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5 innov: Demand Mgmt, PRT Last Mile & Mobility Hubs (bundle of services). Steve Raney Transform Office Parks …. Moving Cooler: 2035 GHG Higher fuel efficiency, but Have to reduce driving (VMT) Bay Area MTC: 2020/35 “fail” Can N. Bayshore innovate for Bay Area & CA? .
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5 innov: Demand Mgmt, PRT Last Mile & Mobility Hubs (bundle of services) • Steve Raney • Transform Office Parks …. • Moving Cooler: 2035 GHG • Higher fuel efficiency, but • Have to reduce driving (VMT) • Bay Area MTC: 2020/35 “fail” • Can N. Bayshore innovate for Bay Area & CA?
1. (TDM) To save CA climate: Eliminate free parking(like Stanford and downtown SF/SJ) • Moving Cooler: $5/gal tax cut VMT 28% • Raise gas price? Political suicide • Europe: $9/gal gas 33% less VMT than US • Bay Area MTC: “Increase driving price to cut VMT” • $2 daily SOV office parking charge + $4 incentive • 23% less commute statewide & can spread • Start with $0.25 charge & $0.50 incentive • High tech, low-cost implementation • No cost to real-estate facilities manager’s budget • No parking booths or gates or re-striping • Android + Connected Vehicle (OnStar) • Game changer. More important than PRT.
2. (TDM) Green Commute Housing Preference • Priority access to new apartments/condos for green commuters • Works best with a waiting list for the housing • Preferences pass fair housing demographic test • Stanford West: 515 apartments • 396 Stanford, 96 hospital, 14 Palo Alto, 9 long commutes • 10% short-commute rent discount.
3. PRT (personal rapid transit) • Video, faster than a car
PRT: 3 companies (+ Skytran) • Ultra, 2getthere: robocars (could bump curb) • Vectus: train-like • Non-stop origin to destination, bypassing intermediate stations • Separate guideway (track) for stations versus main guideway • Control system: manage many vehicles • Driverless / full automation • Accurate location sensing, lateral and longitudinal.
PRT sketch (handout) • Orange: • 8.5 mi, 24 stations, ~$128M • Faster than a car • 101/85 gridlock solution • More downtown customers • Genl Plan Sustainability • Giant cleantech TOD • Stevens Creek X-ing.
~4. N. Bayshore Commute Pattern? • Palo Alto: SRP • 25K jobs • Commute Shed: • 47% within 2 miles of Caltrain • 49% w/i 10 miles • 80% SOV, 11% pool, 1% rail • 18 mi one-way • 200 similar • Google: 62% SOV.
Train, HSR first mile Walk Bike, scooter Car/bike share + rent, ride home Bus Avego first mile Short carpool pick up • Improved match-making • Shared parking Long carpool first mile PRT system LAST MILE mid-day trips 4. Comprehensive, Integrated MobilityDoor to Door Delivery services, Personal activities, Business services • Web/wireless coordination • Supportive policy context • Scale!
N. Bayshore, Stanford Rsrch Park, Stanford • Avoid single family home areas • Hub: transit, car/bike/scooter share, rideshare. Mobility Hub Google Bus w/ PRT last mile Priced Caltrain VTA Rapid Bus
Market Research Results(300 surveys) Palo Alto, Pleasanton office parks Solo commutes: 89% 45% Carpool: 9% 32%, train: 0% 15.5% train For 20K people, removes 6,600 autos (roughly) @ 350 s.f. per space 50 acres in-fill (residential) 1.32 PRT trips/day/person => 26K trips/day Top shuttle bus systems: 3K trips/day.
Customer-Centered Product Research • UC Berkeley’s Deakin says we need it. Silicon Valley style • Anthropological w/ Vulcan mind-meld • New technology bias • High touch / community building is natural • Start with rough business case in mind and refine. Literature Interviews Experts (100+ mtngs) Product Concept Commute Refined Concept Validation Surveys
#5 Intriguing Last Mile: Google Caddy Beta • Droid: fetch unmanned, robotic cart • Human drives to destination • Cart then parks itself • Big challenge: regulatory approval • Probably not as high capacity as PRT • Slow carts don’t cross 101 (robo-Prius could).
