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Cellular Mass Transit (CMT) CMT4Austin.org

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 Sprinter . Seats 14 + Wheel Chair High enough to stand in. How CMT Serves Neighborhood.

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Cellular Mass Transit (CMT) CMT4Austin.org

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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 Sprinter Seats 14 + Wheel Chair High enough to stand in

  4. How CMT Serves Neighborhood

  5. Advantages for a neighborhood • Travel from anywhere to anywhere • Travel time cut in half • Wait time cut from 30 minutes to 10 • Feeder routes within half mile of every home • TC waiting room with air conditioning • TC and CC next to shopping center with grocery • CC has day care & after school activities

  6. 1/2 the travel time FROM LOYOLA LANE & CIELO VISTA DR TO BALCONES WOODS DR & HIGHWAY 183 4,340 Live East and Work North

  7. OLD WAY IS SLOW • 120 Minutes • Lots of Stops • More Miles • Through Congestion of CBD

  8. CMT = FAST • 63 Minutes • Few Stops • More Direct • Avoids Congestion of CBD

  9. In Austin …only 39 % of jobs can be reached in under 90 minutes by Public Transit. 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

  10. CMT Cost

  11. Express Grid Routes Run by Express bus Every 10 minutes Connect 30 Transit Centers

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

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

  14. TC & CC near HEB

  15. Compare CMT & Urban Rail

  16. Annual Cost of Operations for CMT • Add $123 million cost for 4 million van hours • Add $ 3 million cost for TC operations • Minus $55 million cost, fewer bus hours • Costs go up $71 million • + $91 million fares from new riders • Subsidy goes down $20 million

  17. We Can do Better BRT or Bus Rapid Transit is the cheaper way to reach more jobs and increase ridership

  18. BRT in Curitiba 350 TTPC vs 73 TTPC for Portland http://www.streetfilms.org/curitibas-brt/

  19. 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

  20. Next Steps • Make a Presentation to Your NBHD Assoc ? • NBHDs could lobby city and cap metro for better service ? • ANC resolution recommending CMT ? • NBHD resolutions recommending CMT ?

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