Download - October 12, 2012
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October 12, 2012December 5, 2012
Light Rail Efficiency Projects• Board Adopted LRT Improvement Plan May 2010• Speed up system, open new markets, improve cost recovery• Improve connectivity to BART and other regional
services, increase ridership• Anticipate employment and population growth• Support new 49ers Stadium
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VTA Light Rail System
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32,716 weekday ridership
42.2 miles, 62 stations
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• Project began in September 2008, Board adopted mid 2010
• LRT is Phase 2 of the Comprehensive Operations Analysis
• Comprehensive evaluation of the existing light rail system -- focus on making the system as effective and efficient as possible
• Operations and capital improvements analyzed and tested
• Evaluation of the LRT system to handle projected passenger growth to the year 2018 and 2035
LRT Systems Analysis Background
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2010 Study Goals
• Increase Ridership• Calculate changes in ridership vs. No Build
• Speed up the System• Compute differences in average operating speed
• Spend Money Wisely• Check whether proposed scenarios lead to improved farebox recovery
ratio
• Be More Relevant to the Needs of the Valley• Review how specific ridership gains compare to Market Analysis
opportunities
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Downtown Transit Mall
Single Track
Merge Points
Light Rail System: Constraints
At-gradeIntersections Future Transit
ConnectionsExisting Transit
Connections
Single Track
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Market Analysis: Transit Competitive Factor & Core Network Area
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DestinationOrigin Both
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Peer Comparison – Boardings and Route Miles
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1,0101,420 800 1,160Boardings per Mile 460460
Double Track Mountain View to Whisman
Run-Around Track in Downtown Vicinity
Storage near 49ers Stadium
N. First Street and Transit Mall Speed
Improvements
System-wide Transit Signal Priority Improvements
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New 49ers Stadium Accelerates Need to Deliver Planned Improvements
Source: 49ers Stadium EIR, 2009/ AECOM, 2012
August 2014
126.3.C
2014 Stadium Access Improvements
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• New eastbound platform at Great America Station for stadium event service
• Queuing areas for departing stadium attendees on closed eastbound lanes of Tasman Drive
• Fencing of LRT Right-of-Way• Improve stadium access from ACE/Capitol Corridor
Great America Station• Temporary pedestrian at-grade crossing of LRT tracks
on Tasman Drive at Great America Station• New pedestrian bridge over San Tomas Aquino Creek