Chamber of Commerce18th November 2010

The National Transport Authority- an update

Gerry Murphy

DEVELOPMENT OF OUR FUNCTIONS

Extension of our functions since March presentation to the Chamber

• 1st April

– Section 60 (Integrated Information) of the DTA Act 2008 extended to apply to the cities and counties of Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford and the contiguous areas of those counties

• 30th September

– Section 58 (Integrated Ticketing) commenced

– Also the function extended outside the Greater Dublin Area to all areas of the State

Plans for December

• Authority to adopt Bus Licensing Guidelines on 19th November– Enables Minister to transfer bus licensing function to the Authority

• Commission for Taxi Regulation to be assimilated– Will then become a Directorate within the Authority

• Rail Regulator for passenger rights– Ticketing, accessibility, cross-border journeys

When all functions moved (by Dec. 2010)

Greater Dublin Area

– Subsidised public transport services

– Licensing “commercial” bus routes

– Integration measures

• Integrated ticketing

• Journey planning & real time passenger information

– Smarter Travel & Demand management

• Smarter Travel Workplaces, Green Schools programme, Car sharing

– Land use planning

• RPGs, Dev. Plans, LAPS

– Taxi regulation, rail regulation

– Transport & Implementation Plans

– Capital Investment

– Traffic management policy

Nationwide

– Subsidised public transport services

– Licensing “commercial” bus routes

– Integration measures

• Integrated ticketing

• Journey planning & real time passenger information

– Smarter Travel & Demand Management

• Smarter Travel Workplaces, Green Schools programme, Car sharing website

– Land use planning

• RPGs

– Taxi regulation, rail regulation

TRANSPORT STRATEGY

Reminder!!

Greater Dublin Area includes 4 Dublin local authorities and counties of Kildare, Meath and Wicklow

• Greater Dublin Area– population of 1.66 million people, almost 40% of the state’s population

– 40% of Ireland’s jobs– 40% of state’s economic output– 5 million journeys per day in 2006– 7 million journeys per day in 2030– Peak travel car speeds 14km/h– 50% of adults in region don’t own a car– less than 10% of the area of the state

• Public transport vital– Need high capacity lines– Need integration

• Also need to manage car demand– Parking measures– Road priority space– charging

Population

630,000 more people, a 39% increase, living in the GDA in 2030.(Consistent with DOEHLG 2022 Regional Distributions and CSO 2041 Projections;

Precisely aligned with Regional Planning Guidelines)

A greater share of growth for Dublin, larger outer towns and close to public transport.

Significantly lower growth in small towns, villages and the countryside

Strategy will have a -20% sensitivity

Navan

Naas

Wicklow

Drogheda

Metropolitan Area

Employment

An additional 330,000 jobs by 2030(growth in line with population growth and labour force/employment ratios))

Focussed within the metropolitan area of Dublin (especially the city centre), and larger outer towns, served by good quality public transport

Strategy will have a -20% sensitivity

Navan

Drogheda

Naas

Wicklow

Strategy Travel Demand Management

• At a macro level, demand management can broadly fall into two categories:– Control Measures where access to, and use of, the road infrastructure is controlled and

– Fiscal Measures where pricing mechanisms are utilised to achieve road usage modification

• Infrastructure in the draft Strategy + less parking in new office and retail developments + traffic restrictions in towns +prioritisation of strategic road space + mobility management sustainable travel awareness raising and promotion– will not enable us to meet Smarter Travel mode share targets

• These 2020 national targets are– work-related commuting by car will reduce to 45% – total kilometres travelled by the car fleet in 2020 will not increase significantly from current total car kilometres

• Road user charging (on a region wide basis) is necessary to meet Smarter Travel targets – Strategy will highlight this– Work stream on optioning this will commence as part of our firstImplementation Plan

• December – printing and Irish translation of draft strategy

• January 2011 publication

– 6 week period for submissions

CAPITAL INVESTMENT

Capital Investment

• Schemes– Business cases prepared in accordance with DoF capital Appraisal Guidelines and DoT Appraisal Framework

– Submitted to NTA and assessed by us and our specialist advisors

– Only proceeds if business case stacks up

• Metro North most recent business case up on our website www.nationaltransport.ie

• Dart Underground and Luas Broombridge to follow

• Infrastructure delivery process is overseen by the NTA

– 3 guidelines issued this year

• Conventional Procurement

• PPP Procurement

• Cost management

Project Phase

Title Gate at end of phase

NTA Hold point

Phase 0 Programme Overview and Requirement Definition

Approval in Principle

0 - Decision to commence Project

Phase 1 Scheme Concept and Feasibility Gate 1 1 - Decide to initiate

Phase 2 Option Selection Gate 2 Phase 3 Outline Design Gate 3 2 - Decide to submit for

Statutory Processes

Phase 4 Statutory Processes Gate 4 3 - Decide to tender Phase 5 Advanced Works and Prepare

Procurement Gate 5 4 - Decide to award main

Contract

Phase 6 Construction and Implementation Gate 6 5 - Final account

Phase 7 Close-out and Review Post Project Review

~ €340m this year

• Opened in 2010– Dunboyne rail line– Luas Cherrywoood extension– Clongriffin DART station (developer funded)

• Ongoing in 2010• Irish Rail resignalling works• Further works on Kildare Route Project (4-tracking)• Luas Citywest extension• > 55 projects - bus priority, cycling, walking

• Approved in 2010– Metro North

• Submitted in 2010– Dart Underground RO– Luas Broombridge RO– Metro West RO

• Tendered in 2010– Marlborough St. Public Transport Bridge

PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES

Bus licensing – “commercial services”

• PTR Act 2009 establishes new licensing system and replaces– the licensing system operated under the Road Transport Act 1932

– the notification system for Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus

• All commercial operators placed on same footing

Public Consultation

Four main themes identified among 43 submissions received

� Competition and demand

� Treatment of private operators vs. State owned

� Licences

� Processes

and miscellaneous other points raised

New licensing regime

• PTR Act prescribes much of Authority’s approach

• Public transport users needs will be at the heart of NTA’s application of guidelines

• NTA well aware of the crucial role commercial operators play in provision of public transport.

