Cellular Mass Transit (CMT)

CMT4Austin.org

Improve Public Transit with CMT

• Cut wait time

• Reduce travel time

• Provide shelter for transfers

• Expand Coverage

• Increase Ridership

Why Improve Public Transit ?

Better Public Transit could save working poor

$ 320 million a year

Increase work destinations PT can reach

Public Transit riders would jump 3 fold

80,000 riders x $4000 = $ 320 million/year

CMT = BRT + Shared Taxi Van

• Measures to speed bus travel

• Fast boarding gates

• Frequent Service

• Most vehicle miles by Van

Existing Service has Problems

• Too Slow

• Long Waits

• Poor Transfer Conditions

Conventional Bus is Too Slow22 mile trip takes 160 minutes

Poor Circulation in North Austin

Existing Service

Has gaps and 30 minute waits

CMT Service Would Be Faster 22 mile trip in 80 minutes

OLD WAY : MANY TO ONE CMT : MANY TO MANY

Transfer from Circulator to Express

Transit Center Floor Plan

Conventional Service :Most circulator routes have a

bus every 30 minutes

CMT would have a van every 10 minutes

Circulator Route Vehicles : Van versus Bus

Why Improve Public Transit ??

Better Public Transit could save working poor $ 320 million / year

270,000 workers making less than $ 28,000 per year

$30K /Year is minimum for Basic Economic Security

CMT would increase work destinations PT can reach from 22% to 80%

Ridership would jump 3 fold from 40,000 to 120,000

CMT would bring in 80,000 new riders

The service would cost riders less than $2,000 per year

Yet Cars Cost $6000 a year

Riders would save $4000 per year

80,000 new riders times $4000 = $320 million /year in savings

270,000 low wage workersmaking less than $28,000/YR

Most are driving cars they can’t afford.

Many need day care

Bureau of Labor Statisticshttp://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_12420.htm

BEST table : Low wage workers need day care and can’ afford cars

http://www.wowonline.org/documents/BESTIndexforTheUnitedStates2010.pdf

Brookings Institute says : Only one-quarter of jobs in low- and middle-skill industries are accessible via mass transit within 90 minutes for the typical metropolitan commuter

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

Employment by

Zip Code

80 % of jobs are in low density areas, outside city center.

Red numbers are employment, by zip code, in thousands.

Data from : http://www.capcog.org/information-clearinghouse/tabular-data/Commute and Labor Sheds by Zip Code, 2007

Employment Density & Trip Purpose More Travis County Employment is in Low Density than High Density : 420,000 vs 80,000

Most trips are NOT work related :

82% vs 18%

From National Household Travel Survey

WORK

Trip Berg

4% H2W-HD

16% H2W-LD

80% Non Work : Shopping, School, Church, etc

CMT would be Cellular

Circulator Routes would converge on each Transit Center

Taxi Vans Feed Van Pools

Van Pools

• Unpaid driver labor

• Lowest cost per rider

• 150,000 working at large employers

• 30,000 new riders if 20% use VP

• 3000 vans, $ 75 million

Transit Center Near Shopping Center

• Grocery & Drug Store

• Child Care at Community Center (CC)

• Bike lockers & Bike Rentals

• Car Share

TC + CC + Shopping

• Get to home TC by express bus

• Buy groceries

• Pickup kid from day care.

• Take Circulator Van back to apartment

A working mom can accomplish three tasks on the bus trip home from work :

“In California, there are already a dozen TODs with child care”

Express Grid RoutesRun by Express bus Every 10 minutes

Connect 30 Transit Centers

Skip Stop Routes

CirculatorWait Time By Zip Code

OFF-PEAK MAP

Yellow - van every 10-12 minutes.

Orange - van every 5-9 minutes.

Green- Bus with 44 seats every 10 min

MetroCellMapV2.Dpp

Does Any City Use CMT ?

• Many cities use Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)

• Many cities use shared taxi

• CMT = BRT + Shared Taxi.

Shared Taxi Examples

• Atlantic City, NJ

• Capetown, South Africa

• Peru, Turkey, Phillipines

Cape Town Train

Station

Minibus Taxi Boarding Area

A Taxi Van in Austin could be

like the Sprinter Seats 14 + Wheel Chair

High enough to stand in

Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Increases Ridership

• 250% increase for Miami

• 200% increase for Honolulu

• 85% increase for Boston

BRT in Curitiba

http://www.streetfilms.org/curitibas-brt/

Capital Costs Per Rider

• Commuter Rail :

• Urban Rail :

• Van Pool :

• Express Bus :

• Taxi Van :

• $100,000

• $130,000 to $1,000,000

• $2,500

• $1,250

• $ 800

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 train rider OR

52 new riders using Van PoolsOR

83 new riders using Circulator Vans

$130,000 will buy either :

Connections with CMT and UR

CMT would reach 90% of Homes

And 90% of Jobs.

Percentage of All Possible Home to Work Trips = .90 x .90 = .81 or 81% for CMT

UR would reach 9% of Homes

and 20% of Jobs.

Percentage of All Possible Home to Work Trips = .09 x .20 = .018 or 1.8% for UR

Compare CMT to UR

High density TODS at TCs - Part 1

• Pick shopping center with Grocery Store

• Add day care by renting a store front,

• Add waiting room for vans by renting

• Add bicycle lock up room by renting

LATER•Build Community Center •Build Transit Center

START UP

High density TODS at TCs – Part 2

Developers Build on Circulator Routes :

•Apartments

•Office Buildings

City Relaxes parking requirementsCity Zones Circulator Routes for higher density commercial and residential

Conclusion CMT will :

• Increase ridership three fold• Reduce travel time and wait time• Get 80,000 cars off the road

• Save Working Poor $320 million a year

• Enable 240,000 people to live car free

For more details visit : CMT4Austin.org

Express bus route would start at Kramer station, then stop at Crestview, Highland, UT and end at Convention Station

Kramer Stn

UT Station

Convention Stn

Crestview Stn

Green line is express bus headed south. Brown line is bus headed north. Dashed red line is commuter rail.

Kramer Station Circulator Routes

RoutesDuring Peak Hours

Routes are run by vans

Blue dot is Kramer stn. Red dashed line is commuter rail

UT and CBD

Circulator Routes

Low Cost Plan

Annual Rent

High Cost Plan

Calculate Average Riders per Vehicle Trip in Typical Zip Code