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SAN DIEGO CITIZENS’

Quickway ProposalFOR A FAST, FREQUENT,

CONVENIENT, WORLD-CLASS TRANSIT SYSTEM

PART

2How to Create World-Class

Public Transit SEPTEMBER 2014

2PART

©2014 BY THE MISSION GROUP, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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Apply Global Best Practices to Transit

Planning in San Diego

Apply Market Research Findings to Transit

System Design

Improve Connectivity, Make Trip Times Competitive, and Provide a Secure

Customer Experience

DevelopmentCommunity

DevelopmentCommunity

Community Groups

Community Groups

EnvironmentalCommunity

EnvironmentalCommunity

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The ResultsThe Results

The PlanThe Plan

BackgroundBackground

The Quickway ProposalThe Quickway Proposal

1Why We Need a

New Approach to Public Transit

1Why We Need a

New Approach to Public Transit

2How to Create a World Class

Transit System

2How to Create a World Class

Transit System

3The Proposal:Central Zone

3The Proposal:Central Zone

4The Proposal:South County

4The Proposal:South County

5The Proposal:

Mid-City & East County

5The Proposal:

Mid-City & East County

6The Proposal:

GreaterGolden Triangle

6The Proposal:

GreaterGolden Triangle

7The Proposal:I-15 Corridor

7The Proposal:I-15 Corridor

8The Proposal:North County

8The Proposal:North County

9Results:

Costs & Benefitsof the Proposal

9Results:

Costs & Benefitsof the Proposal

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We saw in Part I the three dimensions that San Diegans

value in a rapid transit system: connectivity, time, and the total customer experience.

Building from that, we looked at regional commute patterns.

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50,000 100,000 150,000

Some Top Commute Trip DestinationsTrips:

Detailed Market Analysis

The challenge in San Diego is to link dispersed origins with multiple destinations—which requires extensive “criss-crossing” of the region.

DowntownDowntown

Greater Golden TriangleGreater Golden Triangle

Kearny MesaKearny Mesa

Mission Valley

Miramar Road

Poway Industrial Park

Palomar Airport Road

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145,776 Commute Trips

Downtown

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47,783 Commute Trips

Mission Valley

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77,995 Commute Trips

Kearny Mesa

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181,433 Commute Trips

Greater Golden Triangle

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51,412 Commute Trips

Palomar Airport Rd

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#1 Goal: Reduce Travel Time

Infrastructure Strategy

TimeTimeTimeTime Operating Costs(Subsidy)

Operating Costs(Subsidy)

Ridership(Revenues)

Ridership(Revenues)

The smartest transit strategies aim to engineer time out of their networks, directing capital investments to reducing operating costs.

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Network Strategy

Elements Services

The physical building blocks of the

system

The kind of routes we plan to

operate

Projects Routes

The physical system

Suggested routes

1 2 3 4

1 2 3 4

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Elements of the Quickway Proposal

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Elements of the Quickway Proposal

Light Rail Quickways Coastal Rail Streetcar Vehicles Shuttles Stations

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Existing Light Rail

Extend the Sprinter to population zones where potential riders live.

Extend the Sprinter to population zones where potential riders live.

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Existing Light Rail

Improvements to the San Diego Trolley.

Improvements to the San Diego Trolley.

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Quickways (Grade-Separated)

Create a regional network of Quickways targeting major centers.

Create a regional network of Quickways targeting major centers.

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Quickways (Grade-Separated)

Create a regional network of Quickways targeting major centers.

Create a regional network of Quickways targeting major centers.

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Quickways (Grade-Separated)

Create a regional network of Quickways targeting major centers.

Create a regional network of Quickways targeting major centers.

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Quickways (Grade-Separated)

Create a regional network of Quickways targeting major centers.

Create a regional network of Quickways targeting major centers.

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Commuter Rail to DMU Light Rail

Integrate with regional heavy rail (Coaster and Amtrak).Integrate with regional heavy rail (Coaster and Amtrak).

We believe that, with the installation of Positive Train Control on the LOSSAN corridor, the region has an opportunity, working with

our Congressional delegation and the Federal Railroad Administra-tion, to pursue a pilot program for exploring the use of

light DMUs on that corridor. Alternatively, we should explore heavy DMUs.

We believe that, with the installation of Positive Train Control on the LOSSAN corridor, the region has an opportunity, working with

our Congressional delegation and the Federal Railroad Administra-tion, to pursue a pilot program for exploring the use of

light DMUs on that corridor. Alternatively, we should explore heavy DMUs.

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Streetcar/Tram

Opportunities for tramways in central core, tied to major stations.

Opportunities for tramways in central core, tied to major stations.

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Streetcar/Tram

Opportunities for tramways in central core, tied to major stations.

Opportunities for tramways in central core, tied to major stations.

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Quickway Vehicles: “Flex Trolleys”

The newest generation of BRT vehicles is beginning to approach the comfort and attractiveness of many rail vehicles—but with the flexibility to “leave the tracks” and get you closer to where you’re going or coming from.

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Quickway Vehicles: “Flex Trolleys”

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Quickway Vehicles: “Flex Trolleys”

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People Mover/Shuttle

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Improved Station Design

Improved station design is at the heart of our proposal. Market research has consistently

pointed to the value of safe, clean, and adequate stations in making people feel comfortable using

a rapid transit system.

