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Briefing on the 2045 Transit System Plan and Streetcar Master PlanPlanning CommitteeFebruary 25, 2020
Kay Shelton, Capital Planning
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• The purpose of this briefing is to provide an update on the high capacity corridor evaluation, progress on Streetcar Master Plan, and next steps towards draft 2045 Transit System Plan
Today’s Briefing
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Streetcar Master Plan Update
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City Streetcar WorkshopsCity Date Streetcar Areas to Advance
Richardson Dec 5 • Belt Line/Main TOD (Arapaho, Spring Valley Stations)• Innovation District link
Garland Dec 5 • Downtown to Hospital District via Walnut
Cockrell Hill Dec 16 • None (bus service/amenities and pedestrian focus)
Carrollton Dec 19 • Trinity Mills TOD Connection• Downtown Carrollton to Valwood District
Farmers Branch Dec 20 • East Side (Link with Addison and Dallas Midtown)
Addison Jan 2 • Quorum/Inwood Business District (Link with Farmers Branch and Dallas Midtown)
Plano Jan 9 • Legacy West-East Connection• Downtown Plano – Collin Creek Mall
Rowlett Jan 14 • None (will consider as part of Downtown Master Plan update)
Dallas Jan 17 • Several corridors reviewed; key priorities
Irving Feb 4 • None (focus on Las Colinas shuttle/bus circulator)
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Streetcar Master Plan• Definition of Potential Street Corridors Report in development
– Will share with DART Board and cities in April 2020• Key elements:
– Documentation of workshops including priorities and future opportunities
– Definition of corridors to advanceo Existing transit serviceso Alignment/stop locationso Capital costo O&M costo Ridership potential
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High Capacity Corridor Evaluation Update
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Potential Corridors• Evaluating as rail
investment initially• Based on
performance, some could be considered as other modes like express bus, bus rapid transit or benefit from local bus or GoLink
IRVING-LEGACY REGIONAL RAIL
SOUTHPORT
SOUTHEAST
WEST OAK CLIFF
HENSLEY FIELD
WEST DALLAS EAST/SCYENE
ROWLETT BAYSIDE
GARLAND/BUSH TURNPIKE
SPRING CREEK
LBJ
TOLLWAYIRVING-
LEGACY RR
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Corridor Evaluation CriteriaRating Low L-M Medium M-H HighPRIMARYMobility Improvements (25%)Corridor Ridership1 Average daily ridership with 2 times weight to low-income, zero-car household trips
< 8,500 8,500-16,999 17,000-49,999 50,000-99,999 100,000Riders/Mile2 Riders/mile targets depending on type of corridor:
New corridor w/ CBD access 750 1,125 1,500 1,875 2,250+New corridor no CBD access 500 750 1,000 1,250 1,500+Less than 5-mile extension 250 375 500 625 750+Regional rail corridor 150 225 300 375 450+
Cost-Effectiveness (25%)Annual Capital and O&M Costs/Annual Rider1 > $15 $10-$14.99 $6-9.99 $4-5.99 < $4
Congestion Relief (12.5%)Added System Riders1 < 500 500-2,499 2,500-9,999 10,000-17,999 18,000+Land Use (12.5%)Residential Density (Residents/Acre)3 < 5 5-9 10-14 15-30 30+Employment Density (Jobs/Acre)3 < 5 5-9 10-14 15-30 30+Equity/Job Access (12.5%)Total User Benefit Hours
Review and rating based on relative benefits of each corridorLow Income User Benefit Hours %Low Income HBW User Benefit Hours %Economic Development (12.5% Qualitative review of transit-supportive corridor plans and policies
Limited or no progress; not transit-supportive
Plans in development;
moderately transit-supportive
Plans in place; strongly transit-
supportive
• Based on August 2016 Final Interim Policy Guidance FTA Capital Investment Grant Program for New Starts projects• Based on existing DART light rail and Trinity Railway Express (TRE) performance• Based on review of industry best practices for transit density to support high capacity transit investments
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Corridor Overview
Element
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Miles 1.8 4.3 12.9 7.1 22.8 15.8 6.0 4.4 20.1 3.4 3.1 3.0 3.6
Capital Cost (millions)
$160 $370 $1,820 $630 $5,310 $2,860 $620 $400 $900 $290 $290 $265 $300
O&M Cost (annual millions)
$2.9 $5.0 $14.7 $6.6 $23.8 $21 $8.3 $14.4 $17.1 $6.2 $4.2 $6.1 $4.7
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Corridor Evaluation Data
CriteriaN
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Tollw
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Total Linked Trips (with 2x transit dependent)
4,900 9,200 16,700 8,500 28,000 11,700 6,600 4,200 4,400 2,600 1,800 4,500 3,600
Station Riders/Mile 1,350 850 1,200 830 800 550 720 400 200 360 300 200 360
Annual Cost/Annual Trip $6 $8 $20 $14 $37 $48 $22 $28 $41 $21 $31 $21 $17
Added System Riders 2,500 2,400 7,000 2,400 8,500 4,000 1,800 2,600 4,000 1,400 1,400 2,000 580
Residential Density 3.9 5.6 8.4 6.1 7.2 8.6 5.9 7.9 6.8 1.0 5.7 2.1 2.5
