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Definition of Alternatives Report Definition of Alternatives Report September 2008 Table of Contents Page 1. Introduction......................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1. Project Purpose and Need.............................................................................................. 1-1 1.2. Project History............................................................................................................... 1-3 1.3. Alternatives Development Process................................................................................ 1-5 1.3.1. Scoping..................................................................................................................1-6 1.4. Modes ............................................................................................................................ 1-8 1.4.1. Types of Guideway ............................................................................................... 1-9 1.4.2. Transit Signal Priority......................................................................................... 1-10 1.5. Alignments Dropped from Further Study.................................................................... 1-11 1.5.1. The Metrorail (or Purple Line) Loop .................................................................. 1-12 1.5.2. LRT on Jones Bridge Road................................................................................. 1-12 1.5.3. BRT and LRT on Brookville Road ..................................................................... 1-13 1.5.4. 16th Street to East West Highway to Colesville Road (BRT only) ..................... 1-13 1.5.5. BRT and LRT from CSX at Spring Street to 2nd Avenue with an Aerial Crossing of Wayne Avenue ................................................................................ 1-13 1.5.6. Tunnel from Sligo Avenue and Piney Branch Road Directly to Takoma/Langley Crossroads............................................................................... 1-13 1.5.7. Sligo Avenue in East Silver Spring, both at Grade, and in Tunnel..................... 1-14 1.5.8. All Alignments along Colesville Road from the Silver Spring Transit Center .................................................................................................................. 1-14 1.5.9. Longer Tunnels under Wayne Avenue ............................................................... 1-15 1.5.10. University of Maryland Campus Alignment on Paint Branch Drive.................. 1-15 1.5.11. Paint Branch Parkway to Kenilworth Avenue .................................................... 1-15 1.5.12. Paint Branch Parkway to CSX Corridor to East West Highway ........................ 1-16 1.5.13. River Road to LafeyetteRoad serving Riverdale MARC Station ....................... 1-16 1.5.14. River Road to 51st Avenue to East West Highway ............................................. 1-16 1.5.15. Tuckerman Street between Kenilworth Avenue and Veterans Parkway ............ 1-16 1.5.16. Riverdale Road from Veterans Parkway to Annapolis Road.............................. 1-17 1.5.17. Annapolis Road to Emerson Place...................................................................... 1-17 2. Alternatives Retained for Detailed Study......................................................................... 2-1 2.1. Alternative 1 – No Build Alternative ............................................................................ 2-1 2.1.1. Existing Transit Service ........................................................................................ 2-3 2.2. General Operating Characteristics of TSM and Build Alternatives.............................. 2-7 2.2.1. Vehicles.................................................................................................................2-8 Definition of Alternatives Report ● Page i 2.2.2. Service Concept.................................................................................................... 2-8 2.2.3. Service Characteristics........................................................................................ 2-11 2.2.4. Feeder Bus Service.............................................................................................. 2-12 2.2.5. Operating Characteristics.................................................................................... 2-13 2.3. Alignments of Purple Line Alternatives...................................................................... 2-16 2.3.1. Alternative 2 – TSM Alternative ........................................................................ 2-17 2.3.2. Build Alternatives............................................................................................... 2-21 2.3.3. Alternative 3 – Low Investment BRT................................................................. 2-27 2.3.4. Alternative 4 – Medium Investment BRT........................................................... 2-30 2.3.5. Alternative 5 – High Investment BRT ................................................................ 2-36 2.3.6. Alternative 6 – Low Investment LRT ................................................................. 2-40 2.3.7. Alternative 7 – Medium Investment LRT........................................................... 2-44 2.3.8. Alternative 8 – High Investment LRT ................................................................ 2-46 2.3.9. Design Options.................................................................................................... 2-50 2.3.10. Ancillary Facilities.............................................................................................. 2-52 Appendix A: Metrorail Loop Proposal Alignment Evaluation Appendix B: M-NCPPC Purple Line Loop Memorandum Appendix C: An Assessment of the Base Realignment and Closure Activities on AA/DEIS Travel Assumptions for the Purple Line Page ii ● Definition of Alternatives Report List of Tables Table 2-1: Headways for Existing East-West Bus Service within the Corridor (minutes) ...............................................................................................................2-4 Table 2-2: Metrobus Fares (2007) ..........................................................................................2-6 Table 2-3: TheBus Fares (2007).............................................................................................2-6 Table 2-4: Ride On Fares (2007)............................................................................................2-7 Table 2-5: Proposed Stations, Markets, and Connecting Transit Services.............................2-9 Table 2-6: Span of Service for Build Alternatives ...............................................................2-11 Table 2-7: Build Alternatives Headways..............................................................................2-11 Table 2-8: Metrobus Fares (2007) ........................................................................................2-12 Table 2-9: Operating Characteristics of Alternatives ...........................................................2-13 Table 2-10: Average Station-to-Station Travel Times (minutes)...........................................2-14 Table 2-11: Comparison of Running Way Characteristics by Alternative.............................2-15 Table 2-12: TSM Bus Headways............................................................................................2-20 Table 2-13: Summary of TSM and BRT Build Alternatives..................................................2-23 Table 2-14: Summary of LRT Build Alternatives..................................................................2-25 List of Figures Figure 1-1: Project Location ....................................................................................................1-2 Figure 2-1: Existing Transit Service ........................................................................................2-5 Figure 2-2: TSM Service .......................................................................................................2-19 Figure 2-3: Low Investment BRT..........................................................................................2-29 Figure 2-4: Medium Investment BRT....................................................................................2-31 Figure 2-5: Medium Investment BRT Using Jones Bridge Road..........................................2-34 Figure 2-6: Medium Investment BRT Extended North to NIH.............................................2-35 Figure 2-7: High Investment BRT .........................................................................................2-37 Figure 2-8: Low Investment LRT ..........................................................................................2-41 Figure 2-9: Medium Investment LRT....................................................................................2-45 Figure 2-10: High Investment LRT .........................................................................................2-49 Definition of Alternatives Report ● Page iii 1. Introduction The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) is undertaking an Alternatives Analysis and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (AA/DEIS) to study means for addressing mobility and accessibility issues in the corridor between Bethesda and New Carrollton, in Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties, Maryland, just north of the District of Columbia boundary. The study is considering a range of alternatives to improve east-west transit mobility in the 16-mile corridor that connects
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