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Service Planning and Integration Study Work Group Report 7/30/13 . Presented to Montgomery County Department of Transportation Presented by Dan Goldfarb, P.E. Transportation Planning Manager Tyson Corner Office Vanasse Hangen Brustlin , Inc. & FITP. 2. Study Team Activities.
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Service Planning and Integration Study Work Group Report 7/30/13 Presented to Montgomery County Department of Transportation Presented by Dan Goldfarb, P.E. Transportation Planning Manager Tyson Corner Office VanasseHangen Brustlin, Inc. & FITP
2 Study Team Activities • Finished Report Reviews • Compiled Existing Conditions Data • Route Characteristics • Travel Times • Ridership • Provided Comments on the Countywide Transit Corridor Functional Master Plan Draft • Preliminary Route Planning Activities – Integrating Markets
Service Planning Focus Corridors • MD 355 North and South (Rockville Pike) • MD 586 (Veirs Mill Road) • Randolph Road • US 29 (Colesville Road/Columbia Pike) • MD 97 North and South (Georgia Avenue) • MD 193 (University Boulevard)* • North Bethesda Transitway* • MD 650 (New Hampshire Avenue)* • CCT Phase I – MTA Lead • ICC** *Added to Original Scope **Subject for future study
4 Service Characteristics • Local service • RTS Service • Metro-Extra Service • Defined Station Areas • Frequent Headway • Long Span • Uniform Hours • Identifiable • Limited Stops • Dedicated Lanes Preferred • Off-board Fare Collection • Priority Treatments • Service Overlay • Integrate with Metrorail and MARC • Ride-On and Metrobus • Circulators and shuttles (Bethesda Circulator, Van Go, Round Rockville, NIST, FDA, King Farm, etc.) • Share RTS Infrastructure* • Limited Stops • Identifiable • Share RTS Infrastructure* • Service Overlay • Express Commuter Service • Very Limited Stops • Peak Period Service • Park and Ride Service • Share RTS Infrastructure* *Share Infrastructure will be corridor specific
5 Connectivity • Focus of Service and Integration Study • Activity Centers • Transfer Points • Multimodal Opportunities and Connections
6 RTS Corridors DRAFT Integration concepts
7 Linked System Overlay Concepts • MD 355 North & South • MD 193/MD 586/MD 355 • Randolph Road /North Bethesda • MD 97/MD 193 • US 29/MD 650/Randolph Road • MD 650/MD 193
8 MD 355 Corridor • Action • Integrating MD 355 North & South • Objective • Connecting Metro Service to Redevelopment Areas • Connection of Park & Ride and Higher Density Development to Activity Centers and Metro • Key Stations • Metropolitan Grove MARC & CCT & PNR • Lake Forest Mall Transit Center & PNR • Shady Grove Metro • Montgomery College • Rockville Town Center • Twinbrook Area • White Flint Metro • Grosvenor Metro • Medical Center • Bethesda Metro
9 MD 586 Corridor & MD 193 Corridor • Action • Integrating Service Options • Objective • Service Transit Dependent Communities • Provide High Quality Service Connections for Montgomery College to Wheaton to Langley Park • Key Stations • Montgomery College • Rockville Town Center • Twinbrook Parkway • Randolph Road & MD 586 (Veirs Mill Road) • Wheaton Metro • Four Corners • Piney Branch • Takoma Langley Park Transit Center
10 North Bethesda Transitway & Randolph Road Corridor • Action • Integrating a Comprehensive East-West Corridors • Objective • Connecting West County Activity Centers with East County Activity Centers • Connectivity Option of Service on MD 650 to White Oak to Calverton • Connectivity of Future Connections to Tysons via I-270/I-495 • Key Stations • Montgomery Mall • Rock Spring • White Flint • MD 586 (Veirs Mill Road) & Randolph Road • Glenmont Metro • Colesville/New Hampshire Ave • Calverton – New Hospital & Life Sciences Center • White Oak/FDA Campus
11 MD 97 Corridor • Action • Integrating North and South Corridors • Objective • Connectivity for RTS Service Connections • Providing Enhanced Radial Service Connecting to Metro • Key Stations • Montgomery Hospital/Olney • ICC PNR • Aspen Hill • Glenmont • Wheaton • Forest Glen • Silver Spring
12 MD 650 Corridor • Action • Consistent with Functional Master Plan Draft • Objective • Provided Enhanced RTS Service Connections • Randolph Road • US 29 Corridor • MD 193 Corridor • Connectivity Serving White Oak Redevelopment • FDA • Adventist Hospital and Life Sciences Center • Labor College Redevelopment (Hillandale) • Important Radial Commuting Routes • Key Station • Colesville • White Oak/FDA • Hillandale • Adelphi • Takoma Langley Park • Fort Totten
13 US 29 Corridor • Action • Consistent with Functional Master Plan Draft • Objective • Continuation of High Transit Mode Share to Silver Spring/DC • Continuation of the Existing High Level of Service • Provide Connection between Corridor Activity Centers • Silver Spring CBD • White Oak/FDA • Key Stations • Burtonsville PNR • White Oak – Transit Center • FDA Campus • Four Corners • Silver Spring Metro
14 Summary of Concepts • MD 355 Corridor North & South • Flexibility in Operations for Grosvenor to Friendship Heights Segment • MD 586 /MD 193 Corridor Integration • Randolph Road Corridor Integration • New Hampshire Connection to White Oak/Calverton • North Bethesda Transitway Connection • MD 650 • Layhill Road & ICC PNR Service • MD 97 • Flexibility in Operations for Wheaton to Silver Spring Segment • Interlining Service MD 193
15 Next Steps • Detailed Service Planning • MD 586 (Veirs Mill Road) • US 29 • Inputs to Process • Land Use • Origin and Destination • Transit Ridership • Highway Volumes • Travel Times
16 Questions