Technology in Paradise Emerging Trends in Hawaii

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1 Technology in Paradise Emerging Trends in Hawaii World Bank-COTA-Transport News forum Shanghai, China July 7-9, 2017 Mark N Garrity AICP OC Global

2 Transportation Trends & Initiatives in Hawaii HART Rail Transit Project Transit Oriented Development Bike Share Universal Smart Card Lokahi City of Honolulu Operations Management Platform 2

3 Transportation in Honolulu Traditionally auto-oriented Little regard for pedestrians, bicycles or transit riders New initiatives, programs and projects are changing how people think about transportation 3

4 Challenges Retrofitting old infrastructure takes time and money Competing Priorities (e.g. bike vs. ped vs. bus vs. train) Paradigm shift for an auto-centric society Outdated Design Standards Removing vehicle lanes is still controversial Staff falls back onto old habits/practices

5 Honolulu Rail Transit Project Overview 5

6 Project Overview 6 Project includes 32-km of guideway, 21 stations, and Maintenance Facility

7 General Configuration 7 Platform Screen Gates Typical Station - Kalihi

8 Stations 8 Hoopili Station

9 Trains 9 Fleet of 20 trainsets (4-cars) 188 Total Seats per train 634 Passengers per train (Comfort Load 3.2 pax/m 2 ) Three (3) plug-type doors on side of each car (12 per train) Each railcar is 64 feet long and weighs 72,000 pounds Two roof-mounted air conditioning units Two powered trucks per car with all axles powered Closed-circuit TV cameras

10 Train Interiors 10 Wide Gangways Wide Doors / ADA Bicycle Racks Surfboard Racks

11 Construction Progress 11

12 Rail Operations Center acre Maintenance Facility 176,000 square feet of buildings

13 Station Construction 13 Pearl Highlands Ho opili UH West Oahu

14 Sustainable Features 14 4% Reduction in Island-wide Vehicle Miles Travelled (VMTs) Rail Operations Center LEED Silver Certified Diversion and tracking for demolitions and construction waste Intermittent escalators that slow to 25% speed when not in use Recycling receptacles for passengers Electric vehicle accommodation at park & rides Bicycle allowed on trains and racks available at stations

15 Rail Operations Center - LEED Silver 15 LEED New Construction (NC) 2.2 Operations and Service Building Maintenance of Way Building Train Wash Facility Wheel Truing Facility Sustainable Highlights Former brownfield site About 5% of parking stalls for electric vehicles About 5% of stalls for car/van pool Bicycle parking and showers for employees Water efficient landscaping and fixtures Controllable interior lights with automatic shutoff when not in use

16 Cultural Sustainability 16 Cultural Monitoring Landscape Design Mo olelo - Station Columns

17 Integrated Bus-Rail Vision 17 About 119,000 daily rail boardings in 2030 Concept

18 Transit-Oriented Development Plans 18 About 30,000 housing units are currently within walking distance of a rail station

19 Transit Oriented Development Leverage investment in transit Provide housing and other development near stations

20 Vision for TOD in Honolulu Existing: Existing: Future: Future:

21 Transit Oriented Development (TOD) TOD plans for ALL station areas Relaxed development standards Increased height limits

22 TOD (sort of) in Honolulu is happening now even without rail

23 Bike Share Hawaii Now open! Launched in June bikes / 100 stations

24 Protected Bicycle Lanes King Street opened 2014 South Street opened 2017 Network to be installed over next few years

25 Draft Conceptual Network of Protected Bike Lanes

26 Honolulu Integrated Transit Fare System

27 Smart Card and Real-Time Information Account-based system now in Final Design Full implementation begins in 2018 Real-time transit info available

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29 Bus installation Exiting farebox for cash collection will remain Smart card target will be mounted before farebox with minimal driver interaction Routers on board will allow for real time connection

30 Rail stations Ticket Vending Machines (TVMs) Faregates & Wheelchair ADA Access 7 languages at TVMs Customer Information Phones linked to ROC Information brochures in other languages beside the TVMs

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44 And Hawaii is still on board with the Paris Climate Accord! 44

45 Mahalo! Working together, let s develop clean, efficient transportation solutions to create livable and sustainable cities designed for PEOPLE