PowerPoint Presentations are Linked to the Presentation FINAL PROGRAM Titles. Please Click to view 6th National Bus Rapid Transit Conference: No Longer an "Emerging" Mode June 18-20, 2018 The Millennium Biltmore Hotel; Los Angeles, CA Organized by Transportation Research Board Sponsored by Committee on Bus Transit Systems (AP050) Photographer: Scott Page Photographer: Scott Page collection Archives and Library Transportation MTA Angeles Los of courtesy Photos CONFERENCE PATRONS Thank You! TRB sincerely appreciates and thanks the following organizations for their generous support of the BRT Conference: PLATINUM GOLD SILVER 2 Bus Rapid Transit - 2018 WELCOME elcome to the Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) 6th National Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) WConference. On behalf of the committee, we welcome to Los Angeles attendees from the public, BRT has beenprivate, growing non-profit in popularity and academic for the arenaslast 40 fromyears. here Initially in the dismissed United States as a technology and around for the the world. developing world, many U.S. metro areas have built or are considering building BRT systems. The theme provideof this year’s critical conference, transportation No Longer service an to “Emerging” local communities. Mode, is meant to reflect the popularity of BRT. From Spokane, WA to New York City, NY and from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico to Seoul, South Korea, BRT systems In planning this conference, for the first time, the Conference Planning Committee issued a call for abstracts. We received an overwhelming response of almost 100 abstracts. We accepted a little more than half of the abstracts for presentation at the conference. We also invited subject matter experts to present on as many of the major BRT focus areas as possible. This conference would not have been possible without help from many individuals. Thanks to L.A. Metro- for serving as local host agency and organizing the bus tours. The BRT technical tours are one of the best parts of any BRT gathering. Thanks to the Federal Transit Administration and American Public Transpor tation Association for providing staff and programming support for the event. Thanks to our patrons for funding the conference. The event would not have been nearly as extensive without you. Thanks to TRB staff for their hours of work, including input and liaison activities. Finally, thanks to our moderators, presenters and attendees. Without you there would be no conference! Enjoy the 6th National BRT conference. Baruch Feigenbaum Reason Foundation Chair, Conference Planning Committee CONFERENCE PLANNING COMMITTEE Baruch Feigenbaum Annie Weinstock , Chair, Reason Foundation Brendan Finn, Independent Consultant , BRT Planning Internationa Cliff Henke Dennis Hinebaugh , WSP Jeff Hiott , CUTR Joe Calabrese, GCRTA , WSP Martha Butler, L.A. Metro Michael Baltes Rich Weaver , FTA Susan Meyer , APTA Tom Schwet , Spokane Transit z, Lane Transit District TRB Staff Claire Randall Steve Andrle Mary Kissi Samantha Stock Ted Jamele The Transportation Research Board - portation contributes to society by providing is one ofleadership seven major in transportation programs of the innovation National and Academies progress of through research and Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The mission of the Transportation Research Board is to increase the benefits that trans information exchange, conducted within a setting that is objective, interdisciplinary, and multimodal. The Board’s varied interest.committees, The taskprogram forces, is andsupported panels byannually state transportation engage about 7,000departments, engineers, federal scientists, agencies and including other transportation the component researchers and practitioners from the public and private sectors and academia, all of whom contribute their expertise in the public development of transportation. www.TRB.orgadministrations of the U.S. Department of Transportation, and other organizations and individuals interested in the CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE Monday, June 18 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Registration Lobby Galleria Crystal Ballroom 1:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Opening Plenary Session • BRT in Southern Carlifornia Crystal Ballroom 2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Networking Break 3:15 p.m. – 5:00p.m. Concurrent Breakout Sessions Crystal Ballroom Matter)? • Breakout Session A: What is BRT (Is There a Consensus and Does it Emerald Ballroom 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. • Breakout Session B: BRT as Part of the Total Transit System Gold Ballroom Welcome Reception/PosterTuesday, Session & ExhibitsJune 19 Registration Lobby Galleria 7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. L.A. Metro BRT Tour Lobby Galleria 8:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. • Tour A: Wilshire BRT / Metro Orange Line Technical Tour Technical Tour • Tour B: Metro Silver Line BRT / Express Lanes /El Monte Station Gold Ballroom Noon – 1:15 p.m. Lunch