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Cellular Mass Transit (CMT) CMT4Austin.org. SOLUTION: Cellular Mass Transit. Circulator Routes would converge on each Transit Center. A Feeder Van in Austin could be like the Sprinter . Seats 14 + Wheel Chair High enough to stand in. How CMT Serves Neighborhood. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Cellular Mass Transit (CMT)
CMT4Austin.org
SOLUTION: Cellular Mass Transit Circulator Routes would converge on each Transit Center
A Feeder Van in Austin could be like the Sprinter
Seats 14 + Wheel Chair
High enough to stand in
How CMT Serves Neighborhood
Advantages for a neighborhood
Travel from anywhere to anywhere Travel time cut in half Wait time cut from 30 minutes to 10 Feeder routes within half mile of every home TC waiting room with air conditioning TC and CC next to shopping center with grocery CC has day care & after school activities
FROM LOYOLA LANE & CIELO VISTA DR TO BALCONES WOODS DR & HIGHWAY 1834,340 Live East and Work North
1/2 the travel time
OLD WAY IS SLOW
• 120 Minutes• Lots of Stops• More Miles• Through
Congestion of CBD
CMT = FAST
• 63 Minutes• Few Stops• More Direct• Avoids
Congestion of CBD
In Austin …only 39 % of jobs can be reached in under 90 minutes by Public Transit.
From Brookings Institute Missed Opportunity: Transit and Jobs in Metropolitan America http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/Programs/Metro/jobs_transit/0512_jobs_transit.pdf
CMT CostCost Cost
Quantity $ thousand $ millions Paid for by
Transit Centers 29 times $ 3,000 equals $ 87 Cap Metro
Vans 800 times $ 50 equals $ 40 Cap Metro
Queue Jumpers 40 times $ 250 equals $ 10 Cap Metro
Community Centers 28 times $ 3,000 equals $ 84 City of Austin
Total Cost $ 221
$ millions
Express Grid RoutesRun by Express bus Every 10 minutes
Connect 30 Transit Centers
Transfer from Circulator to Express
Transit Center Floor Plan
Feeder van
HEB & storage sheds at
South First and William Cannon
TC & CC
near HEB
URBANCMT RAIL
Percentage of Home to Work Trips served 80+ 2-
New Riders 65,000 2,000
Reduction in motor vehicles used 64,000 2,000Can be used to encourage density
or enable car –free life style ? YES YES
Cost of Construction and Vehicles in millions $221 $1,300
Can we afford it ? YES NO
Provides Facilities near all neighborhoods YES NO
Compare CMT & Urban Rail
Annual Cost of Operations for CMT
• Add $123 million cost for 4 million van hours• Add $ 3 million cost for TC operations• Minus $55 million cost, fewer bus hours• Costs go up $71 million• + $91 million fares from new riders• Subsidy goes down $20 million
We Can do Better
BRT or Bus Rapid Transit is the cheaper way to reach more jobs and increase ridership
BRT in Curitiba
http://www.streetfilms.org/curitibas-brt/
350 TTPC vs 73 TTPC for Portland
Conclusion : CMT will …• Double the number of jobs that can be reached by public
transit• Enable riders to accomplish more tasks with one trip.• Enable workers from your neighborhood to get to jobs all
over Austin.• Improve public transit without racking up a $ billion debt.
For more details visit : CMT4Austin.org
QUESTIONS ?
Make a Presentation to Your NBHD Assoc ? NBHDs could lobby city and cap metro for better
service ? ANC resolution recommending CMT ? NBHD resolutions recommending CMT ?
Next Steps
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