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Moving the Most People for the Least Cost Preserving the American Dream Conference

Moving the Most People for the Least Cost Preserving the American Dream Conference Friday, September 24, 2010. Public Transit Mode A 193,000 passenger trips per day by 2030 $2.5 billion (2030, YOE ) Users pay 80-100 percent of operating costs Public Transit Mode B

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Moving the Most People for the Least Cost Preserving the American Dream Conference

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  1. Moving the Most People for the Least Cost Preserving the American Dream Conference Friday, September 24, 2010

  2. Public Transit Mode A • 193,000 passenger trips per day by 2030 • $2.5 billion (2030, YOE) • Users pay 80-100 percent of operating costs Public Transit Mode B • 163,000 passenger trips per day by 2030 • $23 billion (2030, YOE) • Users pay 20-40 percent of operating costs

  3. Vanpools by the numbers • Twenty Vanpool programs statewide, six in the region • 1,700 vanpools on the road per day • King County Metro: largest public fleet in the country • Vanpools are an inter-city transit mode only

  4. Vanpools

  5. Vanpools

  6. Vanpools Source: National Transit Database and Island Transit officials *Data totaled from light rail systems in San Jose, Los Angeles & Portland ** Excludes data for purchased transportation Source: National Transit Database and Island Transit officials *Data totaled from light rail systems in San Jose, Los Angeles & Portland ** Excludes data for purchased transportation Source: National Transit Database and Island Transit officials *Data totaled from light rail systems in San Jose, Los Angeles & Portland ** Excludes data for purchased transportation

  7. Recommendations • Saturate vanpool market before expanding other intercity transit modes • Phase in 100% cost recovery over 5-10 years • Expand and loosen restrictions on state Vanpool Investment Program • Examine feasibility of introducing private operators or a public/private arrangement • Fund and implement recommendations of the Vanpool Market Action Plan • Keep federal money received by vanpools within the vanpool program • More emphasis on vanpools in the Puget Sound Regional Council’s Transportation 2040 plan

  8. The full vanpool study is available at: washingtonpolicy.org

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