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Christof Spieler presentation on METRO & Mobility for 9/2012 Houston Economic SummitTRANSCRIPT
Christof SpielerMETRO Board Member
Green Transit: tools for planners, leaders and citizens
WHY DOES TRANSIT MATTER?
bus with 40 passengers
single occupant car
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180
passenger-miles per gallon
Transit is energy-efficient
Transit uses less land
Transit encourages walking and biking
Penny wise, pound foolish, CNT, March 2010
Transit saves families money
Transit supports economic vitality
Transit makes lives easier
SO HOW DO WE BUILD EFFECTIVE TRANSIT?
Effective transit is not about choosing a technology.
Las Vegas Monorail23,000 boardings a day
San Francisco “F” line23,000 boardings a day
Good service
In the right places
Good service means competitive trip times
5. Time, not speed
30 min.
18 min.
car
light rail
subway
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Travel time, Downtown to TMC
walkwaitleave garagetripenter garagewalk
Travel times from Google
¼ mile walk = 5 min.
3 mile train ride, top speed 35 mph = 8.5 min
¼ mile walk = 5 min.
18.5 minutes
¼ mile walk = 5 min.
3 mile train ride, top speed 35 mph = 8.5 min
¼ mile walk = 5 min.
¼ mile walk = 5 min.
3 mile train ride, top speed 60 mph = 7 min
½ mile walk = 10 min.
18.5 minutes
22 minutes
¼ mile walk = 5 min.
3 mile train ride, top speed 35 mph = 8.5 min
¼ mile walk = 5 min.
¼ mile walk = 5 min.
3 mile train ride, top speed 60 mph = 7 min
½ mile walk = 10 min.
¼ mile walk = 5 min.
3 mile train ride, top speed 35 mph = 6 min
½ mile walk = 10 min.
18.5 minutes
22 minutes
21 minutes
Good service means reliable trip times
Houston: Local bus in mixed traffic
Houston: Park and Ride bus in HOV lane
Houston: Light rail in dedicated lane
Local Bus
Park and Ride Bus
Light Rail
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
on timelate
0-1 miles
1-5 miles
5-10 miles
10-19 miles
20-29 miles
30-39 miles
40-49 miles
50-59 miles
60-69 miles
over 70 miles
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Transit use for Downtown workers by commute distance
Downtown Houston Commute Survey Report, Central Houston, Inc., August 2009
Park & Ride: choice transit
Good service means high frequency
Washington Metrorail
Commuter rail networks(to scale)
Commuter rail networks(to scale, with train frequency)
Commuter rail networks(to scale, with ridership)
Portland: frequent service system
Good service means simple routes
Houston: typical bus network
Toronto: grid network
37
Westheimer Street, Houston before:2 Routes, 6 Branches, Different Days of Operation
38
Westheimer Street, Houston after:3 Routes, 0 Branches, 7 Days of OperationRidership +19.5%
Good service means customer information
Portland: clear destination information
Portland: Next Bus information
Trip planner
Google Transit
Portland: display at the airport
Good service means easy transfers
Houston: TMC Transit Center
London: weekly travelcard
Good service
In the right places
Houston: 7.5 miles
Dallas: 72 miles
Dallas
Houston
Length
Dallas
Houston
Cost
Dallas
Houston
Ridership
7.5 mi
72 mi
$320m
$3,800m
35,700 / weekday
76,800 / weekday
The right places meansconnecting centers
Employment center (Boston Back Bay)
Transit (MBTA heavy rail and commuter rail)
TMCTexas Medical Center, Houston14 hospitals with 6,800 beds9 universities with 71,500 students93,500 employees
Downtown
Downtown Houston140,000 employees11 fortune 500 companiesMost theatre seats in US outside New YorkBaseball, Basketball, Soccer
256,000 jobs within ½ mile of 5 rail lines
Downtown37% transit useUptown
7% transit use
Medical Center28% transit use
Greenway5% transit use
Energy Corridor2% transit use
Westchase7% transit use
6 new office towers in Downtown Houston since light rail construction began
The right places meansmultiple uses
¾ of trips are not home-to-work
Nancy McGuckin and Nanda Srinivasan, 2005
Home Work
Lunch
Work
Dinner
Store
Home
The right places meansserving density
BART: 104 miles, 370,200 weekday riders
WMATA: 106 miles, 1,023,500 weekday riders
The right places meansstations in the center
METRO
richmondrail.org
Houston: University Line freeway elevated option
Houston: University Line arterial at grade option
freeway elevated option
freeway elevated option
arterial at grade option
freeway elevated option
arterial at grade option: 40% more ridership
Uptown
Downtown
Greenway
TMC
UH
Houston: planned light rail
The right places meansa good pedestrian environment
Houston: Midtown
San Diego: Commercial Street
Portland: Pioneer Square
Good service
In the right places
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN?
Barrier: interagency cooperation
Zoningcommissioner
Ped-bike coordinator
Transit planner
Architect
Public worksengineer
Public servicesadministrator
Traffic engineer
Developer
Houston
Christof [email protected]