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Madison East-West Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Planning Study

MADISON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

West Side Route Options – March 4, 2020

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Isthmus Freeway Plan (1955)

Employment

200,000 jobs in 2010 +45,000 projected for Madison 2050

+10,000 in Isthmus

+85,000 projected for Dane Co 2050

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

1 lane 1 lane

Rail/Transit Studies: Recent History

Previous Rail/ High Capacity Transit Studies

1980-81 Dane County Transit Technology Corridor Study (DCRPC) 1985-86 Dane County Transit Priority Corridor Study(DCRPC) 1990-92 Light Rail Transit Corridor Study (C. Madison) 1996 Study to Evaluate Commuter Rail Implementation (Dane Co) 1998 Dane County Commuter Rail Feasibility Study (Dane Co) 1999-2003 Transport 2020 Commuter Rail Alternatives Analysis (City/County/WisDOT) 2005-2008 Transport 2020 Commuter Rail Preliminary Engineering/EIS(City/County/WisDOT) → 2011-13 Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Preliminary Feasibility Study (MATPB) → 2018-20 BRT East-West Corridor Project Development (C. Madison)

Phase 1 East-West Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)

Possible option for contra tra-fl flow

• w on Broom

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

• Phase 1 BRT will be

within a 10 minute walk of almost 120,000 jobs.

• Phase 1 BRT will be

within a 10 minute walk of almost 80,000 residents.

Bus Rapid Transit

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

What is Bus Rapid Transit?

BRT has:

• Very high level service, similar to but
• ne step down from light rail
• Typically over 50 percent of the route

will have dedicated bus lanes, giving buses an advantage in congestion

• Special intersection treatments to

help speed up buses in traffic

• 10-15 minute service levels - 6 am to

12 midnight

Cleveland’s Health Line BRT Example of dedicated bus lanes

Location of Dedicated Lanes for Buses

Possible option n for contra tra-fl flow

• w on Broom

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Between 45% and 55% Dedicated Running Way

Bus Rapid Transit

• Transit Signal Priority (TSP)

10

Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)

• Queue Jump

11

12

BRT Elements

• Station Platforms, Articulated Electric Buses, Off-Board Fare Payment

Request Entry into Project Development

Federal ral (FTA) A) Proje ject Develo lopment

Receive Clearance from FTA

FUND NDING ING ENV NVIRON IRONMEN ENTAL AL

Start Federal (FTA) Project Development Process Start Analysis Request Eligibility Review from FTA Apply for FTA Capital Funding Receive Capital Funding from FTA

CONST NSTRUCT UCTION ION Begin gin Servic rvice 30% 30% 60% 60% 100% DES ESIGN GN 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Adopt Locally Preferred Alternative

Project Development Process

West Side Route Options

MADISON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

West Side Routing Goals and Objectives

• Ability to serve employment centers
• Ability to provide dedicated running way (important evaluation criterion

for a federal (FTA) Small Starts grant)

• Ability to provide access to BRT for users of the Metro local system (e.g.,

enabling convenient transfers)

• Ridership potential (important evaluation criterion for a federal (FTA)

Small Starts grant)

West Side Alternative 1

Existing bus lanes Mineral Point Beltline New bus lanes Yellowstone Rosa Westfield Whitney Way Gammon High Point W

West Transfer Point

No BRT service to West Transfer Point

West Side Alternative 2

Whitney Way Gammon High Point Beltline Mineral Point Existing bus lanes New bus lanes Grand Canyon Westfield W

West Transfer Point

New northbound station and improvements to West Towne ring road Potential future realignment through West Towne

West Side Alternative 3

Beltline Mineral Point Existing bus lanes New bus lanes Yellowstone Whitney Way Gammon High Point Rosa Westfield W

West Transfer Point

New public street extension of Rosa Road

W

West Side Alternative 4

Beltline Mineral Point New bus lanes Whitney Way Gammon High Point

West Transfer Point

BRT line ends at West Transfer Point Future expansion to the west and/or south

MADISON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

MADISON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

• Alt. 1
• Alt. 2
• Alt. 3
• Alt. 4

Percentage of Dedicated Running Way

100% 33% 75% 100%

Length of Alternative

4.6 mi. 2.2 mi. 5.1 mi. 1.2 mi.

MADISON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

MADISON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Staff Recommendation: Alternative 3

• Serves majority of employment in area
• Serves some residential density along MPR
• Most of route in dedicated running way
• Serves highest potential for ridership, incl. future

growth of UWRP

• Excellent connectivity to local Metro routes, via

West Transfer Point connection

MADISON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Questions/Comments?

David Trowbridge, AICP Principal Transportation Planner Direct: 608-267-1148 dtrowbridge@cityofmadison.com Mike Cechvala Transportation Planner Direct: 608-261-9283 mcechvala@cityofmadison.com

MADISON EAST-WEST BRT PLANNING STUDY

BRT Travel Time, Ridership, Capital Costs*

10,600 14,650

Travel Times (End-to-End) Daily Ridership Capital Costs

*All data reflects the Broom/Wilson downtown option **LPA = Locally Preferred Alternative, TSP = Transit Signal Priority, QJ = Queue Jump

13,600 12,700 13,100

Via Odana Road

15,000

10,000

11,000 12,200 11,700

Via Mineral Point

Mineral Point / Odana Road

$111 M $121 M $172 M $123 M $158 M $100M $180M $112 M $105 M $117 M

Via Odana Road Via Mineral Point

68 minutes / 73 minutes

Mixed Traffic

64 minutes / 68 minutes

**

Mixed Traffic and TSP + QJ

49 minutes / 50 minutes

**

Dedicated Lane and TSP

55 minutes / 59 minutes

**

Working LPA

MADISON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

BRT Travel Times