Cellular Mass Transit (CMT)

CMT4Austin.org

SOLUTION: Cellular Mass Transit Circulator Routes would converge on each Transit Center

A Feeder Van in Austin could be like the Airport Parking

Shuttle

Seats 14 + Luggage Rack

High enough to stand in

From Brookings Institute Missed Opportunity: Transit and Jobs in Metropolitan America http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/Programs/Metro/jobs_transit/0512_jobs_transit.pdf

Percentage of Home to Work trips that can be made by public transit in under 90 minutes :

Portland 40%Washington DC 37%Austin 39%

MANY TO ONE

ONE NBHD

TO MANY

MANY TO

MANY

Travel To & From North Central Austin

Squares are groups that live in NCA and work in other parts of town.

Most workers from NCA go to jobs in low density zip codes.

Circles are groups that live Outside NCA and work in NCA

Square with rounded corners are people that live and work in NCA

Numbers traveling, home to work, both to and from North Central. This shows why a many-to-many express network is needed to serve all of the riders traveling to and from north central.

To & From North Central AustinThe zNSA prefix stands for not in the service area. As the service area is defined now, Capital metro does not serve Round Rock.

Eight express routes connect NCA to all other transit centers in all other parts of town.

From North Austin to all corners of the city

Express routes stop only at transit centers

Express van, or bus, leaves every ten minutes

Most routes bypass the congestion of the city center

Rider Group Size by destination for Peak and Off Peak

Advantages for your Neighborhood

Travel anywhere to anywhere Travel time cut in half Wait time cut to one third Routes within half mile of every home Transit Center waiting room with AC TC next to shopping and Community Center Community Center has day care

OLD WAY IS SLOW, 124 minutes

CMT = FASTER, 73 minutes

Sample trip from Parkfield and Braker to Oltorf and Alvine Devane

Travel Time Reduced

•124 Minutes•Lots of Stops•Four buses, three transfers• Long waits between buses on 392 and 331•Worst case transfer > 30 minutes•Through Congestion of CBD

OLD WAY IS SLOW

CMT would be FASTER

• 73 Minutes• Few Stops• 5 minute transfers• Avoids Congestion

of CBD

Annual Stats In millions

CMT

CMT

CMTConventional low mileage system

MVM AROB MPMBUS 13 9.2 120

CMT high mileage systemMVM AROB MPM

VAN 74 5 370BUS 6 21.7 130

80 500

Feeder Route Subsidy per

Mile

boardings per mile 2.3

fare per rider $ 0.50

average riders on board 7 7

fares per pass-mile $ 0.12 $ 0.12

EXPRESS VAN BUSMPH 25 25

FARES per HOUR $ 21.00 $ 21.00

COST PER HOUR $ 38.55 $ 91.53

SUBSIDY PER HOUR $ 17.55 $ 70.53

SUBSIDY PER MILE $ 0.70 $ 2.82

RATIO OF SUBSIDIES 4.0

Van would have ¼ subsidy per mile on express routes

Transit by Van

• Dollar vans of Brooklyn NY operate with no subsidy

• Vans provide 45 trips per hour while city bus provides only 4

• 800 vans have 100 to 120 thousand boardings per day.

• Vans are a big part of public transit in many developing countries.

Transfer from Circulator to Express

Transit Center Floor Plan

Feeder van

HEB & storage sheds at

South First and William Cannon

TC & CC

near HEB

Traveler Response to Transportation System ChangesChapter 10—Bus Routing and Coverage http://

onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/tcrp/tcrp_rpt_95c10.pdf page 10-9

MONTHLY COSTS OF PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION

CMT Capital CostsCost Cost

Quantity $ thousand $ millions Paid for by

Transit Centers 22 times $ 3,000 equals $ 66 Cap Metro

Vans 800 times $ 50 equals $ 40 Cap Metro

Queue Jumpers 40 times $ 250 equals $ 10 Cap Metro

Community Centers 22 times $ 3,000 equals $ 66 City of Austin

Total Cost $ 182

$ millions

Routes with Boardings per trip under 14

Capital Costs Per Rider• Commuter Rail :• Urban Rail :• Van Pool :• Express Bus : • Feeder Van :• Express Van :

• $100,000• $130,000 to $1,000,000 • $2,500 • $1,250• $ 800• $500

Urban Rail in 2030: $1.7 billion / 13,000 riders = $130,000

Commuter Rail : $100 Million / 1000 riders = $100,000 per rider

Urban Rail in 2020: $1.7 billion / 1,600 riders > $1,000,000

Bang for the Buck

One new urban train rider OR

52 new riders using Van PoolsOR

83 new riders using Feeder Vans

$130,000 will buy either :

Connections with CMT and UR

CMT: .90 x .90 = .81 = 81% for CMT

UR: .09 x .20 = .018 = 1.8% , less than 2%

Percentage of All Possible Home to Work Trips

Conclusion : CMT will …

• Double the number of jobs that can be reached by public transit

• Enable riders to accomplish more tasks with one trip.• Enable workers from your neighborhood to get to jobs all

over Austin.• Improve public transit without racking up a $ billion debt.

For more details visit : CMT4Austin.org

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