Upload
others
View
7
Download
0
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
1. Welcome
2. Meeting Goals and Objectives
3. WTMF Accomplishments
4. WTMF Phase II Mid-Term Program Elements
5. WTMF Path Forward
2
AAG Meeting #2 – July 13, 2016
Agenda
• Provide update• Solicit input on WTMF Phase II Program Concepts
and endorsement to take to the public
3
MMeeting Goals and Objectives
What we Plan to Do
4
PPhase II Public Process
Public Process• Ongoing effort to engage and inform stakeholders and public in the
following ways:
• WILMAPCO’s eNews and Transporter
• Wilmington Initiatives eMail blasts
• Wilmington Initiatives Joint Technical/Steering Committee meetings
• Wilmington Initiatives Public Workshop
• City of Wilmington Mayor’s Office Briefing
• Wilmington City Council Briefing
• Wilmington City Council Public Works & Transportation Committee
• Update state representatives and senators representing the City of Wilmington
SShort-term 1-2 Years (2015-2016)
MMid-term 3-5 Years (2017-2019)
7
AAccomplishments
*33% Reduction between May 2014 and June 2016
May 2014 1,078January 2015 965May 2015 965January 2016 827June 2016 722
Rodney Square Trips by Service Period:May 2014 to June 2016
• Rodney Square improvements • Operational Analysis• 4th Street Transit corridor• Bus Stop Prototype• Traffic Analysis• Orange Street conversions • Tatnall Street Site• Wilmington Transit Center (Porter Site)
8
PProgram Elements
Mid-Term Program
9
10
11
12
COMPREHENSIVE OPERATIONS ANALYSIS – WTMF PRINCIPLES
• PPrinciple 2: Continue to grow transit ridership through DTC’s focus on service quality and with movement towards an optimal transit network.
• Principle 3: Transit locations and service must be convenient for existing and emerging patterns of ridership, utilizing O/D data to inform decisions.
• Principle 4: Cost-effective transit service delivery and revenue generation are essential for DTC.
• Principle 8: Transit must be safe, secure, attractive, customer friendly, meet ADA accessibility standards and serve the needs of multi-modal users in order to serve existing riders and increase new riders to the system.
13
Operations Analysis
COMPREHENSIVE OPERATIONS ANALYSIS – ROUTE EVALUATION
14
Segment TripsRiders
(tota l on & off)Riders per
revenue hourNet cost per rider
Recovery ratio
Downtown 103 686 100.5 (0.13)$ 1.22
Wests ide 106 812 63.9 0.22$ 0.77
Barley Mi l l Plaza 106 440 19.4 2.33$ 0.24
Centrevi l le Rd 8 15 7.3 7.93$ 0.08
Tota l - 1953 44.13 0.63$ 0.53
Route 4 Weekday Summary
Operations Analysis
COMPREHENSIVE OPERATIONS ANALYSIS – ROUTE EVALUATION
15
OOperations Analysis
Operations Analysis
COMPREHENSIVE OPERATIONS ANALYSIS
• IImprove transit services in high ridership corridors – 4th Street and N. Market Street
• High frequency corridors – 15 minute peak headways or better by coordinating schedules– Christiana Mall (Routes 33 and 40) – Delaware / Pennsylvania Ave (Routes 6 and 10)– Maryland Ave (Routes 5 and 9)– DuPont Highway (Routes 22 and 25)– New Castle Avenue (Routes 15 and 17)
• Simplify service patterns• Clock repetitive headways• Reduce duplicative Downtown trips – Combine routes 3 and 17 • Expand commuter services • Enhanced service to suburban job centers• Reduce service on unproductive segments
17
Operations Analysis
4TH STREET / N. MARKET TRANSIT CORRIDOR – INITIAL CONCEPT
18
OR INITIAL CONCEPT
OOperations Analysis
19
Initiatives June 2016 UpcomingCoordinate routes by corridor
- Christiana Mall - New Castle Ave
- 4th Street & N. Market Transit Corridor - Concord Ave / Pike- DuPont Highway- Maryland Avenue
Reduce duplicative Downtown trips
