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1 Bellevue City Coun il Public Hearing Sound ransit proposal for Light Rail across I-90 by Jim Horn Chairman, Eastside ransportation Association June 26, 2006 June 26,

2 140% Percent of Unmet rue emand Served 120% 100% 118% 101% 95% 80% 60% 40% 32% 19% 20% 11% 14% 0% M HOV/ransit HC Art'l Capacity I-405 Capacity I-405 Express Rdwy Capacity $90.00 $80.73 $80.00 aily Cost per Added Person Served $70.00 $60.00 $50.00 $51.43 $40.00 $30.00 $20.00 $10.00 $22.61 $10.98 $9.00 $4.55 $5.54 $- M HOV/ransit HC Art'l Capacity I-405 Capacity I-405 Express Rdwy Capacity June 26, A Inc., 19 June 06

3 Mode Share vs. ensity (National, Urban, without New York area) Mode Share 100.0% 90.0% 80.0% 70.0% 60.0% 50.0% 40.0% 30.0% 9.2% 7.6% 6.4% 7.8% 8.5% 10.7% 17.3% 0.0% 0.2% 0.1% 0.3% 0.1% 0.6% 0.2% 0.2% 0.5% 0.6% 0.1% 0.9% 6.2% 2.0% 90.5% 92.0% 93.0% 91.3% 90.5% 87.2% 76.5% 25.0% 0.7% 20.3% 60.2% Bike/Walk axi ransit Auto 20.0% 10.0% 0.0% ,000 1,000-2,000 2,000-4,000 4,000-10,000 10,000-25,000 >25,000 Persons/sq. mi. # Aug 04 H://2103/ata/National/Mode Share by ensity.xls - National Urban w o NY ensity is primary variable for transit ridership June 26,

4 Population by ensity Groups for US & Puget Sound (2000, by Census ract, King/Pierce/Snohomish) 45% 40% 40.2% 35% Percentage of Population 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 15.3% 14.5% 7.4% 8.1% 7.8% 11.4% 9.1% 17.2% 28.1% 21.8% 7.7% National Puget Snd (3 cnty) 5% 2.1% 4.3% 3.9% 1.1% 0% > Persons/sq. mi. H://2103/ata/Census/3 Cnty Census r 2000.xls - US-3 County Comparison tab June 26,

5 ensity of Eastside Cities (2000) Kirkland 4,220 Bellevue Mercer Island 3,564 3,452 Renton Redmond Bothe ll 2,940 2,849 2,845 CIY OF SEALE (6,700) Sammamish Newcastle Woodinville North Bend Issaquah 1,889 1,732 1,630 1,612 1,331 Seattle Urbanized Area average (2,285) Snoqualm ie 317-1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 Persons/sq. m ile 2103/data/census/density of selected/citie June 26,

6 City of Seattle ominates ransit rips 2020 ransit rips 2020 All Person-rips Seattle- Seattle 67% Suburb 14% Seattle- Suburbs 19% Suburb- Suburb- Suburb 76% Seattle- Seattle 15% S e a t t l e - S u b u r b s 9 % June 26,

7 Percent of aily Person-rips by ransit (Central Puget Sound) 7% 6% 5% 4% 6% PSRC 1995 Projection PROJECE by PSRC 5.9% 4.6% 3% 2% 3.5% 2.7% 3.0% 2.5% PSRC 2004 Projection 1% 0% (Sources: PSRC, Nationa ransit atabase, A) June 26,

8 Problems with Light Rail on I-90 Safety on the bridge It s s never been done - major modifications required Land to bridge transition - slow to 10mph 98% capacity - frequent shutdowns unnel access limitation - BR flexible edicated use of reversible lanes unwise rain every 5 miles or bus every mile Shifting traffic overloads the GP/HOV lanes ravel times longer with LR than BR WSO Report not yet available - Summary only LR does not serve the information age June 26,

9 Eastside LR would cost more than 4 times the cost of a superior BR system East King Subarea - Phase II BR vs LR Capital Costs (2005 $millions) $8,000.0 $7,000.0 $6,000.0 $5,000.0 $4,000.0 $3,000.0 $2,000.0 $1,000.0 $0.0 riple axes?? Quadruple axes?? Extend Program to 2050?? ouble axes & Bond to new Max thru 2020 BR+HOV $6,860m otem Lake Issaquah CB Redmond CB o NE 40th Seattle to $1,550m $270m Bel CB Existing $1280 ax & Bond Capacity $1160 LR+HOV LR System BR Vehicles, Base, Stations HOV Access/P&R Lots/ransit Centers Prepared by the EA Research Committee: Jim MacIsaac; P.E.; r.will Knedlik; r. Rich Harkness; r. Bill Eager, Chair EastsideA.com June 26,

10 he Advantages of Bus Rapid ransit over Light Rail ransit LR BR/HOV replaces some express buses limited coverage Limited capacity 20 to 40 years to implement builds on successful express bus system and HOV lane connects all centers Lower cost, higher capacity In place by 2010 North - gate East King Subarea otem Lake Redmond Issaquah Burien Renton Everett acoma S.200th Phase I Phase II? Phase III? Monroe East King Subarea Puyallup Redmond Renton Kent Issaquah June 26,

11 Summary on t t fall in love with a transportation mode and try to implement it at any and all costs Know your customer and tools available choose wisely Congestion is the problem don t t spend money on anything that doesn t t help reduce congestion. June 26,