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DOWNTOWN SEATTTLE TRANSIT COORDINATION
PRESENTATION TO EXPERT REVIEW PANEL
11-9-15
JEANNE ACUTANZA, TRANSPO GROUP
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OVERVIEW
• Transformation in downtown Seattle
• Five agency coordination for seamless service
• Fully integrated team solutions
• Schedule to meet critical milestones
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CHALLENGES FOR A DECADE OF CHANGE IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE 2013-2023
• Keep and grow transit riders
• Service restructuring with rail extensions
• Infrastructure Construction
• Development Construction
• Reduce reliance on SOVs
• Enhance connection to pedestrian and bicycles
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2016 construction impacts in downtown Seattle
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Turn restrictions
Protected turns
Consolidate to one bay
operations
Change signal system
Increase operator training
Add 2nd Sweeper for PM
Peak
Stop capacity analysis
Permanent boarding
assistants
Add an incident response truck
Increase use of ORCA (LIFT)
Increase NB Bus Holding Area (NB Royal Brougham
6 Minute Link headways
University Link pre-revenue
testing
Fewer buses in DSTT & more
surface pathways
Mitigation contract expires
University Link opens
Near-term targeted surface Improvements
Viaduct removal
Deep bore tunnel opens
Tolling begins
Mid-term targeted
surface street improvements
Interim pathway improvements
Center City Connector construction
Mid-term targeted surface
Improvements
Alaskan Way Columbia
Street Permanent Roadway
Center City Connector
Traffic diversion from
tolls
DSTT tunnel construction at
IDS D2 closes to
buses
Construction impacts to
Interim Pathways
Long-term targeted surface Improvements
Long-term targeted surface Improvements
Long-term targeted surface Improvements
Long-term targeted surface
Improvements
Northgate Link opens
Northgate Link pre-revenue
testing
Decreased tunnel
capacity & Layover due
to construction
South and East and
Lynnwood Link pre-revenue testing
East Link opens
South Link opens
Lynnwood Link opens
4-Minute Link headways
Potential restructures
Downtown Seattle Transit Coordination Pathway
D2 Improvements
Potential restructures
Related to Viaduct removal
Related to New Link openings
Potential restructures
Key
CPS Congestion
Leave DSTT
VISION
Over the next ten years and beyond, Seattle residents, regional commuters, and visitors choose transit as the most convenient and reliable way to access downtown Seattle.
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GOALS • Ensure transit can be efficiently operated to provide reliable access to and circulation
within downtown Seattle during the next ten years of construction activities and for decades to come.
• Make coordinated decisions in a timely manner to deliver maximum value for the traveling public, taxpayers, businesses, and the environment.
• Promote interagency collaboration as a model for success; providing seamless and efficient transit service in downtown Seattle and an efficient transportation network.
• Develop and ensure a common, shared long term transit vision among the agencies.
• Ensure effective stakeholder involvement.
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OBJECTIVES
• Improve communication and collaboration amongst transportation agencies to facilitate decision-making at the lowest level
• Monitor and track performance • Reduce construction-induced transit delay and establish
coordination to support transit operations and maximize efficiency for downtown Seattle streets.
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WITH COMMITMENT AND COORDINATION
• Other Efforts Access Seattle KC Metro Long-range Plan Sound Transit’s ST 3 ST/KCM Integration
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BROAD SUPPORT AND ENDORSEMENT BY THE NUMBERS • Over 200,000 people work in downtown and almost 60,000 live in Downtown
Seattle
• 66% don’t drive alone to work. Transit accounts for 43% of trips to downtown
• 5 agencies (CT/METRO/SDOT/ST/WSDOT) with 5 committed execs
• 8 solution-driven teams
• 15 managers providing practical guidance
• 81 technical staff involved
• 2 workshops
• 50 volunteers for 5 hours early on a Saturday morning studying the tunnel
• 1 cohesive team!
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ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK
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DSTT Operations Team & Turnback Track
D2 Roadway Team
Surface Street Team
Service Integration Team
Bus Layover Team
Long Range Transit Planning Solution Team
2016 2019 2021 2023
Interim Transit Pathways Team
Advi
sory
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Key milestones identified for the technical team’s recommendations and implementation
Executive Committee ST CEO, KC GM, SDOT Director, WSDOT Assistant Secretary, Community Transit CEO
Management Team ST, KC, SDOT, WSDOT, CT
Planning Team ST, KC, SDOT, WSDOT, CT
Key Milestones – 2016: Light Rail to UW 2017: SR 99 Tunnel Construction 2019: Transit Construction East Link 2021: Light Rail to Northgate 2023: Light Rail to Redmond 2023: Light Rail to Federal Way
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
• Collaborative solutions
• Distribute costs
• All agencies contribute
• Deep analysis and data collection
• Using broad resources of our partners
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SOLUTIONS SHAPING UP FOR 2016
• Balancing transportation system needs
• Broad ideas for mitigation
• Collaborative evaluation
• Low-cost, high-return for 2016
• Broader ideas for 2019, 2021 and 2023
• Longer term policy ideas
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More frequent light rail in the tunnel means some buses
have to come out
Service is being integrated to improve the
overall trip for users
Surface street improvements to move transit
better Keep transit riders
moving efficiently
RESULTS JOINT OPERATIONS FOR U-LINK
• Identified an agreed upon number of buses (reduction in peak Tunnel Buses) moved to surface pathways
• Service integration and surface pathways
• Surface Street to enhance transit speed and reliability
• Tunnel Operations investments
• Balance the needs of transit passengers for buses coming out of the tunnel with current congestion on surface streets for buses
• Monitor Performance
• Transit Passenger Speeds
• Travel Time Range (Reliability)
• General purpose vehicle Speeds
• Passengers
NEXT STEPS
• Action Plans for 2016/2017 • Fund, design, plan, and implement solutions • Monitor transit operations
• Continue Analysis for 2019, 2021 and 2023
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QUESTIONS?
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