Route 1 Multimodal Alternatives Analysis: R t 1 M lti d l Alt ti A l i Technical Advisory Committee Meeting y g September 25, 2013
Agenda 1. INTRODUCTIONS 2. UPDATES Briefings with elected officials Public Meeting: October 9 th Outreach activities 3. DRAFT WORK PRODUCTS Draft Purpose and Needs Statement Draft Needs Assessment Draft Evaluation of Alternatives Methodology 4. MATERIALS FOR PRESENTATION AT PUBLIC MEETING Presentation Presentation Open house stations and boards 5. SCHEDULE AND NEXT STEPS 2
Project Schedule 3 3
Project Organization: Committee Roles Executive Steering Committee: Policy Guidance State and County elected officials Policy Commonwealth Transportation Board Guidance Senior County staff Fort Belvoir Leadership p Technical Advisory Committee: Technical Guidance County staff Technical VDOT staff Guidance Federal agency staff (FTA FHWA) Federal agency staff (FTA, FHWA) Fort Belvoir Leadership Resource agency staff Transit providers Community Involvement Committee: Study Feedback Community Involvement Committee: Study Feedback Community and advocacy groups Study Individuals Feedback Business and land owners P Project Management Team j t M t T DRPT VDOT Fairfax County Prince William County OIPI OIPI 4
Upcoming Meetings Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) September 25, 10:00 am to noon S South County Government Center th C t G t C t Community Involvement Committee (CIC) September 30, 4:00 to 6:00 pm p p Mt. Vernon Government Center Public Meeting October 9 6:00 to 8:00 pm October 9, 6:00 to 8:00 pm South County Government Center 3 Executive Steering Committee (ESC) November 14, 3:30 to 5:00 pm South County Government Center 5
Briefings with Elected Officials Supervisor Hyland Supervisor Hyland 9/5/13 9/5/13 Delegate Surovell 9/9/13 Senator Puller 9/10/13 Supervisor McKay 9/18/13 Supervisor Principi 10/1/13 6
Public Meeting Time Wednesday, October 9 6:00 to 8:00 pm Location South County Government Center (Room 221), 8350 Richmond Highway, Alexandria, Virginia 22309 Format F t – Open house (15 min) – Presentation (30 min) – Q&A (15 min) Q&A (15 min) – Facilitated visits to open house “stations” (45 min) 7
Community Events (Sept) ~ September 2013 ~ ◄ Aug 2013 Oct 2013 ► Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 6pm Hayfield 6pm Potomac Middle School Communities Back to School Design Wksp g p 6pm Route 1 Widening Meeting 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 6:30 Woodley 6:30 pm Walt 9am-12pm Lee Hills ES B2SN Whitman MS District Community B2SN B2SN Reso rce Fair Resource Fair 24 25 22 23 26 27 28 6:30pm Groveton 8-10am Vibrant 7pm Gunston ES B2SN Streets Summit ES B2SN 6:30pm Riverside ES Back to School ES Back to School 10:30 TAC Meeting 29 30 Notes: Community Meetings in orange are awaiting permission / details Involvement Meetings in purple require Spanish translator Committee Meeting (4-6) 8
Community Events (Oct) ~ October 2013 ~ ◄ September November ► Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 8am-12pm 7-9pm West 8am ‐ 12pm Mount Vernon Potomac HS Occoquan Farmers Farmers Back to School Back to School Farmers' Market Market, 11:30am VIC mtg UCM Occoquan church 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 9am-1pm 6-8pm Public Lorton Farmers Lorton Farmers Meeting #1 Meeting #1 Market, Lorton 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 8am-12pm 11-5 Mt Mount Vernon Vernon-Lee Farmers Farmers Chamber Chamber Market Commerce Celebration! 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Notes: Meetings in orange are awaiting permission / details Meetings in purple require Spanish translator 9
Evaluation of Alternatives Methodology Key TAC engagement this stage 3 Key TAC engagement this stage this stage 10
Purpose and Needs Statement GOAL 1: Improve multimodal travel options p p GOAL 2: Improve safety; increase accessibility GOAL 3: Increase the economic competitiveness and vitality of the corridor 3 GOAL 4: Protect and improve community, health and the environment 11
Goals and Objectives Goal Objectives • Improve transit to reduce travel times and increase frequency, reliability, and q y, y, attractiveness. • Improve access to jobs, workers and opportunities generally, and for minority Goal 1: Improve and low ‐ income populations specifically. multimodal travel • Increase comfort, connectivity, and f i i d options attractiveness of bicycle and pedestrian networks to and along the corridor. • Integrate with existing (and planned) transit systems and services. 12
