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Bloggers Luncheon June 20, 2017 METRO Services and Ridership Local fixed route bus routes 58.7 million boardings per year - Park & Ride fixed route bus routes 8.2 million boardings per year - Automatic Passenger Counter

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Blogger’s Luncheon June 20, 2017

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METRO Services and Ridership

  • Local fixed route bus routes
  • 58.7 million boardings per year
  • Park & Ride fixed route bus routes
  • 8.2 million boardings per year
  • Light Rail
  • 18.5 million boardings per year
  • METROLift (Paratransit)
  • 1.9 million boardings per year
  • METRO Star (Vanpool)
  • 2.2 million boardings per year
  • HOV/HOT Lanes
  • 26.5 million users other than METRO bus passengers per

year

Total System Ridership: 116 million per year

Source: FY 2016 Ridership Numbers

Automatic Passenger Counter

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$640 million in bonding authority (never enough to complete the entire plan)

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2003 METRO Solutions Referendum Passed by Voters

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$640 million in bonding authority (never enough to complete the entire plan)

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2003 METRO Solutions Referendum Passed by Voters

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METRO Bond Initiative

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We are here

2017 2018

Finish

Summer 2018

DELIVER

Launch

January 2017

FRAME Set Overall Direction ENGAGE Public Input PLAN Scenario Planning SHARE Public Input & Public Education

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One of only four urban transit agencies to show an increase in bus ridership nationally Red Line is one of the nation's most traveled lines based on boardings per track mile

116 Million System Ridership 2016

Source: METRO 2016 Ridership Report

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Light Rail Park & Ride Local Bus Paratransit Vanpool HOV/HOT

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Source: H-GAC Population and Employment Forecasts, 2016

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2015 – 2040 Activity Density

Increased densities within urban core and high growth areas in north, west and southwest

Source: H-GAC Population and Employment Forecasts, 2016

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Source: H-GAC Travel Demand Model

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Existing and future congestion

  • n roadway network
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WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED? WHERE ARE OUR OPPORTUNITIES?

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Source: METRO Ridership Reports 2011 -2017

  • Improvements occurred

during:

  • Economically challenging

time for Houston

  • National declines in bus

ridership

METRO System Ridership for Local Bus, Rail and Park & Ride (Year over Year Total Boardings) 2011 - 2017

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IMPROVE TRAVEL TIMES BETWEEN ACTIVITY CENTERS

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  • 1/3 of bus and rail

boardings occur within major activity centers

  • Direct service between

activity centers will reduce travel times

Source: H-GAC Population and Employment Forecasts, 2016

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Source: METRO First Mile Last Mile Plan 2017

TRANSIT NODES AND FIRST AND LAST MILE CONNECTIONS ARE RELATIVELY LOW INVESTMENTS WITH HIGH RETURNS

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  • Public meetings

− Open house format − Kickoff June 27th − Followed by series of two dozen open houses-July/August − Solicit ideas for METRO’s next capital projects − Web site is live: www.ridemetro.org (dedicated web launch

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  • Initial meetings with technical stakeholders

− Includes Harris County, Texas Department of Transportation, City of Houston, Houston-Galveston Area Council

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