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Efficient Transportation Solutions in Minnesota A joint presentation to the . Transportation Funding Advisory Committee September 14, 2012. What do we mean by efficient transportation solutions?. High Return on Investment (HROI) projects Cost-Effective solutions. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS
IN MINNESOTA A JOINT PRESENTATION TO THE
Transportation Funding Advisory CommitteeSeptember 14, 2012
What do we mean by efficient transportation solutions?
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• High Return on Investment (HROI) projects
• Cost-Effective solutions
High Return on Investment (HROI) Projects
• Achieve most benefits at a much lower cost
• Use other funded projects (i.e. preservation, bridge replacement) to leverage resources
• Maximize use of existing right-of-way (ROW)
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Cost
Ben
efit
75% Benefit33% Cost
• Benefits include bottleneck relief, improved geometrics, address safety hazards, shortened implementation timelines and money can be spread to more projects
This HROI approach is centered around:
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• Performance and Outcomes• Lower Cost, High Benefit • Safety • Technology • Risk Based Analysis Approach• Enhanced Quality of Life
• T.H. 100 widening at Excelsior Boulevard• I-694/T.H. 10/Snelling Ave• Willmar Business 71• I-35W MnPASS• Toward Zero Deaths
High ROI ProjectsExamples
Highway 100 at Highway 7Project Profile
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• Traditional solution:– full build/reconstruction– $118 million
• High ROI solution: – shoulder conversion – $7.1 million
• Benefits: – Improved mobility– Reduced congestion– 10 years of benefits accrued – Positioned for performance based design
I-694 / Highway 10Project Profile
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• Traditional solution:– full build/reconstruction– $105 million
• High ROI solution: – Performance based design – $42.5 million
• Benefits: – Reduced crashes– Improved mobility
Wilmar; Business 71 / CR 24Project Profile
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• Traditional solution:– Grade separated interchange– $ 7.0 million
• High ROI solution: – Performance based design; reduced conflict
intersection – $730,000
• Benefits: – Reduced crashes– Reduced crash severity– Improved mobility
I-35W MnPASSProject Profile
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• Traditional solution:– Highway reconstruction and widening– $ 400 million
• High ROI solution: – Performance based design; Priced Dynamic Shoulder
Lanes, ATM technology– $15 million
• Benefits: – 2 miles of added interstate capacity – Transit, HOV and MnPASS user advantages– Time savings: 5 months vs. 3 years
Statewide Toward Zero Deaths Project Profile
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• Traditional solution:– Rural interchange: $15-25 million – 4 lane highway construction and widening:
$ 4-8 million per mile
• High ROI solution: – Performance based design;
• Rumble Strips at $4000 per mile• 3 cable guard rail at $150,000 per mile
• Benefits: – Reduced fatalities – 100’s of miles of safer roads vs. one location at a time
Improving Mobility in the Twin Cities Metro RegionA realistic, innovative, flexible, sustainable
and problem-focused investment direction:
• Manage congestion, improve mobility
• Multimodal solutions
• Preserve, manage, optimize existing highway system
Improving Regional MobilityFuture Congestion Management
• Improve highways to move the most people, not the most cars
• Use Active Traffic Management• Construct high-benefit/lower-cost projects• Expand system of managed (priced) lanes
Improving Regional MobilityFuture Congestion Management
• Encourage alternatives to driving alone• Promote land use that promotes efficient
use of the transportation system• Invest in transit
Active Traffic Management• Advanced traffic management
technologies coordination through a highly sophisticated Regional Transportation Management Center (RTMC)
• Increases in capacity, travel time reliability, speed, safety
Cost-Effective Transit Solutions
• Operational Improvements• Capital Investmentso Park-ride facilitieso Transitway developmento Arterial BRT
Transit Operational Improvements• 33 miles of bus-only lanes on city streets • 300 miles of bus-only shoulder lanes on freeways• 44 miles of managed lanes on freeways• 89 ramp meter bypasses• Traffic signal priority• Low-floor boarding• Advanced fare technology (Go-To cards/programs)• Real-time information signs• GPS bus technology/ Advanced scheduling software
• These improvements help buses save time (time = money), fuel, and the environment
Energy SavingsIncreased use of:• Higher capacity buses,
where demand warrants• Clean diesel buses (90%
cleaner than old technology)
• Hybrid-electric buses (15% of the fleet by year end)
• Use of advanced navigational technology
$-
$200,000
$400,000
$600,000
$800,000
$1,000,000
$1,200,000
Bus Garage Energy Costs, by Year
2008 20092010 2011
Park-and-ride Facilities• 29,200 parking spaces• Benefits of regional park-
and-rides:– Increases accessibility for
suburban and rural transit users
– Concentrates demand – Reduces length of collection
portion of the route– Improves operating efficiency
Transitway Development
• Large capacity investments, appropriate in heavily traveled corridors
• More efficient operations in corridors with high ridership potential
• High Return on Investment (ROI)• Promote more efficient transit-oriented
development
Transitway Development
Subject to rigorous and lengthy project development process to:
• Select cost-effective mode and alignment• Implement nationally competitive projects• Secure federal funding• Clearly define the project through planning
Arterial BRT• High-benefit/Lower-cost transit investments• Appropriate in large transit demand arterial
corridors• Emphasis on fast, reliable, convenient
service• Low capital cost ($3-4 million/mile)• 30% faster service than regular route local
service
Cost-Effective Transit Solutions
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Pitts-burgh
Cleveland
Denver
Phoenix
Twin Cities
Houston
$- $2.00 $4.00 $6.00 $8.00
$6.03 $5.50
$4.35 $4.01
$2.45 $2.33
$1.96 $1.64
$1.47 $0.91 $0.85
2010 Light Rail Subsidy per Passenger Trip
DallasSt. LouisHouston
PittsburghSeattle
PhoenixBaltimore
PortlandCleveland
DenverTwin CitiesMilwaukeeSan Diego
$- $2.00 $4.00 $6.00
$5.58 $4.12
$4.01 $3.79 $3.76
$3.49 $3.23
$3.12 $2.92
$2.72 $2.61
$2.31 $2.00
2010 Regional Bus Subsidy per Passenger Trip
Conclusions
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• HROI projects using performance based designs help to significantly leverage resources – Improve safety– Reduce costs
• In an increasingly competitive world, it is imperative that we design and operate in a manner that is– Sustainable– Affordable– Maintainable scale