PRT PPP Funding Brainstorms Goal: Cover PRT debt service + O&M: ~$16.6M/year Government debt lowers debt service vs. private sector debt 20K rides per day at $1.50 fare = $11M Eliminate shuttle bus service: ~$4M PBID – property based improvement district One of many methods for TOD value capture Emeryville GoRound shuttle bus PBID: $2.3M for 2011. N. Bayshore PBID is larger. Time savings for employee trips between bldgs: $50/hr * 10 min savings * 5,000 trips/day * 250 operating days = $11M HR: Value of 1% reduction in employee turnover on 20K jobs: $20M Ads: ~$1M (more prominent ads more $) Increase in Caltrain & VTA LRT revenue (with no marketing cost): ~$4M Creative: charge for parking, dedicating some revenue to PRT Carbon credits @ $50 per ton: small One-time savings Eliminate the need to build new parking structures: easily $50M Reclaim surface parking lots for new urbanist residential redevelopment: $326M More local sources, the better. Avoid federal if possible Airports have “easier” revenue streams.
Customer Centered Research • Large solo driving reduction is hard • Last mile problem is very important • Mid-day trips: 2X value of time • Workers are unhappy with bus shuttles • Each commuter: basket of objections • PRT last mile is important, but not sufficient • 30% time penalty: alt still beats SOV • Carpool psychology is complex: • Matchmaking: anonymous, superficial rejection (web dating) • Sleep, uncertainty stress, and safety are important • Short Caltrain or carpool with PRT: OK • Customer support: eliminate nightmares • Stranding: want “no penalty” emergency ride home • Good commute: “time went fast.”
Knowledge worker research • Large suburban solo driving reduction is hard • 80% SOV to 79% SOV is hard • But, SOV is “least worst,” not loved • SOV: no-brainer background task • Charging $6 per day for parking works ($9 gas) • Pay $4 per day not to park - fails • Current carpooling: “fampools” • Value of time • Commute: 50% of hourly. Lunch: 200% • Waiting under uncertainty, 3X • Tysons circulator: SAIC to Panera, 500’ • Each commuter: basket of objections.
PRT Safety / Safety Certification • Automated transit (APMs): 100X safer than driving & at-grade transit • US / ASCE APM Standards • Airport APMs: same safety standard • BAA & ULTra PRT on the ASCE committee • 361 ULTra hazard cases • Earthquake, truck crashes into column, falling debris, fire, bad people, extreme weather, vehicle fails on guideway, slipping on stairs, etc..
PRT ~$15M Cost per mile • Cost function = f • { • System size (larger is cheaper because of fixed costs) • Station Density (more stations/mile => higher cost) • Peak hour trip demand (more demand => more vehicles) • Guideway: • Elevated • At-grade • Tunnel • Culvert • Cantilever • Bi-directional • Seismic requirements • “Curviness” • Stations: “fancy” costs more • Vehicle customizations. • Desired average passenger wait time (shorter wait => more vehicles) • }.
Gap: carsharing • Buy/lease dedicated fleet. Crud biz model • Solution: Peer to Peer carsharing • SprideShare won enabling 2010 CA insurance regulation • Relay Rides (investor: GM) • Wheelz (investor: Zipcar, Bill Ford).
Vulcans instead of humans • Rational, well-informed voters • Land-use conversant, no science denial, no misinformation • Regions control major city land use decisions • 1992 (Rio): Vulcans unite to protect climate • By 2011, Vulcans meet 2035 AB32 target (50% of 1990) • US gas price: $8 per gallon • like Europe 33% less driving. Ripples into policymaking • $200/ton CO2 • Population reduction • President Robert Reich.
Family Energy Consumption – driving matters mostUrban vs. suburban • Outlaw new single family homes.
Suburban Smart Growth Stinks • East Bay BART TOD: 40% transit commutes • Commute to auto-hostile San Francisco • South Bay Caltrain TOD: 17% transit commutes • High driving residents “crowd out” green commuters • Non-TOD South Bay: 4% or less transit commutes • Suburban LRT “TOD without the T” – Calthorpe • Potential: Portland Pearl Dist: • 9 VMT/person/day vs 22 VMT for region • Hence, make Smart Growth smarter: • PRT as shuttle bus on steroids new mobility • Green culture for new residential • Green commute housing preference • Driving / parking pricing.
