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Public Meetings January 2016 Agenda Welcome and Introductions Project update Process Project definition Key environmental findings Key traffic analysis findings Related activities Bike/pedestrian projects 15L

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Public Meetings

January 2016

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Agenda

  • Welcome and Introductions
  • Project update
  • Process
  • Project definition
  • Key environmental findings
  • Key traffic analysis findings
  • Related activities
  • Bike/pedestrian projects
  • 15L Short-Term Improvements
  • Passenger stop visual preference survey
  • Q&A
  • Open House
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Moving People: Proposed Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)

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What is the purpose of this project?

To identify and provide a package of multi- modal transportation improvements in the East Colfax corridor that:

  • Meet current and future person-trip demand
  • Improve mobility, connectivity, safety, and accessibility
  • Help to mitigate congestion
  • Encourage a shift of auto trips to alternative modes
  • Interact seamlessly, efficiently, and safely with other

transportation corridors, systems, and modes

  • Are consistent with economic development

components of federal sustainability & livability plans and principles

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Key Challenge:

  • Adding person-trip capacity to

East Colfax without adding roadway lanes or taking property

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Maximum number of cars on a street Distribution of people served by these cars The same number of people on a bus The same number of people

  • n a ped-bike friendly street
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Previous Studies and Plans

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CCD Strategic Transportation Plan, 2008

  • Identified 20-30% increased person trip demand in

corridor by 2025

CCD Colfax Streetcar Feasibility Study, 2010

  • Identified four transit routes in study area, with current

use ~30,000 riders per day

  • Determined all four routes at capacity during peak
  • Routes 15 and 15L at capacity throughout day, with

~22,000 riders per day

Colfax Corridor Connections Study

  • Recommendation: Bus Rapid Transit in exclusive lanes

during peak periods

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Stakeholders and Public Involvement

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Project Stakeholders & Team

  • Lead Agency
  • City and County of Denver
  • Partner/Coordinating Agencies
  • City of Aurora
  • Regional Transportation District (RTD)
  • Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG)
  • Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT)
  • Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
  • Stakeholders
  • Regulatory Agencies
  • Auraria and Anschutz Campuses
  • Registered neighborhood organizations
  • Businesses and property owners
  • Community leaders
  • Residents and travelers along the corridor
  • Consultant Team: Steer Davies Gleave (lead)

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Public Involvement Activities

  • Technical Working Group Meetings
  • Community Task Force Meetings
  • Four sets of Public Meetings in Denver & Aurora
  • Printed Materials
  • Available at 100+ local businesses on Colfax
  • Info sent to a network of nearly 150 organizations
  • RTD ridership survey/meeting info available on 15/15L

buses

  • Digital Resources
  • Website, Facebook and Twitter sites
  • Email database of nearly 1,000 stakeholders

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Initial Feedback on BRT Concept

  • City of Aurora:
  • Supportive of the BRT project
  • Agencies are working together on additional technical

analysis

  • Technical Working Group:
  • Supportive of the BRT recommendation
  • Community Leadership Group:
  • Supportive of the BRT recommendation
  • RTD:
  • Supportive of Enhancing Transit on Colfax; Fiscally

Constrained with FasTracks, which is their current priority

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Public Meeting Feedback:

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Several hundred comments submitted

  • Majority have been supportive of BRT concept

Most cited benefits of BRT were:

  • Faster travel times
  • Transit schedule reliability
  • Increased corridor capacity
  • Economic development potential

Most cited areas where more information was desired were:

  • Traffic operations
  • Interaction of bicycle/pedestrian facilities
  • Economic activity
  • Social/community effects
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  • More detailed project definition
  • Continued discussion and review on

specifics of project with partners

  • Additional ridership forecasting
  • Additional in-depth traffic analysis
  • Initiation of environmental clearance

What’s Happened Since the Last Public Meetings?

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How Did We Get Here?

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What’s the study area for this project?

10 miles

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Why is This Project Needed?

(2010 to 2035) (2010 to 2035)

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*ridership includes 10, 20, and 15 & 15L

(2010 to 2035) (2010 to 2035)

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Why is This Project Needed?

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Mode/Technology Options Considered

Roadway Expansion Enhanced Bus Bus Rapid Transit Light Rail Modern Streetcar Automated Guideway Transit Monorail MagLev Commuter Rail Heavy Rail (Metro) Gondola Personal Rapid Transit

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Route/Alignment Options

  • Greatest number of activity

centers

  • Fewest on-street parking spaces
  • Shortest alignment
  • Fewest roadway intersections
  • Most consistent with locally

adopted plans

  • Blueprint Denver ‘area of

change’

  • Urban character is primarily

commercial & mixed-use

  • Economic development
  • pportunities

Colfax Avenue - Route Recommended to Advance

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13th/14th Colfax 17th 20th/ Montview Enhanced Bus Bus Rapid Transit Modern Streetcar Light Rail

* Other transportation improvements (bike, pedestrian, etc.) are components of all options

End of Screen 2 - Results

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Locally Preferred Alternative: Bus Rapid Transit in Exclusive Lanes During Peak Hours

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  • Most stops are at existing 15L stops
  • 2 stops proposed at different locations
  • Glencoe to Eudora
  • Tamarac to Uinta

Project definition

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Project definition

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 Exclusive lanes (replacing general purpose lanes) during peak periods between Broadway (and the Civic Center Station) in downtown Denver and Syracuse Street in east Denver, a distance

  • f 4.7 miles.