- Combine routes 3 & 17- Timed transfer at Christiana Mall
- Combine routes 9 & 24
Simplify service patterns
- Routes 15 & 17 - Routes 1, 2, 11 & 35
Clock headways - Routes 5, 6 & 15 - Routes 1, 2, 11 & 18
Improve expressservices
- Routes 16 & 39 - Routes 301, 302 & 45
Enhance service to suburban job centers
- Routes 28, 48 & 59
Reduce service on unproductive segments
- Route 16 - Route 10 – Kennett Pike- Route 25 - Delaware City- Route 35 -Dartmouth Woods
SERVICE IMPLEMENTATION PRIORITIES
Operations Analysis
20
MMid-Term Program
4th Street Corridor• Identified by WTMF study as major transit corridor• Union Street to Church Street
• Existing bus stops approximately every block
• Consolidation of bus stops to improve performance and support service recommendations
• Bus Stop Recommendations Plan developed including classification of bus stops as Minor, Major or Transfer
• Developed prototype infrastructure improvements for all recommended stop locations
• Studied expanded infrastructure improvements for selected locations, particularly transfer stops, requiring more space to accommodate larger volume of bus patrons
44tth Street––Existing Conditions
44tth Street––Recommendations
TTypical Bus Stop Existing Conditions
Existing Franklin Street Bus Stop
GOALS• Provide amenities• Provide area for buses to stop in travel lanes• Avoid conflicts with existing features• Improve pedestrian accessibility and safety
PPrototype Bus Bulb
• Bus bulbs created by extending sidewalk• New bus stop amenities• Accommodates one bus in most cases• Improves pedestrian crossings• Improves bus travel times• Minimizes parking impacts
25
TTypical Bus Stop/Shelter Location
Typical Features
• Multiple bus stop signs needed to display route decals
• Limited interior lighting
• Non-translucent roof
• Lack of bus stop name/ID
• Limited amenities
• Temporary passenger information signage
26
27
28
44th Street Transfer Block
29
44th Street Transfer Block
PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC ANALYSIS
• Current street patterns focus bus operations on Rodney Square– Two major eastbound streets in the north end of
downtown are 10th Street and 11th Street– One major southbound street in downtown is King
Street• To address this issue the WTMF team analyzed, at a
planning level, what would happen if four one-way streets were converted to two-way operations
• This is not a detailed operational analysis, it just proves whether the concept has merit
30
TTraffic Analysis
SCOPE OF TWO-WAY CONVERSIONS—NORTH-SOUTH• Orange Street would be one lane in each direction
between 4th Street and 12th Street– Analysis showed limited traffic diversion to southbound
Orange Street, even when extended as far south as MLK Jr Boulevard
• King Street would be two lanes southbound and one lane northbound between 4th Street and 12th Street
• Walnut Street would be two lanes northbound and one lane southbound from NORTH OF 4th Street to 12th Street– Three northbound lanes will be maintained through the 4th
Street signal, dropping to two after the intersection
31
TTwo-Way Traffic Analysis
SCOPE OF TWO-WAY CONVERSIONS—EAST-WEST
• 12th Street would be converted to two-way between Delaware Avenue and Walnut Street– Three lanes westbound and one lane eastbound
between Delaware Avenue and Washington Street– Two lanes in each direction between Washington Street
and Walnut Street
32
TTwo-Way Traffic Analysis
33
TTwo-Way Traffic Analysis
PHASED APPROACH TO TWO-WAY CONVERSION
• PPhase I – Create a bus-only lane southbound on Orange Street– Presented in detail today
• Future– Convert Walnut and King Streets to two-way– Convert all or a portion of 12th Street to two-way
