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S.F. Bay Area East Bay S.F. Bay Area East Bay Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Programs Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Programs Programs San Diego Chapter of ITE Programs San Diego Chapter of ITE September 3, 2009 September 3, 2009

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S.F. Bay Area East BayS.F.BayAreaEastBayy y Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Programs San Diego Chapter of ITE San Diego Chapter of ITEego pe o September 3, 2009 ego pe o September 3, 2009 1 Contra Costa Counties • Alameda –Pop. 1.4M • Contra Costa –Pop. 950K • 21 million annual trips made in the Bay • Over 600 miles of Area freewayOver600milesoffreeway 2

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S.F. Bay Area East Bay S.F. Bay Area East Bay y yBus Rapid Transit (BRT)

Programs

y yBus Rapid Transit (BRT)

ProgramsPrograms

San Diego Chapter of ITE

Programs

San Diego Chapter of ITE ego p e oSeptember 3, 2009

ego p e oSeptember 3, 2009

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S.F. East Bay and Project AreaS.F. East Bay and Project Area

Bay Area consists of 9 counties• 21 million annual trips made in the Bay

Area• Over 600 miles of freewayOver 600 miles of freeway

East Bay comprised of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties• Alameda – Pop. 1.4M • Contra Costa – Pop. 950K

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Program BackgroundProgram BackgroundEast Bay SMART Corridors program was initiated in 2001 to deliver a multimodal system along the regional arterials in the East BayProject has integrated traffic Project has integrated traffic management, transit management and emergency management systemsProject was launched in May 2004

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East Bay SMART Corridors P D i ti

East Bay SMART Corridors P D i tiProgram DescriptionProgram Description

A multimodal program to increase efficiency and safetyp g y yThe focus of the program is on the arterialsThe program is a partnership of 25 federal, regional, and local agenciesAlameda County Congestion Management Agency (CMA) is the lead agency for planning design construction is the lead agency for planning, design, construction, maintenance and management of the system

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29-Agency Partnership29-Agency PartnershipAlameda County CMA

AC Transit

City of Dublin

City of Pinole

Contra Costa

Transportation Livermore-Amador V ll T it

Cit f El C it Cit f Ri h dpAuthority

Valley Transit Authority

City of El Cerrito

City of Richmond

West Contra Costa Transportation

Advisory Committee

Western Contra Costa Transit

Authority City of Emeryville

City of Oakland

MetropolitanMetropolitan

Transportation Commission

Alameda County

City of Hayward

City of Pleasanton

Federal Highway Administration

Contra Costa County City of El Cerrito City of San Leandro

Federal Transit Administration

City of Albany

City of Hercules

City of San Pablo

California Department of Transportation City of Berkeley City of Livermore

City of Union City &

Union City Transit

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California Highway

Patrol

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East Bay SMART Corridor East Bay SMART Corridor yGoals

yGoals

Improve transportation mobility, p o e t a spo tat o ob ty,efficiency and safetyImprove transit service and encourage transit ridership encourage transit ridership Reduce congestion and improve incident management Provide timely, multi-modal transportation information to transportation managers and to the public

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the public

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Current Project C id

Current Project C idCorridorsCorridors

San Pablo Avenue from Hercules to San Pablo Avenue from Hercules to Oakland E. 14th/International/ Broadway from San Leandro to Oakland Telegraph Avenue from Oakland to B k lBerkeleyTri-Valley – Livermore, Pleasanton and Dublin

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Dublin

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Project FundingProject Fundingj gj g

San Pablo Ave Corridor – $18mInternational Telegraph – $20mTri-Valley: $15m

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San Pablo Corridor CharacteristicsSan Pablo Corridor Characteristics

14-mile long corridorIncludes 7 cities in 2 counties Half of route on state highwayg yCorridor population - est. 135,000Density - 11 000-18 000 per square mileDensity - 11,000-18,000 per square mileHeavily low income - 14% of population below poverty line

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below poverty lineCompleted in 2003

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International–Telegraph CharacteristicsInternational–Telegraph Characteristicsg pg p

18 miles 128 traffic signals128 traffic signals30,000 passengers per dayFrom Bayfair BART station to UC Berkeley CampusCompleted 2007Next Phase – Dedicated lanes,

