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TRANSIT PREFERENTIAL STREETS PROGRAM FINAL REPORT CITY of PORTLAND, OREGON OFFICE of TRANSPORTATION July 1997 As part of this project, a separate document with the title “Transit Preferential Streets Program Sourcebook” was prepared to complement the Transit Preferential Streets Program Final Report. Transit Preferential Streets Program June 1997 City of Portland Final Report Office of Transportation PORTLAND OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION CHARLIE HALES, COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS FELICIA TRADER, DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION STEVE DOTTERRER, CHIEF TRANSPORTATION PLANNER LAUREL WENTWORTH, SENIOR PROJECT COORDINATOR PROJECT MANAGER GABE ONYEADOR PROJECT STAFF RICHARD BELLINGER, PORTLAND OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION DONNA BECK, PORTLAND OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION JANET HOPPER, TRI-MET NANCY JARIGESE, TRI-MET TOM JENSSEN, PORTLAND OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION CONSULTANT TEAM THOMAS BAUER, ACCESS ENGINEERING, PROJECT MANAGER SORIN GARBER, HDR ENGINEERING LEE LEIGHTON, SRI/SHAPIRO/AGCO JARRETT WALKER, NELSON\NYGAARD CAROL HANSEN, HANSEN DRAFTING & GRAPHICS Transit Preferential Streets Program June 1997 City of Portland Final Report Office of Transportation ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS STEVE IWATA, PORTLAND OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION JOHN GILLAM, PORTLAND OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION KEN ZATARAIN, TRI-MET JOE WALSH, TRI-MET JAMES HERGERT, TRI-MET ALAN DANAHER, KITTELSON & ASSOCIATES (FORMERLY TRI-MET) TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE JAMIE THROCKMORTIN, BUREAU OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT JACK MASON, BUREAU OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT JEAN HARRISON, TRANSPORTATION PLANNING BILL HOFFMAN, BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT DON COVILLE, BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT DEBBIE BISCHOFF, BUREAU OF PLANNING YOUNG PARK, TRI-MET RICHARD LEDBETTER, METRO DAN LAYDEN, OREGON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION GRANT ROBINSON, OREGON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DAVID ZAGEL, CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE Transit Preferential Streets Program June 1997 City of Portland Final Report Office of Transportation TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.......................................................................................................1 2. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................4 2.1 GENERAL.........................................................................................................................................................4 2.2 DESCRIPTION OF CORRIDOR TRANSIT OPERATIONS .......................................................................4 2.2.1 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd./Grand Ave. Corridor, North Lombard Street to Hawthorne Bridge .........4 2.2.2 Sandy Blvd. Corridor, Burnside Bridge to SE 82nd Avenue .....................................................................4 2.2.3 Hawthorne Blvd./Foster Street Corridor, Hawthorne Bridge to I-205.......................................................5 2.2.4 Division Street Corridor, Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. to SE 82nd Avenue ............................................5 2.2.5 Barbur Blvd./Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy. Corridor, I-405 to Oleson Rd. ....................................................6 3. OPERATIONS ANALYSIS....................................................................................................7 3.1 DATA COLLECTION .....................................................................................................................................7 3.1.1 Critical Time Period Determination and Schedule.....................................................................................7 3.1.2 Methodology ...............................................................................................................................................8 3.2 TRANSIT DELAY IDENTIFICATION........................................................................................................10 3.2.1 Methodology .............................................................................................................................................10 3.2.2 Statistical Results .....................................................................................................................................11 3.2.2.1 Martin Luther King Boulevard (Route #6) ................................................................................................... 11 3.2.2.2 Sandy Boulevard (Route #12)......................................................................................................................... 12 3.2.2.3 Division Street (Route #4)............................................................................................................................... 13 3.2.2.4 Hawthorne Boulevard/50th Street/Foster Road (Route #14) ................................................................... 14 3.2.2.5 Barbur Boulevard/Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway (Route #54)................................................................. 15 3.2.2.6 System Wide Statistics..................................................................................................................................... 16 3.2.3 Summary ..................................................................................................................................................18 3.3 TRANSIT/TRAFFIC OPERATIONS INVESTIGATION..........................................................................19 4. INVENTORY OF APPLIED TREATMENT SOLUTIONS............................................24 4.1 INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................................24 4.2 TRANSIT PREFERENTIAL STREETS PROGRAM, SAN FRANCISCO................................................24 4.2.1 Background ...............................................................................................................................................24 4.2.2 Funding ....................................................................................................................................................24 4.2.3 TPS Projects .............................................................................................................................................25 4.2.3.1 Problem Analysis ............................................................................................................................................. 25 4.2.3.2 Signal Priority................................................................................................................................................... 25 4.2.3.3 Transit Lanes..................................................................................................................................................... 25 4.2.3.4 Curb Extensions ............................................................................................................................................... 25 4.2.3.5 Bus Stop Consolidation and Relocation........................................................................................................ 26 4.2.3.6 Boarding Islands............................................................................................................................................... 26 4.3 GUIDEBOOK ON TRANSIT PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT, GERMANY ........................................27 4.4 TRANSIT PRIORITY MEASURES IN THE PORTLAND AREA............................................................29 4.4.1 Background ...............................................................................................................................................29 4.4.2 Bus Transit Priority Measures.................................................................................................................29 4.4.2.1 Queue Bypass and Queue Jump .................................................................................................................... 29 4.4.2.2 Traffic Signal Priority ...................................................................................................................................... 30 4.4.2.3 Curb Extensions ............................................................................................................................................... 30 4.4.2.4 Fare Collection Change ................................................................................................................................... 31 Transit Preferential Streets Program June 1997 City of Portland Final Report Page i Office of Transportation 4.5 APPLICABILITY OF APPLIED TREATMENT SOLUTIONS..................................................................31 4.5.1 Signal Priority ..........................................................................................................................................31 4.5.2 Curb Extensions .......................................................................................................................................32 4.5.3 Bus Stop Consolidation.............................................................................................................................32 4.5.4 Boarding Islands .......................................................................................................................................32 4.5.5 Queue Bypass............................................................................................................................................32 4.5.6 Queue Jump ..............................................................................................................................................33