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

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Change signal system

Increase operator training

Add 2nd Sweeper for PM

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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

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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

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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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