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Transit Transformation Project

Small Group Workshop

hosted by

Hampton Roads Transit

May 8, 2019

8:30-10:00am

We want to create a Better Regional Bus System.

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TRANSITTRANSFORMATIONPROJECT

Goals for Today

• Raise Awareness: Today’s Bus System and the Project

• Receive Your Input: Priorities and Needs for a Better Bus System

o Comment Card

o Trade-Off Exercise

o Small Group Discussion

• Report Next Steps

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Today’s HRT Bus System

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Today’s transit services are providing real Value . . .

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Current Bus Routes in Six HRT Cities

Southside Local Routes

Peninsula Local Routes

Peninsula CommuterService

Metro Area Express

Virginia Beach Wave

• 43,000 average weekday ridership

• 87 percent of all transit ridership

Source: 2016 NTD Agency Profile

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Current Operations Funding

LOCAL GENERAL

FUNDS44 % AGENCY-

GENERATED REVENUE

18%

Fiscal Year 2019:$98.9 million

STATE FUNDING

20%

FEDERAL FUNDING

18%

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Local Funding for Operations

• Each city pays for the service they receive

•No regional service is paid for by the whole region

• Local transit funding comes from cities’ general funds


The region can do better.

Less than 2 percent of commuting across Hampton Roads is happening on public transportation.

What do you think are barriers to more people taking transit?

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Potential Barriers

• Reliability

• Outdated technologies

• Frequency and speed of travel

• Inadequate customer amenities

• Poor accessibility

• Other

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-9%

-54%

-7%

-20%

+25%

-6%

-7%

Efficiency

Current System Performance (HRT vs. Peer Agencies)

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The mobility landscape . . .

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… is changing.

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New technologies are not the only answer…

60 Vehicles 60 Hailed-Ride Cars 1 Bus

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Let’s Make this as Regionally Effective as Possible


Bus transit will continue to play a key role in regional mobility.

Delivering access throughout the

region

Providing mobility options

Providing affordable

transportation

Using roadway space efficiently

Reducing congestion

Reducing emissions

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The Transit Transformation Project will create a regionally-developed and supported strategy for bus transit.

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• Baseline Performance Assessment

• Take fresh “blank slate” approach system design and potential service changes

• Collaborate with community partners

• Develop new transit funding model

• Fall 2018 – Winter 2019

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Overview of Activities:

Planning for a Better Bus Network in Hampton Roads

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Overview of Initial Scenarios

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Scenario 1: Better Match of Supply and Demand

Scenario 2: High-Frequency

Scenario 3: Maximum Coverage

Initial Scenarios


Scenario Principles

Regionally Cost Neutral

Start by maintaining today’s overall service levels, shifted around differently.

Based in patterns and locations of travel demand, not City boundaries and budgets.

High-level with clearly different concepts to compare and contrast.

Don’t feel stuck. A Final Plan will seek to combine the best features of different scenarios.


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Evaluation Metrics

Initial scenarios and a Final Draft Scenario will be evaluated and compared to existing service in terms of:

• Ridership

•Access to transit

• Travel time

•Other metrics / standards TBD


Existing Service

This service was planned at the jurisdictional level to meet the needs of individual funders.

• Fixed-routes: 56

• On-demand flex zones: 0

Access to 15-min service

Access to >15-min service

Total

Service Area 82 mi2 125 mi2 207 mi2

Number of Routes

6 50 56

Population 320,000 405,000 725,000

Employment 189,000 210,000 399,000

Note: The above accessibility analysis excludes PCS and MAX routes.

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Scenario 1: Better Match of Supply and Demand

Incorporates strategic improvements to existing service to better align with demand.

• Fixed-routes: 48• On-demand flex zones: 4



On-demand service

TotalChange

from Existing

Service Area 111 mi2 102 mi2 20 mi2 233 mi2+26 mi2

(+13%)

Number of Routes

11 37 4 52 -4

Population 441,000 303,000 57,000 801,000 +76,000(+10%)

Employment 293,000 115,000 19,000 427,000 +28,000(+7%)

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Scenario 2: High-Frequency

Consolidates existing service into high-frequency corridors.

• Fixed-routes: 22• 13 routes with 15-minute peak and midday

frequency, 30-minute evening frequency.

• 9 routes with 30-minute all day frequency.

• On-demand flex zones: 0



TotalChange from

Existing

Service Area 138 mi2 35 mi2 173 mi2 -34 mi2 (-16%)

Number of Routes

13 9 22 -34

Population 529,000 115,000 644,000-81,000 (-11%)

Employment 345,000 36,000 381,000 -18,000 (-4%)

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Scenario 3: Maximum Coverage

Expanded service and span coverage across the region.

• Fixed-routes: 59• 9 routes with a 30-minute peak and off-

peak frequency.• 10 routes with a 30-minute peak and a 60-

minute off-peak frequency.• 3 new coverage routes

• On-demand flex zones: 9Access to 30-min or more

service

On-demand service

TotalChange from

Existing

Service Area 208 mi2 66 mi2 273 mi2 +66 mi2 (+32%)

Number of Routes

59 9 68 +12

Population 745,000 201,000 946,000 +221,000 (+31%)

Employment 398,000 36,000 434,000 +35,000 (+9%)

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Group Activity: Trade-Offs

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Facilitated Small Groups

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Report Out and Next Steps

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Next Steps

• Bus System Scenarios:

• Continue receiving feedback through Public Meetings (May/June)

• Share with HRT Board and City Managers

• Report a Draft Final Scenario in Summer 2019

• Foster Local and Regional Advocacy for Better Transit

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