[PPT] - Denver Moves: Transit Task Force Meeting #6 June 1, 2017 1. Welcome PowerPoint Presentation

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Denver Moves: Transit Task Force

Meeting #6 – June 1, 2017

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1. Welcome & Introductions
Opening remarks and housekeeping
Task Force and audience introductions

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2. Project Updates
Recent Denver Moves: Transit Plan work
Early Transit Plan Action: Denver Moves:

Broadway

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Recent Denver Moves: Transit Plan Work

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Neighborhood Drop-In Workshops

Southwest Rec Center (SW)
Montbello Denver Broncos Boys & Girls Club

(Far NE)

Cake Crumbs Bakery (NE)
Corkey Gonzalez Branch Library (NW)
Dazbog Coffee (E. Central)
Colorado Light Rail Station at I-25 (SE)
Denver Public Library Central Branch (W.

Central)

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Neighborhood Drop-In Workshops

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Workshop & Event Feedback

Participants indicated these priorities:

Higher frequency and enhanced bus service
Earlier/later and more weekend service
More fare pass programs
More amenities at stops and stations
More high capacity transit service

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Build Your Own Transit System

Launched mid-April
Closing June 30
872 responses

– 870 English, 2 Spanish

Distributed via:

– Denver.gov – Neighborhood workshops – Youth Stakeholder Group – Other community outlets

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Build Your Own Transit System

Respondents…

Live in Capitol Hill (5.9%)
Identified as:

− White (81.3%) − Hispanic/Latino/Latina (4.5%) − Black or African American (2.5%)

Make between $100,000 to

$149,999 (23.7%)

Are between the ages of 25

to 34 (41.8%)

Focus Area Number Percent

Northwest 235 37.5% West Central 157 25.0% Southwest 13 2.1% Northeast 50 8.0% East Central 111 17.7% Southeast 48 7.7% Far Northeast 13 2.1%

As of 5/28/2017; there were a total of 627 responses for this question.

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Highest Priorities Responses Higher frequency bus service 542 More rail (e.g., light rail or commuter rail) in Denver 507 Improved access to transit stops and stations 467 Lowest Priorities More outreach and education about transit services/programs 173 Access to more car share options near transit 145 On-demand bus (e.g., Access-A-Ride) 72

As of 5/28/2017

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Youth Stakeholder Group

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Denveright Community Think Tank

Held special meeting on

May 31

Played Blueprint Denver

growth game

Had opportunity to

meet 1-on-1 with city project managers

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Early Transit Plan Action:

Denver Moves: Broadway Broadway/Lincoln Transit Study

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NACTO Transit Program Accelerator

New initiative to share best practices,

develop strategies, and advance implementation to create great transit streets

Implement concepts of the NACTO Transit

Street Design Guide

Broadway/Lincoln identified as candidate

transit corridors for near-term study and implementation readiness

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Broadway/Lincoln Transit Study

Study area:

– Broadway (17th to I-25/Broadway Station) – Lincoln (5th to Colfax)

Proposed study improvements:

– 24-hour transit-only lane

Red pavement treatment in Seattle

– Red pavement treatments for enforcement – Coordination with RTD bus stop consolidation

Study anticipated to start 3Q 2017

Source: NACTO/Seattle DOT

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Broadway/Lincoln Transit Study

Study will evaluate:

– Transit service and operational improvements (e.g., travel time savings) – Transit-only lane compliance (vehicle violations) – Other metrics (in development)

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3. Tools for Decision Making: Project

Evaluation Framework

Task Force role in prioritization and decision

making

Developing a meaningful evaluation and

investment framework

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Exploring the

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Draft DenvQr Movos:

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Task Force Roadmap

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Denver’s Evaluation Framework

Build on vision and goals
Balance priorities
Integrate with Blueprint

Denver and coordinate with other plans and processes

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Sample Evaluation Criteria

ENHANCE CONNECT

Transit average speed
Land use access and density
Transit mode share
Locally significant destinations

SIMPLIFY

Stops with shelters
Participants in travel training

SUSTAIN

Cost effectiveness
Productivity

THRIVE

Access for seniors
Reduction in GHG emissions

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Recommendation to/from Blueprint Denver

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Funding strategies
Governance

Transit policies

Using the Evaluation Framework

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Proposed Evaluation Criteria

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Lessons from Columbus

Values-driven

process shaped preliminary corridor evaluation

Issues of equity

and growth at the forefront of the evaluation

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Lessons from Salt Lake City

Evaluation framework supported

idea that frequent network could leverage strong street grid in eastern SLC

Alternative strategies used to extend

transit to some areas

Various land use densities better

accommodate different transit modes

Source: Salt Lake City Draft Transit Master Plan, October 2016

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Lessons from Orange County

Transit investment framework articulates how decisions are made for both

service and capital investments

Based on stated vision and goals and supported by detailed evaluation

criteria

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Lessons from Nashville

Guiding principles shaped

scenarios

Evaluation criteria—ridership,

access to jobs, and equity— informed selection of 5 high capacity transit lines

Mayor recently announced plan to

advance design of first light rail corridor

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Lessons from Seattle

Investment framework shaped

all aspects of plan recommendations

Corridor selection and

evaluation based on “multiple account” evaluation

Policy and program

recommendations flow from same goals

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5. Short Break

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4. Identifying and Evaluating Priority

Transit Corridors

Approach to corridor identification and evaluation
Mapping key criteria along corridors
Report out and discussion

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Using the Evaluation Framework

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Sample Corridor Analysis: Seattle

Comprehensive Set of Initial Corridor Screening Corridors for Prioritization Final Plan Corridors Corridors

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Using the Evaluation Framework

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Comprehensive Set of Corridors

Blueprint Denver

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Existing frequent

service

RTD network

analysis

Project team input
Task Force input
Agency Team input

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Comprehensive Set of Corridors

Blueprint Denver

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Existing frequent

service

RTD network

analysis

Project team input
Task Force input
Agency Team input

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Comprehensive Set of Corridors

Blueprint Denver

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Existing frequent

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RTD network

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Project team input
Task Force input
Agency Team input

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Comprehensive Set of Corridors

Blueprint Denver

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Existing frequent

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RTD network

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Project team input
Task Force input
Agency Team input

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Comprehensive Set of Corridors

Blueprint Denver

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Existing frequent

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Project team input
Task Force input
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Comprehensive Set of Corridors

Blueprint Denver

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Comprehensive Set of Corridors

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Our Final Corridors

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Using the Evaluation Framework

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Segments for Screening

Break at logical points

to capture changes in land use or corridor character

Work with smaller

segments to support fine-grained results and ability to stitch pieces together

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Initial Screening Criteria

Density
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Your Turn

Spend ~15 min at each station

reviewing the analysis and maps

Discuss the following questions:

– How well do the criteria tell the “story”

f a corridor?

– Is anything missing? What additional information would be valuable? – What is the relative importance of different criteria?

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Small Group Report Out

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7. Upcoming Outreach and Engagement
Youth Stakeholder Group video release
Wrapping up the Build Your Own Transit System
utreach phase
Preliminary plans for summer engagement

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Summer & Fall Engagement

Partner with Denveright
Target August and early

September initially

Gather feedback on priority

corridors

Keep it simple

– Maptionnaire survey – In-person at local/regional fairs and festivals

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8. Next Steps
Next Task Force participation opportunity

– Share and promote the Build Your Own Transit System survey (closing June 30) – Say hi at summer outreach events in your neighborhood – Publicize the youth video

Task Force Meeting #7: August 3 (let’

s discuss)

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9. Questions and Comments

www.denvergov.org/denveright

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