Employment Density 5.9 4.0 23.1 2.4 23.6 18.7 8.9 2.7 5.0 0.2 1.5 0.6 0.4
Total User Benefits (% outside Service Area)
1,600 (79%)
1,900 (72%)
5,200 (24%)
2,000(60%)
5,600 (29%)
2,900(12%)
1,400 (15%)
2,000 (24%)
1,500 (56%)
1,100 (73%)
1,100 (70%)
1,600 (24%)
470 (64%)
% Low Income Home Based Work (HBW) User Benefits
2% 26% 49% 40% 34% 48% 74% 49% 14% 5% 37% 62% 30%
% Low Income User Benefits 5% 36% 53% 51% 40% 54% 79% 66% 29% 12% 44% 73% 39%
Econ Dev/Land Use Plans M-H L-M M-H L-M M M M-H L-M M M L-M L L
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Corridor Evaluation Summary
CriteriaN
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Total Linked Trips (with 2x transit dependent)
4,900 9,200 16,700 8,500 28,000 11,700 6,600 4,200 4,400 2,600 1,800 4,500 3,600
Station Riders/Mile 1,350 850 1,200 830 800 550 720 400 200 360 300 200 390
Annual Cost/Annual Trip $5.50 $8 $20 $14 $37 $48 $22 $28 $41 $21 $31 $21 $17
Added System Riders 2,500 2,400 7,000 2,400 8,500 4,000 1,800 2,600 4,000 1,400 1,400 2,000 580
Residential Density 3.9 5.6 8.4 6.1 7.2 8.6 5.9 7.9 6.8 1.0 5.7 2.1 2.5
Employment Density 5.9 4.0 23.1 2.4 23.6 18.7 8.9 2.7 5.0 0.2 1.5 0.6 0.4
Total User Benefits (% outside Service Area)
1,600 (79%)
1,900 (72%)
5,200 (24%)
2,000(60%)
5,600 (29%)
2,900(12%)
1,400 (15%)
2,000 (24%)
1,500 (56%)
1,100 (73%)
1,100 (70%)
1,600 (24%)
470 (64%)
% Low Income Home Based Work (HBW) User Benefits
2% 26% 49% 40% 34% 48% 74% 49% 14% 5% 37% 62% 30%
% Low Income User Benefits 5% 36% 53% 51% 40% 54% 79% 66% 29% 12% 44% 73% 39%
Econ Dev/Land Use Plans M-H L-M M-H L-M M M M-H L-M M M L-M L L
OVERALL M M M L-M L-M L-M L-M L-M L-M L L L L
Tier 2Tier 1 Tier 3
High Low
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Evaluation Summary IRVING-LEGACY
REGIONAL RAIL
SOUTHPORT
SOUTHEAST
WEST OAK CLIFF
HENSLEY FIELD
WEST DALLAS EAST/SCYENE
ROWLETT BAYSIDE
GARLAND/BUSH TURNPIKE
SPRING CREEK
LBJ
TOLLWAYIRVING-
LEGACY RR
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FY20 Financial Plan
Capital expansion adds debt service and operating expense
Bus Network Resign will define improvements past FY20
Financial capacity for capital and operating is limited through mid-2030s:• Operations/service
improvements need to focus on strategic additions and reallocation of resources
• Capital program needs to focus on lower-cost system capacity/enhancement projects
Debt capacity begins to increase in late 2030’s for major capital projects
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Preliminary Recommendations• Preliminary recommendations are based on several factors:
– Financial constraints through 2045 influence ability to program major capital projects at this time
– Bus Network Redesign effort may highlight other long-term priorities for funding
– Opportunity to focus on land use planning around stations and transit facilities to grow ridership on existing system
– In near-mid term, focus on low-cost improvement to enhance performance/reliability of bus and rail network
– Some corridors should be studied in more detail to evaluate range of options
– Many short extensions relate to regional expansion and/or can continue to be served by bus, GoLink services
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Tier 1 IRVING-LEGACY REGIONAL RAIL
• Cost-effective• Low density area• Only 2-5% of travel time
benefits accrue to low-income riders
• Development plans include transit and more density
• 80% of benefits are to user outside Service Area
• Moderately cost-effective• Low density area and
limited plans• 30% of travel time benefits
accrue to low-income riders• 70% of benefits are to user
outside Service Area
• Moderate level of ridership/new riders
• Expensive so low cost-effectiveness
• High employment density• 50% of travel time benefits
accrue to low-income riders• Development plans at key
locations• Only 13% of benefits are to
user outside Service Area
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West Oak Cliff and Hensley Field Corridor• Two options from Westmoreland in future
– West Oak Cliff Extension rated medium but primarily function to capture non-DART area riders (72%)
• New Hensley Field land use plan and increased density could improve the performance of the Hensley Field corridor to medium– Suggest coordinate with City of Dallas on Master Plan effort and
monitor for future consideration
• Jefferson Route 11 to Hensley Field would be a natural service extension should phased Master Plan move forward– Light Rail $600M capital investment and $6.6M annual O&M costs– Route 11 extension at existing service levels would add 2 peak
buses and approximately $1M additional annual O&M costs– Opportunity for signal priority, lane treatments, enhanced stops
along Jefferson Boulevard Route 11
WEST OAK CLIFF
HENSLEY FIELD
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Low Income Households and Employment Density
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LBJ and Tollway Corridors• The DART service area contains approximately 1.9 million jobs.
