Chapter 6 – Capital Improvement Program
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CHAPTER 6: Capital Improvement Plan Report Prepared by: Contents 6 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN ......................................................................... 6-1 6.1 Fleet Program ................................................................................................. 6-1 6.1.1 Vehicle Rehabilitation Program ................................................................ 6-3 6.1.2 Vehicle Replacement ................................................................................ 6-3 6.1.3 Vehicle Expansion .................................................................................... 6-4 6.1.4 Total Fleet Changes ................................................................................. 6-5 6.1.5 Estimated Cost and Funding .................................................................... 6-7 6.2 Facilities .......................................................................................................... 6-8 6.2.1 Operations/Maintenance and Equipment.................................................. 6-8 6.2.2 Passenger Amenities .............................................................................. 6-11 6.3 Technology Upgrades ................................................................................... 6-17 6.4 Other Improvements ..................................................................................... 6-18 6.5 Ten-Year Total .............................................................................................. 6-19 Tables Table 1 | ART Fleet Inventory....................................................................................... 6-1 Table 2 | ART Fleet Vehicle Rehabilitations ................................................................. 6-3 Table 3 | ART Fleet Vehicle Replacements .................................................................. 6-4 Table 4 | ART Fleet Vehicle Expansions ...................................................................... 6-5 Table 5 | ART Fleet Rehabilitation, Replacement, and Expansion Summary ............... 6-6 Table 6 | ART Fleet Costs and Funding ($1,000s) (FY2017-2026) .............................. 6-8 Table 7 | Operations and Maintenance Facilities Costs ($1,000s) (FY2017-2026) .... 6-10 Table 8 | Passenger Amenities Costs ($1,000s) (FY2017-2026) ............................... 6-15 Table 9 | Technology Upgrade Costs ($1,000s) (FY2017-2026) ................................ 6-18 Table 10 | Other Improvements Costs ($1,000s) (FY2017-2026)............................... 6-19 Table 11 | Arlington County CIP Project Costs Summary (FY2017-2026) ................. 6-20 Table 12 | Arlington County CIP Project Funding Summary (FY2017-2026) .............. 6-21 Capital Improvement Plan 6 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN This chapter describes the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) adopted by Arlington County for FY2017 to FY2026. These capital improvements are necessary for the operation and implementation of the TDP recommendations outlined in Chapter 4. Improvements are grouped into four categories: the Fleet Program (which includes vehicle rehabilitations, replacements, and expansions to the Arlington Transit bus system1); Facilities (which include operations and maintenance facilities as well as passenger amenities); Technology Upgrades; and Other Improvements. Funding for these projects are organized according to Federal, State, Regional, and Local sources. Previously approved funds, such as approved but unissued bonds from past fiscal years, are also separately itemized. For the ten-year TDP period, CIP projects related to the TDP recommendations are estimated to cost approximately $513,677,000. The County assumes that the majority of costs will be covered by Regional and Local funds (Regional funding will cover 39 percent of this cost, while State funds will cover 29 percent). 6.1 Fleet Program Arlington Transit currently owns and operates a fleet of 65 vehicles for fixed-route revenue service. All vehicles are low-floor vehicles powered by compressed natural gas (CNG). Table 1 outlines Arlington Transit’s current fleet composition. Table 1 | ART Fleet Inventory Capacity FTA Number Year Make / Model Length (Seated / Effective of VIN No. Standing) Life (Years) Vehicles 1N903509X7A140080, 1N90350907A140086, 1N90350977A140084, Bus STD 1N90350997A140085, 2007 NABI 35 LFW 30/15 12 8 35 FT 1N90350937A140079, 1N90350937A140082, 1N90350957A140083, 1N90350917A140081 1 Arlington County transit riders are also served by a regional rail (Metrorail) and bus system (Metrobus), both operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Capital improvements funded by WMATA for the operation of Metrorail and Metrobus services are not reflected in this chapter. Arlington County Transit Development Plan Page | 6-1 Capital Improvement Plan