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Transit With Bikesharing: Overview of Practice and Potential
March 14, 2012
Darren BuckFTA Office of Research, Demonstration and
Innovation (on detail)
Contents• Why?
– First/ last mile trip importance– Avoid line diversions– Service interruptions– Operating cost recovery
• How?– Station co-location– System co-branding– Surrounding bike facilities– Targeted population subsidies
• Future?
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• Future?– Roundtrip workday fleets– Common farecard– Connect median transit to TOD– ITS integration
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First / Last Mile Trip Importance
In‐vehicle i
Walk Time Initial Wait i
Transfer iTime Time Time
Average 1.0 2.2 2.1 2.5
Range 1.0 0.8‐4.4 0.8‐5.1 1.1‐4.4
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Exhibit 3-9, “Relative Importance of Travel Time Components for Work Trips,” TCRP Report No. 100 - Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual—2nd Edition, 2003.
Why? How? Future?
Avoiding Deviations
• Washington DC’s Union Station g– Most common 2011 origin/ destination
for bikeshare trips to/from USDOT bikeshare station*
– For commuter rail/ Amtrak riders, avoids two transfers to/on Metrorail
– Avoids $2.15 in subway fare each way**– Peak period six minute predicted time
i h ***savings each way***
*Capital Bikeshare 2011 data presented at JDLand.com**Peak-of-the-peak non-discounted fare only, does not account for CaBi membership costs***Google Maps predicted travel time difference between modes at peak time period
Why? How? Future?
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Service interruptions
• Capital Bikeshare bridges Metrorail service outagesCapital Bikeshare bridges Metrorail service outages– Oct 2010 weekend shutdowns*
• BorisBikes and London Underground strike**
*Greater Greater Washington, Oct 2010, http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/7521/take‐cabi‐during‐this‐weekends‐metro‐trackwork/**Fuller, D., Sahlqvist, S., Cummins, S., Ogilvie, D. The impact of public transportation strikes on use of a bicycle share program inLondon: Interrupted time series design. 2012, ,Preventive Medicine 54, 74–76
Why? How? Future?
Operating Cost Recovery
System Cost Recovery
Capital Bikeshare (DC) 120%*
Capital Bikeshare (VA) 53%*
B‐Cycle Denver Approx 100%**
Nice Ride Minneapolis Approaching 100%**
*DeMaio, P. “Capital Bikeshare Striving to Become Financially Self‐Sufficient,” The Bike‐
Why? How? Future?
, p g y ,Sharing Blog, http://bike‐sharing.blogspot.com/2012/02/capital‐bikeshare‐striving‐to‐become.html**Virginia Tech Studio Class, “Capital Bikeshare Study: A Closer Look at Casual Users and Operations,” Jan 2012, http://ralphbu.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/vt‐bike‐share‐study‐final3.pdf
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Station Co‐location
• San Francisco Bay Areay• RFP closes 3/21/12• Nodes of system
separated by 50 miles, connected by Caltrain
• http://www.baaqmd.gov/Divisions/Administration/RFP-RFQ/Open-RFP-RFQ.aspxQ p
Why? How? Future?
Station Co‐location
• Orange County g yTransportation Authority
• Funded by FTA Bus Livability Program grant
• 15 stations, 150 bikes oriented around Metrolink in Fullerton
Graphic: The Orange County Register, Jan 26th, 2012, http://www.ocregister.com/articles/bike‐337515‐program‐octa.html?graphics
Why? How? Future?
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Arlington ‐ Connecting to Metrorail
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http://www.bikearlington.com/pages/bikesharing/arlington‐bikeshare‐transit‐development‐plan/map‐gallery/
Why? How? Future?
Arlington ‐ Connecting to Buslines
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http://www.bikearlington.com/pages/bikesharing/arlington‐bikeshare‐transit‐development‐plan/map‐gallery/
Why? How? Future?
