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SEPTA Service Realignment Plan
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SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY CATCHING UP: - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY CATCHING UP: - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY CATCHING UP: SEPTAS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN Open House Capital Plan February 26, 2014 SEPTA Service Realignment Plan 2 SIGNED INTO LAW NOVEMBER 25, 2013 PA Act 89 Landmark
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PA Act 89 – Landmark Transportation Funding Bill
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SIGNED INTO LAW – NOVEMBER 25, 2013
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($M) HIGHWAYS & BRIDGES TRANSIT MULTI-MODAL (AVIATION, PORTS, BIKE/PED) TOTAL 2013-14 $242 $55 $30 $326 2014-15 $756 $345 $97 $1,198 2015-16 $1,081 $431 $138 $1,650 2016-17 $1,352 $432 $138 $1,922 2017-18 $1,710 $487 $144 $2,341 NOTES: Funding levels presented as average of annual estimates SEPTA receives approximately 70% of statewide transit capital funding
Five-Year Phase-In
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Impact on SEPTA
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- Realignment Plan No
Longer Necessary
- Advances State of Good
Repair Projects to Improve Safety & Reliability
- Doubles Annual Capital
Budget by 2018
- Predictable, Bondable,
and Inflation-Indexed Source of Funding
- Closer to Peer Agency
Funding Levels
$957 $1,152 $997 $815* $304 $0 $200 $400 $600 $800 $1,000 $1,200 $1,400 Chicago (RTA) New Jersey (NJT) Wash. DC (WMATA) Boston (MBTA) Phila. (SEPTA)
*In 2013, Mass. passed a package totaling $800M per year, including ~$200M for MBTA
PEER AGENCY COMPARISON (FY2013)
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‘Catching Up’
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SEPTA’S APPROACH TO ‘CATCHING UP’:
- Work to Reduce $5 Billion
Backlog
- Model After Successful Stimulus
Program
- Immediately Address Key Issues
Driving Realignment Plan
- Advance Design & Engineering
for Longer-Term Transformative Projects
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Early Action Priorities
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ADDRESSING KEY ISSUES BEHIND REALIGNMENT PLAN:
- Aging Rail Vehicles
- Infrastructure Crisis on
Media/Elwyn Line
- Critical Bridges & Power
Substations
- Track Conditions on NHSL
& Trolley Lines
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Rail Vehicles: Regional Rail
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* NOTE: New York has committed $1.8B for 676 new railcars (LIRR & Metro-North)
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LIGHT RAIL PCC HISTORIC STREETCAR
Rail Vehicles: Trolleys
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Rail Vehicle Replacement: Phased Approach
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PHASE 1 PHASE 2 PHASE 3 Electric Locomotives
Replace Aging & Unreliable AEM-7s
- Increase Size of Locomotive Fleet (8 to 12)
Bi-Level Coaches
Add Capacity to Key Lines
Trolleys
Replace 30+ Year Old & Increasingly Unreliable LRV & PCC Fleets Serving:
- Routes 10, 11, 13, 15, 34, 36 (City)
- Routes 101 & 102 (Suburban)
Silverliner VIs
Replace 40+ Year Old and Increasingly Unreliable Silverliner IVs
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Addressing Media/Elwyn Line Infrastructure Crisis
Ridley Creek Viaduct Timbers Cobbs Creek Viaduct (Built 1891) Ridley Creek Darby Creek Cobbs Creek SEPTA’S MEDIA/ELWYN LINE: TRACK TIMBER REPLACEMENT PROJECTS
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Addressing Critical Bridges & Power Substations
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Jenkintown Substation (Built 1931)
Crum Creek Viaduct (Built 1895) Corrosion
Morton Substation (Built 1928)
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Upgrading NHSL & Trolley Track Conditions
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NHSL Track Ties Route 15 Trolley Tracks
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Station Reconstruction & Accessibility
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Levittown Exton Margaret-Orthodox 69th Street West Terminal
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Parking Capacity Expansion
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North Wales 69th Street
FILLED OPEN 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
PARKING AVAILABILITY (2013 CENSUS)
More than 50% of SEPTA’s Regional Rail Stations Have Zero Available Parking Spaces
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Advancing Design & Engineering for Longer-Term Transformative Projects
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City Hall Station Center City Concourses Station Real Time Info
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Act 89’s Lasting Economic Impact
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- Jobs & New Opportunities for Economic Growth:
- SEPTA already supports 26,000 jobs and $3.2 billion in
annual economic output in Pennsylvania
- Renewal for Entire Multimodal Transportation System
- Not just transit – Act 89 also benefits highways, bridges,
ports & bike/pedestrian infrastructure
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