Cycling – Rapid Transit Intermodal Commuting - Contributing to the Success of the RAV Line

2. Cycling – Rapid Transit Intermodal Commuting - Contributing to the Success of the RAV Line the VACC Submission to the RAVCO Board 2004-03-05

3. The VACC strongly recommends to the RAVCO Board, • that the Instructions to the final two Bidders (fall, 2004) • should result in a rapid transit line design, • which will be so appealing to motorists, • that they will decide to leave their private vehicles at home • and cycle to a rapid transit station instead, • Through optimizing the • rapid transit line design and cycling feeder system • for maximumintermodal commuting potential • by bicycle and rapid transit, • Where trip time by private vehicles will be equal to • or just marginally faster • than a cycling – rapid transit intermodal trip

4. Why Cycling - rapid transit intermodal commuting is competitive in trip time with car commuting direct to work, for neighbourhoods where high frequency bus service level (3 to 5 minutes) is not available. Now 1,000 less commuters by car, 1,000 more cycling – rapid transit intermodal commuters instead Means For the RAV Project Ridership – 700,000 boarding per year increase Financial Position - $1 million increase in revenue per year.

5. For the Neighbourhood Environmental Impact – Quality of Air – 1,100 to 3,600 tonnes per year less GHG emission production.

6. For the Neighbourhood Environmental Impact – Quality of Air – 1,100 to 3,600 tonnes per year less GHG emission production. Regional Demand on Road System – 2 less traffic lanes required reducing initial and upgrade investment and $0.3 million per year of maintenance costs.

7. For the Neighbourhood Environmental Impact – Quality of Air – 1,100 to 3,600 tonnes per year less GHG emission production. Regional Demand on Road System – 2 less traffic lanes required reducing initial and upgrade investment and $0.3 million per year of maintenance costs. Commercial Goods Traffic Congestion Costs – Cost of delays reduced in the range of $0.2 to $17.5 million per year.

8. For the Neighbourhood Environmental Impact – Quality of Air – 1,100 to 3,600 tonnes per year less GHG emission production. Regional Demand on Road System – 2 less traffic lanes required reducing initial and upgrade investment and $0.3 million per year of maintenance costs. Commercial Goods Traffic Congestion Costs – Cost of delays reduced in the range of $0.2 to $17.5 million per year. Local Economy Effects – More cyclists to shop locally. More opportunities to attract day and longer trip touring cyclists who may spent in the range of $0.50 to $95.00 per day.

9. For Society Health – Regular exercising reduces allergies, sinus, obesity problems and premature deaths.

10. For Society Health – Regular exercising reduces allergies, sinus, obesity problems and premature deaths. Health Care System Costs – Better health, less financial demands on system. (Annual health care cost for 1,000 persons - $3.57 million)

11. Increased Ridership and Revenue Justifies Growth Investment Opportunity Each 1,000 annual, cycling – rapid transit intermodal commuters growth economically supports an investment of $3 to $10 million dollars to attain this growth.

12. Fit with Other Feeder Networks A cycling feeder network has its competitive place among other feeder systems Optimizing RAV ridership and competing directly with private vehicle commutes requires efficient, time competitive, and user attractive modal feeder systems to the stations for walking, cycling, and surface transit.

13. Fit with Other Feeder Networks (continued) A pedestrian feeder network is efficient for a catchments area of 0.5 km to 1 km from rapid transit stations. Bus feeder network are efficient for attracting commuters for intermodal commutes when bus service level is 5 minutes or less and commuter origin point is within 400 metres of a bus stop. Cycling to stations provides a flexibility to commuters not found with lower service level bus routes, the option to leave when one wants to, not tied to a bus schedule.

14. Fit with Other Feeder Networks(continued) • Cycling feeder system provides an attractive alternative to direct commuting by motorized vehicle for those that are unwilling to convert to bus intermodal commute, where bus frequency is greater than 5 minutes. • With an effective cycling feeder system, the station catchments area can be extended to a 5 km circle around stations servicing those areas with low frequency of bus service • Commuting mode decision criteria: • Convenience • Cost • Trip time • Maybe sometimes the weather

15. Fit with Other Feeder Networks(continued) Door to Door Trip Times

16. Potential Intermodal Ridership Growth Opportunityin excess of RAV Project Bus Feeder Network Forecasts For the RAV project, 5,000 additional cycling – rapid transit commuters switching from private vehicle commuting is a reasonable project target. Considering European experience, a rapid transit station target of 500 to 1,000 cyclists should be reasonable if the system is designed for cycling – rapid transit intermodal commuting.