 Exclusive lanes would continue to allow right-turns for autos and would also allow crossing for parking adjacent to the lanes.

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Project definition Extent of improved service frequencies and stop enhancements: I-25 to I-225

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Project definition Extent of peak-period exclusive lanes: Broadway to Syracuse

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Project definition

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 Branded service with low-floor articulated buses the 10-mile length of the corridor.

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Project definition

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 Five-minute peak-period headways the entire length of the 10- mile corridor.

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Project definition

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 Twenty enhanced passenger stations throughout the corridor with real-time passenger information, off-vehicle ticketing, and other passenger amenities.  Stops will consist of curb extensions where appropriate (primarily in current bus stop location with minimal parking loss) and on- sidewalk curbside enhancements where curb extensions are not appropriate.

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BUS RAPID TRANSIT

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BUS

A new type of

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RAPID

It should be

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Example BRT Before/After Concept

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TRANSIT

Focused on

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Bus Rapid Transit: How It Addresses Corridor Needs

More than doubles ridership of current bus service…

Up to 50,000 Daily Riders

2035 BRT

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Bus Rapid Transit: How It Addresses Corridor Needs

Increases person-trips potential by 25%…

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Bus Rapid Transit: How It Addresses Corridor Needs

End-to-end transit travel time change

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More Information at meeting station….

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 Already heavily used urban transportation corridor  Minimal to no impacts (and many benefits) in most federal resource areas  Categorical exclusion document being prepared under guidance of Federal Transit Administration  Anticipated completion spring 2016

Key environmental issues and findings

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More Information at meeting station….

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Bus Rapid Transit: Traffic Takeaways

 Congestion occurs today and will get worse in the future with or without the project  Traffic diversion occurs today and will get worse in the future with or without the project  Some shift from autos to transit due to improved travel times and convenience  Appropriate operational improvements at hot spots as necessary  BRT increases person-trip capacity by up to 25%

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Bus Rapid Transit: Traffic Methodology

 Traffic Analysis used two separate types of models

  • FOCUS travel demand model for traffic growth and

ridership forecasting

  • VISSIM / Synchro capacity analysis models for more

specific intersection analysis

 VISSIM evaluated specific intersection operations along Colfax  Synchro evaluated select intersections adjacent to Colfax (such as 13th, 14th, etc.)  Analysis conducted with and without the project

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Bus Rapid Transit: Traffic Findings

 Many streets see only a minor increase in delay/congestion  Regardless of project, some intersection hot spots become apparent  For corridor hot spots, we have identified potential operational improvements:

  • Signal optimization
  • New and/or lengthened turn lanes/pockets
  • Minimal capacity improvements through re-striping or minor curb/gutter

relocation (all within ROW)

 Currently developing package of operational improvements using Synchro model to see which are most effective to meet the goals

  • f the project
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More Information at meeting station….

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Bike/Pedestrian Access

 Bike/Ped access has been a key component of the BRT project from the beginning.  We are identifying short term opportunities for pedestrian and bicycle improvements that support the larger Colfax bus rapid transit (BRT) project

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More Information at meeting station….

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 Short-term opportunity to improve transit on Colfax while still working toward long-term goal of implementing BRT

15L Improvements

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More Information at meeting station….

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Stop/Shelter Visual Preference Survey

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More Information at meeting station….

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How BRT Meets Project Goals:

  • Meets person trip demand
  • Better serves existing users and attract new users
  • Conforms with livability principles and promotes

economic development

  • New transportation capacity without new ROW
  • Accommodates intra-corridor trips
  • Improves connectivity and mobility options
  • Affordable and fiscally sustainable
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Where Do We Go From Here?

Spring 2016:

 Bicycle/pedestrian improvement coordination  Complete detailed traffic analysis  Complete details on short-term 15L enhancements  Complete environmental clearance

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Where Do We Go From Here?

2016-2017:

 Begin design phase  Compete for federal funding  Identify local/regional funding sources

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Where Do We Go From Here?

2019-2020:

 Complete design  Federal funding in place  Target to start construction

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Where Do We Go From Here?

2021-2022:  Target for project Implementation

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Questions?