Light Rail Proposal June 15, 2016 Presentation to Mayor Steve Adler
Central Austin CDC Public Education Reach Citywide reach with posting privileges to 18,000 DL accounts Active ATXRail leadership in 27 civic organizations Social media reach to 11,018 accounts 1,200 rail petitioners Traditional media reach Sustained Resolutions of Support from organizations serving over 120,000 people including Traditional Neighborhood Organizations, Contact Teams, and UT Student Government
Political Feasibility of Rail and Roads Ballot Measures Zandan Polling March 2015 Baselice Poll commissioned by the Chamber and DAA June 2013
Political Feasibility of a Rail Ballot Measure Straw Polling of Urbanists on Social Media January 21, 2016 https://www.facebook.com/groups/atxurbanists/ permalink/1031611370224972
High Capacity Transit in the Post-Election Period Council Member Gregorio Casar February 11, 2016 Today, Council voted to kick off a conversation about putting transportation projects on the ballot in November. If there is a transportation bond this year, I believe we need to support transit with our limited dollars. Transportation is about much more than roads especially in a growing city like ours, he continued. I m prepared to advocate strongly for progressive mobility investments such as funding our most needed sidewalks, expanding bicycle lanes, supporting our bus system and even kicking off urban rail in Austin for the first time. Austin needs a real and complete transit system, and Austinites deserve the opportunity to support transit at the ballot box.
High Capacity Transit in the Post-Election Period Urban Transportation Commission February 9, 2016 Resolution passes with a 7-2 vote: WHEREAS, Mayor Adler has declared 2016 to be the Year of Mobility; WHEREAS, the Chair of the Mobility Committee, CM Ann Kitchen has set the intention to develop policies and programs which move people and not just cars; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Urban Transportation Commission recommends the City Council direct the City Manager to develop and present a high-capacity transit plan, including consideration of rail using existing data, that prioritizes high-density corridors and high-diversity populations, including a timeline and staged process for completing the plan in a timeframe which allows City Council to place the plan optionally on the November 2016 ballot.
High Capacity Transit in the Post-Election Period May 10, 2016 Urban Transportation Commission unanimously endorses a Light Rail minimum operable segment on the November 2016 ballot.
Minimum Operable Segment (MOS) Length: 5.3 miles Northern Terminus: Crestview Station, North Lamar and Airport Blvd. Southern Terminus: Republic Square, Guadalupe and 4th Streets Cost: $397.5 Million Weekday Ridership Estimate: 37,400 City Council Districts with Direct Service: 4, 7, and 9 City Council Districts with Red Line Connection: 1 and 6
MobilityATX Alignment 14.7 mi. Total Population: 136,450 196% more than Project Connect Source: 2010 Census based on population reported in census blocks which fall entirely or partially within a 1/2 mile buffer and May 2, 2014 Project Connect briefing to CCAG. Total Jobs: 171,206 77% more than Project Connect Source: 2013 LEHD Census data reported in census blocks which fall entirely or partially within a 1/2 mile buffer, with an added area of UT Campus west of IH-35 and May 2, 2014 Project Connect briefing to CCAG.
High Capacity Transit in the Post-Election Period
Comparing 2016 MOS to 2000 FTA MOS Length: 5.3 miles, cost: $397.5 million Captures entire transit shed of 2000 MOS, plus additional 23 miles of Red Line track via Crestview.
Phasing Minimum Operable Segment 5.3 mi Guadalupe-North Lamar Termini at Crestview/Republic Sq. Phase One 14.7 mi (inclusive of MOS) North Lamar Guadalupe East Riverside South Pleasant Valley Termini at Rundberg and Wm Cannon Phase Two 10.2 mi: South Lamar ABIA via Bergstrom Spur Termini at 71/290/Mopac interchange and ABIA Arrival Terminal. Phase Three Green Line through East Austin with service to Seaholm via Republic Square. Service to West Austin via Seaholm contingent on Brackenridge Tract development.
Funding The November 2016 initial ballot measure approves a system concept and the building and funding of the Guadalupe-North Lamar minimum operable segment. Local funds spent on the MOS can be leveraged to secure FTA New Starts funding on subsequent extensions on a 1:1 basis. Alternatively, first phase authorization can be leveraged for a full funding grant agreement to build a larger alignment than the MOS. With separate voter approval, alignments that serve the airport such as East Riverside, S Pleasant Valley, and the Bergstrom Spur are built and operated with revenue from the Hotel Occupancy Tax and Rental Car Tax. Subsequent ballot measures are composite. Each funding for construction of the active phase, project development, engineering and systems planning for next extensions.
No bundles, just clear choices for Austinites in 2016! A multimodal approach for the November 2016 election Proposition 1 - Rail A ballot measure approving a 10-district rail plan system concept. It authorizes funding to build a minimum operable segment on Guadalupe-North Lamar. Proposition 2 - Bike A ballot measure funding the build out of the Bicycle Master Plan advocated by Bike Austin. Proposition 3 - Sidewalk A ballot measure funding high priority sidewalks in the Sidewalk Master Plan. Proposition 4 - Corridors A ballot measure funding critical safety improvements to Imagine Austin corridors and local solutions for I-35 that improve the community and are supported by NCINC2 and Reconnect Austin.
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