Transit Leap Webinar | July 10, 2019 SDForward.com Today’s Presenters Coleen Clementson Brian Lane Katie Chalmers Ben Porritt Special Projects Director Senior Transit Planner Service Planning Senior Vice President of SANDAG SANDAG Supervisor Corporate Affairs King County Metro Virgin Trains 3 5 Big Moves NEXT OS COMPLETE Enabling technology CORRIDORS Backbone of the system FLEXIBLE FLEETS Last mile options TRANSIT LEAP Alternatives to automobiles MOBILITY HUBS Transfer points 4 A Bold New Vision 5 Brian Lane SANDAG Senior Transit Planner Transit Leap high frequency | high capacity | high speed | fixed guideway | convenient 7 Improvements Underway 8 Travel Times 9 High Speed Transit 10 Faster Transit Service 11 Better Integration 12 Transition to Electric or Alternative Fuels Source: https://www.newflyer.com 13 Transit Leap Benefits 14 Transit Leap 15 Katie Chalmers Service Planning Supervisor King County Metro 16 Growing the Transit System – System changes, expansion, and ridership growth in Seattle and King County Katie Chalmers, Service Planning Supervisor
[email protected] What’s Happening in Seattle Expansion of transit funding Supportive policy environment -- external and internal History and success with network redesigns Growing appetite for change & innovation 18 King County Metro Overview Regional & Local Funding Successful transit ballot measures Sound Transit (1996, 2008, 2016) King County (2007) Seattle (2006, 2014, 2015) Unsuccessful ballot measures King County (2014) – “roads and transit” 20 Results of Investment