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Christof Spieler presentation on METRO & Mobility for 9/2012 Houston Economic Summit

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Christof SpielerMETRO Board Member

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Green Transit: tools for planners, leaders and citizens

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WHY DOES TRANSIT MATTER?

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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

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Transit uses less land

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Transit encourages walking and biking

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Penny wise, pound foolish, CNT, March 2010

Transit saves families money

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Transit supports economic vitality

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Transit makes lives easier

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SO HOW DO WE BUILD EFFECTIVE TRANSIT?

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Effective transit is not about choosing a technology.

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Las Vegas Monorail23,000 boardings a day

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San Francisco “F” line23,000 boardings a day

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Good service

In the right places

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Good service means competitive trip times

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5. Time, not speed

30 min.

18 min.

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car

light rail

subway

0 5 10 15 20 25 30

Travel time, Downtown to TMC

walkwaitleave garagetripenter garagewalk

Travel times from Google

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¼ mile walk = 5 min.

3 mile train ride, top speed 35 mph = 8.5 min

¼ mile walk = 5 min.

18.5 minutes

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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

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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

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Good service means reliable trip times

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Houston: Local bus in mixed traffic

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Houston: Park and Ride bus in HOV lane

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Houston: Light rail in dedicated lane

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Local Bus

Park and Ride Bus

Light Rail

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on timelate

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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

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Transit use for Downtown workers by commute distance

Downtown Houston Commute Survey Report, Central Houston, Inc., August 2009

Park & Ride: choice transit

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Good service means high frequency

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Washington Metrorail

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Commuter rail networks(to scale)

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Commuter rail networks(to scale, with train frequency)

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Commuter rail networks(to scale, with ridership)

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Portland: frequent service system

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Good service means simple routes

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Houston: typical bus network

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Toronto: grid network

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Westheimer Street, Houston before:2 Routes, 6 Branches, Different Days of Operation

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Westheimer Street, Houston after:3 Routes, 0 Branches, 7 Days of OperationRidership +19.5%

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Good service means customer information

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Portland: clear destination information

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Portland: Next Bus information

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Trip planner

Google Transit

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Portland: display at the airport

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Good service means easy transfers

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Houston: TMC Transit Center

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London: weekly travelcard

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Good service

In the right places

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Houston: 7.5 miles

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Dallas: 72 miles

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Dallas

Houston

Length

Dallas

Houston

Cost

Dallas

Houston

Ridership

7.5 mi

72 mi

$320m

$3,800m

35,700 / weekday

76,800 / weekday

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The right places meansconnecting centers

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Employment center (Boston Back Bay)

Transit (MBTA heavy rail and commuter rail)

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TMCTexas Medical Center, Houston14 hospitals with 6,800 beds9 universities with 71,500 students93,500 employees

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Downtown

Downtown Houston140,000 employees11 fortune 500 companiesMost theatre seats in US outside New YorkBaseball, Basketball, Soccer

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256,000 jobs within ½ mile of 5 rail lines

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Downtown37% transit useUptown

7% transit use

Medical Center28% transit use

Greenway5% transit use

Energy Corridor2% transit use

Westchase7% transit use

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6 new office towers in Downtown Houston since light rail construction began

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The right places meansmultiple uses

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¾ of trips are not home-to-work

Nancy McGuckin and Nanda Srinivasan, 2005

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Home Work

Lunch

Work

Dinner

Store

Home

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The right places meansserving density

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BART: 104 miles, 370,200 weekday riders

WMATA: 106 miles, 1,023,500 weekday riders

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The right places meansstations in the center

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METRO

richmondrail.org

Houston: University Line freeway elevated option

Houston: University Line arterial at grade option

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freeway elevated option

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freeway elevated option

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arterial at grade option

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freeway elevated option

arterial at grade option: 40% more ridership

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Uptown

Downtown

Greenway

TMC

UH

Houston: planned light rail

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The right places meansa good pedestrian environment

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Houston: Midtown

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San Diego: Commercial Street

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Portland: Pioneer Square

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Good service

In the right places

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WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN?

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Barrier: interagency cooperation

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Zoningcommissioner

Ped-bike coordinator

Transit planner

Architect

Public worksengineer

Public servicesadministrator

Traffic engineer

Developer

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Houston

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Christof [email protected]