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System Co‐Branding and Mapping“Common liveries and ‘branding’ for vehicles, stops, maps, and timetables help passengers appreciate that a public transport
• Very few systems worldwide share branding with their counterpart transit system
• Sponsorship/advertising is a further obstacle• Maps and Apps could be shared (Boston pursuing)
system really does work as a network…”‐‐Paul Mees, Transport for Suburbia
All pictures courtesy of godcgo.com
Why? How? Future?
Bike Travel Facilities Near Stations
• Important for bike/transit integration p ggenerally
• Especially important for bikeshare– Generally less experienced riders– Slower heavier bicycles
• Demonstrated correlation between bikeshare and bike lanes*
• FTA Catchment Policy
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• FTA Catchment Policy• New Multimodal Level of Service in
Highway Capacity Manual
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0 2 4 6 8Total bikelane length (km) within station buffer (800m radius)
Average Rides Per Day Least Squares LineWhy? How? Future?
*Buck, D., and Buehler, R., 2012. Bike Lanes and Other Determinants of Capital Bikeshare Trips. 91th
Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, #12‐3539
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Promoting Socially Equitable Bikeshare Access
• Assisting targeted populationsg g p p– Security deposit assistance
• Montgomery County– JARC grant– Suburban system near trunk-line transit
Why? How? Future?
Roundtrip Workday Rentals• Lets user take bike to work in morning,
return to same station in eveningreturn to same station in evening• Expands destinations to those without
bikeshare docks• OV‐fiets (Netherlands)
– 85,000 members, 230 stations, 5000 bikes– €10 annual fee, + €3 for 24 hrs use*
• Brompton DockF ldi bik f l k– Folding bikes from lockers
– €50 annual fee **
Why? How? Future?
*http://www.aviewfromthecyclepath.com/2011/03/bike‐share‐dutch‐way.html** http://www.bromptondock.co.uk/
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Common Farecard
• Allow seamless transfers between transit/bikeshare
• Stated desire for common account #s in San Francisco Bay Area
• Hardware, institutional, and taxation obstacles
All pictures courtesy of Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, vta.org
Why? How? Future?
Example• Montpellier, FR (Mediterranean coast)• 50 stations, operated by and co-branded , p y
with transit authority• 1500 bikes, 800K rides in 2008*• Free day-use by transit pass holders, fully
integrated fare system• Bikeshare rentals also available• Leisure bikes at beach/country stations
for tourist package usefor tourist package use• Along with other measures, 10-year
transit rides increased 2.4 times**
Why? How? Future?
*Veolia Transport webpage, “Bike Hire and Car Sharing,” accessed 2/28/12, http://www.transdevplc.co.uk/our‐expertise.jsp?expertiseID=7**Le Tourneur, Marc. “Parking management and new mobility services key to increasing ridership for public transport operators.” Public Transport International, Jan/Feb 2012.
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Connecting Median‐Running Transit to TOD
• Silver Line Metro station to be located in median of toll-road
• Reston Town Center compact development nearly half-mile to the north
• No parking at transit station
Why? How? Future?
Dynamic Bikeshare Supply?
TRANSIT
• Various Transit ITS BIKESHARING
• Information already used
research programs with demand response goal– ICM– IDTO
• Information shared among operators and patrons to improve travel time and
yreal‐time by users through website and smartphones before/during trips
• Use of predictive analytics in system balance
improve travel time and reliability
operations coming
Integrate transit‐oriented bikeshare into transit demand response plans?
Why? How? Future?
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Please Share Your Thoughts and Ideas With Me
• Matthew LeshTransportation Program Specialist, Office of Mobility Innovation; Research, Innovation, and [email protected]
• NACTO -- http://nacto org/bike share/
• Darren BuckTransportation Program Specialist, Office of Mobility Innovation; Research, Innovation, and [email protected] ‐‐@myopiclilbuck
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NACTO -- http://nacto.org/bike_share/• CUTR -- http://www.cutr.usf.edu/index.shtml• FTA – http://www.fta.dot.gov/bikesandtransit