Goals and Objectives Goal Objectives • Provide accessible pathways to and from transit service and local destinations. • Reduce modal conflicts. Goal 2: Improve safety; • Improve pedestrian crossings. p p g i increase accessibility ibilit • Improve traffic operations. • Reduce congestion 13
Goals and Objectives Goal Objectives • Increase and improve connectivity to regional activity centers. • Encourage and support compact, higher Goal 3: Increase the density, mixed use development economic consistent with local plans, policies and competitiveness and competitiveness and economic objectives. vitality of the corridor • Increase public and investor confidence in d li delivery and sustainability of new transit d t i bilit f t it investments. 14
Goals and Objectives Goal Objectives • Minimize impacts on private property and Minimize impacts on private property and historic and natural resources. • Expand opportunities for more and p pp Goal 4: Protect and G l 4 P d affordable housing near high quality improve community, transit. health and the • Reduce energy consumption and environment greenhouse gas emissions. • Increase opportunities for “active I t iti f “ ti transportation.” 15
Purpose and Needs Statement: Input from TAC Members Discussion: How do the proposed goals and objectives p p g j reflect agency policies and priorities? 3 16
Goals, Objectives, and Measures Small Group Discussions: p TAC members to provide feedback on the draft MOEs • How will these measures provide for comparison among • How will these measures provide for comparison among alternatives? • What measures have TAC members seen applied 3 successfully on other projects? 17
Look-ahead Schedule: Upcoming work products – November-December 2013 • Updated Purpose and Needs Statement • Updated Evaluation of Alternatives Methodology Report Updated Evaluation of Alternatives Methodology Report • Land Use Assessment Methodology • Ridership Forecasting Methodology Report • Definition of Alternatives Report – January-February 2014 • Traffic and Transportation Report • Ridership Forecasts Rid hi F t – March-April-May 2014 • Evaluation of Alternatives Results • Evaluation of Alternatives Results • Land Use Assessment and Economic Analysis • Funding Analysis 18
Upcoming TAC Meetings TAC Meeting Public Meeting Tentative Agenda: • September 25 October 9, 2013 Purpose and need, goals and objectives object es • Initial set of alternatives • Alternatives screening process • December 2013 – February 2014 Refined alternatives • January 2014 Forecasting results • Land use assessment • April 2014 May 2014 Environmental scan • Financial analysis • Evaluation of alternatives • Recommendation for Locally Preferred Alternative 19
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Goal Objectives MOEs • Travel time [between key origin/destinations within the corridor] • Time savings to select Regional Activity Centers Time savings to select Regional Activity Centers • • Running time standard deviation Improve transit to reduce travel times and increase • Transit Frequency [peak, off ‐ peak] frequency, reliability, and • Transit capacity/hr [peak, off peak] Transit capacity/hr [peak, off ‐ peak] attractiveness attractiveness. • Mode split • Improve access to jobs, • # of transit ‐ dependent households accessible to high quality transit workers and opportunities generally, and for minority • Average income of riders g Goal 1: provide and low ‐ income • # or percentage of “choice riders” populations specifically. improved non ‐ • Pedestrian accommodation automobile travel • Increase comfort, • options options Bicycle level of service connectivity and connectivity, and attractiveness of bicycle • # of transit subsidies processed and pedestrian networks to • Number of jobs accessible by transit within 60 minutes and along the corridor. • Population with walk access to transit within ¼ mile (street • Integrate with existing (and h ( d centerline distance) planned) transit systems • Walkability index and services. • Person ‐ trip capacity [peak, off ‐ peak] • % increase in non ‐ SOV facilities • Connections to Metro / connections to local bus 21
Goal Objectives MOEs • Estimated crash rates • Provide accessible pathways to and from h d f • Sidewalk connectivity transit service and local destinations. • System connectivity • Reduce modal conflicts. R d d l fli t • Intersection density / crosswalk frequency Goal 2: Increase safety and • Improve pedestrian • Average width of pedestrian crossings accessibility crossings. • Forecasted bicycle use • Improve traffic operations. • Multimodal LOS • R d Reduce congestion ti • Potential intersections with transit signal priority 22
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