City of Alexandria (DASH)

Table of Contents Page Chapter 1 – Overview of the Transit System ........................................................................ 1 1.0 Introduction .......................................................................................... ............ 2 2.0 Alexandria Transit Providers ................................................................ ............ 2 3.0 Organizational and Governance Structure ........................................... ............ 11 4.0 Funding Structure .............................................................................................. 16 5.0 Fare Structure .................................................................................................... 17 6.0 Vehicle Fleet ...................................................................................................... 20 7.0 Facilities ............................................................................................................. 20 8.0 Transit Security Program ................................................................................... 23 9.0 Intelligent Transportation Systems ................................................................... 23 10.0 Public Outreach/Marketing .............................................................................. 23 Chapter 2 – Goals, Objectives and Standards ....................................................................... 25 1.0 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 26 2.0 Transit Section of Transportation Master Plan ................................................. 26 3.0 Service Evaluation Metrics ................................................................................ 29 4.0 Service Design Goals and Strategies .................................................................. 30 5.0 WMATA Productivity and Service Standards .................................................... 32 Chapter 3 – Service and System Evaluation .......................................................................... 34 1.0 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 35 2.0 Existing Service Analysis – Fixed Route Transit ................................................. 35 3.0 Unmet Service Demand – Travel Flows ............................................................. 77 4.0 Development and Redevelopment Areas ......................................................... 94 5.0 DOT Paratransit Service ..................................................................................... 107 6.0 Equipment Deficiencies ..................................................................................... 109 7.0 ITS Technologies ................................................................................................ 109 Chapter 4 – Service Expansion Projects ................................................................................ 110 1.0 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 111 2.0 Demographic/Socioeconomic Characteristics ................................................... 112 3.0 DASH Service Improvements ............................................................................. 124 4.0 WMATA Service Improvements ........................................................................ 129 5.0 West End Transitway Operations ...................................................................... 133 6.0 Chapter 3 – Service Evaluation Related Improvements .................................... 133 7.0 DOT Paratransit Improvements......................................................................... 134 8.0 Transit Supportive Land Use Activities .............................................................. 134 Alexandria Transit Development Plan TOC-1 Chapter 5 – Operations Plan ................................................................................................. 135 1.0 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 136 2.0 DASH Operations Plan – Conservative Subsidy Growth Scenario ..................... 136 3.0 DASH Operations Plan – Moderate Subsidy Growth Scenario .......................... 138 4.0 DOT Paratransit Operations .............................................................................. 141 5.0 King Street Trolley Operations .......................................................................... 141 6.0 WMATA Metrobus and Metrorail Operations within Alexandria .................... 141 7.0 DASH Operations Plan Vision ............................................................................ 146 8.0 WMATA Operations Plan Vision ........................................................................ 152 9.0 VRE Operations .................................................................................................. 153 Chapter 6 – Capital Improvement Program .......................................................................... 154 1.0 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 155 2.0 Revenue Vehicles .............................................................................................. 156 3.0 Passenger Facilities ............................................................................................ 157 4.0 Tool and Equipment Upgrades/Replacement ................................................... 158 5.0 Technology Upgrade ......................................................................................... 159 6.0 High Capacity Transit Corridors ......................................................................... 160 7.0 Operations and Maintenance Facilities ............................................................. 161 8.0 WMATA Capital Contributions .......................................................................... 161 9.0 VRE Capital Improvements ................................................................................ 162 Chapter 7 – Financial Plan ..................................................................................................... 163 1.0 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 164 2.0 Financial Plan to Support DASH Operations–Conservative Funding Scenario .. 164 3.0 Financial Plan to Support DASH Operations–Moderate Funding Scenario ....... 167 4.0 Financial Plan to Support DOT Paratransit Operations ..................................... 170 5.0 Financial Plan to Support King Street Trolley Operations ................................. 173 6.0 Financial Plan to Support West End Transitway Operations ............................. 184 7.0 Alexandria Support for WMATA Operations ..................................................... 184 8.0 Financial Plan to Support Alexandria Portion of VRE Operations ..................... 186 9.0 Capital Budget ................................................................................................... 186 Chapter 8 – TDP Monitoring and Evaluation ........................................................................ 193 1.0 Introduction ...................................................................................................... 194 2.0 Coordination with Other Plans and Programs .................................................. 194 3.0 Service Performance Monitoring ...................................................................... 194 4.0 Annual TDP Monitoring ..................................................................................... 194 Appendix A – DASH and Metrobus Summary ....................................................................... 195 Alexandria Transit Development Plan TOC-2 List of Figures Figure 1.1 DASH Routes ...................................................................................................... 4 Figure 1.2 Metrobus Lines within Alexandria..................................................................... 7 Figure 1.3 Metrobus Lines Running in Alexandria – Regional Level .................................. 8 Figure 1.4 WMATA Metrorail System Map and Alexandria Stations ................................ 9 Figure 1.5 Department of Transportation and Environmental Services Transit Services Division – Responsibility Chart ................................................ 12 Figure 1.6 DASH Organization Chart .................................................................................. 14 Figure 3.1 DASH Service Coverage – All Day Weekday ...................................................... 48 Figure 3.2 DASH Service Coverage – Saturday ................................................................... 49 Figure 3.3 DASH Service Coverage - Sunday ..................................................................... 50 Figure 3.4 WMATA Metrobus Weekday Peak Period Service Coverage ........................... 51 Figure 3.5 WMATA Metrobus Weekday Peak Midday Service Coverage ......................... 52 Figure 3.6 WMATA Metrobus Saturday Service Coverage ................................................ 53 Figure 3.7 WMATA Metrobus Sunday Service Coverage .................................................. 54 Figure 3.8 DASH and Metrobus Weekday Peak Service Coverage .................................... 55 Figure 3.9 DASH and Metrobus Weekday Midday Service Coverage ...............................

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