with Speaker 1:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Concurrent Breakout Sessions Crystal Ballroom • Breakout Session C: Funding and Financing BRT Projects Emerald Ballroom • Breakout Session D: BRT, TOD and Complete Streets Gold Ballroom 3:453:15 p.m. – 5:303:45 p.m. Networking Break Concurrent Breakout Sessions Operational Challenges of BRT Crystal Ballroom • Breakout Session E: Emerald Ballroom • Breakout Session F: Development of BRT (Part I) Bus Rapid Transit - 2018 5 Wednesday, June 20 Registration Lobby Galleria 7:00 a.m. – Noon Gold Ballroom 8:007:00 a.m. – 9:458:00 a.m. ConcurrentContinental Breakfast Breakout Sessions Crystal Ballroom • Breakout Session G: BRT as Part of Total Transit Systems Emerald Ballroom • Breakout Session H: Political Challenges of BRT Gold Ballroom 9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Networking Break 10:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Concurrent Breakout Sessions Crystal Ballroom • Breakout Session I: Optimal BRT (Design) Emerald Ballroom • Breakout Session J: Development of BRT (Part II) Gold Ballroom 11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. Lunch with Speaker 1:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Concurent Breakout Sessions Crystal Ballroom • Breakout Session K: New Developments in BRT Emerald Ballroom • Breakout Session L: Vehicle Design and Propulsion Technologies Crystal Ballroom 3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Networking Break Crystal Ballroom 3:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Closing Plenary Session: The Future of BRT: Automation 6 Bus Rapid Transit - 2018 CONFERENCE AGENDA Monday, June 18 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Lobby Galleria Registration 1:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m., Crystal Ballroom Opening Plenary Session Welcome from the Conference Chair BRTBaruch in Southern Feigenbaum, California Reason Foundation, Conference Chair Moderator: BRT as PartBaruch of theFeigenbaum, L.A. County Reason Transit Foundation System BRTPhil Washington, in the City of CEO Los L.A. Angeles Metro BRTSeleta as Reynolds, a Tool for General Economic Manager, Development Los Angeles and Department Placemaking of Transportation VinceBRT Service Bertoni, in Director a Suburban of Planning, Setting City of Los Angeles 2:45Joseph p.m. - Raquel,3:15 p.m. Director, Crystal of BallroomPlanning, Foothill Transit Networking Break 3:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Concurrent Breakout Sessions Breakout Session A, Crystal Ballroom What is BRT (Is There a Consensus and Does it Matter)? Moderator: The BRTBaruch Standard Feigenbaum, Reason Foundation FederalAnnie Weinstock, Transit Administration BRT Planning International BRT Guidelines RayFreeway Tellis, BRT Federal Systems Transit Administration Nadine Lee, L.A. Metro The Importance of Transit Signal Priority BreakoutAlan Danaher, Session WSP B, Emerald Ballroom BRT as Part of the Total Transit System Moderator: Jacksonville'sBrendan First Finn, Coast ETTS Flyer Ltd. Bus Rapid Transit System - Linking the Region SurayaReconstructing Teeple, Jacksonville the Network Transportation around BRT Authority - The IndyGo Plan Justin Stuehrenberg, IndyGo Bus Rapid Transit - 2018 7 Using a data-driven approach to create a multimodal transit network that supports a BRT corridor HighSandy Performance Davis, Foursquare Transit, Integrated Spokane Transportation and the Total Planning Transit System MythKarl Otterstrom, BUS-ted: BRT Spokane A Mode Transit Of Choice Authority In The Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area 5:00Kristin p.m. - Demasi,6:30 p.m. Metrolinx/GO, Gold Ballroom Transit, Toronto, Canada Welcome Reception / Poster Session & Exhibits BRT in the Regional Municipality of York, Ontario-Canada: Comparison of vivaNext BRT contract types (CM/ GC] vs DB vs DBF-AFP) ReconstructingKathryn Webber, theYork Network Region Rapid around Transit BRT Corporation- The IndyGo Plan TheJustin Evolution Stuehrenberg, of the IndyGo Wilshire BRT as a Complete Street Solution within a Congested and Constrained Urban Corridor Annelle Albarran, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Brent Ogden, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. From disarray to complete street: utilizing BRT to improve bus service, pedestrian safety, and traffic organization in the South Bronx BusKyle RapidGebhart, Transit New York as an City Economic Transit Department Development of Transportation Tool - Orlando, FL ReviewingLaura Minns, Active WSP-USA Headway Management for SWIFT BRT Operations DonGraduating Murphy, fr IBIom Group Stop to Station Lauren Cencic, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority os Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority DevelopingMeghna Khanna, Design L Elements of Median Bus Stations along the Woodhaven Boulevard SBS Corridor Eric Swenson, Arup JanetIntegrating Jenkins, the New A LineYork City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) BRTKristin in Thompson,Brazil: state Metro of the Transit, practice Minneapolis, as from the MN BRT