Update of the 2016 TDP and Community Involvement HART Board Meeting - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Update of the 2016 TDP and Community Involvement HART Board Meeting - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Update of the 2016 TDP and Community Involvement HART Board Meeting September 14, 2015 Transit Development Plan (TDP) 10-year business plan FDOT requirement Major update every 5 years FY2012 major update Annual abbreviated
- 10-year business plan
- FDOT requirement
- Major update every 5 years
– FY2012 major update – Annual abbreviated updates
- Accomplishments
- Revised implementation program
and financial plan
- TDP aligned with budget process
Transit Development Plan (TDP)
Transit Development Plan
- 11 TDP open house meetings
– 125 total attendees – 116 new email contacts – 12 presentations
- MPO, organizations, business groups
- Getting the word out
– CEO radio interview and spots on WTMP – Press release in English and Spanish distributed widely – Ads in 3 newspapers (FL Sentinel, La Gaceta, Tampa Tribune) – Fliers posted at Transit Centers and on buses – Website, social media promotion – Meeting dates & locations posted on gohillsborough.org – Fliers distributed to community relations contacts, including County and City Offices of Neighborhood Relations
- Participation in ongoing GO Hillsborough meetings
Community Outreach
Community Outreach
Community Outreach
Community Outreach
Community Outreach
Community Outreach
- 179 logged TDP comments
– T
- p categories:
- Ferry (54)
- Route improvements (13)
- Transit center and bus environment (10)
- Shelters (9)
- Riverview service (9)
- Hours and frequency (8)
- Brandon service (8)
- Bicycles (6)
- Downtown, airport and shuttle connections (6)
- Operators (5)
- MetroRapid (5)
- Valrico service (4)
Summary of Input Received
– Other categories:
- Service issues
- Fares
- Funding
- Good service
- South County service
- USF service
- Temple Terrace service
- Lutz service
- N. Hillsborough/Pasco
service
- Seffner service
Summary of Input Received
- Westchase service
- Westshore service
- West Tampa service
- HARTFlex
- HARTPlus
- Plant City
- Pass sales
- PSTA consolidation
- Small buses
- Streetcar
Updates:
- Adds SoHo
shuttle, with local sponsorship
- TBX MOT &
feeder service
- Bus stop
improvements & shelters
- Increases frequency, late night and weekend service
– Each route will have a consistent frequency – 12 routes extended to Saturday – 5 routes extended to Sunday – All local routes run to at least 10 PM on weekdays – Core routes at 30 minute frequency on Saturday and Sunday – Reorganizes route 10 to serve Rocky Point
- Adds 6 new van-based routes
– New Tampa Flex FY 2016 – T emple T errace Flex FY 2018 – South Shore Community Plan enacted – 2 new loop circulators and 2 new HART Flex – SoHo weekend shuttle service (with sponsorship)
- Pilot New Alternative Transportation Options
– HARTPlus Customer Choice program pilot – First & Last Mile connector service pilot in 2-3 zones
Action Plan highlights
Updates:
- Service to
proposed ferry
- Westshore
circulator
- Address
West Tampa circulation
- Additional bike
facilities
- Bus stops &
shelters
- Frequency improvements on 7 local routes, 5 Flex zones
– Route 34 connection to PSTA in Oldsmar – Route 46 extends to MacDill AFB
- Adds 7 new local bus routes
- Adds 3 new MetroRapid routes
- Adds 9 new HARTFlex zones
- Adds Robust Commuter Express and Park-n-Rides
– Adds 5 new regional Park n Rides, creating a 7 site regional system – Current Express routes expand to 8 AM trips, 8 PM trips – Brandon to MacDill routes serve water ferry dock – Adds 9 new Commuter Express routes – Adds Tampa-Airport-Carillon-St. Pete Express (2017)
- Infrastructure needs
– Vehicle acquisition & replacement; bus stop accessibility improvements – Additional bike facilities – New HART satellite operations and maintenance facility – Supportive technology
- Commitment to new Alternative Transportation Options
– HARTPlus Customer Choice program – First & Last Mile connector service expansion – More solution-oriented transit
GO Hillsborough component highlights
FY2016 Action Plan service 2.6% increase in service miles + Alternative Transportation Options
- Express pilot
with Megabus
- HARTPlus
Customer Choice pilot
- First Mile &
Last Mile pilot