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CITY OF RECEIVED IN ENGINEERING TRADITIONS R A Strategic Plan for Transit in Calgary March 2013 about RouteAhead --\ In 2011 , Calgary's City Council directed that a new long-term plan for Calgary Transit be created in ~ jiii) accordance with the principles and objectives ~ WALKIBIKE ~TRANSIT AUTO of the Calgary Transportation Plan . Early in 2012, a 2011 (24-hour, team was established to develop this plan, all purpose, 14% 9% 77% now called RouteAhead. city wide) Targets 20-25% 15-20% 55-65% RouteAhead follows other forward-looking initiatives at The City of Calgary (The City), including RouteAhead identifies the investment in transit imagineCALGARY, Plan It Calgary (the backbone service required to meet these targets. behind both the Calgary Transportation Plan (CTP) and the Municipal Development Plan (MOP)), and The RouteAhead provides strategic direction for transit in City's 2020 Sustainability Direction. Calgary for the next 30 years. The plan was approved by Council in March 2013, and will guide the To support the goals and targets for land use and development of future business plans and budgets. mobility in the MOP and CTp, Council reaffirmed its support for the following targets for travel mode share as part of its 2011 Fiscal Plan for Calgary. Public engagement RouteAhead engaged many stakeholder groups, Every bit of the feedback received was considered in citizens, customers and employees. The team developing the core principles that would ultimately met face-to-face with more than 4 ,000 Calgarians, inform the visions, directions and strategies in the asking questions and gathering thousands of RouteAhead plan. comments. In addition to this traditional means of City Council approved the following guiding elements outreach, a RouteAhead online blog and Twitter for the RouteAhead plan in September 2012: account made it possible to engage through social media. » Core principles for public transit in Calgary. More than 1,000 submissions to the online budget » Evaluation criteria for rapid transit projects. allocation tool, "It's Your Transit. You Decide." provided additional data for analysis. Comments from public engagement Comments from online budget tool % of respondents identifying % of respondents seeking additions Category each category Category to service in each category Frequency 9.7% Communication (accidents and other delays) 52% Network design 7.4% Real-time arrival signs for buses 45% Fares 7.1% CTram repairs 45% Other 6.1% Peace officers at night 41% Vehicles 5.9% Cleanliness 39% Reliability 5.5% Late night service 33% Driver behavIour 5.0% Fare enforcement 32% Coverage - LRT 4.8% Standby buses 31% AmenitIes 4.6% Bus stop schedules 30% Communication 4.5% Bus shelters 30% Hours 3.7% Lower fares 29% Accessibility 3.0% More parking spots 26% Safety 3.1% Bike racks 26% Transit prionty 2.8% Scheduled service for people with disabilities 25% Connections 2.2% Capacity 2.1% Schedulers (bus reliability) 25% Coverage - bus __ 2.0% Another garage (bus reliability) 25% Funding .....-- ; .7% Free fare zone extension 24% Real·time 1.7% Wifi 23% Web 1.7% Suburban buses 21% Speed 1.6% Air conditioning 19% Crowding 1.5% Bathrooms 19% Cleanliness 1.5% Inner city buses 19% Environment Low income discounts 17% Regional issues Accessible buses 16% Facilities Free fares for seniors 15% Land use Cross·town service 15% Wayfinding Crowding Bikes Lower parking fees Parking Walking distance hal ved (200 m) LRT - surface vs. underground Note: respondents may have sected more than aile category. Bathrooms Maintenance 2 A Strategic Plan for Transit in Calgary Core principles for public transit in • Make it easy to use. Calgary • Safe, accessible, clean, convenient, comfortable and reliable. • Address barriers to use for non-users. • Match transit to land use. • Focus investment on increasing ridership. • Evolve from a radial network to a connective grid. • Meet near-term revenue/cost ratio (50/50 to 55/45). • Meet capital funding objectives of Investing in Mobility. • Take care of and optimize use of what we own. To guide the long-term plan for Calgary Transit, the core principles were created using feedback received from Council, Administration and the public. 