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Tennessee Transit 2025 October 8 Public Meeting Knoxville

Tennessee Transit 2025 October 8 Public Meeting Knoxville. Tennessee Department of Transportation Organization. Office of Public Transportation What We Do. Transit planning, marketing, and technical assistance Capital/operating assistance Elderly/disabled programs

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Tennessee Transit 2025 October 8 Public Meeting Knoxville

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  1. Tennessee Transit 2025October 8 Public MeetingKnoxville

  2. Tennessee Department of Transportation Organization

  3. Office of Public Transportation What We Do • Transit planning, marketing, and technical assistance • Capital/operatingassistance • Elderly/disabled programs • Ridesharing assistance • Transit system training • Student internship program • Park and ride lot development • Resource coordination

  4. Tennessee Transit Today • 23 transit agencies state-wide • Ridership 29 million in 2001 (up 13.6% since 1998) • $45.6 million - capitalimprovements in 2001 • $106.9 million - operating funds in 2001

  5. In Millions of $$ 2000 2001 2002 2003 State Transit Funding

  6. Metropolitan/Regional Transit RTA Five Systems 25.8 million trips in 2001 660 Total Vehicles in 2001

  7. KATKnoxville Area Transit • Fixed route service • 16 routes, 2.3 million trips • 68 vehicles • One of the fastest growingsystems • Ridership Up • Express buses – 3 routes • Trolley routes – 3 routes • Paratransit – 11 vehicles, 31,561 trips • Projects: • Replace 10 buses each year • New transit center - $17.6 million

  8. 89 Total Vehicles 1.2 million trips in 2001 Urban Transit Systems 6 Systems

  9. ORPTOak Ridge Public Transit • Demand response • 3 vehicles, 7,805 trips • Taxi Voucher Program • 34,764 trips • Projects: • Taxi coupon program for elderly and disabled persons • New marketing initiative • Logos, etc.

  10. 44 Total Vehicles 1.4 million trips in 2001 Trolley Systems 3 Systems

  11. Rural Public Transit11 Systems – 95 Counties 649 vehicles • Delta HRA • Northwest TN HRA • Southwest HRA • Mid-Cumberland HRA • South Central TN DD 1.4 million trips in 2001 • Upper Cumberland HRA • Southeast TN HRA • Hamilton County • East TN HRA • Hancock County • First TN HRA

  12. East TN HumanResource Agency • Counties Served: Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox (non-urbanized area), Loudon, Monroe, Morgan, Roane, Scott, Sevier and Union • Service Area Population: 663,334 • Trips Provided in FY 2001: 211,994 • 50% funding generated by trips for TennCare clients • GPS- In the process of installing mobile data terminals

  13. Emerging Transit Markets • Towns become urban – Cleveland, Morristown and Murfreesboro • New transit system – City of Franklin in May 2003 • Service feasibility studies – Murfreesboro and Sevierville • Bus rapid transit study – Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and Sevierville

  14. Transit System Issues • Funding • New technology • Capital facilities • Demand for paratransit service rising dramatically • Service development and marketing • Land use planning and development

  15. Transit Benefits(From Oak Ridge National Laboratory) • Access to employment and medical services • Positive economic andenvironmental impacts • Urban transit returns $2.00-2.50 for each $1.00 invested • Rural transit has positive cost-benefit ratio

  16. Transit Vision • Customer-centeredalternatives toprivate automobiles • TDOT is multimodal“mobility manager”

  17. What is the Transit Plan?

  18. 2025 Transit Plan • Part of TDOT’s long-range multimodal plan • Documents currenttransit services andfuture needs, costs,funding, marketing • Identifies major future projects • Contains transit agency and public input

  19. Transit Plan • Goals and Objectives • Initial Findings • Plan Schedule

  20. Draft Goals and Objectives • Triple ridership by 2025 • Improve service quality and safety • Create transit systems and services that enhance quality of life • Establish stable/reliable funding • Promote best practices • Encourage public-private partnerships • Develop user-friendlymodal connections

  21. Benefits of GrowingTransit Ridership by 2025 • Quality of Life • Reduce traffic congestion • Support livable communities • Air Quality in Metropolitan Areas • Social Benefits • Transportation for older citizens & others • Economic costs of new infrastructure

  22. Transit Ridership Growth is Achievable! • Increase service to match growth in population • Start service in new emerging markets • Construct “New Start” transit projects: • Memphis Light Rail • Nashville Commuter Rail • Gatlinburg / Pigeon Forge / Sevierville BRT

  23. Transit Ridership Growth Ridership in 2001 29 Million Ridership in 2025 90 Million

  24. Programmatic Improvement Areas • Vehicle Procurement • Improve procurement process and reduce costs • Planning • TDOT facilitate peer review program among local transit agencies

  25. Programmatic Improvement Areas, cont. • Safety and Training Oversight • Enhance training • Link up with insurers for training and technology • Marketing • Clarify roles for all parties (including TDOT) • Help organize and support transit advocacy

  26. Programmatic Improvement Areas, cont. • Technology Transfer • TDOT overall transit technology program management • Access TN university research centers for help

  27. Funding Objectives • Predictable and consistent funding stream • Adequate and growing • Allows multi-year commitments to large capital projects • Allows state to plan for — or limit exposure for state share of — high capital cost projects • Funding alternatives will be developed in TDOT Multi-Modal Plan

  28. Cost of Additional Service Operating Cost Requirements(millions of year 2000 dollars)

  29. Cost of Additional Service Capital Costs(millions of year 2000 dollars)

  30. Options for New Local Funding • Increase gasoline tax • Increase non-gasoline motor fuel tax (diesel and CNG) • Special sales tax • Increase vehicle registration fee • Vehicle excise / personal property tax

  31. Preparing the Plan • Steering Committee • Transit agencies speak out on goals/needs • Extensive publicoutreach • Stakeholder groups anduser surveys • Details on TDOT Web Site TDOT.state.tn.us/TNTRANSIT25

  32. Plan Schedule • June-October 2003: review, comment, public involvement • Early fall 2003:finalize as transit resourcedocument for long-range multimodal transportation plan

  33. Transit Plan is One Part of the Long-Range Multimodal Plan • Aviation Plan • Bike/Pedestrian Plan • Freight Plan • Highway Plan • Rail Plan • Transit Plan The long-range multimodal planning process will begin this year and take about 18 months.

  34. Now it’s your turn . . . How you can help shape the plan

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