Acknowledgements Lead Agency: Consultant: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Parsons Brinckerhoff Authority Philip Braum, Project Manager Department of Planning and Joint Development Nicholas Schmidt, EIT Wendy Jia 1401 K Street NW 600 5th Street NW Suite 701 Washington, DC 20001 Washington, DC 20005 The following agencies and stakeholders were TranSystems involved in this project, including, but not limited to: Alan Castaline Jeremy Mendelson Alexandria Economic Development Partnership Shruti Rathore Anne Arundel County Paul Schimek Arlington County City of Alexandria 38 Chauncy Street District Department of Transportation Boston, MA 02111 Fairfax County Department of Transportation Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Montgomery County Department of Transportation Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission Prince George’s County Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation Virginia Department of Transportation Transit Service Impacts of the BRAC Recommendations in the Metropolitan Washington Region Contents Executive Summary ES-1 Introduction 1 Virginia Sites 4 Army National Guard Readiness Center 7 BRAC 133 (Mark Center) 13 Engineer Proving Ground 19 Fort Belvoir 25 Maryland Sites 32 Andrews Air Force Base 35 Fort Meade 41 National Naval Medical Center 49 Washington, D.C. Site 56 Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling 59 Implementation 67 Costs 67 Funding 69 Implementation Strategy 70 Appendices Technical Memorandum 2: BRAC Action Updates Technical Memorandum 3.1: Inventory of Existing Transportation Services Technical Memorandum 3.2: Planned Transportation Services to BRAC Sites Technical Memorandum 3.3: Planned Long-Term Transit Expansions Technical Memorandum 4.1: Analysis of Existing and Potential Transit Demand Technical Memorandum 4.2: Development of Transit Service Proposals Technical Memorandum 4.3: Evaluation of Customer Facility Improvements Technical Memorandum 4.4: Cost Estimate and Implementation Strategy i Transit Service Impacts of the BRAC Recommendations in the Metropolitan Washington Region Figures Figure ES-1: Study sites ES-1 Figure ES-2: Richmond Highway Express ES-3 Figure ES-3: Customer amenity (shelter and signage) ES-5 Figure ES-4: ARRA grants are an example of one-time federal funding opportunities ES-6 Figure 1: Study sites 1 Figure 2: Access points and new and renovated facilities at ARNGRC 7 Figure 3: Ballston-MU Metrorail station 8 Figure 4: Existing transit service near ARNGRC 9 Figure 5: Residence of existing and incoming employees, 2007 10 Figure 6: Pentagon station bus facility 10 Figure 7: Proposed transit service near ARNGRC 11 Figure 8: Current conditions at George Mason Drive at Main Gate (southbound) bus stop 12 Figure 9: Current conditions at Arlington Boulevard at George Mason Drive (westbound) bus stop 12 Figure 10: Access points and new and renovated facilities for BRAC 133 13 Figure 11: Residence of existing WHS employees, 2006 14 Figure 12: WHS buildings under construction 14 Figure 13: Existing transit service near BRAC 133 15 Figure 14: DASH route AT2 16 Figure 15: Existing transit service near BRAC 133 17 Figure 16: Rendering of planned garage and transit center along Nottingham Drive 18 Figure 17: Location of transit center presently serving as construction staging area 18 Figure 18: Access points and new and renovated facilities at EPG 19 Figure 19: Fairfax County Parkway extension 20 Figure 20: Residence of existing NGA employees 20 Figure 21: Existing transit service near EPG 21 Figure 22: I-495 HOT lanes under construction 22 Figure 23: Proposed transit service near EPG 23 Figure 24: Planned transit center will be located relatively closely to the NGA headquarters 24 Figure 25: Access points and new and renovated facilities at Fort Belvoir’s South Post 25 Figure 26: Access points and new and renovated facilities at Fort Belvoir’s North Post 26 Figure 27: Fort Belvoir South Post 27 Figure 28: Residence of existing Fort Belvoir personnel and employees 27 Figure 29: Existing transit service near Fort Belvoir 28 Figure 30: Richmond Highway Express 29 Figure 31: Proposed transit service near Fort Belvoir 30 Figure 32: Access points and new and renovated facilities at AAFB 35 ii Transit Service Impacts of the BRAC Recommendations in the Metropolitan Washington Region Figure 33: Residence of existing AAFB personnel and employees 36 Figure 34: Existing transit service near AAFB 37 Figure 35: Proposed transit service near AAFB 39 Figure 36: Access points and new and renovated facilities at Fort Meade 41 Figure 37: Odenton MARC station 42 Figure 38: Existing transit service near Fort Meade 43 Figure 39: Residence of existing Fort Meade personnel and employees 44 Figure 40: Proposed transit service near Fort Meade 45 Figure 41: Intercounty Connector construction 46 Figure 42: Current view of Reece Road Gate 47 Figure 43: Access points and new and renovated facilities at NNMC 49 Figure 44: Residence of existing NNMC employees 50 Figure 45: Existing transit service near NNMC 51 Figure 46: Evening MARC service 52 Figure 47: Proposed