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Service Planning and Integration Study Work Group Report 7/30/13

This report presents the findings from the Service Planning and Integration Study Work Group, which focused on integrating markets and planning activities for various transit corridors in Montgomery County. The report includes analysis of existing conditions, route characteristics, travel times, ridership, and recommendations for service characteristics, connectivity, and integration concepts for multiple RTS corridors.

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Service Planning and Integration Study Work Group Report 7/30/13

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  1. 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. 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

  3. 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. 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. 5 Connectivity • Focus of Service and Integration Study • Activity Centers • Transfer Points • Multimodal Opportunities and Connections

  6. 6 RTS Corridors DRAFT Integration concepts

  7. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 16 Questions

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