ........................................................................................ 12 FIGURE 4 POTENTIAL HCT‐SUPPORTIVE CORRIDORS ........................................................................................................................ 15 FIGURE 5 HIGLEY ROAD BRT STOP/STATION: MAIN STREET, MESA, AZ ............................................................................................. 16 FIGURE 6 SYSTEM FEATURES: ARTERIAL BRT‐HEALTHLINE, EUCLID CORRIDOR, CLEVELAND, OHIO ........................................................... 17 FIGURE 7 SYSTEM FEATURES OF ARTERIAL BRT ............................................................................................................................... 19 FIGURE 8 GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THE CONVERSION OF EL CAMINO CORRIDOR TO ACCOMMODATE MIXED‐FLOW BRT SERVICE .................... 19 FIGURE 9 MULTI‐WAY BOULEVARD TREATMENTS, PHOENIX, ARIZONA ................................................................................................ 21 FIGURE 10 OCTAVIA BOULEVARD CENTRAL FREEWAY REPLACEMENT PROJECT, SAN FRANCISCO, CA ......................................................... 22 FIGURE 11 MULTI‐WAY BOULEVARDS WITH SIDE ACCESS LANES, CALIFORNIA ....................................................................................... 22 FIGURE 12 POTENTIAL TRANSIT/USER INTERFACE IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES ...................................................................................... 28 FIGURE 13 LOCAL AND REGIONAL IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES ....................................................................................................... 29 FIGURE 14 TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE PLANNING POLICIES ....................................................................................................................... 30 FIGURE 15 TRANSIT IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES .............................................................................................................................. 31 FIGURE 16 METRO LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT‐ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT: HIGHLIGHTED PROJECTS ................................................................ 32 FIGURE 17 ROUTE STRUCTURE AND SERVICE IMAGES: TRANSMILENIO BRT SYSTEM, BOGOTA, COLUMBIA ................................................ 33 FIGURE 18 STRATEGIES FOR TRANSIT IMPROVEMENT AND ENCOURAGING TRANSIT RIDERSHIP .................................................................. 35 List of Tables TABLE 1 SUGGESTED TRANSIT SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE CPHX STUDY AREA ............................................................................... 4 TABLE 2 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION (FTA) PROGRAMS FOR TRANSIT ENHANCEMENT ................................................................. 37 TABLE 2 ‐ FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION (FTA) PROGRAMS FOR TRANSIT ENHANCEMENT (CONTINUED)............................................ 38 DRAFT TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM Page ii of ii Transit Service Improvement Strategies September, 2013 CENTRAL PHOENIX TRANSPORTATION FRAMEWORK STUDY Technical Memorandum: Transit Service Improvement Strategies 1.0 Overview Recent rapid growth of the Phoenix metropolitan area and its core cities and expected future growth creates a dilemma for the region. As the cities grow larger, opportunities for work, education, and housing increase, which is good, but often these opportunities generally are widely dispersed and, even more so, not related geographically. The result is that the regional transportation system has become automobile focused, as individuals travel “across town” for work,