Cellular Mass Transit (CMT) CMT4Austin

1. Cellular Mass Transit (CMT) CMT4Austin.org

2. Improve Public Transit with CMT Cut wait time Reduce travel time Provide shelter for transfers Expand Coverage Increase Ridership

3. Why Improve Public Transit ? Better Public Transit could save working poor $ 320 million a year Increase work destinations PT can reach Public Transit riders would jump 3 fold 80,000 riders x $4000 = $ 320 million/year

4. CMT = BRT + Shared Taxi Van Measures to speed bus travel Fast boarding gates Frequent Service Most vehicle miles by Van

5. Existing Service has Problems Too Slow Long Waits Poor Transfer Conditions

6. Conventional Bus is Too Slow22 mile trip takes 160 minutes

7. Poor Circulation in North Austin Existing Service Has gaps and 30 minute waits

8. CMT Service Would Be Faster 22 mile trip in 80 minutes

9. OLD WAY : MANY TO ONE CMT : MANY TO MANY

10. Transfer from Circulator to Express Transit Center Floor Plan

11. Most circulator routes have a bus every 30 minutes Conventional Service : CMT would have a van every 10 minutes

12. Circulator Route Vehicles : Van versus Bus

13. Why Improve Public Transit ?? Better Public Transit could save working poor $ 320 million / year 270,000 workers making less than $ 28,000 per year $30K /Year is minimum for Basic Economic Security CMT would increase work destinations PT can reach from 22% to 80% Ridership would jump 3 fold from 40,000 to 120,000 CMT would bring in 80,000 new riders The service would cost riders less than $2,000 per year Yet Cars Cost $6000 a year Riders would save $4000 per year 80,000 new riders times $4000 = $320 million /year in savings

14. 270,000 low wage workers making less than $28,000/YR Most are driving cars they can’t afford. Many need day care Bureau of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_12420.htm

15. BEST table : Low wage workers need day care and can’ afford cars http://www.wowonline.org/documents/BESTIndexforTheUnitedStates2010.pdf

16. Brookings Institute says : Only one-quarter of jobs in low- and middle-skill industries are accessible via mass transit within 90 minutes for the typical metropolitan commuter from Missed Opportunity: Transit and Jobs in Metropolitan America http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/Programs/Metro/jobs_transit/0512_jobs_transit.pdf

17. Employment by Zip Code 80 % of jobs are in low density areas, outside city center. Red numbers are employment, by zip code, in thousands. Data from : http://www.capcog.org/information-clearinghouse/tabular-data/ Commute and Labor Sheds by Zip Code, 2007

18. Employment Density & Trip Purpose More Travis County Employment is in Low Density than High Density : 420,000 vs 80,000 Most trips are NOT work related : 82% vs 18% WORK From National Household Travel Survey

19. Trip Berg 4% H2W-HD 16% H2W-LD 80% Non Work : Shopping, School, Church, etc

21. CMT would be Cellular Circulator Routes would converge on each Transit Center

22. Taxi Vans Feed Van Pools

23. Van Pools • Unpaid driver labor • Lowest cost per rider • 150,000 working at large employers • 30,000 new riders if 20% use VP • 3000 vans, $ 75 million

24. Transit Center Near Shopping Center • Grocery & Drug Store • Child Care at Community Center (CC) • Bike lockers & Bike Rentals • Car Share

25. TC + CC + Shopping A working mom can accomplish three tasks on the bus trip home from work : • Get to home TC by express bus • Buy groceries • Pickup kid from day care. • Take Circulator Van back to apartment

26. “In California, there are already a dozen TODs with child care”

27. Express Grid Routes Run by Express bus Every 10 minutes Connect 30 Transit Centers

28. Skip Stop Routes

29. CirculatorWait Time By Zip CodeOFF-PEAK MAPYellow - van every 10-12 minutes. Orange - van every 5-9 minutes. Green- Bus with 44 seats every 10 min MetroCellMapV2.Dpp

30. Does Any City Use CMT ? Many cities use Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Many cities use shared taxi CMT = BRT + Shared Taxi.

31. Shared Taxi Examples • Atlantic City, NJ • Capetown, South Africa • Peru, Turkey, Phillipines

32. Cape Town Train Station Minibus Taxi Boarding Area

33. A Taxi Van in Austin could be like the Sprinter Seats 14 + Wheel Chair High enough to stand in

35. Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Increases Ridership 250% increase for Miami 200% increase for Honolulu 85% increase for Boston

36. BRT in Curitiba http://www.streetfilms.org/curitibas-brt/

37. Capital Costs Per Rider • $100,000 • $130,000 to $1,000,000 • $2,500 • $1,250 • $ 800 • Commuter Rail : • Urban Rail : • Van Pool : • Express Bus : • Taxi Van : Commuter Rail : $100 Million / 1000 riders = $100,000 per rider Urban Rail in 2020: $1.7 billion / 1,600 riders > $1,000,000 Urban Rail in 2030: $1.7 billion / 13,000 riders = $130,000

38. Bang for the Buck $130,000 will buy either : One new train rider OR 52 new riders using Van Pools OR 83 new riders using Circulator Vans

39. Connections with CMT and UR CMT would reach 90% of Homes And 90% of Jobs. Percentage of All Possible Home to Work Trips = .90 x .90 = .81 or 81% for CMT UR would reach 9% of Homes and 20% of Jobs. Percentage of All Possible Home to Work Trips = .09 x .20 = .018 or 1.8% for UR

40. Compare CMT to UR

41. High density TODS at TCs - Part 1 START UP • Pick shopping center with Grocery Store • Add day care by renting a store front, • Add waiting room for vans by renting • Add bicycle lock up room by renting LATER • Build Community Center • Build Transit Center

42. High density TODS at TCs – Part 2 • City Relaxes parking requirements • City Zones Circulator Routes for higher density commercial and residential Developers Build on Circulator Routes : • Apartments • Office Buildings

43. Conclusion CMT will : Increase ridership three fold Reduce travel time and wait time Get 80,000 cars off the road Save Working Poor $320 million a year Enable 240,000 people to live car free For more details visit : CMT4Austin.org

44. Express bus route would start at Kramer station, then stop at Crestview, Highland, UT and end at Convention Station Kramer Stn Crestview Stn Green line is express bus headed south. Brown line is bus headed north. Dashed red line is commuter rail. UT Station Convention Stn

45. Kramer Station Circulator Routes Routes During Peak Hours Routes are run by vans Blue dot is Kramer stn. Red dashed line is commuter rail

46. UT and CBD Circulator Routes

47. Low Cost Plan Annual Rent

48. High Cost Plan

49. Calculate Average Riders per Vehicle Trip in Typical Zip Code