keeping up with caltrain ridership redwood city
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Keeping up with Caltrain Ridership
Adina Levin - Friends of CaltrainDecember 2015
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Keeping up with Caltrain ridershipUnderlying trends driving ridership growthHow Caltrain can keep up with growthGrade separationsFunding and participation opportunities
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Ridership doubled in last decade
Dot.Com Crash
Baby Bullet
Great Recession
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Fastest-growing transit in Bay Area
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Rapid growth in Mountain View, Palo Alto
Average weekday ridership growth
Rank 2013 2014 2015 Change
Palo Alto University
2 5,469 6,156 7197 32%
Mountain View 3 3,876 4,274 4570 18%
Redwood City 6 2,619 2947 3233 23%
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Trains are crowded
Standing room only
Platforms 4th & King
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Trains are crowded
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Transit corridor growth
State policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, coordinate transportation & land use
Accommodate 80% of housing, 60% of job growth in < 5% of land with transit access
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Better access to San Francisco
Central Subway 2019
Connects to Powell Street BART and Muni Metro
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Better access to jobs in San Francisco
Credit: Clem TIllier
Downtown extension to Transbay 202x
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Diridon and the BART ConnectionDiridon Station Area Plan● 20,000+ jobs● 2600 housing units● ~20,000 avg daily BART ● ~20,000 avg daily
Caltrain ● Up from ~4,000 Caltrain● 40% drivealone mode
share
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Growth in Redwood City Downtown
● > 2500 housing units
● 740K square feet of office space (~3,000 jobs)
● In pipeline or under construction
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City policies to reduce tripsTransportation Demand Management● Accommodate more people with less cars,
traffic, parking demand● Transit passes, shuttles, carpool, carshare,
education/marketing● Transportation Management Association
Nonprofit (typically)● Funded by employers, developments, parking● Data, reporting, accountability
Established Developing
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Goals to reduce drivealone
Mountain View North Bayshore● 45% drivealone (55% today)Downtown Palo Alto● 30% reduction (55% today)Redwood City● Work in progress...
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Double ridership in the next decade
“We need to double Caltrain ridership from 60,000 to 120,000 daily trips by the next
decade”
Carl Guardino, Silicon Valley Leadership Group
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Peak hour capacity
How many people can travel at peak hour● number of train cars● number people per car (seated, standing,
bikes)● number of trains per hour● distribution (are some cars less full)
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How can Caltrain keep up?
Current peak - 5 car trains, 5 trains per hour = 25
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1) Surplus cars from LA Metrolink
6 cars x 5 trains per hour = 30
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2) Electrification● Faster acceleration
More stops in same end to end time
● More service to underserved stations
● But fewer seats per car
6 trains per hour x 6 car trains
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3) Longer platforms, level boarding8-car trains
Level boarding● faster service● better for mobility-impaired, strollers,
bikes● more reliable
6 trains/hour x 8 cars = 48
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4) Increase frequencyBlended system: Caltrain & HSR share tracksUp to 2 HSR trains per hour without passing tracks Up to 4 HSR trains per hour with passing tracksShared space on trains
8 trains per hour x 8 car trains = 64
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Grade separations
● Safety and reliability● More frequent service won’t
stall traffic● 40 at-grade crossings
remaining (⅔ separated)● Projects in process in San
Mateo, Menlo Park, Burlingame
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How can Caltrain keep up?
Scenario Peak service Peak hour train cars
Today 5x5 25
Metrolink used cars 6x5 30
Electrification 6x6 36
Longer platforms 6x8 48
Increase frequency (w/HSR) 8x8 64
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Cost for capacity improvements
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Upcoming decisions1) Finalize funding for electrification2) Santa Clara County 2016 Ballot Measure - capacity and
grade separations3) San Mateo County Ballot Measure?4) 101 Toll Lanes?5) Planning with High Speed Rail
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Cars off the freewayIf Caltrain were shut down, it would take 4-5 extra lanes on Highway 101 to carry the extra rush hour traffic.
1,500 cars/hour/lane8,000 pax/peak hour trad peak6,000 pax/peak hour rev. peak
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Back to the FutureCaltrain corridor is original transit-oriented development
Cities grew around train
RWC, PA, MV1938