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Travel Washington Intercity Bus Program Plan Update June 2018 Public Meetings Todays Agenda Welcome What is the Travel Washington Intercity Program Plan Update? What is Travel Washington? What is Intercity Bus Service?


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Travel Washington Intercity Bus Program Plan Update

June 2018 Public Meetings

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Today’s Agenda

  • Welcome
  • What is the Travel Washington Intercity

Program Plan Update?

– What is Travel Washington? – What is Intercity Bus Service? – What is Washington’s Intercity Bus Network?

  • Discussion of intercity needs and issues
  • Provide input to study team

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About this project…

  • Review and assess the four Travel Washington

routes

  • Develop, prioritize and recommend future

Travel Washington routes

  • Identify unmet intercity bus needs/service

gaps

  • Recommend potential near‐term intercity

service expansion to address (possible fifth Travel Washington line)

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Project Schedule

  • June‐July: Regional public meetings
  • June‐July: Surveys
  • August: Analysis of Survey Results
  • August: Development of Alternatives/Demand

Estimates

  • September: Prioritization
  • October: Draft Final Report
  • December: Final Report

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Opportunities to Provide Input

  • Public survey for everyone who wishes to provide input
  • On‐board surveys on the four Travel Washington routes
  • Surveys of regional planning agencies
  • Surveys of public transit providers
  • Surveys of other stakeholders –human service agencies,

colleges, etc.

  • Regional public meetings (this is one of them!)
  • All surveys are available on the project web site:

http://www.kfhgroup.com/wsdot/travelwashingtonplan.html

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What is the Travel Washington Intercity Bus Program?

  • Launched in 2007 to provide intercity connections from

rural areas to connect people with urban centers and the national intercity bus network

  • Uses Federal Transit Administration Section 5311(f)

rural intercity bus funding with local match provided as in‐kind by the private carriers (Greyhound)

  • Four Travel Washington routes were developed based
  • n the 2007 Washington intercity bus plan
  • The Travel Washington routes are operated by private

firms under contract to WSDOT

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  • Travel Washington

branding for all routes

  • Individual regional

route names:

– Grape Line – Dungeness Line – Apple Line – Gold Line

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Travel Washington Lines

  • Grape Line
  • Dungeness

Line

  • Apple Line
  • Gold Line

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Grape Line

  • Walla Walla to Pasco
  • Started in 2007
  • Three daily round‐trips
  • Averages 5,000 trips per

year

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Dungeness Line

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  • Port Angeles to Seattle
  • Started in 2008
  • Two daily round‐trips
  • Averages 15,500

passenger trips per year

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Apple Line

  • Omak to

Wenatchee/Ellensburg

  • Started in 2008
  • One round‐trip daily
  • Averages 5,000 trips per

year

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Gold Line

  • Kettle Falls to Spokane
  • Started in 2010
  • Two round‐trips daily
  • Averages 5,000 passenger

trips per year

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Statewide Intercity Bus Network‐1983

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What do we mean by “Intercity”?

  • Long‐distance
  • Meaningful connection to

national intercity bus network – Shared stations – Coordinated schedules – Interline ticketing if appropriate

  • Fixed‐route, fixed‐schedule

(except feeder services)

  • Has space for baggage—think
  • vernight trips
  • To receive Greyhound in‐kind

match must operate five to seven days per week

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What long‐distance services are not “Intercity”?

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  • Not commuter services—not designed for daily

work trips

  • Long distance medical or other human service

trips that are:

– Demand response—pre‐scheduled – Do not service shared intercity network stops

  • BUT—Regional services providing for a same‐day

round‐trip can be considered intercity if they make connections—like the Travel Washington routes

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Travel Washington: Part of a Connected Network

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  • Travel Washington routes connect to the

national intercity bus network:

– Serves same stations – Coordinated schedules – Interline ticketing

  • Also connect to airports, Amtrak, local transit
  • Services in Google Transit, Greyhound

ticketing system

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Travel Washington: Part of a Connected Network

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Example of Travel Washington Service in Google Transit

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Example of Travel Washington Service in Greyhound Website

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Coverage of Washington’s Intercity Network

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  • Washington total population: 7,073,146
  • Population within 10 miles of intercity

stations/stops: 5,421,117

  • Population within 25 miles of intercity

stations/stops: 6,766,255

  • 76.7% of Washington residents live within 10

miles of intercity stops

  • 95.6% live within 25 miles
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Intercity Network and Population Distribution

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Intercity Network and High Needs Populations

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Now, we need to hear from you….

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  • Where do you go?
  • How often?
  • What modes/services to you use?
  • How well do they work?

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Tell us about your intercity travel needs:

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  • New routes?
  • Additional schedules?
  • More/better connections with other services?

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Is there a need for additional service?

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  • Do we need more/better information?
  • Does the ticketing system need

improvements?

  • More marketing?

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How do you access the statewide transit network?

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  • WSDOT Contacts:

– Greg Wright: 360‐791‐1170 WrightG@wsdot.wa.gov

  • Study Team Contacts:

– Beth Hamby: 206‐274‐5996 bhamby@kfhgroup.com – Carole Richardson: 208‐277‐4600 plangineering@comcast.net

  • Project Website (project information and links to surveys):

http://www.kfhgroup.com/wsdot/travelwashingtonplan.html

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For more information or to submit comments: