public hearing november 1, 2017 - capital metro...request: serve st. david’s medical center north...
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Public Hearing –November 1, 2017
Proposed June 2018 Service Changes
Background
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• Board approved transit plan
• 10-year vision for more reliable, more frequent, better connected network
• Designed to address declining ridership and better meet community needs
• Guides 3x per year service changes
• Plan based on more than a year of public & board input
Background: Connections 2025
How did we get here? Where are we going?
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Proposed June 2018 Service Changes
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Significant Changes
• Half of Capital Metro routes proposed to change
Expands High Frequency Route network• 14 routes compared to 6 routes
• 7 day a week service compared to weekdays only
Designed around creating a more useful network
• Thinking beyond individual routes
More east – west service
15 eliminated routes replaced with other service
Outreach Meetings
• Public Meetings & Webinars
• Capital Metro Advisory Committees
• City Boards & Commissions
• Neighborhood Associations
• Health and Human Service Agencies– HACA, Criss Cole, TWC, School for
the Blind, others
• Business and advocacy organizations
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Public Outreach
• Street Teams at bus stops
• Community Events– Back to School, Hot Sauce Festival,
Austin Energy Resource Fair, El Grito, etc.
• Schools and Service Providers
• CMTA operators
• Paid media – print, online and radio
• At-stop signage
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Recommended Revisions
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Network Design Principles
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Evaluated Routes
Following Routes Evaluated
5 243 350
7 271 383
17 300 392
21/22 315 490, 491, 492
105 323
240 333
Request: Provide Direct Service to Criss Cole
Rehabilitation Center (Route 5)
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Route Meets Design Guidelines
Grows Ridership
CurrentBoardings
MetroAccess Impact
Cost
5 Yes Yes 38 None Neutral
Current Proposal Revised Proposal
CCRC CCRC
Request: Operate in addition to UT Shuttle on
speedway (Route 5)
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Route Meets Design Guidelines
Grows Ridership
CurrentBoardings
MetroAccess Impact
Cost
5 No Yes 176 N/A N/A
Retain Current Proposal
5 min0.25 mile
6 min0.3 mile
Request: Serve Greyhound Station(Route 7)
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Route Meets Design Guidelines
Grows Ridership
CurrentBoardings
MetroAccess Impact
Cost
7 Yes - 37 N/A N/A
Current Proposal - Retain
Greyhound Station
6 min0.3 mile
Request: Keep Route 7 on Freidrich to Woodward
(Route7)
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Route Meets Design Guidelines
Grows Ridership
CurrentBoardings
MetroAccess Impact
Cost
7 Yes - 15 None Neutral
Current Proposal Revised Proposal
Request: Preserve Service along Vargas (Currently
Served by Route 4)
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Current Proposal - Retain
Route Meets Design Guidelines
Grows Ridership
CurrentBoardings
MetroAccess Impact
Cost
17 Yes Yes 15 (Allison Elementary)
None Neutral
5 min0.25 mile
Afternoon southbound school trip
Proposed School Trip
Request: Provide Continuous Service along Exposition
(Currently Served by Routes 21/22)
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Retain Current Proposal
Route Meets Design Guidelines
Grows Ridership
CurrentBoardings
MetroAccess Impact
Cost
18335
No No 26 N/A N/A
Howson Library8 min0.4 mile
12 min0.6 mile
Request: Operate Route 105 on Redd
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Route Meets Design Guidelines
Grows Ridership
CurrentBoardings
MetroAccess Impact
Cost
315 No No 93 N/A N/A
Current Proposal Revised Proposal
Request: Provide school trips on Route 105 to Small
M.S.
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Current Proposal
Route Meets Design Guidelines
Grows Ridership
CurrentBoardings
MetroAccess Impact
Cost
315 No No 13 (at Small M.S.)
N/A N/A
Small M.S.
12 min0.6 mile
Hwy 290
Request: Serve St. David’s Medical Center North
(Currently served by Route 240 proposed for elimination)
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Current Proposal
Route Meets Design Guidelines
Grows Ridership
CurrentBoardings
MetroAccess Impact
Cost
N/A No No 24 N/A N/A
St. David’sNorth
Request: Operate on Heatherwilde (Route 243)
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Current Proposal Revised Proposal
Route Meets Design Guidelines
Grows Ridership
CurrentBoardings
MetroAccess Impact
Cost
243 Yes Yes 57 Decrease Neutral
Request: Serve Met Center and ACC Riverside
(Route 271)
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Current Proposal Revised Proposal
Route Meets Design Guidelines
Grows Ridership
CurrentBoardings
MetroAccess Impact
Cost
271 Yes Yes 51 (Met Ctr) None Neutral
Request: Preserve Route 300 Service on Rogge instead
of proposed 51st
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Current Proposal
Route Meets Design Guidelines
Grows Ridership
CurrentBoardings
MetroAccess Impact
Cost
300 Yes Yes 60 (not
including Manor)
N/A N/A
1 mile
0.5 mile
Request: Serve Oak Hill Shopping Center (Route 315)
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Current Proposal Revised Proposal
Route Meets Design Guidelines
Grows Ridership
CurrentBoardings
MetroAccess Impact
Cost
315 Yes No 28 Minor Neutral
Oak Hill S.C. Oak Hill S.C.
Request: Serve Perez Elementary School
(Currently served by Route 333)
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Retain Current Proposal
Route Meets Design Guidelines
Grows Ridership
CurrentBoardings
MetroAccess Impact
Cost
333 No No 12 N/A N/A
Perez Elementary
16 min0.8 mile
Request: Preserve Service Tuscany(Currently served by Route 323)
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Route Meets Design Guidelines
Grows Ridership
CurrentBoardings
MetroAccess Impact
Cost
339 No No 120 Decrease Balanced
Current Proposal Revised Proposal
Request: Preserve Service to Tuscany
(Cost Balanced by removing Route 323 extension to Far
West)
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Current Proposal Revised Proposal
Route Meets Design Guidelines
Grows Ridership
CurrentBoardings
MetroAccess Impact
Cost
323 Yes No N/A None Balanced
Request: Route 383 service to NLTC
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Route Meets Design Guidelines
Grows Ridership
CurrentBoardings
MetroAccess Impact
Cost
383 No Yes 180 (Anderson Mill)375 (NLTC)
Decrease Balanced
Current Proposal Revised Proposal
NLTC
Request: Route 383 service to NLTC
(Cost Balanced by uncoupling Route 392)
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Route Meets Design Guidelines
Grows Ridership
CurrentBoardings
MetroAccess Impact
Cost
392 Yes - 89 (west of Burnet)
None Balanced
Current Service Revised Proposal
Tech Ridge
Request: Operate Senior Routes Once a Week
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Route Meets Design Guidelines
Grows Ridership
CurrentBoardings
MetroAccess Impact
Cost
490492492
No No 490 – 20/36491 – 23492 - 48
None Balanced
Current Proposal Revised Proposal
Routes 490, 491, & 492 are proposed for elimination
Operate 1 day per week instead of 2-3 times per week
36 home addresses would no longer be in ADA service area.
80 Estimate of future customers to come into the MetroAccess ADA service area.
Potential Impact on MetroAccess Customers
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