transit service near NNMC 53 Figure 48: Medical Center Metrorail station bus bays and shelters 54 Figure 49: Access points and new and renovated facilities at JBAB 59 Figure 50: Anacostia Metrorail station pylon 60 Figure 51: Residence of existing JBAB personnel and employees 60 Figure 52: Existing transit service near JBAB 61 Figure 53: Current conditions at South Capitol Street and Firth Sterling Avenue (southbound near side) bus stop 62 Figure 54: Current conditions at South Capitol Street and Firth Sterling Avenue (southbound far side) bus stop 62 Figure 55: Proposed transit service near JBAB 63 Figure 56: ARRA grants are an example of one-time federal funding opportunities 70 iii Transit Service Impacts of the BRAC Recommendations in the Metropolitan Washington Region Tables Table ES-1: Summary of BRAC changes ES-2 Table ES-2: Key characteristics ES-3 Table ES-3: Estimated near-term operating costs by operating agency (FY 2010 $) ES-4 Table ES-4: Detailed summary of estimated near-term operating costs by operating agency (FY 2010 $) ES-4 Table ES-5: Vehicle costs by operator (FY 2010 $) ES-5 Table ES-6: Detailed summary of estimated vehicle costs (FY 2010 $) ES-5 Table ES-7: Estimated customer facility costs by site, in descending order (FY 2010 $) ES-5 Table 1: Key characteristics of ARNGRC 7 Table 2: Estimated transit trips for ARNGRC in 2011 8 Table 3: Summary of ARNGRC service proposals 10 Table 4: Summary of proposed customer facility improvements at ARNGRC 12 Table 5: Key characteristics of BRAC 133 13 Table 6: Estimated transit trips for BRAC 133 in 2011 14 Table 7: Summary of BRAC 133 service proposals 16 Table 8: Summary of planned customer facility improvements at BRAC 133 18 Table 9: Key characteristics at EPG 19 Table 10: Estimated transit trips for EPG in 2011 20 Table 11: Summary of EPG service proposals 22 Table 12: Summary of proposed customer facility improvements at EPG 24 Table 13: Key characteristics at Fort Belvoir 25 Table 14: Estimated transit trips for Fort Belvoir in 2011 27 Table 15: Summary of Fort Belvoir service proposals 29 Table 16: Summary of proposed customer facility improvements at Fort Belvoir 31 Table 17: Key characteristics at AAFB 35 Table 18: Estimated transit trips for AAFB in 2012 36 Table 19: Summary of AAFB service proposals 38 Table 20: Summary of proposed customer facility improvements at AAFB 40 Table 21: Key characteristics at Fort Meade 41 Table 22: Estimated transit trips for Fort Meade in 2011 44 Table 23: Summary of Fort Meade service proposals 44 Table 24: Summary of proposed customer facility improvements at Fort Meade 47 Table 25: Key characteristics at NNMC 49 Table 26: Estimated transit trips for NNMC in 2011 50 Table 27: Summary of NNMC service proposals 52 Table 28: Key characteristics at JBAB 59 Table 29: Estimated transit trips for JBAB in 2011 60 iv Transit Service Impacts of the BRAC Recommendations in the Metropolitan Washington Region Table 30: Summary of JBAB service proposals 62 Table 31: Summary of proposed customer facility improvements at JBAB 62 Table 32: Estimated near-term operating costs by site, in descending order (FY 2010 $) 67 Table 33: Estimated near-term operating costs by operating agency, in descending order (FY 2010 $) 67 Table 34: Vehicle costs by operator (FY 2010 $) 68 Table 35: Detailed summary of estimated vehicle costs (FY 2010 $) 68 Table 36: Estimated customer facility costs by site, in descending order (FY 2010 $) 68 v Executive Summary image: flickr/Belvoir Army Engineers Transit Service Impacts of the BRAC Recommendations in the Metropolitan Washington Region Executive Summary Purpose commuting patterns in the area by and capital cost estimates in FY 2010 The Washington Metropolitan Area consolidating tens of thousands dollars. Final decisions on the priority Transit Authority (Metro) initiated of military personnel and civilian and implementation of the proposed a study to provide an analysis of employees to selected metropolitan improvements will be subject to the impacts to and opportunities Washington bases no later than the further identification of transit for regional transit service due to September 15, 2011. In response, this demand at BRAC installations and the Base Realignment and Closure study provided a comprehensive should be made in collaboration (BRAC) process. This process, assessment of the transit impact of with states, local jurisdictions, initiated by Congress in 2005 and the BRAC process and developed transit service providers, and BRAC currently being executed by the transit service concepts that include installations. Department of Defense (DoD), will new and modified transit service by significantly alter employment and nine operators as well as operating ± Source: ESRI Fort Meade National Naval Medical Center Army National Guard Readiness Center Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling BRAC 133 Andrews Air Force Base Engineer Proving Ground Fort Belvoir 01.25 2.5 5 Miles Figure ES-1: Study sites Executive Summary ES-1 Transit Service Impacts of the BRAC Recommendations in the Metropolitan Washington Region Sites efforts.