Terminal Operational Sustainability - Passenger- Only Ferry Routes and Systems

1. Terminal Operational Sustainability - Passenger- Only Ferry Routes and Systems Patrick R. Vasicek, P.E. Art Anderson Associates

2. POF System Sustainability is Everything • Success of Mass Transit Systems is primarily driven by human factors – for POFs, ferry terminals are a major factor • Economics of Mass Transit Systems in general and Passenger Only Ferry Systems specifically must rival those for the automobile – currently this an Apples to Oranges Comparison • Flexible terminals can mitigate many human factors and improve the life cycle cost of the POF system.

3. POF System Life-Cycle Analysis Example Baylink Ferry—San Francisco Bay Area Vallejo Ferry Terminal M/V Intintoli

4. The Water-Linked TODTriple Bottom Line • Human/Social Factors • Modal Pre-Disposition (competing mode factor) • Quality of Service (Level of Service Measure) • Economic Factors • Overall system cost (normalized to = $/Passenger-Mile) • System permanence (degree of system subsidy normalized to equal 100% - acceptable fare box recovery rate) • Environmental Factors. • System Sustainable Use Factor (Renewability %)

5. Level of Service (LOS) Concepts • Fixed Route transit systems use a six level measurement system graded A – F • LOS metrics should: • Represent the passenger point of view • Be easily quantifiable in terms of LOS • Use measures already in use by other agencies • Transit systems are optimally designed to meet LOS C or D

6. Baylink Ferry – SF Bay Area LOS Calculations

7. Economic Factors Overall System Operation Cost

8. Economic Factors Overall System Operation Cost • Out-of-pocket cost to operate an automobile ~ $0.50/passenger-mile (single occupancy) • Above cost does not include all infrastructure costs (only those funded with gas taxes) • Total System Operating Cost for Baylink example ($0.65/passenger-mile) compares well with single occupancy automobile, especially if infrastructure costs are added

9. Water-Linked TOD Model Hercules, California Hercules Waterfront

10. Hercules Terminal San Francisco Bay Area Prototype Terminal WTA Ferry Terminal—Option 1

11. Prototype Terminal Layouts WTA Terminal Concept Design

12. POF Float Components • Float • Pier-to-Float Gangway • Gangway Landing Platform • Float Ramps • Loading Platform • Transfer Gangway

13. Transfer Gangway Operation Loading Platform and Transfer Gangway in “Up” Stowed Position Transfer Gangway Moved Laterally to Match up with Boat Door Spacing

14. Transfer Gangway Operation Loading Platform Lowered to Match up with Boat Freeboard Transfer Gangway Deployed – Note: Goal is to Moor Boat & Deploy Transfer Gangway in 30 Seconds

15. Vallejo Ferry Maintenance Facility – Service Barge - Notch

16. South San Francisco – Prototype Transfer Gangway – Geometric Analysis

17. South San Francisco – Prototype Transfer Gangway – ADA Compliant Design

18. Trinidad & Tobago – NIDCO Water Taxi Terminal Upgrades Existing Pontoon System – San Fernando Existing Terminal _ San Fernando

19. NIDCO Water Taxi Terminal Upgrades – San Fernando Terminal Fabrication Drawings

20. NIDCO Water Taxi Terminal Upgrades – San Fernando Maintenance Area Fab Drawings

21. Conclusions • ADA compliant, flexible POF terminals can be implemented using permanent, semi-permanent, fixed movable platforms or through the use of hydraulic/manually movable components • Sustainability and long-term success of a POF system are interdependent and are both enhanced by the economic advantages and the improved human-factors related performance resulting from flexible terminal design • Understanding and de-conflicting maintenance activities and Work Flow significantly improves life cycle costs and system sustainability

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