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Cellular Mass Transit (CMT) CMT4Austin

Cellular Mass Transit (CMT) CMT4Austin.org. SOLUTION: Cellular Mass Transit. Circulator Routes would converge on each Transit Center. A Feeder Van in Austin could be like the Airport Parking Shuttle. Seats 14 + Luggage Rack High enough to stand in.

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Cellular Mass Transit (CMT) CMT4Austin

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  1. Cellular Mass Transit (CMT) CMT4Austin.org

  2. SOLUTION: Cellular Mass Transit Circulator Routes would converge on each Transit Center

  3. A Feeder Van in Austin could be like the Airport Parking Shuttle Seats 14 + Luggage Rack High enough to stand in

  4. Percentage of Home to Work trips that can be made by public transit in under 90 minutes : Portland 40% Washington DC 37% Austin 39% From Brookings Institute Missed Opportunity: Transit and Jobs in Metropolitan America http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/Programs/Metro/jobs_transit/0512_jobs_transit.pdf

  5. MANY TO ONE

  6. ONE NBHD TO MANY

  7. MANY TO MANY

  8. Travel To & From North Central Austin Squares are groups that live in NCA and work in other parts of town. Most workers from NCA go to jobs in low density zip codes. Circles are groups that live Outside NCA and work in NCA Square with rounded corners are people that live and work in NCA

  9. To & From North Central Austin Numbers traveling, home to work, both to and from North Central. This shows why a many-to-many express network is needed to serve all of the riders traveling to and from north central. The zNSA prefix stands for not in the service area. As the service area is defined now, Capital metro does not serve Round Rock.

  10. From North Austin to all corners of the city Eight express routes connect NCA to all other transit centers in all other parts of town. Express routes stop only at transit centers Express van, or bus, leaves every ten minutes Most routes bypass the congestion of the city center

  11. Rider Group Size by destination for Peak and Off Peak

  12. Advantages for your Neighborhood • Travel anywhere to anywhere • Travel time cut in half • Wait time cut to one third • Routes within half mile of every home • Transit Center waiting room with AC • TC next to shopping and Community Center • Community Center has day care

  13. Sample trip from Parkfield and Braker to Oltorf and Alvine Devane OLD WAY IS SLOW, 124 minutes CMT = FASTER, 73 minutes

  14. Travel Time Reduced

  15. OLD WAY IS SLOW • 124 Minutes • Lots of Stops • Four buses, three transfers • Long waits between buses on 392 and 331 • Worst case transfer > 30 minutes • Through Congestion of CBD

  16. CMT would be FASTER • 73 Minutes • Few Stops • 5 minute transfers • Avoids Congestion of CBD

  17. Annual Stats In millions CMT CMT CMT

  18. Feeder Route Subsidy per Mile

  19. Van would have ¼ subsidy per mile on express routes

  20. Transit by Van • Dollar vans of Brooklyn NY operate with no subsidy • Vans provide 45 trips per hour while city bus provides only 4 • 800 vans have 100 to 120 thousand boardings per day. • Vans are a big part of public transit in many developing countries.

  21. Transfer from Circulator to Express Transit Center Floor Plan Feeder van

  22. HEB & storage sheds at South First and William Cannon

  23. TC & CC near HEB

  24. Traveler Response to Transportation System ChangesChapter 10—Bus Routing and Coveragehttp://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/tcrp/tcrp_rpt_95c10.pdf page 10-9

  25. MONTHLY COSTS OF PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION

  26. CMT Capital Costs

  27. Routes with Boardings per trip under 14

  28. Capital Costs Per Rider • $100,000 • $130,000 to $1,000,000 • $2,500 • $1,250 • $ 800 • $500 • Commuter Rail : • Urban Rail : • Van Pool : • Express Bus : • Feeder Van : • Express Van : Commuter Rail : $100 Million / 1000 riders = $100,000 per rider Urban Rail in 2020: $1.7 billion / 1,600 riders > $1,000,000 Urban Rail in 2030: $1.7 billion / 13,000 riders = $130,000

  29. Bang for the Buck $130,000 will buy either : One new urban train rider OR 52 new riders using Van Pools OR 83 new riders using Feeder Vans

  30. Connections with CMT and UR Percentage of All Possible Home to Work Trips CMT: .90 x .90 = .81 = 81% for CMT UR: .09 x .20 = .018 = 1.8% , less than 2%

  31. Conclusion : CMT will … • Double the number of jobs that can be reached by public transit • Enable riders to accomplish more tasks with one trip. • Enable workers from your neighborhood to get to jobs all over Austin. • Improve public transit without racking up a $ billion debt. QUESTIONS ? For more details visit : CMT4Austin.org

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