Shared Mobility and Transit It is The Road to Economic Mobility?
February 20, 2018
Todd Plesko VP Planning & Development Dallas Area Rapid Transit
1 DART Transit Riders Are Disproportionately From Low Income Households
Income Distribution of DART Riders
25.0% 56.8 % of Riders Have Household Income 22.6% Below $35,000 20.7% 20.0%
16.0%
15.0% 14.2%
10.9%
10.0% 9.2%
6.4%
5.0%
0.0% Less than $12,000 $12,000-$19,999 $20,000 - $23,999 $24,000 - $34,999 $35,000 - $49,999 $50,000-$74,999 $75,000 or more
2 Job Density Within DFW Region in 2014
3 Hot Spot Analysis of Low Wage Jobs and Low Income Population
Hot Spot, Low-Wage Job Growth 2002-2014
Hot Spot, Households Below Poverty Level 2014
4 Jobs Accessible within 60 minutes by transit from Kiest Station Neighborhood in Oak Cliff
Jobs Accessible By Transit 450,000 402,212 400,000
350,000
300,000
250,000
200,000 160,712 150,000
100,000
50,000 2,135 13,033 0 15 30 45 60 minutes minutes minutes minutes
5 Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) suggests that transportation expenditures over 15 % of household income is unaffordable for low income households. 6 Percentage of Income Spent on Transportation in Dallas Low Income Neighborhoods
7 DART LRT Ridership Trends
110,000 Orange Line and
LRT System Average Weekday Ridership Rowlett 99,620 100,000 Extension Red Line Green
90,000 Extension to Line
97,846
96,380 96,346 Plano 96,272
80,000
90,221 71,606
70,000 59,293 60,000
SOC-3 Blue
65,752 64,592
50,000 61,994 Line
60,592
59,810
56,767 55,301
40,000 38,696 45,230
30,000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
8 DART Bus Ridership Trends
Bus System Average Weekday Ridership 170,000
160,000 Recession and Recession and service cuts service cuts
150,000 Fare Increase 163,886
140,000 135,809
152,650
152,122
151,869
146,081 145,649 130,000 125,873
120,000 135,803
131,577
130,983
110,219
129,506 128,511
110,000 126,229 121,999
100,000 113,095
90,000
80,000
2006 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
9 Trend In Bus Subsidies per Boarding
Bus Subsidy per Boarding 2005 Through 2017 $8.00 1.2 % Growth in Subsidy per $7.00 25 % Growth in $6.90 Boarding Between Subsidy per 2010 and 2015 Boarding Between $6.19 $6.00 2010 and 2015 $5.47 $5.10 $5.26 $5.32 $5.00 $5.12 $5.10
$4.04 $4.09 13 % % Growth in $4.00 $3.89 $3.69 $3.70 Subsidy per Boarding Between $3.00 2015 and 2017
$2.00 -2.0 % Growth in Subsidy per $1.00 Boarding Between 2005 and 2008
$0.00 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
10 DART Federal Shared Mobility Grant Demonstration
• DART received one of eleven major Federal grants to develop and test technology to integrate new shared ride services into a family of transit services. • The demonstration will incorporate private sector services like Uber/Lyft, Taxi, Bikeshare, and dynamic carpooling into DART’s mobility options • DART will determine if these options will reduce travel time, wait time, and increase ridership overall for transit
• 11 DART’s Sandbox GoPass Technology Upgrade
• GoPass 2.0 Upgrade (DART’s Mobile APP) – Will include shared ride trip planning – Will create a transit account which will permit settlement for public and private services – Includes a cash to mobile option which is essential for unbanked persons • GoLink APP (To schedule on demand services) • GoConnect APP (Uber/Lyft/Taxi) • GoPool APP (dynamic carpooling)
12 New DART Shared Mobility Options for First-Last Mile and Direct Services
• DART GoLink (on demand service) • GoConnect (Uber/Lyft/Taxi and Via) • Bikeshare • DART GoPool
First Mile DART Service Last Mile Trip
13 GoLink • Small Vehicles - 6 to 14 passengers • Customer scheduled service in real time through a mobile application • Publicly operated and supplemented by privately operated TNC’s like Lyft, Via or Uber • Zone Trip distances 1 to 4 miles • Up to 50 % lower cost than low performing fixed bus routes
14 TapRide Software: Customer Interface
Customers then enter how many passengers will travel After selection the customer gets a confirmation showing origin and destination points
15 Southern Sector Mobility on Demand Zones
SOUTHERN SECTOR ZONES Full Service February 26
16 Plano Mobility on Demand Zones
FAR NORTH PLANO Full Service August
LEGACY Lunch Service Available Now Full Service March 26 NORTH CENTRAL PLANO Full Service March 12
17 What is GoPool?
• DART’s first mobile-enabled carpooling platform connecting drivers and riders with similar routes.
Employer Focused App Based Lowest Cost Mobility Solution Cashless System
18 Bike Share
• Low Cost -- $1.00 per hour • 1st and Last mile option • 1.5 miles in 10 minutes • No subsidy required
• Will be linked to DART GoPass App to see where Bikes are available • 1 in 5 bike trips are linked to public transit
19 Autonomous Shuttles – The Future Holy Grail for Public Transit
• Eliminate low productivity bus routes particularly in low density suburban areas where transit is not effective • 60 to 70 % lower operating costs 20 21