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currently Environmental Phase

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Tri-Valley CharacteristicsTri-Valley Characteristicsyy

18 miles 82 traffic signalsFrom Lawrence Livermore From Lawrence Livermore Lab to Pleasanton/Dublin BARTOut to Bid – Completion 2010

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Rapid Bus Deployment GoalsRapid Bus Deployment Goalsp p yp p y

Reasonable cost Can address traffic engineering concerns regarding side street impactsCan be implemented with existing infrastructureEase of maintenance Ease of implementation and operation

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Ease of implementation and operation

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Definition of Rapid BusDefinition of Rapid Buse o o pe o o p

Headway based schedule w/ maximum 10 minute headwaysStops one-half to two-thirds of a mile apart, on averageAs many stops far side as possibley p pSignal coordination, transit signal priority, queue jump lanesRecognizable shelters, with Rapid branding and bus arrival g , p ginformation signsRecognizable vehicles, with Rapid branding and features which

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g p greduce dwell time

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Transit Priority ApplicationTransit Priority Application

Transit Priority is based on a headway systemheadway system• If the bus is behind the pre-

established headway, the request is granted

• If the bus is ahead of the scheduled headway the request is deniedheadway, the request is denied

• The headway is independent of travel direction

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Transit Priority Application( t )

Transit Priority Application( t )(cont.)(cont.)

Transit Priority is granted using either:• Early Green • Extension of Main Street Green• Currently set at 10% of cycle length or 10 seconds, based on

typical cycle lengths of 90 to 100 seconds

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Transit Priority ApplicationTransit Priority ApplicationDetection is based on Optical Detection –“Opticom”Opticom• Detection zone is set 400 feet from intersection• Based on 10 second arrival time to the

i t tiintersectionLogic is performed locally at the controller levellevel• Type 170 controller with BI Trans 233 firmware• Type 170 controller with Caltrans C-8 firmware

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• 2070 & NEMA controllers with Naztec firmware

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Transit Priority Functional Transit Priority Functional SpecificationsSpecifications

Transit priority operates for pre timed semi actuated and Transit priority operates for pre-timed, semi-actuated, and fully-actuated intersectionsTransit priority functions in free running and coordinated p y gmodesTransit priority sequence operates by ending an opposing phase early to give an early green or extending the green phase early to give an early green or extending the green interval with the transit priority callVehicle and pedestrian phases are not skipped to serve an

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p p ppopposing transit priority call

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Transit Priority Functional Transit Priority Functional Specifications (cont.)Specifications (cont.)

Transit priority calls are non-locking Transit priority sequence Transit priority calls are non-locking. Transit priority sequence terminates in the absence of a call.After serving a transit priority call, signal returns to normal operation within the next cycle under coordination modewithin the next cycle, under coordination mode.Transit priority calls are served on a first come first served basis.There are four (4) user settable headway time intervals selectable th h ti f d d d f k t bl through a time-of-day and day-of-week table. A reporting capability to record all TSP activities, including amount of green time reallocation

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Line 72R – San Pablo Rapid Bus TransitO ti l Si J 30 2003

Line 72R – San Pablo Rapid Bus TransitO ti l Si J 30 2003Operational Since June 30, 2003Operational Since June 30, 2003

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Results and Performance MeasuresResults and Performance Measurese e o ce e ee e o ce e e

Rapid Bus Program Results based on Before and p gAfter studies:• 19% mode shift from single auto• 77% i i id hi ( d t Li it d • 77% increase in ridership (compared to Limited

during peak hours)• 17% reduction in travel time (compared to limited)( p )

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Livermore Amador Transit BRTLivermore Amador Transit BRT

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Signature StopsSignature Stops

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Amenities ConceptsAmenities ConceptsAmenities ConceptsAmenities Concepts

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Queue Jump LanesQueue Jump Lanes

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Bus Arrival InformationBus Arrival Informationo oo o

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Off-Board Ticket Vending Machines

Off-Board Ticket Vending MachinesMachinesMachines

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Additional Additional Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.

Anush Nejad, Project ManagerInformation and ContactInformation and Contact

j , j g510-625-0712

[email protected]

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