200 miles of light rail and brt by 2030
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200 miles of light rail and BRT by 2030. Connect the activity of cores throughout the region with transit and have vast majority of new housing and office developments within these activity centers. Why promote LRT and BRT?. Reduces reliance on private automobiles - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Connect the activity of cores throughout the region with transit and have vast majority of new housing and office developments within these activity centers
200 miles of light rail and BRT by 2030
Reduces reliance on private automobiles Provides viable alternative to driving alone Transit stations are focal points for compact,
mixed-use, walkable, transit-oriented development, which make them more sustainable
Reduces vehicle-miles of travel and emissions
Why promote LRT and BRT?
Post, Present and Future Miles of Transitway
in Metropolitan Washington, D.C.
1932 2010 20300
100200300400500600700800900
1000
Trolley106
Metro
433Existing
292Commuter
Rail
428Planned
35 - DCC
Mile
s of
Tran
sitw
ay
226
861
433
Post, Present and Future Population in Metropolitan Washington, D.C.
1932 2010 20300
2
4
6
8
794,135
5,266,300
6,441,300
Popu
lati
on
(in
m
illio
ns)
Miles of Transitway Per 100,000 Population
in Metropolitan Washington, D.C.
1932 2010 20300
5
10
15
20
25
30 28.5
8.2
13.4
Mile
s of
Transi
tway P
er
10
0,0
00
Popula
tion
Washington was better served by transit 80 years ago than it is today.
Plans have been proposed to double the existing transitway mileage.
Even with this additional mileage, the region would be served by less than half the mileage provided 80 years ago when indexed to population.
200 additional miles of transitway is a little less than half the planned mileage and is a reasonable goal.
So what can we conclude from these numbers?