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St. Louis Streetcar Feasibility Study
Public Open HouseMarch 7, 2013
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Why a Streetcar for St. Louis?
Attract new residents
Attract new employers that want good access to transit
Create new jobs
Provide access to jobs, institutions, schools, grocerystores, medical services, and other destinations
Create pedestrian friendly urban environment
Provide alternatives to driving alone
Spur new development in growing corridors Enhance existing investments
Improve quality of life
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Streetcar Projects Nationwide
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Modern StreetcarsVEHICLES
Similar in look tolight-rail
Powered byoverhead electricalwires
Low floor boarding
STATIONS
Side Platforms Center Platforms Station Amenities
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Ridership
Purpose: Determine whether market exists for streetcarin St. Louis
Order-of-magnitude approach based on FTA AggregateRail Ridership Forecasting Model (ARRF)
Represents existing development and trip-makingpatternseffects of demographic change not estimated
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Daily Boardings (2013)
East/West Line 5,900 Central West End 1,300
Taylor/Scott to Taylor/Lindell 500
Lindell/Newstead to Lindell/Grand 1,100
Olive/Compton to Olive/16th - 1,300
Downtown St. Louis 1,700
North/South Line 1,800 Civic Center 800
Market/14th to Olive 100 Delmar to Florissant/St. Louis - 900
Total System 7,700
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Impacts on MetroLink
Additional trips to MetroLink from streetcar: 500
2,700 new riders for overall transit system
Majority of trips transfer from MetroLink to Streetcar
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Development Potential
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Existing Hot Spots
Existing destination points along proposed DowntownStreetcar route
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Potential Hot Spots with Streetcar
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8th and Olive Streets
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7th and Chestnut Streets
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Olive and Compton Streets
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Summary of Key Findings Market Analysis
Strong transit corridors
Employment concentration
Residential density
Ridership Analysis Strong ridership potential; approximately 7,700 daily riders
Complements MetroLink service
Development Potential Ripe for development
Potentially spur $540M development first five years, $2.1B over 20years
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Summary of Key Findings
Traffic Analysis Sufficient capacity along roadways
No negative impacts
Environmental Analysis No fatal flaws
Strong likelihood of federal funding Evaluation criteria
Delegation support
Stakeholders Strong local support
Political support
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Project Cost Estimates
Total Project: $271 million with Streetscaping
Total Project: $218 million with no Streetscaping
Total Operations: $9.7 million annually
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Financial Overview
Federal Funding 50 percent of capital costs funded through federal grants
State Funding No funding from State of Missouri
Local Funding Transportation Development District (TDD)
Farebox Revenues
Bus reconfiguration
Other potential local funding Parking Meter/Garage fees
Major hospitals, schools, non-profit institutions
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Implementation Next Steps
Open HouseMarch 7, 2013; 8 AM and 4-7 at Moto Museum
Adoption by East-West GatewayMarch 27, 2013
Fundraising ($300,000) and Letters of SupportMarch/April 2013
Environmental Assessment: Fall 2013 Fall 2014
Preliminary Engineering/Final Engineering: 2015
Construction: 2016/2017
Potential Opening: 2017/2018