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Services

Core/Trolley Routes

MetroXpress StreetcarDirect Shuttles

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Core/Trolley Routes

Can Be Light Rail or Bus Rapid TransitCan Be Light Rail or Bus Rapid Transit

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Core/Trolley Routes

Operate Primarily within Dedicated TransitwaysOperate Primarily within Dedicated Transitways

SERVICES

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Core/Trolley Routes

Stops at All Stations on RouteStops at All Stations on Route

SERVICES

BUS

RAIL

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Core/Trolley Routes

Stops at All Stations on RouteStops at All Stations on Route

SERVICES

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Core/Trolley Routes

Stops at All Stations on RouteStops at All Stations on Route

SERVICES

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Core/Trolley Routes

Stops at All Stations on RouteStops at All Stations on Route

SERVICES

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Core/Trolley Routes

Stops at All Stations on RouteStops at All Stations on Route

SERVICES

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Core/Trolley Routes

Stops at All Stations on RouteStops at All Stations on Route

SERVICES

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Core/Trolley Routes

Stops at All Stations on RouteStops at All Stations on Route

SERVICES

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Proposed Core/Trolley RoutesSERVICES

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Skipped stopsSkipped stops

MetroXpress Routes

Operate as Local Service in an Area, then Express to Key Destinations

Operate as Local Service in an Area, then Express to Key Destinations

Local stops

No transfer

Skipped stops

SERVICES

Local (Core) Route

MetroXpressRoute

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MetroXpress Routes

Crisscross at Strategically Located SuperStationsto Permit Rapid Access to Entire Region

Crisscross at Strategically Located SuperStationsto Permit Rapid Access to Entire Region

SERVICES

Local (core) route

Local (core) route

Local (core) route

MetroXpress

MetroXpress MetroXpress

SuperStations

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Proposed SuperStation Locations

Crisscross at strategically located

SuperStations to permit rapid access

to entire region

Crisscross at strategically located

SuperStations to permit rapid access

to entire region

SERVICES

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MetroXpress Proposed RoutesSERVICES

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Feeder Shuttles

Connect a Major Destination Nonstop with a SuperStationConnect a Major Destination Nonstop with a SuperStation

Greenmount College

More people can get to the destination more quickly from more origin locations with fewer

transfers.

More people can get to the destination more quickly from more origin locations with fewer

transfers.

SERVICES

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Streetcar Routes

Closely Spaced Stops Serve Urbanized AreasClosely Spaced Stops Serve Urbanized Areas

SERVICES

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Proposed Capital Projects (Infrastructure)

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Existing Transit Infrastructure

SD TROLLEYSD TROLLEY

COASTERCOASTER

SPRINTERSPRINTER

I-15 BRTI-15 BRT

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Quickway Proposal Projects

The Urban SpineSouth Bay LinksEast County LinksMid-Coast LinksMid-County Jobs LoopUrban Streetcar LinesI-5 QuickwayPalomar QuickwaySprinter ExtensionsI-15 LinksCoaster Improvements

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Central and South County

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Central & South County

Light Rail

The existing San Diego Trolley is retained

and enhanced.

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Central & South County

Light Rail

The existing San Diego Trolley is retained

and enhanced.

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Central & South County

Light Rail

Quickway

Quickways—grade-separated transitways—support both Core BRT

Routes and MetroXpress Super Express Routes.

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Central & South County

Light Rail

Quickway

Quickways—grade-separated transitways—support both Core BRT

Routes and MetroXpress Super Express Routes.

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Central & South County

Light Rail

Quickway

T-Way

T-Ways—at-grade transitways—provide transit

with its own right-of-way where the costs of grade

separation are not warranted.

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Central & South County

Light Rail

Quickway

T-Way

T-Ways—at-grade transitways—provide transit

with its own right-of-way where the costs of grade

separation are not warranted.

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Central & South County

Light Rail

Quickway

T-Way

Freeway-Running

Freeways are used for rapid travel along non-critical

segments of the network. HOV lanes, managed lanes, and

shoulder lanes allow transit to avoid at least some congestion.

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Central & South County

Light Rail

Quickway

T-Way

Freeway-Running

Transit Priority

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Central & South County

Light Rail

Quickway

T-Way

Freeway-Running

Transit Priority

Streetcar

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North County

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Existing Infrastructure

Sprinter

ManagedLanes

Coaster

North County

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North County

Light Rail

New Rail Tunnel

Under UTC

New Rail Tunnel

Under UTC

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North County

Light Rail

Quickway

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North County

Light Rail

Quickway

T-Way

Freeway-Running

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North County

Light Rail

Quickway

T-Way

Freeway-Running

Transit Priority

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North County

Light Rail

Quickway

T-Way

Freeway-Running

Transit Priority

Streetcar

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The Quickway Proposal

South CountySouth County

CentralCentral

Mid-City &East CountyMid-City &

East County

Greater Golden Triangle

Greater Golden Triangle

I-15Corridor

I-15Corridor

North CountyNorth County

1. Why we need a new approach to public transit

2. How to create a world class transit system

3. Central Zone

4. South County

5. Mid-City & East County

6. Greater Golden Triangle

7. I-15 Corridor

8. North County

9. Results: Costs & BenefitsThe next six presentations

provide detail on the Quickway

Proposal