Driving Progress:

April 14, 2012

Capital Metro At a Glance

Our business is connecting

people, jobs and communities by providing

quality transportation choices.

We traveled nearly 11 million miles last year and gave 33 million rides.

We move 120,000 riders each weekday.

MetroAirport route enhancements

Manor Park & Ride opening

MetroBike shelter opening at Kramer Station

New bus stop signage

New website

Hydrogen bus/CNG

MetroRail Friday/Saturday night service

Night Owl improvements

MetroRapid funding agreement

Driving Progress in 2012

MetroRapid purpose

• Provide high-quality, faster, more frequent and reliable transit for major corridors

• $47.6 million total project cost

• $38 million though FTA grant

Part of a larger plan

Included in 2004 All Systems Go! long-range transit plan

Reflected in regional Project Connect planning effort

What Is MetroRapid?

Convenient, high-capacity transit

• High frequency service

• Limited stops

• Travels 37 miles

• 77 stations

• Serves the densest population area and

highest ridership markets in region

• 40 new highly branded vehicles

• Two lines: 801: N. Lamar/S. Congress

803: Burnet/S. Lamar

• Less than $50 M

MetroRapid Benefits

• Real-time arrival info (web, stations, aps)• Improved travel time and reliability• Sleek new vehicles• Custom stations (seating, shade canopy, customer information)• Faster: Fewer stops Signal Priority Transit Priority lanes

• Real time = less waiting

Where will it go?

Crestview Station

The Domain

The University of Texas

Pickle Research Center

The Triangle

Seton Hospital

Downtown

Ladybird Lake

SoCo & SoLa

Westgate

Chinatown

St. Edward’s

Southpark Meadows

Capitol & State Offices

North Loop

Auditorium Shores

MetroRapid Features

More frequent: 10-minute peak service, 15-minute off-peak

More cost-efficient:(reduces per passenger trip costs as much as 40%)

More service (more frequent over longer hours)

More economic opportunities (TOD)

More customers

Limited Stops

Southpark Meadows

Downtown

North Lamar Transit Center

Oltorf/Congress

Lamar/Rundberg

Current Route 1L Boardings:North Lamar/South Congress

Future Rapid stop boardings per day

University of Texas

Rapid stops are high-volume stops

rapid stop boardings

Faster Service

Sample Trip:NLTC to SCTC

20%faster

Route 1

Route 101 (limited-stop flyer)

54 min

46 min

MetroRapid (801 proposed)

43 min

Faster Service

Sample Trip:Westgate to UT

20%faster

Route 3

31 min

MetroRapid (803 proposed)

24 min

Service Levels

Faster, more frequent service translates to increased passenger capacity on two of the busiest travel corridors.

>35%increase

>50%increase

Along N. Lamar/S. Congress

Current Service Levels

Along Burnet/S. Lamar

Timeline

Rte 801 (N. Lamar/S. Congress) Early 2014

Rte 803 (Burnet/S. Lamar) Late 2014

2014

The Future

Connecting a community & its people.

Questions?

MetroRapid

Downtown Stations:– Republic Square– Wooldridge Square– Capitol– Museum District

4th

Guadalupe

Lavaca

MetroRapid

Downtown Stations:– Republic Square– Wooldridge

Square– Capitol– Museum District

8th

Guadalupe

Lavaca

MetroRapid

Downtown Stations:– Republic Square– Wooldridge Square– Capitol– Museum District

12th

Guadalupe

Lavaca

MetroRapid

Downtown Stations:– Republic Square– Wooldridge Square– Capitol– Museum District

16th

Guadalupe

Lavaca