17. Potential Intermodal Ridership Growth Opportunity(continued) In Europe, it is not unusual that 1,000 to 4,000 bicycles are parked in front of rapid transit stations.

18. Potential Intermodal Ridership Growth Opportunity(continued) Rapid Transit Station Access Modal Split The Netherlands at 44% Denmark at 25% Low auto modal split

19. Potential Intermodal Ridership Growth Opportunity(continued) Why not in Vancouver? With cycling modal split at 1.9% in GVRD, 3.3% in Vancouver, and as high as 10% in some areas, A reasonable target for rapid transit station access modal split would be 10%

20. Potential Intermodal Ridership Growth Opportunity(continued) Rapid Transit Station Access Modal Split in North America Cycling modal split tends to be low at 1% or less without a system designed to attract cycling intermodal commuters. Toronto – Washington –San Francisco – Limited growth High auto Good growth potential from auto drivers opportunity auto drivers modal splitfrom auto drivers

21. What is Required? • Station Design – Cycling Friendly • Bike street access to station, flow inside station, boarding trains, bike secure parking, unrestricted use of RAV line • Train Car Design – Cycling Friendly • Cycling Feeder Network to the Stations • Collector cycling facilities adjacent to RAV line, • Cambie St bike lanes, Fraser River Crossing • and access from local bike routes, • feeder systems from neighbourhood

22. What is Required? • Station Design – Cycling Friendly • Bike street access to station, flow inside station, boarding trains, bike secure parking, unrestricted use of RAV line • Train Car Design – Cycling Friendly • Cycling Feeder Network to the Stations • Collector cycling facilities adjacent to RAV line, • Cambie St bike lanes, Fraser River Crossing • and access from local bike routes, • feeder systems from neighbourhood

23. What is Required? • Station Design – Cycling Friendly • Bike street access to station, flow inside station, boarding trains, bike secure parking, unrestricted use of RAV line • Train Car Design – Cycling Friendly • Cycling Feeder Network to the Stations • Collector cycling facilities adjacent to RAV line, • Cambie St bike lanes, Fraser River Crossing • and access from local bike routes, • feeder systems from neighbourhood

24. What is Required? • Station Design – Cycling Friendly • Bike street access to station, flow inside station, boarding trains, bike secure parking, unrestricted use of RAV line • Train Car Design – Cycling Friendly • Cycling Feeder Network to the Stations • Collector cycling facilities adjacent to RAV line, • Cambie St bike lanes, Fraser River Crossing • and access from local bike routes, • feeder systems from neighbourhood

25. What is Required? • Station Design – Cycling Friendly • Bike street access to station, flow inside station, boarding trains, bike secure parking, unrestricted use of RAV line • Train Car Design – Cycling Friendly • Cycling Feeder Network to the Stations • Collector cycling facilities adjacent to RAV line, • Cambie St bike lanes, Fraser River Crossing • and access from local bike routes, • feeder systems from neighbourhood

26. What is Required? • Station Design – Cycling Friendly • Bike street access to station, flow inside station, boarding trains, bike secure parking, unrestricted use of RAV line • Train Car Design – Cycling Friendly • Cycling Feeder Network to the Stations • Collector cycling facilities adjacent to RAV line, • Cambie St bike lanes, Fraser River Crossing • and access from local bike routes, • feeder systems from neighbourhood

27. What is Required? • Station Design – Cycling Friendly • Bike street access to station, flow inside station, boarding trains, bike secure parking, unrestricted use of RAV line • Train Car Design – Cycling Friendly • Cycling Feeder Network to the Stations • Collector cycling facilities adjacent to RAV line, • Cambie St bike lanes, Fraser River Crossing • and access from local bike routes, • feeder systems from neighbourhood

28. What is Required? • Station Design – Cycling Friendly • Bike street access to station, flow inside station, boarding trains, bike secure parking, unrestricted use of RAV line • Train Car Design – Cycling Friendly • Cycling Feeder Network to the Stations • Collector cycling facilities adjacent to RAV line, • Cambie St bike lanes, Fraser River Crossing • and access from local bike routes, • feeder systems from neighbourhood