Collectively, 85 percent of the jobs are located along the following corridors:– US 75 – 26% (495,277 jobs) – Red Line– I-635 (LBJ) – 26% (500,391 jobs)– Dallas North Tollway (DNT) – 26% (493,058 jobs)– I-35E (Stemmons Freeway) – 25% (473,444 jobs) – Green Line– S.R. 114 (John W. Carpenter Freeway) – 21% (399,322 jobs) – Orange Line– President George Bush Turnpike – 23% (433,944 jobs) - Silver Line
• Opportunity for regional services that utilize freeway facilities to link key activity centers and connect high-employment corridors with lower-income residential concentrations
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LBJ and Tollway Corridors• Travel time and congestion are increasingly
becoming an issue in Tollway corridor, especially between LBJ and Legacy
• The LBJ to Addison corridor (rated medium) is an opportunity to connect Blue, Red, Silver and major bus facilities along portions of LBJ and the Tollway– Recommend detailed Alternatives
Analysis to examine bus rapid transit, express bus or rail investments
• Express bus from southern Dallas to Legacy via Loop 12 and Addison as bypass to Tollway in future
Express bus options and employment density
12 peak buses$4.6M annual O&M
12 peak buses$6.2M annual O&M
Legacy
Addison
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West Dallas Corridor• West Dallas continues to grow and redevelop, especially closer to
downtown in Trinity Groves area
• August 2019 service changes included restructuring improvements to routes 52 and 59
• Light rail to West Dallas may not be feasible given physical barriers (TRE/freight, Trinity River, I-35E)
• Streetcar to West Dallas/Trinity Groves is being advanced through Streetcar Master Plan effort
• Recommend continuing to advance streetcar and bus as most appropriate options for West Dallas
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Irving Regional Rail and Scyene• Irving-Legacy Regional Rail
– Performs best if connections north of Plano are included
– Monitor through NCTCOG Collin County Transit Study, where detailed analysis of longer corridor will be included
• East/Scyene– Continue to serve with bus and monitor for
long-term opportunity– Could be branch for possible LRT service
options such as North Central to Baylor/East Dallas
– Potential service to Mesquite if became part of Service Area
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Tier 3 Corridors• Rowlett Bayside
– Continue as GoLink zone– City will be updating plans over next year and desires
to coordinate on TOD opportunities• Southport
– Continue as GoLink zone– Support growth of Inland Port Transportation
Management Association (IPTMA)• Southeast
– Future trail planned in former right-of-way– Continue bus and GoLink zone services
• Garland/Bush Turnpike– Evaluated as optional terminus of LBJ corridor– Continue with bus service
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High Capacity Corridor Evaluation Next Steps• High Capacity Corridor Evaluation Summary report of key findings is in
draft form• Recommendations will be incorporated into draft 2045 Transit System
Plan and may be refined as the Bus Network Redesign and Streetcar Master Plan efforts advance over next several months
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Board/Committee Meeting Topic/Action
January 28 Planning Plan Coordination, Corridor Evaluation, Streetcar workshops
February 25 Planning Updated Corridor Evaluation and Results, Streetcar update
March 24 Planning Initial Draft - Transit System Plan Framework Goals, Objectives, Actions
April 28 Planning Part I - Review and Discussion of Transit System Plan Framework Goals, Objectives, Actions; Streetcar Master Plan progress update
May 26 Planning Part II - Review and Discussion of Transit System Plan Framework Goals, Objectives, Actions
June 23 Planning FY2021 Financial Plan – Financial Capacity Part III - Review and Discussion of Transit System Plan Framework Goals, Objectives, Actions
July 7 Planning Draft Streetcar Master Plan
August 25 Planning Overview of Draft 2045 Transit System Plan
September 22 COTW/Board Present and distribute Draft 2045 Transit System Plan to DART BoardSchedule for review, outreach and integration of new Bus Plan
Board Briefing Schedule of Topics
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