34
Orange Street Two-Way Conversion
ORANGE STREET – TWO-WAY CONVERSION BUS ROUTING
• Currently King Street is the primary southbound bus street and Orange Street and Walnut/French Streets are the two northbound bus streets
• Orange Street two-way / bus only lane permits second southbound bus street
• Split pattern so that approximately: – ½ of southbound buses use King Street– ½ of southbound buses use Orange Street– ½ of northbound buses use Walnut/French Streets– ½ of northbound buses use Orange Street
35
OOrange Street Two-Way Conversion
Pattern – All Routes
36
Transit Passenger Enhancements• Rodney Square• Tatnall Street (11th to 12th)• Orange Street (4th to 12th)• 4th Street (Union to N. Church)• Wilmington Transit Center
12TH STREET TO 10TH STREET
10TH STREET TO 8TH STREET
BURTON PLACE TO 6TH STREET
6TH STREET TO 4TH STREET
ORANGE STREET – CHANGES TO ON-STREET PARKING
41
Block Existing Spaces Proposed Spaces Change
400 9 8 -1
500 8 0 -8
600 4 0 -4
700 6 0 -6
800 12 7 -5
900 6 0 -6
1000 7 7 0
1100 0 0 0
Orange Street Subtotal 52 21 -31
King Street 0 12 +12
Total 52 33 -19
BUSES PER HOUR – PEAK PERIOD
Location Fall 2015 Proposed Change % Change
11th at Rodney Square 41 17 (24) -59%
King at Rodney Square 30 12 (18) -60%
10th at Rodney Square 23 23 - no change
King at 5th 64 33 (31) -48%
Orange at 5th northbound 35 24 (11) -31%
Orange at 5th southbound 0 20 +20
Orange at 11th northbound 34 18 (16) -47%
Orange at 11th southbound 0 20 +20
Walnut at 4th northbound 31 35 +3 +9.7%
French at 9th northbound 22 23 +1 +4.8%
Walnut at 9th northbound 6 6 - no change
42
Draft: Assumes Orange Street southbound buses from 12th to 4th. Proposed routes and frequencies may be revised and buses per hour may change.
K PERIOD
Orange Street Southbound Buses
BUSES PER HOUR – MID-DAY
Location Fall 2015 Proposed Change % Change
11th at Rodney Square 22 7 (15) -68%
King at Rodney Square 15 4 (11) -73%
10th at Rodney Square 9 7 (2) -22%
King at 5th 32 15 (17) -53%
Orange at 5th northbound 18 18 0 no change
Orange at 5th southbound 0 14 +14
Orange at 11th northbound 17 10 (7) -41%
Orange at 11th southbound 0 14 +14
Walnut at 4th northbound 17 17 0 no change
French at 9th northbound 12 11 -1 -8%
Walnut at 9th northbound 3 6 +3 +100%
43
Draft: Assumes Orange Street southbound buses from 12th to 4th. Proposed routes and frequencies may be revised and buses per hour may change.
Orange Street Southbound Buses
LLocation – Tatnall Street Site
LLocation – Porter Site
Transit Center –Ground Level
LLocation – Porter Site
Transit Center –Parking Deck Concept
47
MMid-Term Program
Other Ongoing Efforts
• Four 30-foot replacement buses are budgeted for FY17
• Ongoing discussions with JP Morgan Chase and Barclays Bank to provide transit services replacing their employee shuttles
• Applied for Low-No Grant for Electric buses
• Would use in Wilmington when final layover locations are completed (Tatnall Street and Wilmington Transit Center - Porter Site)
• App based Real Time information should be available by December 2016
• Consultant has been retained to evaluate Fare Media
• 4th Street transit corridor• Tatnall Street layover • Wilmington Transit Center (Porter Site)• Orange Street conversions
48
PProgram Elements
Mid-Term Program
49
PPath Forward
Work Left to Do…• Implementation of WTMF Final Report
recommendations will continue
• Short and Mid Term recommendations development continues
• Some Mid-Term recommendations will become separate projects for the next phase
• DTC to encourage Public Private Partnerships (P3) for funding support
• WTMF Project oversight will transition to Wilmington Initiatives