• A case by case approach is required

• NTA will work on developing the conversation that the public consultation has started with the industry

Subsidised public passengertransport services

• Challenging year for the 3 subsidised operators

– Reduced public subsidy

– Economic down turn is affecting patronage

– All are in deficit

• NTA has processed over 400 applications for changes of service

• Dublin Bus Network Direct Project is progressing

– Faster more direct services with fewer route variations

– frequent services on all main routes

– Simpler network

Reviews of passenger services

• We are in the process of procuring consultant advisers on passenger services

• In 2011 we will do reviews of– Subsidised bus services in South East Region– Subsidised bus services in the regional cities of Cork, Galway, Waterford and Limerick

– Rail service from Dublin to Galway– Commuter rail services

• We will then, based on those reviews, roll out a national programme of reviews in coming two years

Focus on Transport Customer

Real Time Passenger information

• Dublin City Council is Authority’s delivery agent of core project

• Roll-out of pilot on corridor in Dublin starting November

• 450 display signs in Dublin area by Spring 2011

• Cork city RTPI to follow in early 2011

• Waterford, Limerick and Galway RTPI to be included in second phase in 2011

Signs

Interchange Display

Channels For Real Time Information

• All stops

– Website– Text– Text only website (visually impaired)

• Smart Phones

Integrated Ticketing

• Integrated Ticketing Scheme moved statutorily to Authority on 30th September– RPA is the delivery agent– Back office built (IBM)– Operator Contract awarded (HP and Payzone) and is commissioning for opertions start

• Phased testing underway – Staff testing at moment of card with Dublin Bus/Luas annual pass

– Testing of electronic purse to start in February

• Roll-out Dublin Bus and Luas in Summer 2011

• Followed by Irish Rail, commercial bus operators, Bus Eireann

Cashless

boarding/entry

Easy Pre-

Paying

Will provide door-to-door information on all available travel options for journeys to, from & within the Republic of Ireland

Customers will perceive the public transport network as an integrated network rather than a fragmented compilation of different operators and modes

National Intermodal Journey Planner

Door to door information for a trip to the art gallery

Directions to the bus stop

Estimated waiting time/ RTPI

Estimated timeon the bus

Interchange to rail instructions

Alight at a Rail stationnear destination

Walking directions toThe Art Gallery

Building blocks

1) Bus Journeys

A. Estimated times at stop (where appropriate)

B. Headways

C. Estimated maximum vehicle time

2) Rail & tram Journeys

A. Scheduled departure times

B. Scheduled arrival times

3) Interchange

A. Enhanced Interchange model

4) Walking

A. Park opening times

B. Walking through malls

C. Walk links in Housing estates

5) Mapping Service - Route maps, journey maps, local area maps

START ADDRESSSTART ADDRESS

END ADDRESSEND ADDRESS

Walk from Mount Drummond Avenue

to bus stop No 365

6 minutes walk-time

BUSBUS

BUSBUS

16A Bus every: 3 - 7 mins

Max journey time: 48 mins

16A – destination Dublin Airport

alight at Omni Park Centre stop

Walk to Magenta Park

3 minutes walk-time

Transport Brand

• We have developed a transport brand

• The information space for customers is diffuse

�Branding can play a key role here

• Brand will be first used in connection with Real time passenger information and will be the website address and also the logo on RTPI signs

• Will be used for Journey Planner also

Fares Scheme

• We will examine a fares scheme in 2011 for the Greater Dublin Area

• Issues to be looked at will include zonal fares, removing/minimising interchange penalties, capping mechanism for Integrated Ticketing

• Challenge is to assess the effect on public transport ‘fare box’ and see what implications are for the state’s subsidy

INTEGRATION OF LAND USE AND TRANSPORT

• Statutory role in Regional Planning Guidelines, Development Plans and Local Area Plans

• All our planning submissions are on our website in the section Land Use and Transport Planning

City / County Development Plans

County / City Pre Draft Issues Paper Draft Proposed Amendments

Dublin City 11-03-10 14-09-10

Fingal 14-06-10

South Dublin 02-07-10

Dun Laoghaire Rathdown 22-01-10

Kildare 25-06-10

Wicklow 30-06-10

Town Plans, Local Area Plans

City County Local Area Plan Pre Draft Issues Paper Draft Proposed Amendments

Dublin City

Fingal Dardistown, Ballystraun, Turnapin Great and Environs Local Area Plan

22-09-10

Kildare Naas Town Dev’t Plan

23-06-10

Wicklow • Bray Town Dev’t Plan

• Arklow Town and Environs Dev’t Plan

• 30-07-10

• 26-10-10

TRAVEL MANAGEMENT

Infrastructure Provision+

Public Transport Service Improvements

+

Travel Demand Management

SchoolTravel PlansResidential

Travel Plans

Workplace Travel Plans

Carsharing

• 51 large employers - 65,000 people (March 2010)

• 72 large employers -112,000 people (Nov 2010)

• 3 year plan– 100 biggest employers

– 250,000 people by 2012

– 14% of the national workforce

Continuing Progress

WWW.carsharing.ie

Car sharing

Final Remarks

• Budget and 4 year national plan will provide clarity on capital investment

• Customer focussed measures will come on stream throughout 2011

• Programme of public transport services reviews

• Taxi and bus regulation