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El Camino Real Bus Rapid Transit Phasing Study
City Council Outreach
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- 29,000+ average daily
vehicle trips
- 57% intersections at
Level of Service D or worse
- County growth by
2040
- ~30% population, jobs,
households
El Camino Real Bus Rapid Transit Phasing Study City Council - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
El Camino Real Bus Rapid Transit Phasing Study City Council - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
El Camino Real Bus Rapid Transit Phasing Study City Council Outreach Current and Future ECR 29,000+ average daily vehicle trips 57% intersections at Level of Service D or worse County growth by 2040 - ~30% population, jobs,
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Phasing Plan
- Short-term operating and phasing plan
focused on Rapid service
- Long-term operating and phasing plan
focused on intensive “Full BRT” service
Now Short Term Long Term ECR Rapid BRT
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Rapid vs. Full BRT
- Rapid: Mixed-flow
- perations with skip-stop
service and some signal/street priority
- Full BRT: Dedicated lanes
with enhanced stations and rail-like operations; requires high capital
- utlay
Local Service Skip-stop Service
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Goals and Objectives
- Increase ridership
- Improve passenger experience
- Attract new and/or “choice” riders
- Promote livability, commercial vitality
- Improve pedestrian safety
- Increase access to households, employment, retail
- Support planned growth per the Grand Boulevard Initiative
- Minimize cost increases, operational impacts
- Provide cost-effective service
- Minimize traffic, parking impacts
- Minimize physical changes to roadway
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Optimizing a Service Plan
- Considerations:
- Ridership, travel demand
- Congestion levels, bottlenecks
- Intermodal connections
- Impacts to local transit service
- Key options:
- Traffic Signal Priority
- Right-turn lane exemptions
- Bulb outs
- Queue jumpers
- Branding
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- Additional city council presentations
- Public workshops
- Develop conceptual alternatives
- Continue coordination with Caltrans,
City/County Association of Governments and Grand Boulevard Initiative
- Update SamTrans Board
- Present recommendations in
spring/summer 2014
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Next Steps
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Submit Comments
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- Workshops:
- Nov. 13, 2013, 6 p.m., SamTrans Administrative Office, 2nd Floor
Auditorium, 1250 San Carlos Ave. in San Carlos
- Nov. 14, 2013, 6 p.m., South San Francisco Municipal Services
Building, Council Chambers, 33 Arroyo Drive
- Project Website: www.samtrans.com/BRT
- Email: reggiardom@samtrans.com
- Telephone: 650-508-6283
- Mail: Attention Melissa Reggiardo, San Mateo
County Transit District P.O. Box 3006, San Carlos, CA 94070