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Geary Corridor Bus Rapid Transit Conceptual Engineering and Environmental Analysis SFMTA Fleet Issues Related to Alternative 4 SAN SA N FRA RANC NCISC SCO O COUNTY Y TRA RANS NSPOR PORTATION ION AUTHOR ORITY Citiz tizens ns Ad

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Geary Corridor Bus Rapid Transit

Conceptual Engineering and Environmental Analysis

SFMTA Fleet Issues – Related to Alternative 4

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Geary BRT – SFMTA Fleet Management Issues Related to Alternative 4

Geary BRT Issues Fleet Issues

The Pathway to Better Transit Service on Geary
Geary BRT development planning has many different

issues to research and analyze

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Origin of 5-door 60’ Articulated Bus in the U.S.
1990s - Eugene, OR and Cleveland, OH develop Bus Rapid

Transit plans that seek to be “very much like rail”

Similar to BRT in operation in South America (Curitiba, Brazil)

Geary BRT – SFMTA Fleet Management Issues Related to Alternative 4

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Origin of 5-door 60’ Articulated Bus in the U.S.
New Flyer and NABI produced prototypes for the North

America market - only New Flyer sold buses

Less than 50 in the U.S. / 0 in Canada

http://www.thestar.com.my/story.aspx

NABI New Flyer

Geary BRT – SFMTA Fleet Management Issues Related to Alternative 4

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Alt. 3

Center- Side Option Geary BRT – SFMTA Fleet Management Issues Related to Alternative 4

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Center- Center Option Geary BRT – SFMTA Fleet Management Issues Related to Alternative 4

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SFMTA research and analysis to show the challenges

with 5 - door bus operations Geary BRT – SFMTA Fleet Management Issues Related to Alternative 4

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SFMTA – Flexible Vehicle Operations – No Sub-Fleets
Facilities are not equipped to manage sub-fleets
Maintenance of a Geary BRT sub-fleet doesn’t fit into general strategy
Facilities are too old and cramped to allow for sub-fleet operations

Woods - 1974 Presidio – 1912 & 1950 Potrero – 1914 & 1949 Other SFMTA Divisions Kirkland – 1950 Flynn – 1989 Islais Creek – 2013 Cable Car – 1984 Green – 1978 Metro East – 2007

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SFMTA Fleet Table and Facility Information

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Division Year Open & Renovations Vehicle Type & Size Number Present Capacity Real Estate Vision Plan Presidio 1912 1950 40' Trolleybus 165 73 Replacement Potrero 1914 1949 40' Trolleybus 60' Trolleybus 45 73 45 73 Replacement Kirkland 1950 40' Motor bus 135 127 Replacement Woods 1974 1991 30' Motor bus 40' Motor bus 224 (30' + 40' + 40' reserve) 30 160 Major Renovation Green - Beach 1978 75' Breda LRV

Hist. Streetcar

<100* <50* 110 55 Renovation Cable Car 1890s 1984 Hyde St. car California St. car 28 12 28 12 OK Flynn 1989 60' Motor bus 130 102 Minor Renovation Metro East 2007 75' Breda LRV

Hist. Streetcar

50* 25* 125 25 OK - fully furnish w/ equipment Islais Creek 2013 2016 40' Motor bus 60' Motor bus 50-70* 70 or 160 70 or 0 Modification to accept 60' underway * = Numbers are approximate. Red boxes = overcrowding and/ or need for renovation or replacement Lavender box = still under construction

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SFMTA – Flexible Vehicle Operations – No Sub Fleets
Concern if unforeseen problem developed on new buses
If 5-door buses are selected for Geary, and a fleetwide defect

required most or all buses to be pulled from service – SFMTA would not have any transit vehicles to use to replace service on Geary

50,000+ passengers per day would be at risk of no transit service

50,000+ people A T & T Park 42,000 + 8,000+

Geary BRT – SFMTA Fleet Management Issues Related to Alternative 4

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SFMTA – Durability Concerns – Buses must last 12 yrs.
No transit agency with ridership and operations issues similar

to Geary Blvd. has used 5-door buses for 12 years

Eugene, OR (6.5 years) – 5,000 passengers per day – flat terrain
Cleveland, OH (5.0 years) – 15,000 passengers per day – flat terrain
Geary (SF, CA) ( N/A ) – 50,000+ passengers per day – flat + grades

Geary BRT – SFMTA Fleet Management Issues Related to Alternative 4

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SFMTA – Durability Concerns – Buses must last 12 yrs.
SFMTA has the heaviest bus passenger ridership levels per

service hour in the United States

At “retirement” - SFMTA buses have operated much higher revenue

/ service hours, and carried many more passengers when compared to 12 year old SamTrans or Golden Gate Transit buses

Passenger Trips – 12 yr. Bus lifespan

Revenue/Service hrs. = 12 years of SFMTA = 19 years of Golden Gate / 16 years of SamTrans Passenger trips = 12 years of SFMTA = 75 years of Golden Gate / 50 years of SamTrans

10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 1 2 3 1,000,000 2,000,000 3,000,000 1 2 3 Passenger Trips – 12 yr. bus lifespan

SFMTA SamTrans GGT SFMTA SamTrans GGT

Revenue/Service hrs. – 12 yr. bus lifespan

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SFMTA – Cost of Vehicles
A 5-door bus from New Flyer (bus supplier) will cost

approximately $250,000 more than a similar 3-door bus

ffered by New Flyer

10,000,000 20,000,000 30,000,000 40,000,000 50,000,000 60,000,000 70,000,000 80,000,000 1 2 3

1 - 5 door bus = $1.40M 5 – 5 door buses = $7.00M 50 - 5 door buses = $70.00M 1 - 3 door bus = $1.15M 5 – 3 door buses = $5.75M 50 – 3 door buses = $57.50M 6 3 door buses can be purchased 60 3 door buses can be purchased for the cost of 5 5 door buses for the cost of 50 5 door buses

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SFMTA – Performance of Vehicles
A 5-door bus loading from the left loads passengers at

2 doors vs. loading from the right with 3 doors

Time (stopped at station) is 20%-30% of total run time
On a 40 minute trip on Geary – dwell time = 8-12 minutes
2 doors vs. 3 doors is estimated at 25%-50% slower loading
Use of 2 doors likely = 2-6 minutes of added run time
A 5-door bus will have 4-6 less seats than a 3 door bus

47-49 seats – 3 door 43 seats – 5 door

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Summary
As explained in slides 8-14, SFMTA has serious concerns with

buying 5-door 60’ articulated buses – and it appears likely that this type of bus will not be purchased when new buses to be used for Geary BRT are ordered in 2015-2016.