3 Make rt easy ~o .me Safe, accessible, clean. convenient, comfortable and reliable Addre$s barriers tc US" forlorHISC'-'. Match transit to land use. Focus investment on Increasing ridership. Evotve from radial network to connective grid. terTI revenue/cost ratio f!:,- '[, t l , l;t:. '~~ • Take care of ;1"0 optimize use Jf wha1 WE vWI the RouteAhead for Calgary Transit's network Calgary Transit has an extensive network of routes 30 years, Calgary Transit's network will need to and services, but with current operating budgets, expand geographically, and transit service will need balancing the growing demand for transit service to be enhanced to serve its customers. Fleet, facilities in new suburban communities while addressing and staff must be scaled to support the growing capacity issues on established corridors can be network and improved service. a real challenge. As the city grows over the next 5 I - Future network In co-ordination with the Investing in Mobility In prioritizing the projects, RouteAhead based project team, RouteAhead outlines a rapid its evaluation criteria on land use, customer transit plan that includes a number of customer experience and project characteristics. Each service-oriented capital projects. The projects category contains a number of sub-categories were identified through outstanding items from that were given a value based on the relative previous capital plans, Council direction and merits of the project. This project rating system public engagement. RouteAhead supports the with corresponding criteria will help Council goals of the Calgary Transportation Plan and the and Administration determine which projects to Municipal Development Plan, and identifies the construct, and when. capital projects needed to move Calgary towards the transportation goals outlined in the Calgary Transportation Plan . Project evaluation /" LAND USE criteria Supports activity centres and corridors Primary transit network connectivity and alignment Population and jobs intenSity -r -r '\ CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS Increases travel time advantage Serves high ridership corridor Overcomes issues of reliability and delay H Contributes to life cycle maintenance and asset management Increases passenger capacity . Capital cost Improves overall mobility of the transportation network ../ 6 A StrategiC Plan for Transit in Calgary 30-Year Rapid NortMlat LRT Extension Transit Network Legend ..... o Teminus.'Connection •• Ex.tinglRT _ PropoMd Treneitway _ Propoeed LRT _ Pro~BRT North Central LRT _ Pro~dR.pidTl1Inlit ( HOVorother ) . (allgnmont 18D) ~ 52SIE BRT • • i ~ BrldlewSomerset-ood iSouth LRT Seton Extenllon 210Ave S 7 In addition to the components of Calgary's transit The type, mode and intensity of transit service on system, the network includes: a corridor are determined by a number of factors including ridership, land use characteristics, » Bus rapid transit (BRT) - limited-stop bus and expectation of customers and residents. On service, provided on existing streets, generally many corridors, there is typically a progression of mixed with private automobiles. service type and mode of operation as land use » Light rail transit (LRT) - electric-powered and ridership changes. For example, BRT is often vehicles operating in separate rights-of-way. used to develop ridership and travel patterns in high-ridership corridors prior to implementing » Transitways - can include transit-only lanes LRT, which is much more costly. separated from regular roadways, separate lanes on existing roadways, shoulders on an existing roadway, or any combination of these. In each case, the transitway lanes are for the exclusive use of transit and emergency services vehicles, and provide transit customers with a number of benefits such as ~]~ improved reliability and faster travel times. Transitway (median bus lanes) 8 A Strategic Plan for Transit in Calgary Primary transit network ~ Vehicles Passengers Access Calgary <10 Community Shuttle 25 12-metre bus 65-75 18-metre bus 125 CTrain 600 Primary Transit Network __ Primary Transit Network (mode to be determined basedon corridor development) - Skeletal Ught Rail Transit 9 Mode progression in present (population: 1.1 M) short-term (population: 1.3M) medium-term (population: 1.5M) long-term (population: 1.6M) rapid transit corridors 1 j 1 Green Une _ to Keystone North Central Corridor I Mixed traffic ••ilfi%!I!"'H¥9iii!· ,$''''.§Iii!iNl II;I""!N£+. SETWAY :~ iJlltr.'m"ill. :t: I Southwest Transilway -iol-j1.'tr. I I North Crosstown BRT ! ! ! West Campus _L .1 Southwest Crosstown BRT :1:11Ir.'I:~':1".!. r- I I 17 Avenue SE Transilway 1 L 52 Street E BRT I ! Route 305 BAT (West) _"1 .. South LRT Extension I Northeast LRT Extension Airport Transit :"'1." 8 Avenue Subway Shaganappi HOV :t: . .. Existing/enhanced service _ Proposed BRT _ Proposed Rapid Transit (HOV or new technology) _ ProposedTransitway _ Proposed LRT 1 0 A StrategiC Plan for Transit in Calgary Mode progression in rapid transit corridors present short·term medium-term long-term longer-term in the longer term (beyond RouteAhead) G_Lne ~'m!itl!! Mi'''I ... ~ North Central Comdor SElWAY __ T~n_., = ZM1h!@\t::::::z::::j::::: "·"M·" ) North Crosstown BAT west Campus Southwest en:.stown BRT ~ 17 Avenue SE Transrtwlly i 52 Street E BRT Route 305 BRT ('Nest) Milled traftc:
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