V03 APTA Multimodal Operations Planning Workshop August 2016 Green Line LRT
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Where do we grow from here? How can we accommodate an additional 1.3 million people and 600,000 jobs over the next 50-60 years? where will they live? where will they work? how will they travel? what are the implications? 12
new suburbs auto focus revitalized inner city walk, bike & transit focus
14 Saving energy Personal and Commercial Travel daily vehicle kilometres travelled 81 million 48 million ~40% Business as Usual Approved Plan Difference Source: Land Use and Travel Plan It Calgary and Calgary Metropolitan Plan: Scenario Series; 2011 July
15 Other Benefits Saves land; more inclusive (mobility for all); more natural areas saved
16 Challenges Greenfield land use momentum Ring freeway with competing attributes Investments required, limited funds - cycling - transit - complete streets
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18 Growth Management - where we grow & when Redevelopment/TOD - in nodes & corridors Complete Streets new standards Primary Transit Network implementation
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Primary Transit Network characteristics Frequency: 10 minutes or better. Span of Service: 15 hours/day, seven days/week. Speed & Directness: Transit First philosophy. Enhanced crosstown service. Service Reliability: All service operates within 0 minus 3 minutes of scheduled time. Increased Capacity: Sufficient service to meet demand. 20
21 Primary Transit Network to support Nodes and Corridors
22 Primary Transit Corridor LRT Corridor Commuter Rail High Speed Rail
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RouteAhead: A 30-Year Strategic Plan for Transit in Calgary 24
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27 Core Principles for Transit in Calgary CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE Make it easy to use. Safe, accessible, clean, convenient, comfortable and reliable. Address barriers to use for non-users. NETWORK PLANNING Match transit to land use. Focus investment on increasing ridership. Evolve from radial network to connective grid. FINANCING TRANSIT Meet near-term revenue/cost ratio (50/50 to 55/45). Meet capital funding objectives of Investing in Mobility. Take care of and optimize use of what we own.
RouteAhead 30-Year Rapid Transit Network 28
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Future BRT Station Features 31
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Transitway segment: 14 Street at 90 Avenue SW 34
35 Brampton Züm Photos: City of Brampton
36 Winnipeg Transitway Photos: City of Winnipeg
37 York Region VIVANext Photos: VIVANext.com
38 Gatineau RapiBus Photos: rapibus.sto.ca
Implementing New Strategic Directions in the Green Line Corridor 39
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Calgary Route 301 North-Downtown-West (2004) Route 305 Bowness / 17 Ave SE (2008) Route 302 SE / Downtown (2009) Route 300 Airport / Downtown (2011) Route 306 Westbrook / Heritage (2012) 40
BRT in the Green Line Corridor Today Limited stop service (800 metre spacing) Buses operating in mixed traffic (for the most part ) Transit signal priority at intersections; some queue jumps Articulated buses (in some cases ) Park and ride lots Arterial High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane on Centre Street North Peak-period transit-only lanes on 9 Avenue SE 41
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53 Project History North Segment 1967 Early documents showing a North LRT line connecting downtown and communities 1980s Nose Creek Valley alignment identified 1980s-2000s Land set aside in Harvest Hills Boulevard (Centre Street in new communities) 2009 Calgary Transportation Plan and Municipal Development Plan updated Support for review of alignment south of Beddington Trail 2011-2014 Alignment review and approval to initiate functional planning for Centre Street corridor
Project History Southeast Segment 1980 s early planning/vision for Southeast LRT 1999-2012 2012 2013 2014 series of functional planning studies for route selection and station locations confirmed need for LRT, approved modern low-floor LRT technology, and received funding from Province for $12 million project to conduct LRT predesign and TOD planning in absence of sufficient funds for LRT, developed staging plan for transitway with future conversion to LRT initiated transitway/lrt predesign and TOD planning 54
2012-2014 Bus Overload Hot Spots 55 Basis for Business Case 35,000 average weekday in North: passengers on buses on improving Centre Street north of downtown in 2014 capacity and reliability North Segment: Capacity to Handle Current Demand Estimated Green Line 2025 LRT ridership: 90,000 140,000 average weekday passengers
56 Basis Southeast for Segment: Capacity to Handle Growth Business Population/Employment Case in Southeast: planned growth Doubling of Population and Jobs in Southeast Calgary in 10-15 years Redevelopment potential in many areas Recent examples: Quarry Park, Canadian Pacific headquarters, South Health Campus
57 Green Line Operating Concept defined in 2014 Low-floor LRT Confirmed through analysis of lifecycle cost analysis of BRT, LRT and Automated Rail Rapid Transit High capacity consists and headways i.e. not a streetcar Flexibility in operating environment/character areas Variety of at-grade, elevated and underground segments
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