Portland Pearl District At 3-story mixed use, driving is less than half of typical U.S.: (mode share for all trips (errands and commute) is the % shown for auto, walk, transit, and bike) Parsons Brinckerhoff. 2002. Factors for Success in California’s Transit-Oriented Development: http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/MassTrans/tod.htm, Page 24, Table 2.1: 1994 Metro Travel Behavior Survey Results for Portland, Mulnomah County, Oregon
Job Home Activities Efficient Human Settlement Patterns • Reducing driving is BIG, BIG, BIG • Prius is good, but not sufficient • For each person, minimize the distances in the triangle below (units: miles feet) • Solution: fix suburb at a profit, spread like virus • Must innovate, need smarter Smart Growth.
$8 gallon gas 28% less VMT • $5 gas tax increase is politically impossible • Auto insurance by the mile $1.67/gal increase 6% less VMT (Allen G VPPP) • Workplace parking (UCLA’s Shoup) • $4/day incentive (pay workers to not SOV) • $2/day parking charge if you SOV • Revenue neutral to employers • Start small ($0.50 incentive + $0.25 charge) & ratchet it up gradually • 23% less commute VMT.
Green Commute Hsng Examples • Stanford West Apts: 515 apts • Shuttle bus, biking, hostile to cars • 396 Stanford, 96 hospital, 14 Palo Alto, 9 long commutes • 10% short-commute rent discount • 2.6 MM less VMT/CO2 lbs./yr • Redwood City: 800 mkt rate condos • 1 mi from dntn, bike path • Cities21 victory • Sell to greens: 4 months • No commute • All adults, 80% grn commute • One adult, 80% grn commute • Work within 4 miles. FHA test • Qs.
Residents: PRT Grocery Shopping • Hook N Go: • 2 car family: • 1 car • PRT: errands • Carsharing.
Wireless Commute AssistantBig Sister knows where & who you are GPS: tracking Customer support QuickCar, < 5 minutes Trip planning, travel advisory Order a PRT vehicle. NextTrain TrakRide for carpools HomeSafe, SpyKids NextSpace for parking Shared parking entry, QuickCar key Easy PRT ticketing Improved indoor reception Wi-payment
“Hands-free” PRT ticketing Phone traveler ID to PRT gate (context!) Gate displays likely destination Traveler boards (or “pick a station” UI) Automatic account debit Example: Jim uses 5 of 17 stations: If @ Caltrain {5AM-11AM} Intel (job) If @ Intel {10AM-2PM} [4 luncheon stations] If @ [lunch station] {10AM-3PM} Intel If @ Intel {3PM-7PM} Caltrain.
AM pickup A: 10 min B: 7 min C: 3 min SMS nudge to A at 7:10, 7:15 A departs OK B is 2 min late C delays 2 min Encourages punctuality, courtesy. Eliminates uncertainty. TrakRide 7:25AM: 2 min late 7:20AM: on time A A B B C C pick up pick up 7:32AM: arrival 7:29AM: 2 min late A A B B C C pick up pick up
NextTrain When to leave desk Race to train station Worker must “win” PRT wait = fcn(demand) Slack TR: 6:35PM train is on time Every 30 sec, recalculate TTAT: time to access train = 1 min walk + 1 min wait + 4 min PRT + 1 min walk + 2 min slack LV = TR - TTAT TM: current time Small beep @ 5, 2 min to LV NextTrain orders PRT vehicle 2 min before LV TR TM LV 6:30 6:25 6:35 MP UNIV RC CA Time: 6:24PM 2nd train arrives 6:50PM TR TM 6:30 6:25 6:35 UNIV CA PRT Time: 6:31PM, 2:00 minutes slack 2nd train arrives 6:51PM
3 Stage Path to Sustainability • Can’t go straight there • 1) Populist: (convenient) Consciousness raising, light bulbs, Prius, green building • 2) Fundamental: 2020. (inconvenient) Efficient cities. Sustainable-savvy voters, government restructuring. • Less human land expansion • 3) Profound: 2050. 80% reduction, less people, accurate pricing, renewable NRG, vegetarian, local food, anti-materialism, lower GNP, social cooperation/enlightenment, etc.
Smart mobility papers • Cities21 web, “library” tab • Suburban Silver Bullet: PRT Shuttle and Wireless Commute Assistant with Cellular Location Tracking, TRR #1872 • Application of New Technology Product Research to New Suburban Commute System Design and Validation, TRR #1927 • Major Activity Center PRT Circulator Design: Hacienda Business Park. TRR #2006 • US EPA Transforming Office Parks into Transit Villages Study, Final Report.
SRP PRT Vehicle Storage • 5 mile system • 17 stations • $75M • Capital cost • Vs. $3B R.E. value.