29. What is Required? • Station Design – Cycling Friendly • Bike street access to station, flow inside station, boarding trains, bike secure parking, unrestricted use of RAV line • Train Car Design – Cycling Friendly • Cycling Feeder Network to the Stations • Collector cycling facilities adjacent to RAV line, • Cambie St bike lanes, Fraser River Crossing • and access from local bike routes, • feeder systems from neighbourhood

30. What is Required? • Station Design – Cycling Friendly • Bike street access to station, flow inside station, boarding trains, bike secure parking, unrestricted use of RAV line • Train Car Design – Cycling Friendly • Cycling Feeder Network to the Stations • Collector cycling facilities adjacent to RAV line, • Cambie St bike lanes, Fraser River Crossing • and access from local bike routes, • feeder systems from neighbourhood

31. What is Required? • Station Design – Cycling Friendly • Bike street access to station, flow inside station, boarding trains, bike secure parking, unrestricted use of RAV line • Train Car Design – Cycling Friendly • Cycling Feeder Network to the Stations • Collector cycling facilities adjacent to RAV line, • Cambie St bike lanes, Fraser River Crossing • and access from local bike routes, • feeder systems from neighbourhood

32. What is Required? • Station Design – Cycling Friendly • Bike street access to station, flow inside station, boarding trains, bike secure parking, unrestricted use of RAV line • Train Car Design – Cycling Friendly • Cycling Feeder Network to the Stations • Collector cycling facilities adjacent to RAV line, • Cambie St bike lanes, Fraser River Crossing • and access from local bike routes, • feeder systems from neighbourhood

33. What is Required? • Station Design – Cycling Friendly • Bike street access to station, flow inside station, boarding trains, bike secure parking, unrestricted use of RAV line • Train Car Design – Cycling Friendly • Cycling Feeder Network to the Stations • Collector cycling facilities adjacent to RAV line, • Cambie St bike lanes, Fraser River Crossing • and access from local bike routes, • feeder systems from neighbourhood

34. What is Required? • Station Design – Cycling Friendly • Bike street access to station, flow inside station, boarding trains, bike secure parking, unrestricted use of RAV line • Train Car Design – Cycling Friendly • Cycling Feeder Network to the Stations • Collector cycling facilities adjacent to RAV line, • Cambie St bike lanes, Fraser River Crossing • and access from local bike routes, • feeder systems from neighbourhood

35. What is Required? • Station Design – Cycling Friendly • Bike street access to station, flow inside station, boarding trains, bike secure parking, unrestricted use of RAV line • Train Car Design – Cycling Friendly • Cycling Feeder Network to the Stations • Collector cycling facilities adjacent to RAV line, • Cambie St bike lanes, Fraser River Crossing • and access from local bike routes, • feeder systems from neighbourhood

36. What is Required? • Station Design – Cycling Friendly • Bike street access to station, flow inside station, boarding trains, bike secure parking, unrestricted use of RAV line • Train Car Design – Cycling Friendly • Cycling Feeder Network to the Stations • Collector cycling facilities adjacent to RAV line, • Cambie St bike lanes, Fraser River Crossing • and access from local bike routes, • feeder systems from neighbourhood

37. What is Required? • Station Design – Cycling Friendly • Bike street access to station, flow inside station, boarding trains, bike secure parking, unrestricted use of RAV line • Train Car Design – Cycling Friendly • Cycling Feeder Network to the Stations • Collector cycling facilities adjacent to RAV line, • Cambie St bike lanes, Fraser River Crossing • and access from local bike routes, • feeder systems from neighbourhood

38. What is Required? • Station Design – Cycling Friendly • Bike street access to station, flow inside station, boarding trains, bike secure parking, unrestricted use of RAV line • Train Car Design – Cycling Friendly • Cycling Feeder Network to the Stations • Collector cycling facilities adjacent to RAV line, • Cambie St bike lanes, Fraser River Crossing • and access from local bike routes, • feeder systems from neighbourhood

39. What is Required? • Station Design – Cycling Friendly • Bike street access to station, flow inside station, boarding trains, bike secure parking, unrestricted use of RAV line • Train Car Design – Cycling Friendly • Cycling Feeder Network to the Stations • Collector cycling facilities adjacent to RAV line, • Cambie St bike lanes, Fraser River Crossing • and access from local bike routes, • feeder systems from neighbourhood