Capacity FTA Number Year Make / Model Length (Seated / Effective of VIN No. Standing) Life (Years) Vehicles 1N90351468A140646, 1N90351418A140635, 1N90351428A140644, 1N90351408A140643, 1N90351448A140645, Bus STD 1N90351438A140636, 2008 NABI 35 LFW 30/15 12 12 35 FT 1N90351498A140642, 1N90351498A140639, 1N90351458A140637, 1N90351478A140638, 1N90351458A140640, 1N90351478A140641 1N90310311AA40111, 1N90310331AA40112, 1N90310351AA40113, 1N90310331AA40109, 1N90310321AA40117, Bus STD 1N90310301AA40116, 2010 NABI 31 LFW 25/13 10 12 31 FT 1N90310341AA40118, 1N90310371AA40114, 1N90310391AA40115, 1N90310321AA40120, 1N90310361AA40119, 1N903103X1AA40110 1N9031335BA140321, Bus STD 2011 NABI 31 LFW 25/13 10 3 1N9031333BA140320, 31 FT 1N9031337BA140322 1GB6G5BG1B1184072, 1GB6G5BG2B1183948, ARBOC Spirit of Cut-a-Way 1GB6G5BG8B1183078, 2011 17/9 7 6 Mobility 28 FT 1GB6G5BG0B1183401, 1GB6G5BG0B1183852, 1GB6G5BG8B1184330 1GB6G5BG6D1146422, 1GB6G5BG9D1146270, 1GB6G5BG5D1153555, ARBOC Spirit of Cut-a-Way 1GB6G5BG4D1153238, 2013 17/9 7 8 Mobility 28 FT 1GB6G5BG3D1154526, 1GB6G5BG4D1154759, 1GB6G5BGXD1154619, 1GB6G5BG8D1154375 Arlington County Transit Development Plan Page | 6-2 Capital Improvement Plan Capacity FTA Number Year Make / Model Length (Seated / Effective of VIN No. Standing) Life (Years) Vehicles 1N9040565EA140337, 1N9040567EA140338, 1N9040569EA140339, NABI 40 LFW -56 Bus STD 1N9040565EA140340, 2014 38/19 7 8 328000 40 FT 1N9040567EA140341, 1N9040569EA140342, 1N9040560EA140343, 1N9040562EA140344 1N9040563FA140094, 1N9040565FA140095, 1N9040567FA140096, NABI 40 LFW -56- Bus STD 1N9040569FA140097, 2015 38/19 12 8 02 337000 40 FT 1N9040560FA140098, 1N9040562FA140099, 1N9040565FA140100, 1N9040567FA140101 Total Fleet 65 6.1.1 Vehicle Rehabilitation Program To extend the useful life of its fleet, ART performs a mid-life rehabilitation of all of its heavy-duty vehicles in the sixth year of service. A mid-life rehabilitation extends the FTA- recommended 12-year useful life of a bus by another four years. The oldest vehicles in ART’s fleet [thirteen (13) NABI 35 LFW buses] will undergo refurbishing in FY 2017. An additional 12 buses will be rehabilitated in FY 2018. ART plans to rehab at total of 63 buses over the next 10 years. The total cost of fleet rehabilitation between FY 2017 through FY 2026 is estimated to be $11,731,000. Table 2 outlines the rehabilitations anticipated during the ten-year period. Table 2 | ART Fleet Vehicle Rehabilitations Vehicle Fiscal Year Size 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Total 31' 0 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 18 35' 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 40' 0 0 3 5 4 4 5 5 5 1 32 Total 13 12 6 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 63 6.1.2 Vehicle Replacement Between FY2017-2026, Arlington will retire a total of 49, but require only 43 vehicle replacements. In most cases, Arlington County intends to replace retired vehicles with vehicles of a similar size. There are some instances, however, when retired vehicles will Arlington County Transit Development Plan Page | 6-3 Capital Improvement Plan be replaced with higher-capacity buses to accommodate service expansion and increased ridership. These exceptions occur in three years: • 2022, when eight (8) 35-foot buses will retire and be replaced with eight (8) 40- foot, low-floor CNG buses • 2024, when two (2) 40-foot, low-floor CNG buses will be purchased in anticipation of three (3) 31-foot buses retiring in 2025, and • 2025, when twelve (2) 35-foot buses will retired and be replaced with eleven (11) 40-foot, low floor CNG buses The total cost of fleet replacements between FY 2017 and FY 2026 is projected to be $27,445,000. Table 3 outlines the rehabilitations anticipated during the ten-year period. Table 3 | ART Fleet Vehicle Replacements Vehicle Fiscal Year Size 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Total 28' 0 0 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 31' 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 12 35' 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40' 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 2 11 0 21 Total 0 0 4 3 3 8 0 14 11 0 43 6.1.3 Vehicle Expansion Arlington County intends to expand its ART fleet with twenty-six (26) new heavy-duty vehicles in response to growth in ridership and the conversion of some Metrobus routes to ART. Ultimately, the fleet will only expand by 20 additional buses during this 10 year TDP when retired vehicles and replacements are counted. The existing fleet will expand by five (5) new 31-foot, low-floor CNG buses (purchased in 2020 and 2024) and twenty- one (21) new 40-foot, low-floor CNG buses (purchased in 2018, 2020, and 2024).2 The total cost of expansions is estimated to be $16,624,000. Table 4 outlines the rehabilitations anticipated during the ten-year period. 2 The County assessed the need to expand the existing ART fleet to include articulated buses, but demand over the next