40. What is Required? • Station Design – Cycling Friendly • Bike street access to station, flow inside station, boarding trains, bike secure parking, unrestricted use of RAV line • Train Car Design – Cycling Friendly • Cycling Feeder Network to the Stations • Collector cycling facilities adjacent to RAV line, • Cambie St bike lanes, Fraser River Crossing • and access from local bike routes, • feeder systems from neighbourhood

41. What is Required? • Station Design – Cycling Friendly • Bike street access to station, flow inside station, boarding trains, bike secure parking, unrestricted use of RAV line • Train Car Design – Cycling Friendly • Cycling Feeder Network to the Stations • Collector cycling facilities adjacent to RAV line, • Cambie St bike lanes, Fraser River Crossing • and access from local bike routes, • feeder systems from neighbourhood

42. What is Required? • Station Design – Cycling Friendly • Bike street access to station, flow inside station, boarding trains, bike secure parking, unrestricted use of RAV line • Train Car Design – Cycling Friendly • Cycling Feeder Network to the Stations • Collector cycling facilities adjacent to RAV line, • Cambie St bike lanes, Fraser River Crossing • and access from local bike routes, • feeder systems from neighbourhood

43. What is Required? • Station Design – Cycling Friendly • Bike street access to station, flow inside station, boarding trains, bike secure parking, unrestricted use of RAV line • Train Car Design – Cycling Friendly • Cycling Feeder Network to the Stations • Collector cycling facilities adjacent to RAV line, • Cambie St bike lanes, Fraser River Crossing • and access from local bike routes, • feeder systems from neighbourhood

44. What is Required? • Station Design – Cycling Friendly • Bike street access to station, flow inside station, boarding trains, bike secure parking, unrestricted use of RAV line • Train Car Design – Cycling Friendly • Cycling Feeder Network to the Stations • Collector cycling facilities adjacent to RAV line, • Cambie St bike lanes, Fraser River Crossing • and access from local bike routes, • feeder systems from neighbourhood

45. What is Required? • Station Design – Cycling Friendly • Bike street access to station, flow inside station, boarding trains, bike secure parking, unrestricted use of RAV line • Train Car Design – Cycling Friendly • Cycling Feeder Network to the Stations • Collector cycling facilities adjacent to RAV line, • Cambie St bike lanes, Fraser River Crossing • and access from local bike routes, • feeder systems from neighbourhood

46. What is Required? • Station Design – Cycling Friendly • Bike street access to station, flow inside station, boarding trains, bike secure parking, unrestricted use of RAV line • Train Car Design – Cycling Friendly • Cycling Feeder Network to the Stations • Collector cycling facilities adjacent to RAV line, • Cambie St bike lanes, Fraser River Crossing • and access from local bike routes, • feeder systems from neighbourhood

47. What is Required? • Station Design – Cycling Friendly • Bike street access to station, flow inside station, boarding trains, bike secure parking, unrestricted use of RAV line • Train Car Design – Cycling Friendly • Cycling Feeder Network to the Stations • Collector cycling facilities adjacent to RAV line, • Cambie St bike lanes, Fraser River Crossing • and access from local bike routes, • feeder systems from neighbourhood

48. What is Required? • Station Design – Cycling Friendly • Bike street access to station, flow inside station, boarding trains, bike secure parking, unrestricted use of RAV line • Train Car Design – Cycling Friendly • Cycling Feeder Network to the Stations • Collector cycling facilities adjacent to RAV line, • Cambie St bike lanes, Fraser River Crossing • and access from local bike routes, • feeder systems from neighbourhood

49. What is Required? • Station Design – Cycling Friendly • Bike street access to station, flow inside station, boarding trains, bike secure parking, unrestricted use of RAV line • Train Car Design – Cycling Friendly • Cycling Feeder Network to the Stations • Collector cycling facilities adjacent to RAV line, • Cambie St bike lanes, Fraser River Crossing • and access from local bike routes, • feeder systems from neighbourhood

50. What is Required? • Station Design – Cycling Friendly • Bike street access to station, flow inside station, boarding trains, bike secure parking, unrestricted use of RAV line • Train Car Design – Cycling Friendly • Cycling Feeder Network to the Stations • Collector cycling facilities adjacent to RAV line, • Cambie St bike lanes, Fraser River Crossing • and access from local bike routes, • feeder systems from neighbourhood